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Unit 1
Module 7
Great books
To be able to understand the conversation about great books
To be able to talk about your favourite books, plays, poems and writers
學習目標
Can you name any great books and great writers
The Journey to the West
by Wu Cheng’en
A Dream in Red Massions
by Cao Xueqin
The Water Margin
by Shi Nai’an
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
by Luo Guanzhong
Warming up
Look at the pictures and answer who they are and why they are famous.
great influence play poem respect story thinker thought wise writer
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Pre-listening
Confucius
He is a great in China.
He is known for his thought.
We are still by his thought.
He is by Chinese people.
thinker
wise
influenced
respected
Pre-listening
Are you familiar with these sentences
子曰：“學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。”
To learn without thinking, said the Master, risks to be blind, while to think without learning risks to be impractical.
Pre-listening
Are you familiar with these sentences
子曰：“學而時習之，不亦說乎？有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？”
Is it not a delight, said the Master, to acquire knowledge and put it into practice Is it not a pleasure to meet friends coming from afar Is he not an intelligent man, who is careless alike of being known or unknown
Pre-listening
William Shakespeare
He was a of plays and . Some of his most famous
are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. He was born in 1564 in . His plays are still seen by millions of people every year.
writer
poems
plays
England
Pre-listening
Great comedies:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
《仲夏夜之夢》
The Merchant of Venice
《威尼斯商人》
Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》
As You Like It 《皆大歡喜》
Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》
King Lear 《李爾王》
Macbeth 《麥克白》
Othello 《奧賽羅》
Great Tragedies:
Pre-listening
Mark Twain
He was a famous __________ writer. He wrote a lot of . His books are still popular. For example, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
American
stories
Pre-listening
Mark Twain’s famous works
Now listen and check your answers.
Pre-listening
Listen again and complete the sentences.
1. Confucius is well-known in ________________.
2. Shakespeare wrote ________________.
3. Mark Twain’s stories are set _____________of the US.
in many countries
plays and poems
in the south
2
Listening
Listen and match the people with the descriptions.
Confucius
Shakespeare
Mark Twin
He was a very wise man.
He is not as well-known as the other two people but he his works are still popular
His plays are read by millions of people.
He was more a teacher and thinker than a writer.
People are still influenced by his ideas.
3
Listening
1. Who does Betty think are great writers
2. What does Mr Jackson think of Confucius
3. Which of Mark Twin’s books does Mr Jackson most like reading
Confucius and Shakespeare.
He’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and a thinker than a writer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Listening
Listen again and answer the questions.
Discussion
Work in pairs. Discuss:
Which sentences are facts Which are opinions
facts opinions
Each of us reads… I think…
We are still… I accept that…
… …
Post-listening
Read and find them in the conversation.
Now make sentences with them.
What’s up
Well, maybe …
I suppose …
Why don’t you …
Everyday English
1.—Hello, Steve. What's up
—I’m nervous about my grades.
2.—Well, maybe you needn’t worry too much. You have always studied hard.
3.—I suppose you are right. Thank you.
4.—Why don’t you join us to play football It can help you relax.
—Good idea!
Examples
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Now listen again and repeat.
Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.
1. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
2. Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
3. He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.
Pronunciation and speaking
Stress 重音
句子重音的功能：
1.體現(xiàn)句子的節(jié)奏感和韻律感。
2.突出重點, 使聽者更容易理解。
哪些詞在句子中需重讀？
一般來說, 在句子中需重讀的詞都是實詞, 如名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞、數(shù)詞、代詞等。
有時候虛詞也要重讀。
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Work in groups. Do you agree with the following opinions Give your reasons.
1. Teahouse is one of the greatest plays in China.
2. Everyone should learn some Tang poems.
3. We should only read books by great writers.
I accept…
I agree / don’t agree with…
I suppose…
I think…
Discussion
How to ask for opinions
What do you think of this opinions
Do you agree with this opinion
This person thinks that … Do you agree / What about you
Do you accept that …
How to express agreement
I agree with the idea that …
I accept …
I am for the idea that …
I think that it is right to …
I think it is a good idea to …
I consider it reasonable to …
How to express disagreement
I don't think that it is a good idea to …
I am against the idea that …
I disagreed with the idea that …
I don’t agree with …
Most of us think … We think we learn …
Now report the ideas of your group to the whole class.
books by great writers
Language points
e.g. -- “What's up ” I said to him.
“出什么事啦？”我對他說。
-- “Nothing much”, he answered.
“沒什么事，”他答道。
1. What’s up 怎么了？
What’s up 是一種非正式的用法，意思是“怎么了/出什么事了？”也可以是一種打招呼方式，問對方近來如何。
What’s up with sb. ……怎么了？
= What’s the matter with sb./sth.
= What’s wrong with sb./sth.
e.g. Lisa is crying. What's up with her
Lisa在哭，她怎么了？
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2. I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers. 我想加入一個互聯(lián)網(wǎng)群來討論一些偉大作家的巨著。
discuss v.討論；談論
discuss sth. with sb. 與某人討論某事
e.g. Have you discussed this problem with anyone
你與誰商量過這個問題嗎？
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discussion n. 討論；商討
e.g. He is more a scientist than a teacher.
與其說他是位教師，不如說是位科學家。
3. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.
但是我更愿意把孔子描述為一位教育家兼思想家，而非作家。
more … than … “與其說是……不如說是……”, 其后常接名詞、形容詞或副詞等。
more than有以下幾種常見用法：
more than + 數(shù)詞 大于, 多于，表示超出該數(shù)。
more than + 名詞 不止, 不僅僅是，表示超出該名詞所指的含義。
more than + 形容詞 非常, 十分
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選擇紅字短語的漢語意思。
A. 非常，十分 B. 不止，不僅僅是
C. 大于，多于 D. 與其說是……不如說是……
1) Betty is more hardworking than clever. _______
2) Andy Lau is more than an actor. He is a singer too. _______
3) I'm more than glad to see you. _______
4) More than three hundred students entered the photo competition. _____
D
B
A
C
4. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
孔子的思想仍然在影響著我們。
influence v.影響; 作用于 指對行為、性格、觀點等較長時間的、潛移默化的影響。（注意表示不良影響時只能用affect, 不能用influence ）
e.g. Martin Luthur King’s speeches have influenced millions of Americans.
馬丁·路德·金的演講影響了數(shù)百萬美國人。
influence n. 影響
have an influence on ... 對……有影響
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e.g. The invention has a great influence on our life.
= The invention has influenced our life a lot.
這項發(fā)明對我們的生活有很大的影響。
5. … and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
……莎士比亞的戲劇現(xiàn)在對我們來說也仍然很有意義。
sense n. 道理; 意義; 合理性；感官；感覺
e.g. He lost his sense of hearing after a serious illness.
一場大病之后，他失去了聽覺。
There is no sense in waiting here for three hours.
在這等三個小時是不合理的。
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make sense 易理解; 合情理; 有意義
make sense of 懂得； 了解 ... 的意義
e.g. It made no sense to me.
這對我沒什么意義。
Can you make sense of what he said
你懂得他的話的意思嗎
6. By the way, what do you think of Mark Twain, …
順便問一下，你覺得馬克· 吐溫怎么樣，……？
by the way “順便說；附帶說”，用于轉入新的話題
e.g. Thank you for your gift. By the way, how are your parents
謝謝你的禮物。順便問一下，你父母好嗎
7. He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare. 他是位重要的作家，但我覺得他不像孔子和莎士比亞那么有名。
suppose v. 猜想；推測；相信；認為 可用于 “suppose sb. / sth. (to be) +名詞/ 形容詞……”結構中，也可接that從句。
e.g. Suppose he is absent, what shall we do
假設他缺席了，我們要怎么辦？
All her neighbours supposed her to be no more than forty.
所有的鄰居都以為她不超過50歲。
be supposed to 應該；理應；大家認為
e.g. You are supposed to take an umbrella. 你應該帶把傘。
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注意：
在句型I suppose (that) ...中，suppose與think, believe等動詞的用法一樣，若從句為否定句，應該否定前移。
e.g. I don’t suppose I’ll trouble you again.
我想我不會再麻煩你了。
suppose, guess, imagine均可表示“猜想”。其區(qū)別是：
imagine指沒有事實根據(jù), 僅憑主觀想象進行猜想;
guess指未經(jīng)認真思索而進行猜想, 有時指不著邊際地瞎猜;
suppose指依據(jù)某些事實進行探索性的推測。
辨析
e.g. I can’t imagine life without my children now.
我現(xiàn)在無法想象沒有孩子的生活。
I guess you've already known the answer.
我想你已經(jīng)知道答案了。
I suppose he is late again.
我想他又遲到了。
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
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accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise
Mr Jackson and Betty are (1) ____________ great writers. 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,
discussing
review
accepts
Vocabulary
accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise
but he thinks Confucius was more a teacher and (4) _________ than a writer. He says that Confucius was a very (5) ________ man. Mr Jackson thinks that we are still (6) __________ by Confucius’s ideas and that Shakespeare’s plays still make (7) ________ to people today.
thinker
wise
influenced
sense
Facts: nationality; job; works; ideas; influence…
Opinions: I accept/ (don’t) think/ (don’t) suppose/
(don’t) agree that…
How to introduce someone:
課堂總結
怎么了？
與其……不如
我明白了。
有意義
順便說一下
在十九世紀
你為什么不呢？
What’s up
more…than…
I see.
make sense
by the way
in the nineteenth century
Why don’t you…
課堂總結
1. Listen and read, try to remember the new vocabulary.
2. Work in pairs. Talk about your favorite play/poem/thinker/writer/story. Give facts and your opinion.
Homework

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