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Making a poster about

a historic figure

China's first Emperor

Emperor Qinshihuang

The Great wall

Empress WuZetian

The greatest Empress in China

wordless gravestone

Who was the greatest emperor in European history?

Emperor Alexander

Skimming

Is this article about an ancient Greek statue?

If not, what is it about?

Alexander the Great

Read Ancient Greek statue found in Xinjinag and try to do a matching game, finding out main idea for each paragraph.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para4

the discovery of a statue showing a result of Alexander the Great’s influence

Alexander’s early life

Alexander’s victories and death

Alexander the Great’s influence on the world

Matching Game

Scanning1. Where was the statue discovered in Xinjiang probably from?

2. When did Alexander become a Greek king?

3. What was his ambition?

4. Did his own army always support him? Why or why not?

5. How old was he when his kingdom became the largest in the world?

6. What happened to his kingdom after he died?

1.Where was the statue discovered in Xinjiang probably from?

2. When did Alexander become a Greek king?

3. What was his ambition?

Distant Greece

At the age of twenty (after his father died).

Taking control of the entire world

4. Did his own army always support him? Why or why not?

5. How old was he when his kingdom became the largest in the world?

6. What happened to his kingdom after he died?

No, because they grew tired of endless battles

He was thirty years old.

His generals divided his kingdom among themselves.

Alexander the Great had a great (1) onthe world by spreading the Greek culture from Europe to Africa and Asia.

●At the age of 20, he became king.

●With many cities (2) him, he led an army to take them back.●With the intention of (3) the entire world, he marched his army in many directions and defeated every army standing his way. By the age of 30, he had (4) more land than anyone before.●At the age of 33, he died of a fever, after which his kingdom was (5) by his generals.

influence

against

controlling

occupied

divided

When sword meets words, which speaks louder?

VS

In Greece, before Alexander, there was also a great fighter, who, instead of fighting with a sword, fought with words and questions. Who was he?

The father of Western philosophySocrates

Para1:

Para 2:

Para 3:

Para 4:

The meaning of__________

Brief ____________ to Socrates

Socratic Method

________ for Socrates’ death

Fill in the Blanks

philosophy

introduction

Reasons

Scanning

1. What does the word “philosophy” mean?

2. How did Socrates teach?

3. What is called the Socratic Method?

4. Why did people take Socrates to court?

Love of wisdom

Socrates’ way of approaching the truth

By asking questions

For questioning the existence of the

Greek gods and corrupting the young

Socrates, the father of Western philosophy, made great (6) to Western thought and science.

● When he was young, he was a brave soldier, then worked as a teacher for free and made his living as a(n)(7) . ● With the idea of asking questions until you reach the right answer, he (8) his students to develop and explain their own arguments. This could approach the (9) . ●In 399 BC, he was put on (10) and sentenced to death by being forced to drink poison.

contributions

worker

challenged

truth

trial

Comparison:The

historical 1.________

Alexander the Great(356-323BC)

Socrates(469-399BC)

2.________ Greek Greek

Influence/Effect

Alexander 3.________the Greek culture from Europe to Africa and Asia

Socrates 4._________ Western thought and science.

5.________

He took control of many countries through 6._________ when he was a king.

He created his own teaching method: Socratic Method.

7.________ He died 8._________ a fever.

He was forced to drink poison.

figure

spread

Achievements

affected

battle

Death of

Nationality

Language points

1. The best way _____ these events and changes is to look at the people who played key roles in history.

A. to understand

B. to understanding

C. of understanding

1. The best way to understand these events and changes is to look at the people who played key roles in history.

1. The students have _____ to the school library during the summer holidays.

A. approach B. access C. means D. method

2. He came up with a new _____ to the problem at yesterday's meeting.

A. means

B. approach

C. way

D. method

3.The role he _____in the company is of great importance.

A. is playingB. takesC. had madeD. had played

When _______(ask) how a statue from distant Greece could have appeared in China, researchers explained that no doubt this was a result of Alexander the Great’s influence

1. If _________(heat), the water will turn into steam.

2. The flowers his friend gave him will die unless ____every day.

A. watered B. watering C. water D. to water

Para oneasked

heated

no doubt

1. I doubt ______we will make a profit out of it.

2. I don’t doubt ______he’s telling the truth.

3. There’s no doubt ______ she’ll call us when she gets there.

A. that B. whether

C. when D. how

doubt

B

AA

might have done

need have done

would have done

could have done

1. ---There were already five people in the car, but they managed to take me as well.

----It ____a comfortable journey

A. can’t be B. shouldn’t be

C. mustn’t have been D. couldn’t have been

2. Where is my pen? I ____it.

A. might lose B. would have lost

C. should have lost D. must have lost

3. I didn’t hear the phone. I ___asleep

A. must be B. must have been

C. should be D. should have been

1.In 334 BC, he took his army, now with 42,000men,into the Middle East and then Egypt, _________(defeat) every army that stood in his path.

2. By the age of thirty, he _____ more land than anyone before.

A. had already occupied

B. has already occupied

C. occupied

Para three

defeating

1. Alexander the Great spread the Greek culture from Europe to Africa and Asia, ____________ (influence) the world for the centuries to come.

2. The statue of Greek soldier _______________(find) in northern Xinjiang probably came to China in the 4th century BC as a result of trade.

Para four

influencing

found

The word ‘philosophy’ means ‘love of wisdom’.

1. He ___________ find a job in Shanghai, but finally he went to Hangzhou.

2. Accepting the job ___________ 　 (move) to another city.

3. --Why didn’t you come to my birthday party last night?

--I ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ , but I had an unexpected guest.

Para one

meant to

means moving

meant to

1. ________how this can be true, we must understand how Socrates taught.

A. To understand B. understanding

C. Understood D. having understood

Para three

2. Through this, he challenged his students __________________(develop) and explain their own arguments.

to develop

3. Many students got embarrassed and even angry when this happened , _____ others changed their opinions.

A. when

B. while

C. however

D. therefore

be aware of 意识到，察觉到e.g. She slipped away without him being

aware of it.

她悄悄离开，没有让他发觉。

1. In many cases, his questions made his students aware of their own errors. (lines 12-13, P59)

He is kept in dark and is not _____ that the company is losing money,

A. known B. known about

C. aware D. aware of

1. He always asked challenging questions to every one he met, _____in Athens.

A. to upset many peopleB. have upset many peopleC. upset many peopleD. upsetting many people

Para four

2. Translation

最后，一些人对他忍无可忍，于是把他送上了法庭。

Finally, some people had enough of him, so they took him to court.

I have had enough of your cute remarks.

1. Finally, some people had enough of him, so they took him to court for questioning…. (lines 20-22, P59)have enough of … 受够了……

e.g. 你那些高论我已经听腻了。

e.g. Jimmy was taken to court for robbing a bank.

take sb to court for (doing) sth 因某人做了某事而将其告上法庭

吉米因为抢劫银行被告上法庭。

1.take place 2. continue to do/doing

3. play key roles in 4. do research on

5. get started 6. could have done

7. no doubt 8. rise up against

9. lead sb. to do sth. 10. take sb back

11. stand in one’s way

12. turn one’s eyes east

13. march all the way to

14. It seems that… 15. Stop sb. from doing

16. take control of 17. grow tired of

18. go any further 19. turn back

20. come down with 21. divide

22. spread from…to…

23. centuries to come 24. as a result of

1.be thought of as…

2.for free 3. aside from

4. Have a deep influence on

5. challenge sb to do

6. in many cases

7. make sb aware of

8. approach the truth

9. have enough of sb

10. take sb to court

11. put sb to death

12. search for the truth