M7U1（6分钟）

Module 7  Great books

Unit 1  We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas

Mr Jackson:  Hello, Betty. What’s up?

Betty: I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.

Mr Jackson:  So, who are your great writers?

Betty: Well, maybe Confucius andShakespeare.

Mr Jackson:  Really? I accept that they’re great because their works are still read by many people today. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer. He was a very wise man. What do you have to do for the discussion?

Betty: Well, each of us reads a favourite book and writes a review for the discussion.

Mr Jackson:  I see. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas, and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today. People have always read, and will always read great books. By the way, what do you think of Mark Twain, the great American writer in the nineteenth century?

Betty: He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

Mr Jackson: No, but his books are still popular, and one of his books is my favourite, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.

Betty: Great! Why don’t you join in the discussion and tell us about it?

生词表：

What’s up?怎么了

join 参加

discuss 谈论

writers 作家

accept接受

describe 描述

thinker思想家

wise 睿智的

discussion讨论

review评论

influenced影响

sense感官

By the way顺便问一下

century世纪

important重要的

suppose觉得

well-known 有名

popular受欢迎

adventure 冒险

汉语译文：

杰克逊先生：你好，贝蒂，怎么了？

贝蒂：我想参加者一个网络小组，讨论一些伟大的作家写的名著。

杰克逊先生：那么，你认为伟大的作家都有谁啊？

贝蒂：嗯，可能有孔子和萨士比亚吧。

杰克逊先生：真的吗？我承认他们都很伟大，因为至今还有很多人在阅读他们的著作。但是我更愿意把孔子描述为一位教育家和思想家，而非作家。他是一位非常睿智的人。为了参与讨论，你们都得做些什么啊？

贝蒂：嗯，我们每人要读一本自己喜欢的书，并写一篇书评，以便参与讨论。

杰克逊先生：我明白了。现在，孔子的思想仍然在影响着我们，萨

士比亚的戏剧对我们来说也仍然很有意义。人们一直以来并且将来仍然会阅读这些名著作。顺便问一下，你觉得19世纪美国伟大的作家马克.吐温怎么样啊?

贝蒂：他是一位重要的作家，但我觉得他不像孔子和萨士比亚那么有名。

杰克逊先生：对，但他的小说仍然很受欢迎。他的一本小说《汤姆.索耶历险记》是我非常喜欢的。

贝蒂：太好了！那你为什么不加入讨论并向我们介绍一下它呢？