《We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas》Great books PPT免费课件

外研版九年级英语上册《We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas》Great books PPT免费课件，共34页。

Say who the people are and why they are famous.

well-known adj. 众所周知的；著名的

thinker n. 思想家

plays and poems 戏剧和诗歌

writer n. 作家

stories n. 故事

Check the answers.

1. What are they mainly talking about?

They are mainly talking about the three great writers, Confucius, Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

2. Why do they talk about this topic?

Because Betty wants to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.

discuss [dɪˈskʌs] v. 讨论；谈论

3. What does Betty have to do for the discussion?

She has to read a favourite book and write a review for the discussion.

review [rɪˈvjuː] n. 评论 (文章）

Language focus

1. What ’s up?

What ’s up 怎么了？/ 出什么事了?

是一种非正式的用法。

e.g. What ’s up? You look very worried.

怎么了？你看上去很焦虑。

2. …I ’ d describe Confucius more as a thinker than a writer.

我更愿意把孔子描述为一位教育家和思想家，而非作家。

more… than… 与其说是……不如说是……

e.g. Success is more hard work than good luck.

成功来自努力，而非好运。

3. We ’re still influenced by Confucius ’s ideas.

现在，孔子的思想仍然在影响着我们。

influence v. 影响；作用于

e.g. His advice strongly influenced my decision.

我的决定深受其建议的影响。

4. Shakespeare ’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.

莎士比亚的戏剧对我们来说也仍然很有意义。

sense n. 道理；意义；合理性

make sense 易理解；合情理；有意义

e.g. No matter how I tried to read it, the sentence still did not make any sense to me.

不管我怎么努力地读，还是不懂这个句子的意思。