新外研九英上M7 Great Books U1.ppt

Listen and answer the questions. 1.Whose ideas are we still influenced by today? 2. Whose plays are read by many people today? 3.Who is the writer of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Listen again and answer the questions. 1.What does Mr Jackson think of Confucius? 2. What does Mr Jackson think of Shakespeare? 3.What do Mr Jackson and Betty think of Mark Twain? 1. Whats up? 怎么了？ 是一种非正式用语。相当于Whats wrong? / Whats the matter? / What happened? / Whats going on? e.g. Whats up? Why is the baby crying? 怎么了？为什么婴儿在哭？ 2. I accept that theyre great because their works are still read by many people. work n. 著作；作品 (既可以指文字作品，也可以指音乐、美术等作品) e.g. He is making a study of Lu Xun’s works. 他在研究鲁迅的作品。 3. I think Id describle Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer. thinker n. 思想家 describle ... as ... 把...描述为... eg:After the operations her condition was describled as stable. 手术后，她的状况可以说还算稳定。 more... than... 与其说是...不如说是... eg:Success is more hard work than good luck. 4. Were still influenced by Confuciuss ideas, and Shakespeares plays also make a lot of sense to us today. influence vt.影响,感化;左右 eg: I dont want to influence you. You must decide for yourself. 我不想影响你。你必须自行决定。 make sense “ 易理解，合情理，有意义” eg：Why did she do such a thing? It does not seem to make sense. 她为什么做这样的事？似乎没有道理 5. I suppose he isnt as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare. suppose 猜想，推测，认为， 相信 be supposed to do sth 应该做某事 eg. You are not supposed to smoke here. 你不应该在这吸烟。 1. Confucius Watch a flash and fill in the blanks Module 7 Great books 名著 Unit 1 Were still influenced by Confucius’s ideas. He is Confucius. [k?nfju:??s] 孔 子 He is a great thinker.[θi?k?] 思想家 We are still influenced [influ?ns]影响by his ideas. His thoughts are wise.[waiz]睿智的 Shakespeare