1. Read the passage and fill in the blanks
Paragraph 3
Introduction about ___________
476BC BC. He thought
____________ was more important .
All man are _________ . We should
love all ______ __________ and look
after the weak.
He hated the idea of ______
Mozi
government
equal
human beings
war

2. Careful Reading 2 A B B B A Read and choose the best answer.
1. The Chinese people _____for over 2,000 years.
A. followed Confucius’s teachings
B. influenced Confucius
2. Mencius believed that people are _____ important than rulers.
A. less B. more
3. Mohism began _______.
A. in 476BC B. by Mozi
4. Mozi did not agree with _______ .
A. kindness B. war
5. Mencius had important government positions, ______ .
A. but Mozi did not B. and so did Mozi B B B A

3. Detailed-reading Read the text again and finish the following.
1. Whose influence has been the greatest among all the philosophers of ancient China?
Mencius B. Mozi
C. Confucius D. Zhuangzi
2. Confucius stressed the importance of the following aspects except__________
Kindness B. friendship
C. order D. duty

4. 3. Which is NOT the right statement about Mozi?
He was known for his unusual clothes and behavior.
He hated the idea of war.
All his beliefs were the same as Confucius.
D. He believed all men were equal.
4. “If the government was kind, then people would be good.” is the teaching of _________.
Mencius B.Confucius
C. Mozi D. Xunzi

5. 5. Which belief by Mozi was similar to that of Confucius?
We should love all human beings.
The government shouldn’t treat people badly.
We should look after those who are weaker than ourselves.
The government was most important.

6. 6. What’s main idea of the passage?
The author wants to make people believe in the teachings by thinkers of ancient.
The author wants to introduce three influential philosophers of ancient China.
C. The author wants to tell interesting stories about three important teachers in ancient China.
D. The author wants to show the history of philosophy in ancient China.

7. B. Mencius----Mozi----Confucius C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius
Which shows the right order of time when the three great thinkers lived?
A. Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi
B. Mencius----Mozi----Confucius
C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius
D. Mozi--- Mencius---Confucius

8. From the text we can infer that_______
A. Only in time of war could philosophers produce great teaching.
B. It was not easy to find a state where people would follow the thinker's teaching.
C. Great philosophers must have been born in poor families.
D. Influential philosophers wouldn’t agree with each other.

9. Homework
Finish exercises in workbook on Pages

10. Chinese inventions
paper making
gun powder
printing
compass

11. 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

12. 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?

13. 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

14. 3
Listen again. Write down the missing words about the significance(意义) of the inventions.
The Chinese did not tell other countries how silk was made and other countries _____ a lot for this ______ and _______ material.
For the first time, it became ________ to ____________.
Paper was a very important invention because it was _______ and people could ______________.
With printing, it ________________ to ___________________ at the same time.
This toothbrush could _____________________.
paid
soft
strong
possible
tell the time
cheap
afford to buy it
became possible
produce many copies
clean teeth quickly and well.

15. 3 Listen again. Complete the sentences.
The Chinese did not tell other countries _______________________________.
However, we do know that in 1092 AD he invented _______________________________.
However, paper did not spread to other countries ________________________________.
In 1041 AD, a chemist called Bi Sheng invented _____________________________.
This toothbrush could _____________________.
how silk was made.
the first real clock.
for anther 500 years.
a type of print that could move.
clean teeth quickly and well.
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