新外研社英语初三上Module7Great booksUnit 1.pptVIP

* * Recently?I’ve?read?a?great?book?called? Romeo?and?Juliet. I’m?deeply?moved?by?it. Have?you?ever?read?some?great?books? Who are your great writers? Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China. He lived over 2000 years ago and he is well-known in many countries. Confucius Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Say who the people are and why they are famous. William Shakespeare was English and wrote plays and poems. Although he died about 400 years, his plays are still seen, and his poems are still read by many people. Shakespeare Mark Twain was an American writer. His works are studied in schools. His stories are set in the south of the US over 100 years ago, and readers still enjoy them very much. Mark Twain Now listen and check your answers. 1. Confucius is well-known in ________________. 2. Shakespeare wrote ________________. 3. Mark Twain’s stories are set ___________ of the US. Listen again and complete the sentences. many countries plays and poems in the south v.影响；作用于 adj.有判断力的；明智的 Confucius 2. Shakespeare 3.Mark Twain Now match the people with the descriptions. a) He was a very wise man. b) He is not as well-known as the other two people, but his works are still popular. c) His plays are read by millions of people. d) He was more a teacher and thinker than a writer. e) People are still influenced by his ideas. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. accept discuss influence review (n. 评论) sense (n. 道理；意义；合理) thinker (n. 思想家) wise Mr Jackson and Betty are (1)___________ great writers. discussing Betty explains that in her Internet group, each person reads a favourite book and then writes a(n) (2)________ of it. Mr Jackson (3)_________ that Confucius and Shakespeare are great because their works are still read by people today, but he thinks Confucius was more a teacher and (4)________ than a writer. review accepts thinker He s