1. Western Philosophers Page 93
[pai'θæɡəræs; pi-]
Name
Life span
Philosophical ideas
Pythagoras
毕达哥拉斯
Socrates
苏格拉底
Aristotle
亚里士多德

2. Of the teachings taught by these philosophers, which do you agree most
Of the teachings taught by these philosophers, which do you agree most ? And why?
I very much agree with the teaching by ______ because I think it ______.
The reason why I agree with_______ most is that _______

3. Chinese inventions
paper making
gun power
printing
compass

4. Do you know other ancient Chinese inventions
Do you know other ancient Chinese inventions? Match the objects with their names.
silk fireworks matches porcelain umbrella wheelbarrow

5. 1 Work in pairs. Decide which words you think you will hear.
afford bark chemist
contribution copy discovery farmer invent invention
leather material monk print soft spread caterpillar 毛虫 mulberry leaves桑叶
Which inventions will be talked about?

6. 2 105 AD 1498 AD 1092 AD 3200 BC 868 AD Invention silk 3200BC clock
Listen to the passage. Write down the five inventions and match the dates with them. Write down the words from Activity 1 used for the inventions.
105 AD AD AD BC AD
Invention
Date of Words used for the inventions
invent, farmer, mulberry leaves, caterpillar, soft, material
silk
3200BC
clock
1092AD
monk, invent, copy
bark, invention, afford, material, spread
paper
105AD
printing
868AD
printing, copy, chemist, print,
toothbrush
1498AD

7. China has given the world many important ________
China has given the world many important ________. To give an example, it is the country in which silk was first invented. Silk was made there as long ago as 3200 BC. Chinese ________ grew mulberry leaves because they knew that a certain kind of caterpillar ate them. The Chinese did not tell other how silk was made and other countries ________ a lot for this soft, strong ________.

8. Su Song was an eleventh century ________ about whom very little is known. However, we do know that in 1092 AD he invented the first real ________. For the first time ever, it became possible to ________ the time. In the ________ a copy was built and this copy can be seen today in Beijing.

9. They say that a man called Cai Lun made paper from the ________ of a tree in about 105 AD. If so, he is a man of whom China can be ________. Paper was a very important invention because it was cheap and people could ________ to buy it. Before that time, writers had used expensive materials such as silk. The invention was immediately successful. However, paper did not ________ to other countries for another 500 years.___________________.

10. Printing was invented in China as early as 868 ________
Printing was invented in China as early as 868 ________. The book in which printing first ________ was called the Diamond Sutra. With printing, it became possible to produce many ________ at the same time. In 1041 AD, a ________ called Bi Sheng invented a type of print that could move. It was not until 1454 that the first book was printed in Europe.

11. The first time that we hear of a real toothbrush is in a Chinese book of ________ AD. This toothbrush could clean teeth quickly and well. The toothbrush only reached ________ in the seventeenth century, when it quickly became very ________

12. China has given the world many important ________
China has given the world many important ________. To give an example, it is the country in which silk was first invented. Silk was made there as long ago as 3200 BC. Chinese ________ grew mulberry leaves because they knew that a certain kind of caterpillar ate them. The Chinese did not tell other how silk was made and other countries ________ a lot for this soft, strong ________.
inventions
farmers
paid
materials

13. Su Song was an eleventh century ________ about whom very little is known. However, we do know that in 1092 AD he invented the first real ________. For the first time ever, it became possible to ________ the time. In the ________ a copy was built and this copy can be seen today in Beijing.
monk
clock
tell
1950s

14. They say that a man called Cai Lun made paper from the ________ of a tree in about 105 AD. If so, he is a man of whom China can be ________. Paper was a very important invention because it was cheap and people could ________ to buy it. Before that time, writers had used expensive materials such as silk. The invention was immediately successful. However, paper did not ________ to other countries for another 500 years.
balk
proud
afford
spread

15. Printing was invented in China as early as 868 ________
Printing was invented in China as early as 868 ________. The book in which printing first ________ was called the Diamond Sutra. With printing, it became possible to produce many ________ at the same time. In 1041 AD, a ________ called Bi Sheng invented a type of print that could move. It was not until 1454 that the first book was printed in Europe. AD
appeared
copies
chemist

16. The first time that we hear of a real toothbrush is in a Chinese book of ________ AD. This toothbrush could clean teeth quickly and well. The toothbrush only reached ________ in the seventeenth century, when it quickly became very ________
1498
Europe
popular

17. Assignment
《七中学案》Period 2 Module 5.