《Popular Sayings》Culture Shapes Us PPT课件

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第一部分内容：Warming up

Do you know any English or Chinese sayings? What are they?

Do you use sayings in your daily life? Give an example.

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Popular SayingsPPT，第二部分内容：New Words

1. society   n. 社会

e.g. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.

它描述了过去五十年来中国社会的变迁。

2. generation   n. 一代（人）

3. wealthy  adj.  富有的；富裕的

4. penny  n.  便士

5. pound    n.  镑；磅

e.g. A pound today buys much less a year ago. 

今天的一镑买的东西比一年前少。

6. foolish    adj.   愚蠢的；傻的

7. whether   conj.   是否；不管；无论

1) whether常与or连用，表示一种选择，意为”或者……或者……；不管是……还是……”。

2) whether可引导宾语从句，可与if互换使用；whether也可引导表语从句；还可引导同位语从句。

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Popular SayingsPPT，第三部分内容：Let's do it!

1. Read the Chinese sayings below and find the matching English expressions from the lesson.

2. Fill in the blanks using the sayings from the lesson.

1. _________________. We warmly welcome you to visit our factory.

2. _____________________. It is very important to make a good start.

3. Cleaning the room will not take long if we all help. You know, _____________________.

4. _____________________________. We should do more and speak less.

5. Although you failed the exam, you shouldn’t give up. Remember___________________________.

3. Work in pairs. Discuss the meanings of the following sayings. 

Can you find the matching Chinese sayings? 

Then make sentences with the sayings you have learned.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

First come, first served.

先到先得。

It is never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

No pain, no gain.

没有付出就没有收获。

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Popular SayingsPPT，第四部分内容：Language points

1.They come from the experience of generations of people, and from different walks of life.

它们来自数代人的经验，来自各界人士。

walk在本句中的意思是“活动领域，地

位；职业”。People from / in different / all 

walks of life的意思是“各界人士”。

e.g. The president was welcomed by the people from all walks of life.

那位总统受到了各界人士的欢迎。

2. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起使人健康、富有和聪明。

本句的主语是由and连接的两个动词不定式短语，被视为一个概念，所以谓语动词用单数形式；如果表示两个概念，谓语动词要用复数形式。

e.g. To buy some food and (to) water the trees are my jobs today.

买吃的和浇树是我今天的活。

3. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行，始于足下。

begin with的意思是“以……开始；以……为起点”。

e.g. I am going to begin with an English song today.

今天我打算先唱首英文歌。

The flood began with that rainy summer.

那场水灾是从那个多雨的夏季开始的。

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Popular SayingsPPT，第五部分内容：Homework

Choose a Chinese saying that you think describes or explains something important about Chinese culture. Translate the saying into English and write a short passage that explains why you have chosen this saying and what part of Chinese culture it represents.

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