UNIT4

HISTORYANDTRADITIONSListeningandSpeakingShareviewsonhistoricsitesBeforelisteningActivity

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Some

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text________________

Confuciusn.________________philosophyn.

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descendantn.______________________

individualadj.&n._______________________________________

Achilles’heel________________theConfuciusTemple________________weaknessn.孔子哲學(xué)

后裔；后代；子孫單獨的；個別的；個人(喻)(希臘神話)阿喀琉斯的腳跟，致命的弱點孔廟弱點_______________________philosophersn._______________________berelatedto_______________________familytree_________________________doaresearchprojecton_______________________Learningwithoutreflectingleadstoconfusion._______________________well-respectedadj._______________________Whatacoincidence!_______________________theCemeteryofConfucius_______________________theKongFamilyMansion哲學(xué)家和……有關(guān)家譜做一個關(guān)于……的研究項目學(xué)而不思則罔。備受尊敬的太巧了！孔林孔府DoyouknowQufu?Haveyoubeenthere?Whatdoyouknowaboutit?TempleofConfuciusKongFamilyMansionCemeteryofConfuciusActivity

2.Listentotheconversationsanddo

the

following

exercises.WhilelisteningUnderstandidiomsAnidiomisanexpressionwhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningoftheindividualwords.Someidiomspresentanideaorpaintapicturethatgivesahintastothemeaning.Otheridiomscanonlybeunderstoodfromthecontextinwhichtheyappear.ListeningtipLearningStrategyFFTTActivity

1.Listentothe

conversationanddecideeachofthefollowingstatementsisTrueorFalse.WilliamwaslookingfortheConfuciusTemplewhenhemetXiaoKong.Fromthefamilytree,WilliaminferredthatXiaoKongisadescendantofConfucius.TheDachengHallisthetallestbuildinginthecity.XiaoKongofferedtohelpWilliamtogethiswatchfixedbutWilliamrefused.Fact/OpinionaboutConfuciusWilliamConfuciusisoneofhis____________________;Heisa______man;Helived__________yearsago.XiaoKongConfuciushasover___________descendants;Hewasagreat________andhadmanygreatideasabout__________；Hewasoneofthegreatest_______inhistory.favouritephilosopherswiseover25003millioneducatoreducationmindsActivity

2.Listentotheconversationagainandfillintheblanks.EnglishidiomMeaningChineseequivalentAchilles'heelpullone'slegfishoutofwaterActivity

3.ListenagainandexplainthemeaningsofEnglish

idioms

andthinkaboutsomeChineseequivalents.習(xí)語/俗語UnderstandidiomsAnidiomisanexpressionwhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningoftheindividualwords.Someidiomspresentanideaorpaintapicturethatgivesahintastothemeaning.Otheridiomscanonlybeunderstoodfromthecontextinwhichtheyappear.習(xí)語/俗語W:Excuseme,doyouspeakEnglish?I'mlookingfortheConfuciusTemple,butI'mnotgoodatmaps—they'remyAchilles'heel!X:Oh,hello,yes.Comewithme—I'mgoingtothetemplerightnow.Bytheway,whatdoes“Achilles'heel”mean?W:Oh,itmeansthatsomethingis_____________—I'mreallybadwithmaps!SodoyouknowmuchaboutConfucius?He'soneofmyfavouritephilosophers.Hewassuchawiseman.X:Oh,yes.Iwasbornhere.Infact,IbelieveIamadescendantofConfuciushimself.myweakness弱點；要害W:Noway,you'repullingmyleg,right?Sohowdoyouknowyou'rerelatedtoConfucius?Didn'theliveover2,500years

ago?X:Yes,buthisfamilytreeiswellrecorded.Hehasoverthreemilliondescendants.Sorryagain,whatdoes“pullingmyleg”mean?W:Oh,sorry,itmeansto__________________.Anyway,soyou'reactuallygoingtothetempletopayrespectstoyourrelative?戲弄jokewithsomeoneW:Oh,that'sgreat!Solaterwecangoforacupofteaandhaveachataboutit.Anditwouldbegreatifyoucouldtakemesomewheretogetmywatchfixed.X:OK,noproblem！Socomeandmeetmystudygroup—wecantellyouallaboutthetemple.AndhowlongareyoustayinginQufu?IcanshowyoutheCemeteryofConfuciusandtheKongFamilyMansionaswell.W:Really?That'ssokind!IneedallthehelpIcanget—I'mlike________________．a(chǎn)fishoutofwatersomeonewhofeelsuncomfortablebecausetheyareinanunfamiliarplace

如芒刺背UnderstandidiomsAnidiomisanexpressionwhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningoftheindividualwords.Someidiomspresentanideaorpaintapicturethatgivesahintastothemeaning.Otheridiomscanonlybeunderstoodfromthecontextinwhichtheyappear.EnglishidiomMeaningChineseequivalentAchilles'heelpullone'slegfishoutofwater如魚離水如芒在背somethingismyweaknessto

jokewithsomeonesomeonewhofeelsuncomfortablebecausetheyareinanunfamiliarplace弱點；要害戲弄Task3.Checktheanswer.AfterlisteningActivity

1.常用表達(dá)1．WhatdoyouknowaboutConfuciusandShakespeare?你對于孔子和莎士比亞有什么了解？2．Heisoneofmyfavouritephilosophers.Hewassuchawiseman.他是我最喜歡的哲學(xué)家之一。他是一個非常有智慧的人。3．Itusedtobeaveryimportantcentreintheworld.它曾經(jīng)是世界上一個非常重要的中心。4．Everyyear，peoplefromallovertheworldgatherhereinhonorofthegreatphilosopher.每年，來自世界各地的人們聚集在這兒，共同紀(jì)念這位偉大的哲學(xué)家。5．Ihopeyoucangothereandexperiencetherichculturethereinperson.我希望你能去那兒親自體驗一下那兒豐富的文化。6.Locatedinahill,thisbeautifulandoldcityhasbecomeapopulartouristattractionnow.坐落于小山上,這座美麗古城現(xiàn)在成了一個受歡迎的旅游勝地。7.TherearelotsofplacesofinterestinXi'an,suchasTheTerracottaWarriorsandHorses,theOldCityWallandsoon.西安有很多名勝古跡,例如兵馬俑、古城墻等。8.Thatisreallyafeastforeyesandmakesyourjourneyworthwhile.那真的是視覺盛宴,并且讓你的旅程變得有價值。ExampleWilliam和Joe是高一學(xué)生，他們正在談?wù)撝袊拿麆俸臀幕?。William：Wow，IhavejustcomebackfromMountTai.

Itwasamazing!Joe：Oh，IlovedMountTai！SodidyouseetheMountTaisunrise?William：Ofcourse，butIdidn'texpecttoseesomanytourists.Joe：Yeah，Iknowwhatyoumean，buttherearesomegreatplacesofinterestthere.

Howaboutthesculptures?Activity2.

Workinpairs.William：That'sjustwhatIwanttosay！Therearesomanysculpturesthere，andtheyarereallytreasuresofourChineseculture．Joe：Exactly.

Theyareanimportantpartofourculture.

DidyouvisitthoseoldtemplesonMountTai?William：Yes，Ionlyvisitedsomeofthem.

That'sreallydisappointing!Joe：Why?William：Iwastootiredandthetimewaslimited.Joe：It'sreallyapity!William：Allinall，thiswasawonderfultravel.Activity1.Readthispartofthepoem“If-”writtenbyBritishpoetRudyardKipling.Noticethelinkingsounds.IfyoucanmakeoneheapofallyourwinningsAndriskitononeturnofpitch-and-toss.Andlose,andstartagainatyourbegin