1、By the end of this period,you will be able to1.get familiar with Confucius Temple,Confucius,Confucius descendants and Confucius educational thoughts.2.understand English idioms and related cultural allusions.3.talk about Confucius educational municate with the words and idioms in listening.Confucius
2、mansioncemeteryphilosophydescendant individualheelAchilles heeln.孔子孔子 n.公馆；宅第公馆；宅第n.墓地；公墓墓地；公墓n.哲学哲学n.后裔后裔；后代后代；子孙子孙adj.单独的；个别的单独的；个别的n.个人个人n.足跟；足跟；(脚脚,袜子、鞋等的）袜子、鞋等的）后跟后跟（喻）（希雅神语）（喻）（希雅神语）阿喀琉斯的脚跟阿喀琉斯的脚跟,致命的弱点致命的弱点Confucius(551479 BC)uThinkeruEducatoruStatesman政治家政治家uPhilosopher哲学家哲学家uFounder of the
3、Confucian school and Confucianism 儒家学派创始人儒家学派创始人uSymbol of Chinese culture Do you know Confucius?step 1 before-listening 1.Learning without reflecting leads to confusion.2.Review the old and learn the new.3.Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.4.Make no social distinctions in
4、 teaching.5.When seeing a person with high caliber,strive to be his equal.6.To learn and at due time to repeat what one has learnt,isnt that after all a pleasure?己所不欲勿施于人己所不欲勿施于人温故而知新温故而知新学而不思则罔学而不思则罔有教无类有教无类见贤思齐见贤思齐学而时习之，不亦学而时习之，不亦乐乎乐乎?Temple of ConfuciusKong Family Mansion Cemetery of ConfuciusTem
5、ple of Confucius:The most famous and largest temple honoring the great sage.It is also a UNESCO world Heritage Site.Kong Family Mansion:It was the historical home of the descendents(后代后代)of Confucius from where they managed ceremonies.It is now a museum.Cemetery（墓地）（墓地）of Confucius:This is where Con
6、fucius and his descendants are buried.Three Confucius“三孔三孔”QufuStep1:Lead-in A British tourist,William,asks a Chinese student,Xiao Kong,for directions when he wants to visit the Confucius Temple.On the way to the Confucius Temple,they talk about Confucius and his ideas.William Xiao KongListen to a c
7、onversation between a British tourist and a Chinese student in Qufu,and then write down what they say about Confucius.step 2 while-listening Exercise 2:William:1 Confucius is one of his favourite .2 He was a man.3 He lived over years ago.philosopherswise2,500Exercise 2:Xiao Kong:1 Confucius has over
8、 descendants.2 He was a great and had many ideas about .3 He was one of the greatest in history.3 millioneducatoreducationmindsExercise 3:FF1 Confucius said that learning without understanding leads to confusion.2 Xiao Kong is doing a research project on Confucius philosophy.reflectingideas on educa
9、tionExercise 3:NM3 As one of Confucius descendants,Xiao Kongs name is recorded in the family tree.4 Dacheng Hall is the tallest building in Qufu.His family treeno other building in the city can be taller than it.TExercise 3:Why do you think William said his hometown was similar to Qufu?A There are f
10、amous halls in his hometown.B There are no tall buildings in his hometown.C Both places have a famous person who was born there.D His hometown doesnt allow other buildings to be more noticeable than the historic buildings.DEnglish English idiomidiomMeaningMeaningChinese Chinese equivalentequivalentA
11、chilles heelpull ones legfish out of waterWrite down the English idioms that are used in the conversation.Explain their meanings and think about some of Chinese equivalents.sth.that is sbs weaknessto joke with sb.Sb.who feels uncomfortable because they are in an unfamiliar place弱点；要害弱点；要害戏弄戏弄如芒在背如芒在
12、背/感感到不自在到不自在step 3 post-listening W:Excuse me,do you speak English?Im looking for the Confucius Temple,but 1._ theyre my Achilles heel!X:Oh,hello,yes.Come with me 2._.By the way,what does“Achilles heel”mean?W:Oh,it means that 3._ Im really bad with maps!So do you know much about Confucius?Hes 4._ _.
13、He was such a wise man.X:Oh,yes.I was born here.In fact,I believe I am 5._ of Confucius himself.W:o way,youre pulling my leg,right?So how do you know 6._Confucius?Didnt he live over 2500 years ago?X:Yes,but 7._.He was over three million descendants.Sorry again,what does“pulling my leg”mean?W:Oh,sorr
14、y,it means to 8._.Anyway,so youre actually going to the temple to 9 _?Im going to the temple right nowIm not good at mapsyoure related to a descendant something is my weaknessone of my favourite philosopherspay respects to your relativejoke with someonehis family tree is well recorded弱点；要害戏弄Achilles
15、 heel Achilles was the beloved son of the mortal hero（凡人英雄）Peleus and the sea goddess（海洋女神）Thetis,in an attempt to make his son invulnerable(刀枪不入的),set out to wash Achilles in an magic river.When doing so,she held Achilles by the ankle and therefore immersed every part of the babys body except the h
16、eel which she held in her hand.So the unwashed heel became the only weakness in Achilles body.At last,Achilles died of a wound after being hit by an arrow(箭)on that heel.Peter was the best athlete in the competition and everyone believed he would win the champion.But he lost it finally.After the com
17、petition,he said with great remorse(万分懊悔):“Carelessness is my Achilles heel!I must get rid of it.”An example:Nowadays,“Achilles heel”is used to refer to the fatal weakness.Carelessness is my fatal weakness!/kliz/n.阿基里斯(荷马史诗)An idiom is an expression which means something different from the meaning o
18、f the individual words.Some idioms present an idea or paint a picture that gives a hint as to the meaning.Other idioms can only be understood from the context in which they appear.Discuss in paris and guess the Chinese equivalent of the following English idioms.English idiomChinese equivalentLove me
19、,love my dog.Kill two birds with a stone.apple of ones eyesbreak the icebreak a leg祝你好运祝你好运爱屋及乌爱屋及乌一石二鸟一石二鸟掌上明珠掌上明珠破冰，打破沉默破冰，打破沉默Discuss in paris and guess the Chinese equivalent of the following English idioms.English idiomChinese equivalentcost an arm and a legraining cats and dogsDont cry over th
20、e spilt milk.No man is an island.There is no such thing as a free lunch世界上没有免费世界上没有免费的午餐的午餐花费极大花费极大倾盆大雨倾盆大雨覆水难收覆水难收没有人是一座孤岛。没有人是一座孤岛。A people here refers to all the persons who live in a particular place or belong to a particular country,race or other group.A tree is a good metaphor（暗喻）（暗喻）for a gro
21、up of people.A tree without roots would easily fall down and die.The roots also feed the tree.The root of a tree can not usually be seen,but they often spread deep and wide.In this way,a people s history also has deep roots that spread far and wide.If people do not know about their history,they will not learn from the past and will not be able to develop and progress well into the future.
