高中英语Unit4 Behind beliefsWelcome to the unit课件牛津版选修9.ppt

unit4behindbeliefs welcometotheunit let senjoyasong doyoubelieveinanygodordoyoubelieveintheexistenceofagodorgods doyouknowhowmanydifferentreligiousthereareintheworld hinduism buddhism judaism christianity islamandsoon haveyoubeentoanyfamousreligioussitesinchina whatarethey themogaogrottoesindunhuang gansuprovinceandthewhitehorsetempleinluoyang henanprovincearethefamousbuddhistsites mountwudanginhubeiprovinceisfamousfortaoism thepotalapalaceinlhasa tibet istheholyplacefortibetanbuddhism areyoufamiliarwiththeancientchinesestoryjourneytothewest whatreligionisitrelatedto canyounamesomereligiousfestivalsaroundtheworld forbuddhists thereisnirvanaday buddha sdayorbodhiday forchristians thereisgoodfriday easterday allsaints day andofcoursechristmasday formuslims thereideid thefestivalofsacrifice muhammad sbirthdayorforgivenessday forhindus thereisgreatshivanight humanitydayorthefestivaloflights forjews thereispassover dayofatonementorharvestfestival whatdateischristmasday on25thdecember whatdoyouknowaboutchristmas christmasdayisachristianholiday itisregardedasthebirthdayofjesuschrist whatdopeopledoonchristmasday althoughchristmasisareligiousholiday manyofthecustomsandcelebrationsarenotofareligiousnature beforechristmasday peoplewillgotoshopstobuychristmasdecorations christmascardsandpresentstogetherwithwrappingpaperforfriendsorrelatives forfood peoplewillpreparelotsofchocolates nutsandsnacks aroastturkeyorgooseisusuallyservedforchristmasdinner onchristmaseve familymembersgettogetherorgotochurchtoenjoythechristmascarols haveyoueverreadthisbook whatdoyouknowaboutit journeytothewest aclassicpieceofchineseliterature acombinationofmyth parableandcomedy maincharactersincludeabuddhistmonkwhoisalsoknownasthepriestoftangandhisthreefollowers monkeyking pigsyandfriarsand atriptoindiaforthebuddhistscriptures thecharactersaremagicalorheavenlybeingsinnormalformsandhavesomemagicalpowersthatcanprotectthemfromtheevilmonstersandspirits thereare81obstaclesforthemonkandhisthreefollowersonthewaytothewest whydoyouthinktheyfacetheseobstacles togivethemonkandhisthreefollowersaninsightintotheirowncharactersandshowthatpeoplemustoftenstruggletosucceed tosymbolizethedifficultiesandchallengesthatpeoplemeetinthecourseofdoingwhattheybelievein whatisamosqueusedfor amosqueisaplaceformuslimstoworship whatarethearchitecturalfeaturesofamosque itissaidthatthefirstmosquewasbuiltbasedonthestructureofmuhammad shouseinthecityofmedina basically amosqueconsistsofacourtyard adomedhallandafountain beforeprayer peopleneedtowashthemselvesinthefountainandthentheycanworshipinthecourtyardorthehallfacingmeccaiscalledqibla itisnotallowedtodrawhumanformsinthemosque soallthedecorationsappearasshapessuchascirclesandsquares doyouknowofanyfamousmosquesinchina therearemanyfamousmosquesinchina oneofthemistheidkahmosqueinkashgar xinjiang thismosquewasbuiltin1442andisthelargestinchina anotherfamousoneisthegreatmosqueinxi an shanxiprovince itwasbuiltinthe18thcenturywithatraditionalchinesearchitecturalstyle whatdoyouknowabouttaoism taoismisoneofthemajorreligionsinchina itwasfoundedbylao tzuinaboutthe6thcenturybc themostimportanttextoftaoismistao te ching inthe5thcenturyad taoismdevelopedasareligioussystem whatisthebeliefbehindtaoism taoismisalsoasystemofthought thecentralconceptoftaoismistao whichreferstothewaystheuniversefunctions taoismbelievesin wuwei whichmeansthateverythingmustfollowitscourseandhappennaturally whatdoes yinyang mean taoismbelievesthat yin and yang aretwofundamentalforcesintheuniverse yin isthepassiveornegativeforce referringtodark wetorfeminineaspects while yang representsactiveandpositivethings suchasthebright dryandmasculineaspects accordingtotaoism wisepeoplewillachieveabalancebetweentheinteractionsofthesetwoforces discussion althoughtherearesomanybeliefsorreligions doyouthinkthattheyhavesomethingincommon differentfromsuperstition whichhasnocentralbeliefs encouragepeopletodogood haveapowertocallonpeopletodevotethemselvestothatreligion sometimesrestrictiveorjudgementalofpeople slives helppeoplelivetheirlivesinapositiveway motivatepeopletobecompassionate kindandloving sincereligionsareveryimportantinmanyaspects doyouthinkeveryoneshouldhaveabelief religion why languagepoints 1 belief noun corsoru thefeelingofcertaintythatsomethingexistsoristrue itismy firm beliefthatnuclearweaponsareimmoral 我坚信核武器是不道德的 hisbeliefingodgavehimhopeduringdifficulttimes 在艰难时期他对上帝的信仰给了他以希望 2 search verb hesearched in through hispocketsforsomechange iort tolooksomewherecarefullyinordertofindsomething noun c whenyoutrytofindsomeoneorsomething afteralongsearch theyeventuallyfoundthemissingpapers 在长时间的搜寻之后 他们终于找到了失踪的文件 2 s whenyo