Unit7课时4ThemeReading【趣味课堂】英语仁爱版级下册

ExploringLesson4ThemeReadingUnit7BeaBetterLearner!Confucius·CONTENTS·01~Leadin02~Pre-reading04~Post-reading05~Languagepoints03~While-reading06~Exercise&HomeworkLessonObjectives:Inthislesson,wewillbeableto:1.Mastercorevocabulary:educator,state,master,private,thought,poem...UnderstandthemainideasandkeylifeeventsofConfuciusfromthetext.2.UsetargetwordstodescribeConfucius’lifeandlearningspiritindiscussions.Completereadingtasksandretellthetextconcisely.3.ExplorehowConfucius’thoughtsinfluencemodernlife.Cultivateawarenessofculturalinheritanceandthevalueofcontinuousself-improvement.LeadinWhodoyouthinkisthemostfamousperson?FreetalkZuChongzhi(429A.D.-500A.D.)

LinZexu(1785A.D.-1850A.D.)Theycreatedmanyfamouspoems.Theyfoughtfortruth./'pəʊɪm/

n.诗/tru:θ/

n.

真相;真理WhatdoyouknowaboutConfucius?Pre-readingHewasoneofthegreatestthinkersandeducatorsduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.HeopenedaprivateschoolintheStateofQi./'edʒukeɪtə(r)/

n.教育学家;教育家/'praɪvət/

adj.私立的；私营的/steɪt/

n.国家；州theSpringandAutumnPeriod

春秋时期

theStateofQi齐国Hewasalsoamasterwithmanywiseideas.ButitisnoteasytounderstandallthethoughtsofConfucius./'mɑ:stə(r)/

n.大师/waɪz/

adj.明智的→

wisdomn.智慧/θɔ:t/

n.思想;想法Activity1Pairwork.Lookatthepicturesanddiscussthequestions.1.Whoisthemaninthefirstpicture?2.Whatdoyouknowabouthimfromthesecondpicture?ThemaninthefirstpictureisConfucius.ThepictureshowsConfuciusteachingstudents.Hewearssimpleclothesandsitsonalowplatform.Hisstudentsholdbamboobooksandlistencarefully.Activity2Pairwork.Lookatthepicturesanddiscussthequestions.Confucius(551BCE-479BCE)wasoneofthegreatestthinkersandeducatorsduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.Likemanyothermasters,Confuciusstartedasahard-workingstudent.At15,Confuciusgotdowntostudying.Hestudiedmusic,math,literatureandothersubjects.WhenhewaslearningShaomusicintheStateofQi,hewaslostinthemusicandhardlynoticedthetasteofmeatforafewmonths.Later,Confuciusopenedaprivateschoolandstartedteachingthere.Peoplecametostudyathisschool.OneofhisstudentswasZilu.Ziluwastooconfidentabouthimself.SoonceConfuciustoldhim,“Toknowwhatyouknowandwhatyoudonotknow,thatiswisdom”Ittellsusweshouldlearnknowledgeinanhonestway.Inhislateyears,evenwhenConfuciusbecameamaster,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.Confuciustoldhisstudents,“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayserveasmyteachers.”ThisfamoussayingshowsthelearningspiritofConfucius.ItisnoteasytounderstandallthethoughtsofConfucius.Youmayneedtodrawonhiswisdomfromtimetotime.Justlikethemastersaid,“Reviewtheoldknowledgeandyouwillhavenewideas.”1.WhatdoesConfucius’sstoryremindyouof?Confucius'sstoryremindsmethatlearningneedshonesty,hardwork,andstayingopentolearnfromothers.Activity2Pairwork.Lookatthepicturesanddiscussthequestions.Confucius(551BCE-479BCE)wasoneofthegreatestthinkersandeducatorsduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.Likemanyothermasters,Confuciusstartedasahard-workingstudent.At15,Confuciusgotdowntostudying.Hestudiedmusic,math,literatureandothersubjects.WhenhewaslearningShaomusicintheStateofQi,hewaslostinthemusicandhardlynoticedthetasteofmeatforafewmonths.Later,Confuciusopenedaprivateschoolandstartedteachingthere.Peoplecametostudyathisschool.OneofhisstudentswasZilu.Ziluwastooconfidentabouthimself.SoonceConfuciustoldhim,“Toknowwhatyouknowandwhatyoudonotknow,thatiswisdom”Ittellsusweshouldlearnknowledgeinanhonestway.Inhislateyears,evenwhenConfuciusbecameamaster,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.Confuciustoldhisstudents,“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayserveasmyteachers.”ThisfamoussayingshowsthelearningspiritofConfucius.ItisnoteasytounderstandallthethoughtsofConfucius.Youmayneedtodrawonhiswisdomfromtimetotime.Justlikethemastersaid,“Reviewtheoldknowledgeandyouwillhavenewideas.”2.Howdidyoudealwiththeproblemsinyourlearning?WhenIfaceproblemsinlearning,Iwillaskquestions,reviewoldlessonsandkeeptrying.Activity2Readagainandanswerthequestions.Confucius(551BCE-479BCE)wasoneofthegreatestthinkersandeducatorsduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.Likemanyothermasters,Confuciusstartedasahard-workingstudent.At15,Confuciusgotdowntostudying.Hestudiedmusic,math,literatureandothersubjects.WhenhewaslearningShaomusicintheStateofQi,hewaslostinthemusicandhardlynoticedthetasteofmeatforafewmonths.Later,Confuciusopenedaprivateschoolandstartedteachingthere.Peoplecametostudyathisschool.OneofhisstudentswasZilu.Ziluwastooconfidentabouthimself.SoonceConfuciustoldhim,“Toknowwhatyouknowandwhatyoudonotknow,thatiswisdom”Ittellsusweshouldlearnknowledgeinanhonestway.Inhislateyears,evenwhenConfuciusbecameamaster,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.Confuciustoldhisstudents,“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayserveasmyteachers.”ThisfamoussayingshowsthelearningspiritofConfucius.ItisnoteasytounderstandallthethoughtsofConfucius.Youmayneedtodrawonhiswisdomfromtimetotime.Justlikethemastersaid,“Reviewtheoldknowledgeandyouwillhavenewideas.”Q1：WhendidConfuciusstarttostudyhard?Q2：WhatsubjectsdidConfuciuslearninhisyouth?At15.Hestudiedmusic,math,literatureandothersubjects.Activity2Readagainandanswerthequestions.Confucius(551BCE-479BCE)wasoneofthegreatestthinkersandeducatorsduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.Likemanyothermasters,Confuciusstartedasahard-workingstudent.At15,Confuciusgotdowntostudying.Hestudiedmusic,math,literatureandothersubjects.WhenhewaslearningShaomusicintheStateofQi,hewaslostinthemusicandhardlynoticedthetasteofmeatforafewmonths.Later,Confuciusopenedaprivateschoolandstartedteachingthere.Peoplecametostudyathisschool.OneofhisstudentswasZilu.Ziluwastooconfidentabouthimself.SoonceConfuciustoldhim,“Toknowwhatyouknowandwhatyoudonotknow,thatiswisdom”Ittellsusweshouldlearnknowledgeinanhonestway.Inhislateyears,evenwhenConfuciusbecameamaster,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.Confuciustoldhisstudents,“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayserveasmyteachers.”ThisfamoussayingshowsthelearningspiritofConfucius.ItisnoteasytounderstandallthethoughtsofConfucius.Youmayneedtodrawonhiswisdomfromtimetotime.Justlikethemastersaid,“Reviewtheoldknowledgeandyouwillhavenewideas.”Q3：Whatisoneofhisfamoussayingsaboutlearningfromothers?“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayservemeasmyteachers.”Activity2Findthephrases.Confucius(551BCE-479BCE)wasoneofthegreatestthinkersandeducatorsduringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.Likemanyothermasters,Confuciusstartedasahard-workingstudent.At15,Confuciusgotdowntostudying.Hestudiedmusic,math,literatureandothersubjects.WhenhewaslearningShaomusicintheStateofQi,hewaslostinthemusicandhardlynoticedthetasteofmeatforafewmonths.Later,Confuciusopenedaprivateschoolandstartedteachingthere.Peoplecametostudyathisschool.OneofhisstudentswasZilu.Ziluwastooconfidentabouthimself.SoonceConfuciustoldhim,“Toknowwhatyouknowandwhatyoudonotknow,thatiswisdom”Ittellsusweshouldlearnknowledgeinanhonestway.Inhislateyears,evenwhenConfuciusbecameamaster,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.Confuciustoldhisstudents,“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayserveasmyteachers.”ThisfamoussayingshowsthelearningspiritofConfucius.ItisnoteasytounderstandallthethoughtsofConfucius.Youmayneedtodrawonhiswisdomfromtimetotime.Justlikethemastersaid,“Reviewtheoldknowledgeandyouwillhavenewideas.”theSpringandAutumnPeriod春秋时期getdowntodoingsth./tosth.开始做某事/开始认真对待某事theStateofQi齐国belostinsth.

沉迷于某事beconfidentabout对有信心inone’slateyears在某人的晚年drawon凭借；利用fromtimetotime偶尔；有时Activity3Matchthewordswiththeirmeaningsaccordingtothetext.honestonlyforonepersonorgroupliteratureprivatewisdomnoticewrittenworks,suchasnovels,poems,etc.thequalityorstateofbeingwisetopayattentiontoalwaystellingthetruthpayattentionto注意tellthetruth说实话Activity4Readthetextagainandcompletethefollowingchart.Attheageof15GotdowntostudyingThenWorkedonmusic,______,_________andothersubjectsLaterSetupa_______________andtaughtstudentsthere___________Becamea_______andhissayingsshowedthe__________________________mathliteratureprivateschoolInhislateyearsmasterlearningspiritofhimActivity4AndthendescribetheeventsofConfucius’slifeinorder.Attheageof15Confucius____________(开始做...)studying___________

(serious),startinghislifelongjourneyoflearning.ThenHeworkedhardonmusic,________(数学),____________(文学)andothersubjects,andmasteredthemdeeply—evenlosing

__________(he)inShaomusicformonthsandforgettingthet______ofmeat.LaterHe

_________(创立)aprivateschooland__________(teach)studentsfromallkindsofbackgrounds,makingeducationaccessibletomorepeople.InhislateyearsConfuciusbecameagreat_________

(大师),andhisfamous

__________(like“WhenIwalkalongwithtwoothers,theymayserveasmyteachers”)showedhislifelonglearnings_______.gotdownto

seriouslymathliteraturehimselfastesetuptaughtmastersayingspiritActivity5Groupwork.Talkaboutthefamoussayinginthebox,andthenshareyourunderstandingofit.Thepicturesandphrasesmayhelpyou.Youcannotopenabookwithoutlearningsomething.gainvaluableexperienceincreaseyourknowledgehelpyoulearn/ɪn'kri:s/

v.增长,增多,增加Activity5Groupwork.Talkaboutthefamoussayinginthebox,andthenshareyourunderstandingofit.Thepicturesandphrasesmayhelpyou.Youcannotopenabookwithoutlearningsomething.Youcannotopenabookwithoutlearningsomething.Thissentencemeansthateverybookhassomethingtoteachyou.Evenifyoureadjustafewpages,youwilldiscovernewwords,facts,ideas,orwaystothink.Forexample:Astorybookmightteachyouaboutbraveryorfriendship.Asciencebookcouldexplainhowplantsgrow.Ahistorybookshowshowpeoplelivedlongago.Itremindsusthatlearningiseverywhere,andbooksarelike“knowledgetreasureboxes”—youjustneedtoopenthem!So,evenifyoudon’

tunderstandeverythingatfirst,tryingtoreadhelpsyourbraingrow.Talkandshare.Talkandshareyourfavoritefamoussayingwithyourpartner.Nopains,nogains.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.Failureisthemotherofsuccess.Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.Youcannotopenabookwithoutlearningsomething.一分耕耘，一分收获。失败是成功之母。有志者事竟成。患难见真情。开卷有益。LanguagepointsActivity21.At15,Confuciusgotdowntostudying.15岁时，孔子开始专心学习。

getdowntodoingsth./tosth.

“开始做某事；开始认真注意(或对待)某事”e.g.Weshouldgetdowntoreviewingourlessons.

我们应该开始认真复习功课。

注意：getdownto中的

to为介词，后接动词-ing形式。

归纳：sticktodoingsth.

坚持做某事

payattentiontodoingsth.

注意做某事

makeacontributiontodoingsth.

为做某事做贡献

lookforwardtodoing

sth.

盼望做某事拓展：getsb.down

使某人忧郁，使某人厌烦

getsth.down

写下，记下【即时练习】

Aftertheshortbreak,theteamleadersaid,“Everyone,it’stimeto________(get)downto____________(prepare)thefinalreport.”getpreparingLanguagepointsActivity22.WhenhewaslearningShaomusicintheStateofQi,hewaslostinthemusicandhardlynoticedthetasteofmeatforafewmonths.

他在齐国

学《韶》乐时，沉浸其中，几乎几个月都尝不出肉的味道。

1）staten.“国家；州”。theStateofQi

意为“齐国”。

e.g.SomestatesofAmericaareneartheocean.美国的一些州临近海洋。

拓展：①

state

作名词时还可意为“状态；状况；情况”。

e.g.Thecountryisinastateofwar.这个国家正处于战争状态。

②state

还可作动词，意为“陈述；说明；声明”，statement

为其名词形式，

意为“说明；说法；表白；表态”。

2）belostinsth.

意为“沉迷于某事；沉浸于某事；全神贯注”，可与

loseoneselfinsth.互换。

e.g.LiMingisoftenlostinreadingbooks.李明经常沉浸在阅读中。=LiMingoftenloseshimselfinreadingbooks.【即时练习】Jameshaslost________incomputergamesandI’mworriedabouthim.A.heB.hisC.herD.himselfDLanguagepointsActivity23.Ziluwastooconfidentabouthimself.v子路对自己太自信了。

beconfidentabout

意为“对……有信心”，后可跟名词或反身代词。

beconfidentabout的同义短语为：feelconfidentabout或

haveconfidenceine.g.It’simportantforyoungstudentstobeconfidentaboutthemselves.

对于年轻的学生来说，对自己充满信心是非常重要的。

Idon’thaveconfidenceinmyselfatschool.我在学校时不自信。【即时练习】

—Jim,Iamafraidtolosetomorrow’sgame.—Youhavepracticedalot.Nowjusttakeiteasyand______yourself.A.befullofB.bestrictwithC.beconfidentaboutCLanguagepointsActivity24.Inhislateyears,evenwhenConfuciusbecameamaster,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.在晚年，即使已经成为了大师，孔子也

从未停止向他人学习。

inone’slateyears“在某人的晚年”，

也可表述为

inone’slateryears

或

duringthelast/lateryearsofone’slife。e.g.Hewenttolivewithhissoninhislateyears.

他在晚年时搬去和他儿子一起生活了。

链接：inone’slatefifties

意为“在某人接近六十岁的时候”，常指

56—59

这个年龄段。

e.g.Inhislatefifties,hetraveledaroundChinawithhiswife.

在快六十岁的时候，他和妻子一起环游中国。【即时练习】1）Inhis______years,thefamousscientiststillconductedexperimentseveryday.A.lateB.laterC.lastD.alloftheabove2）在快五十岁的时候，她开始学习绘画。_________________________,shebegantolearnpainting.DInherlatefortiesLanguagepointsActivity25.Youmayneedtodrawonhiswisdomfromtimetotime.

你可能需要不时地借鉴他的智慧。

1）drawon“动用，利用，可与drawupon

互换。

e.g.Onlybydrawingonourhardwork,canwegainmore.

只有凭借勤奋，我们才能收获更多。

拓展：drawon还可意为“（时光）渐渐过去，荏苒”。

2）fromtimetotime“偶尔；有时”，可与attimes

或sometimes

互换。e.g.Shecomesbacktoseetheoldhousefromtimetotimeaftermoving.=Shecomesbacktoseetheoldhouseattimesaftermoving.=Shesometimescomesbacktoseetheoldhouseaftermoving.

搬走后她不时地回来看看旧房子。【即时练习】1）Wearebusy,butwegoskiinginwinter________.A.ontimeB.anytimeC.intimeD.fromtimetotime2）Thewriteroften______hischildhoodmemorieswhencreatingstories,whichmakeshischaractersfeelrealandvivid.A.drawsinB.drawsonC.drawsupD.drawsbackDBLanguagepointsActivity36.alwaystellingthetruth

一直说实话

truthn.“真相；实情；事实；真理”。

tellthetruth“说实话”,固定搭配：

totellthetruth“说实话,老实说”。

e.g.Ourteacheroftenasksustotellthetruth.

我们老师经常要求我们要讲实话。

Totellthetruth,thefoodinthisrestaurantisawful.

老实说，这家餐馆的饭菜糟透了。拓展：truthful

形容词，意为“诚实的，一向说实话的”，与honest同义。

truthfully副词，意为“诚实地；如实地”。

untruthful形容词，意为“说谎的；不说实话的”。e.g.Heisatruthfulboy.他是个诚实的孩子。

Ihopeyoucananswermyquestiontruthfully.

我希望你能如实回答我的问题。

【即时练习】说实话，我不同意你的意见。_________________________,Idon’tagreewithyou.TotellthetruthLanguagepointsActivity47.Setupaprivateschoolandtaughtstudentsthere

创办私学，教授弟子

setup

意为“创立，成立，建立”。

e.g.Theywanttosetuptheirownimportexportbusiness.

他们想要成立自己的进出口公司。

Ourschoolsetupanewlablastyear.我们学校去年建立了一个新实验室。

拓展：setupshop/inbusiness

开店/开始做生意

setsth.up=setupsth.

安排某事/安装；架设；调试/建起，竖起e.g.Theworkersaresettinguptheequipmentfortheconcert.

工人们正在安装音乐会所需的各种设备。

Myfathersetupthetentandmymothertookoutallthefoodfromthecar.

我爸爸搭起帐篷，我妈妈从车上拿出所有的食物。【即时练习】他们花了三个小时搭建帐篷。Ittookthemthreehoursto____________thetent.setupExercisesI.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空(有一项多余)。1.Asagreat_____________,Confuciusbelievedeveryoneshouldhavethechancetolearn.2.Thekey____________ofConfucianismareaboutbeingkindandbehavingproperly.3.“Toknowwhatyouknowandwhatyoudonotknow”isasignoftrue____________.4.Heopeneda_____________school,whichwasnotcommoninhistime.5.Confuciusnotonlytaughtstudentsbutalsoeditedmanyclassicworksof____________.6.Evenafterbecomingarespected____________,heneverstoppedlearningfromothers.

educatorthoughtstatemasterprivateliteraturewisdomed