八年级英语上册 Module 2 Amazing things Unit 5 Encyclopaedias Reading 3课件 (新版)牛津上海版.ppt

* May is reading the encyclopaedia article about a thinker — Diogenes. But she doesn’t know about him at all. So she surfed the Internet and found some more information about him. Diogenes lived in Greece. Do you know where Greece is? □ In Asia □ In Africa □ In Europe Diogenes was a great thinker from Greece. He took his lantern here and there to look for intelligent people … A thinker is someone who thinks or reasons in a certain way A lot of people laughed at him because he always lived in his …. But he didn’t mind at all. □ house □ jar □ bag A May is listening to the article about Diogenes on CD-ROM. Listen carefully and help her complete the following notes for her school project. … was a (1)__________. … lived in (2)__________. … was born about (3)__________ years ago. ... taught people to be (4)__________ by owning as (5)__________ things as possible. … owned a (6)__________, a (7)__________, a (8)__________ and a (9)__________. … threw away his (10)__________ when he sawa boy drinking water from his (11)__________and became even (12)__________. B May is reading the article now. Diogenes was a famous thinker. He lived in Greece about two thousand years ago. He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as possible. All he owned was a big jar that he lived in, a coat, a bag and a cup. He was very happy. One day, Diogenes saw a boy drinking water from his hands by a fountain, so he threw away his cup and became even happier. (See Greece) A1 Someone called Diogenes ‘a dog’. Surf the Internet and find more information about him and tell why people called him ‘a dog’. A2 Once, Alexander the Great went to visitDiogenes. He offered to help Diogenes. What do you think Diogenes said? Give your reasons. Then surf the Internet to find the answers. B Have a debate. The FOR side thinks whatDiogenes said was right and the AGAINST side thinks that the way to be happy is to own as many things as possible. *