Unit1we’restillinfluencedbyConfucius’sideas.

1、Present simple passive:,1.We use computers every day.,Computers are used (by us) every day.,2.We clean our classroom after class.,Our classroom is cleaned (by us) after class.,3.My teachers help me a lot.,I am helped a lot by my teacher.,Module 7 Great books,Unit 1 Were still influenced by Confucius

2、s ideas.,Great books should be helpful to us. They can widen our outlook and make us grow as a person. They help to develop our thinking ability. They are time-tested (经受时间考验的). They wont be forgotten as time goes by, and they will be passed from generation to generation.,Unit 1 Were still influence

3、d by Confuciuss ideas.,Their works are still read by many people today.,Do you like reading? What kind of books do you like reading? What kind of books do you think can be called great books?,Free talk,Great books should be helpful to us. They still make a lot of sense to us today . They are time-te

4、sted(经受时间考验的).,Look at the pictures. Say who the people are and why they are famous.,He wrote many plays and poems.,His plays make a lot of sense to us today.,his works are still read by many people.,Shakespeare,He was born in England. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.,H

5、is books are still popular.,He was a great American writer in the nineteenth century.,One of his books is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.,He usually sets his stories in the south of the US.,Mark Twain,We would describe him more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.,He was a very wise man.,We are sti

6、ll influenced by his ideas,His works are still read by many people today.,Confucius,Listen and complete the sentences.,1. Confucius is well-known in _ _.2. Shakespeare wrote _. 3. Mark Twains stories are set _ of the US.,many,countries,plays and poems,in the south,1. Who does Betty think are great w

7、riters? 2. What does Mr Jackson think of Confucius?,Confucius and Shakespeare.,Hed describe Confucius more as a teacher and a thinker than a writer.,Listen and answer the questions.,1. Who does Betty think are great writers? 2. What does Mr Jackson think of Confucius? 3. What does Betty advise Mr Ja

8、ckson to do?,Confucius and Shakespeare.,Hed describe Confucius more as _than_.,a teacher and thinker,a writer,To join in the discussion and tell them about his favourite book.,Answer the questions:,1.What does Betty want to do? 2. What do they have to do for the discussion? 3.What does Betty think o

9、f Marktwain?,She wants to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.,Each of them reads a favourite book and writes a review for the discussion.,He is important but he isnt as well known as Confucius or Shakespeare.,Retell the dialogue,Confucius,describe him more asthan/ a wise

10、man; be influenced by,Shakespeare,Mark Twain,important/ not as well-known as,His plays make a lot of sense to,American writer, 19th century; his books popular-The Adventure of Tom Sawyer,How to express agreement?,I agree with the idea that I accept I agree with sb. I think that it is right to I supp

11、ose,How to express disagreement?,I dont think that it is a good idea to I am against the idea that I disagreed with the idea that I dont agree with ,What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 To know something is not so good as to like it; to like it is not so good as to delight in it. 知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。,He can be a teacher who finds what is new in reviewing what is old. 温故而知新，可以为师矣。,He who learns without thinki