What do you know about the Tang Dynasty? How big is it? Can you tell some famous persons in this dynasty? What were the greatest achivements of the Tang Dynasty? Can you give some example?

the Silk Road the Tang Dynasty

Li longji and Yang yuhuan

Du FuLi Bai

the Tang poems

Do you know these sorts of poems? 新诗 旧体诗 抒情诗 叙事诗 散文诗 五言诗 modern verse classical poetry lyric poetry narrative poetry prose poetry A poem with five characters in each line A poem with seven characters in each line 七言诗

Listen to the passage and finish Ex.3. Answers: e. A great dynasty a. An exciting cultrue f. Technologe and progress d. Tang poetry b. Du Fu c. Li Bai

Then finish Ex. 5. Answers: F F O F F O

Read the passage again and answer the questions of Ex. 4. Answers: 1. Around 300 years. 2. It made Chinese cultrue cosmopolitan and tolerant. 3. Medical schools were opened; Printing began; Seng Yixing measure the sun’s shadow and the altitude of the North Pole.

4. Because of the beauty of its images and the rang of its topics. 5. They were friends. 6. Du Fu painted a realistic picture of the society, While Li Bai was romantic.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. The Tang ________ was one of the greatest dynasties in Chinese history. Trade with foreign countries created a _________ and _______________ culture. Persians, Arabs and Jews came to live in China, bringing with them their own _________ and ________. These ___________ the development of Tang culture. Foreigners who were __________ at the Tang court took the Chinese culture home with them. Cultural development went _______ ______ _______ with technological progress. New _____________ were made in astronomy, geography and medicine. The ___________ of printing ________ the beginning of the golden Dynasty tolerant cosmopolitan religions customs influenced educated hand in hand discoveries invention marked

age of poetry in the Tang Dynasty. In the beauty of its _________ and the _______ of topics, Tang poetry was better than anything that had come before it. A good ______ had a better chance of getting a good job. So lots of people became interested in poetry. One of the greatest of the Tang poets was Du Fu. As a young man he travelled a lot and enjoy painting and music, _____ _______ _____ wrinting poetry. Sometimes he is called the “__________________” or “_____ ________ ____ _____ ______”. So he was a _______. Li Bai began a life of travel and poetry, writing more than a thousand poems. He was a ___________. Friendship, the human condition, and the pleasure of wine, are his favourite _________. imagesrange poet as wellas poet of history the mirror of histimerealist romantic subjects

Translate these two poems into English. 静夜思 李白 床前明月光， 疑是地上霜。 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。 回乡偶书 贺知章 少小离家老大回， 乡音无改鬓毛衰。 儿童相见不相识， 笑问客从何处来。

1. Trade with foreign countries created a tolerant and cosmopolitan culture. cosmopolitan 兼容并包的, 包罗万象的 create 创造 据说正是上帝创造了人类。 It is said that it was God who created man.

2. Soon Japan and Korea were organised on the Tang model, which Chinese influenced extended throughout Southeast Asia. on the model of 参照 … 的模式 He opened a coffee shop on the model of that of the foreign countries. 他参照西方国家的模式开了一家咖啡馆。 请参照第一题的模式造句。 Please make sentences on the model of Ex. 1.

3. Cultural development went hand in hand with technological progress. hand in hand 手拉手, 联合 ; 密切相关 They carried out the project hand in hand. They are dancing hand in hand. Dirt and disease go hand in hand.

相关词组 : side by side shoulder to shoulder face to face back to back 肩并肩 面对面 背对背地

4. The invention of printing about this time meant that knowledge could be recorded and shared as never before. share sth. with sb. 与某人共有或分享某物 你经常和你的朋友分享快乐吗 ? Do you often share your happiness with your friends? share sth. among/ between sb. 将某物平均分配给某人 那个妈妈把一块蛋糕平均分配给她的六个孩子. The mother shared a cake among her 6 children.

5. in fact, he thought of himself as a failure. think of 认为, 评价 你认为那音乐怎样 ? What do you think of the music? 我们都对你的工作高度评价。 think of 可被 well ， highly ， little ， poorly 等副词修饰。 We all think highly of your job.

6. It is said that he drowned when he fell into a river while trying to take hold of the reflection of the moon. take hold of 抓住 The boy took hold of the toy and left. take 的相关短语 : take away take down take off take out 拿走 拿下 脱下, 起飞 取出