Module 6Module 6

the Silk Road

the Tang Dynasty － a great dynasty

The Exciting Culture

Tang Poetry

Du Fu

Li Bai

Famous poets

Famous poets

Bai Juyi

Wang Wei

Liu Yuxi

Zhang Jiuling

Du Mu

Listen to the passage and match the paragraphs with the titles

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• Para.2

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• An exciting culture

• Du Fu

• Li Bai

• Tang poetry

• A great dynasty

• Technology and progress

1. How long did the Tang Dynasty last?

2. What were the benefits of trade

with foreign countries?

Read the passage and answerthe questions

Around 300 years

It made Chinese culture cosmopolitan

and tolerant.

3. Name three advances in science and technology at this time.

Medical schools were opened;Printing began;Seng Yixing measured the sun’s shadow and the altitude of the North Pole.

4. Why was Tang poetry so great?

5. What was the relationship between

Li Bai and Du Fu?

Because of the beauty of its images

and the range of its topics.

They were friends.

6. What was the difference between

the two men’s poetry?

Du Fu painted a realistic picture

of the society, while Li Bai was

romantic.

Fill in the blanks The tang Dynasty was a time of

________ .

Trade with foreign countries created a

________ and cosmopolitan culture. New

Discoveries were made in __________,

geography and medicine. But it was not just

Scientific knowledge that could now reach a

wider audience. _______ also marked the

beginning of golden age of literature in the

Tang Dynast, which meant _______.

expansion

tolerantastronomy

printing

poetry

Tang poetry was better than everything that had come before it because of an ________ of talent and the appearance of new forms. Du Fu regarded himself as a ______ because he Never became famous during his lifetime.However, his ____________ was recognized in the 11th century. He was a _______ becausehe painted a realistic picture of the problems of that time. Not successful in the Civil Service Examination, Li Bai began a life of travel andPoetry. As a ________, he wrote about nature,friendship and the pleasures of wine etc.

explosion

failure

poetic geniusrealist

romantic

1. It’s a time of expansion.

★ time 意为“时期 , 时代” in time of war /peace 在战时 / 和平时期 at flowering time 在开花时节 The new president is spending a hard

time.

那位新总统正在度过艰难时期。

2. The invention of printing about this time

meant that knowledge could be recorded

and shared as never before.

★ mean “ 意味着”，后接宾语从句或 v-ing

Missing the first bus means waiting for

another hour.

★ mean “ 打算，企图”，后接动词不定式。 I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you.

3. Soon Japan and Korea were organized on the Tang Model, while Chinese influenceextended throughout Southeast Asia.

★ on…modal =on the modal of… 参照…的模式 , 仿照…的样子 He opened a bar on the American model. 他参照美国的模式开了一家酒吧。 Now many people celebrate Christmas on

the model of western countries. 现在很多人照西方国家的样子庆祝 圣诞节

4. But it was not just scientific knowledge that could now reach a wider audience. It was only in the 11th century that hispoetic genius was recognised.

★ It is/was…that 为强调句型 It is I who am going to the Great Walltomorrow. 是我明天要去长城（被强调部分为指人的名词或代词时，一般用 who ） It was not until yesterday that the littleboy realised he was cheated. 直到昨天，那个小男孩才意识到他被骗了。

5. …in fact, he thought of himself as a failure. ★ think of 认为；评价；想起，记起 ★ think of …as… 认为…是…

What do you think of the concert last night?

你认为昨晚的音乐会怎么样？ The president thought highly of his work. 总统高度赞扬了他所做的作品。 To tell the truth, our teacher thought littleof you. 说实话，老师对你评价不高。 Little children often think of what theteacher says as a truth. 小孩总是把老师的话看作是真理。