2. Karl Marx Marx was born in Germany in 1818. In the 19th century,he led the worker’s movement. Together with Engels, in 1848, Marx wrote the book “Communist Manifesto”. In 1864, he founded the First Inter- national in London. He published “Das Kapital” in 1867. He devoted all his life to revolutionary cause. (1818-1883)

3. (1820-1895) (1818-1883)

4. How Marx Learned Foreign Languages 1. Which foreign languages did Marx study? 2. What work did Marx do? French,English,Russian He wrote articles and books.

5. The Civil War in France Karl Marx English Russian Write articles for American newspaper Read articles to give reports

6. Note making Name: Karl Marx Born: Studied at: Live in: Moved to London in: Wrote (books): Wrote articles about: Studied (languages): Political ideas: May 5th,1818;Germany high school,a university Germany,France,Belgium,England 1849 The Civil War in France;Manifesto housing,hard life of … French,English,Russian Communism

7. True or False statements 1. Karl Marx was born in Belgium. ( ) 2. He was forced to leave his homeland when he was young. ( ) 3. Marx was good at learning foreign languages. ( ) 4. In one of his books, Marx gave some advice on how to learn English. ( ) False True False

8. Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension 1. What was Marx’s native language? 2. Why did he leave Germany? 3. Why did he go to London? 4. What did Engels do when he found Marx had made rapid progress in English? 5. When did Marx start to learn Russian?Why?

9. Discussion 1.Do you think it important to learn a foreign language? Why? 2. How can we learn English well? A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life.--Karl Marx

10. Discussion What’s Marx’s advice on how to learn a foreign language? One shouldn’t: One should: In order to: Translate everything into their own language Try to forget all about their own language Learn the spirit of the foreign language and use it freely

11. Fill in the blanks: Karl Marx was born in _______.When he was young, he was ______ to leave his homeland for _________ reasons. He had to _____ from one country to another. At last he came to England and ____ London the base for his revolutionary work. Marx ___ ______ some English before he came to London, but he ______ his English was limited. He ______ working hard to improve it. He made ____ rapid progress ____ before long he Germany forced politicalmove made had learnt found started such that

12. Fill in the blanks: could write articles in English.Engels wrote him a letter to _______ him for it. Engels’ letter had greatly _________ him,and from then on, Marx ______ even harder at his English. He mastered English ___ well _____ he could write one of his great works The Civil War in France in English. When Marx was in his fifties, he _____ to learn Russian,because he thought it was important to study the situation in Russia. praise encouraged worked so that began

13. Language points 1. force sb. to do sth.;be forced to do sth.; force sb./sth. +prep.phr./adv. We were forced to put off our visit to the Great Wall because of bad weather. 如果他不想学习，你是无发强迫他学习的。 You can’t force him to learn if he doesn’t want to.

14. 2.be sure of/about;be sure to do;be sure that; make sure that-clause./of/to do sth.; for sure/certain It’s certain that …. John was not sure/certain whether they could come or not. I’m not sure where I left my notebook. Before you do it, please make sure of it. Please make sure to turn off the window before you leave the room.

15. Language points: 4. so+adj. (+a+n.)+that; such a (+adj.) + n. +that such+adj.+n.(pl.)+that; such +adj.+n.(u)+that so many/much/few/little + n. + that … But: such little children 他是一个诚实的孩子，经常受到老师表扬。 他取得了很快的进步，在期中考试中取得了好成绩。 我太忙了没有时间写信。 他的胳膊很长，能够够的着天花板。

16. 5. praise sb. for (doing) sth. 6. encourage sb. to do sth.;encourage doing sth. 7. keep (on) doing sth. 8 。 In the years that followed =in the following years 4.before long; (not) long before Before long he went to America. His works will be printed long before. I have seen the film long before you saw it. His work was printed long before.

17. Language points: 9.It closed with words that quickly became famous… He closed his welcoming speech with the warm words”drink to the health of our friends”. We begin our class with a song. The speaker began his talk with an ancient story.

18. Language points: 10. He received his doctor’s degree in April 1841. Have you received his letter? He is always received acclaim from the audience. He won’t receive her as his son’s wife. These new books on sciences are warmly received. The new lecture hall can receive 4,000 people.

19. Language points: keep on doing ; keep doing.Although it started raining, we ________ working..He ________ talking and laughing when the teacher came into the classroom..You should ______ waiting here until he comes..You should not ______ thinking about it..Even when he was in hospital, he _________ writing his books. kept on keep kept on

20. Translation: 1. 他说他两天前丢了那只钢笔。 2. 出发前，他们已做了充分准备。 3. 他们结婚前，认识一年了。 4. 我刚一到家，电话铃就响了。 5. 我一直等到他干完活。 6. 昨天我本想去拜访你，但我实在太累了。 7. 我们原本希望你能加入我们行列呢。