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Module7Greatbooks

Unit1WerestillinfluencedbyConfuciussideas.

RecentlyI’vereadagreatbookcalledRomeoandJulie.tI’mdeeplymovedbyit.Haveyoueverreadsomegreatbooks?Whoareyourgreatwriters?

Lookatthepictures.Saywhothepeopleareandwhytheyarefamous.

ConfuciuswasagreatteacherandthinkerinancientChina.Helivedover2000yearsagoandheiswell-knowninmanycountries.

WilliamShakespearewasEnglishandwroteplaysandpoems.Althoughhediedabout400years,hisplaysarestillseen,andhispoemsarestillreadbymanypeople.

MarkTwainwasanAmericanwriter.Hisworksarestudiedinschools.HisstoriesaresetinthesouthoftheUSover100yearsago,andreadersstillenjoythemverymuch.

What’sup?怎么了？是一种非正式的用法。Well,maybe…嗯，也许…….

Isuppose…我想……

Whydon’tyou…?你为什么不……？

We’restillinfluencedbyConfucius’sideas.

Shakespeare’splaysalsomakealotofsensetoustoday.

He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius orShakespeare.

What’sup?

What’sup?是一种非正式的用法，意思是“怎么了/出什么事了？”例如：

What’sup?Youlookveryworried?怎么了？你看上去很焦虑。

ButIthinkI’ddescribeConfuciusmoreasateacherandthinkerthanawriter.

这里的Confucius指孔子，为“孔夫子”的英语译名，是长期以来约定俗成的译法。more…than…

在本句中表示“与其说是…不如说是…”。例如：

Successismorehardworkthangoodluck. 成功来自努力，而非好运。

…andShakespeare’splaysalsomakealotofsensetoustoday.…

makesense的意思是“合情理；明智；有意义”。例如：

NowonderhowItriedtoreadit,thesentencestilldidnotmakeanysensetome. 不管我们怎么努力地读，我还是不懂这个句子的意思。

Whydidshedosuchathing?Itdoesnotseemtomakesense. 她为什么做这样的事？似乎没有道理。

IwanttojoinanInternetgrouptodiscussgreatbooksbygreatwriters.discussv.讨论；谈论

discuss的过去分词是discussed,现在分词是discussing,

discusssth.(withsb.)和某人谈论某事

e.g.Wewilldiscusstheplanswiththematthemeeting.我们将和他们在会议上讨论这个计划。

We’restillinfluencedbyConfucius’sideas.

influencev.影响；作用于

influence用作动词时，后面直接跟宾语，常可用于influencesb.todosth.结构。

e.g.Whatinfluencedyou