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1. BACK TO THE PAST M3U3 Project Making a poster about a historic figure

2. Emperor Qinshihuang The Great wall China's first Emperor

3. Empress WuZetian wordless gravestone The greatest Empress in China

4. Who was the greatest emperor in European history?

5. Emperor Alexander

6. Skimming Is this article about an ancient Greek statue? If not, what is it about? Alexander the Great

7. ReadAncient Greek statue found in Xinjinagand try to do a matching game, finding out main idea for each paragraph.

8. Matching Game Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para4 Alexander’s victories and death Alexander the Great’s influence on the world the discovery of a statue showing a result of Alexander the Great’s influence Alexander’s early life

9. Scanning 1.Where was the statue discovered in Xinjiang probably from? 2. When did Alexander become a Greek king? 3. What was his ambition? 4. Did his own army always support him? Why or why not? 5. How old was he when his kingdom became the largest in the world? 6. What happened to his kingdom after he died?

10. 1.Where was the statue discovered in Xinjiang probably from? Distant Greece 2. When did Alexander become a Greek king? At the age of twenty (after his father died). 3. What was his ambition? Taking control of the entire world

11. 4. Did his own army always support him? Why or why not? 5. How old was he when his kingdom became the largest in the world? 6. What happened to his kingdom after he died? No, because they grew tired of endless battles He was thirty years old. His generals divided his kingdom among themselves.

12. influence against controlling occupied divided

13. When sword meets words, which speaks louder? VS

14. In Greece, before Alexander, there was also a great fighter, who, instead of fighting with a sword, fought with words and questions. Who was he?

15. The father of Western philosophy Socrates

16. Fill in the Blanks Para1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: The meaning of__________ philosophy Brief ____________ to Socrates introduction Socratic Method ________ for Socrates’ death Reasons

17. Scanning 1. What does the word “philosophy” mean? 2. How did Socrates teach? 3. What is called the Socratic Method? 4. Why did people take Socrates to court? Love of wisdom By asking questions Socrates’ way of approaching the truth For questioning the existence of the Greek gods and corrupting the young

18. contributions worker challenged truth trial

19. Comparison: figure Nationality spread affected Achievements battle Death of

20. Language points

21. 1. The best way _____ these events and changes is to look at the people who played key roles in history. A. to understand B. to understanding C. of understanding

22. 1. The best way to understand these events and changes is to look at the people who played key roles in history. 1. The students have _____ to the school library during the summer holidays. • approach B. access C. means D. method

23. 2. He came up with a new _____ to the problem at yesterday's meeting. • means • approach • way • method

24. 3.The role he _____in the company is of great importance. • is playing • takes • had made • had played

25. Para one When _______(ask) how a statue from distant Greece could have appeared in China, researchers explained that no doubt this was a result of Alexander the Great’s influence asked 1. If _________(heat), the water will turn into steam. 2. The flowers his friend gave him will die unless ____every day. A. watered B. watering C. water D. to water no doubt heated

26. doubt B • I doubt ______we will make a profit out of it. • I don’t doubt ______he’s telling the truth. • There’s no doubt ______ she’ll call us when she gets there. • that B. whether C. when D. how A A

27. might have done need have done would have done could have done

28. 1. ---There were already five people in the car, but they managed to take me as well. ----It ____a comfortable journey A. can’t be B. shouldn’tbe C. mustn’t have been D. couldn’t have been 2. Where is my pen? I ____it. A. might lose B. would have lost C. should have lost D. must have lost 3. I didn’t hear the phone. I ___asleep A. must be B. must have been C. should be D. should have been

29. Para three 1.In 334 BC, he took his army, now with 42,000men,into the Middle East and then Egypt, _________(defeat) every army that stood in his path. 2. By the age of thirty, he _____ more land than anyone before. A. had already occupied B. has already occupied C. occupied defeating

30. Para four • Alexander the Great spread the Greek culture from Europe to Africa and Asia, ____________ (influence) the world for the centuries to come. • The statue of Greek soldier _______________(find) in northern Xinjiang probably came to China in the 4th century BC as a result of trade. influencing found

31. Para one The word ‘philosophy’ means ‘love of wisdom’. 1. He ___________ find a job in Shanghai, but finally he went to Hangzhou. 2. Accepting the job ___________(move) to another city. 3. --Why didn’t you come to my birthday party last night? --I ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿, but I had an unexpected guest. meant to means moving meant to

32. Para three • ________how this can be true, we must understand how Socrates taught. • To understand B. understanding C. Understood D. having understood 2. Through this, he challenged his students __________________(develop) and explain their own arguments. to develop

33. 3. Many students got embarrassed and even angry when this happened , _____ others changed their opinions. • when • while • however • therefore

34. 1. In many cases, his questions made his students aware of their own errors. (lines 12-13, P59) be aware of 意识到，察觉到 e.g. She slipped away without him being aware of it. 她悄悄离开，没有让他发觉。

35. He is kept in dark and is not _____ that the company is losing money, A. known B. known about C. aware D. aware of

36. Para four • He always asked challenging questions to every one he met, _____in Athens. • to upset many people • have upset many people • upset many people • upsetting many people

37. 2. Translation 最后，一些人对他忍无可忍，于是把他送上了法庭。 Finally, some people had enough of him, so they took him to court.

38. 1. Finally, some people had enough of him, so they took him to court for questioning…. (lines 20-22, P59) have enough of … 受够了…… e.g.你那些高论我已经听腻了。 I have had enough of your cute remarks.

39. take sb to court for (doing) sth 因某人做了某事而将其告上法庭 吉米因为抢劫银行被告上法庭。 e.g. Jimmy was taken to court for robbing a bank.

40. take place 2. continue to do/doing • 3. play key roles in 4. do research on • 5. get started 6. could have done • 7. no doubt 8. rise up against • 9. lead sb. to do sth. 10. take sb back • 11. stand in one’s way • 12. turn one’s eyes east • 13. march all the way to

41. 14. It seems that… 15. Stop sb. from doing • take control of 17. grow tired of • 18. go any further 19. turn back • 20. come down with 21. divide • 22. spread from…to… • 23. centuries to come 24. as a result of

42. be thought of as… • for free 3. aside from • 4. Have a deep influence on • 5. challenge sb to do • 6. in many cases • 7. make sb aware of • 8. approach the truth • 9. have enough of sb

43. 10. take sb to court 11. put sb to death 12. search for the truth