(1) There are many great philosophers in ancient China. Can you say some?

　　(2) Can you say something about the ideas of Confucius, Mencius and Mozi?

　　(3) What are the four great inventions of China?

　　(4) Can you say the influence of the Chinese four great inventions?

2. Vocabulary study

　　(1) Ask Ss to read the vocabulary of Module 5 on page 115 individually.

(2) Ask a student to read the words to the class. Give out corrections if there are any mistakes.

(3) Ask Ss to practice reading the words, and then ask them to read together; make sure they can read them correctly.

3. Practice

　　　(1) Ask Ss to read the words in Activity 1 on page 41 and make sure that they know their meanings.

　　　(2) Ask Ss to fill in the blanks in Activity 1 by using some of the words in the box. Then call back the answers.

　　　 (3) Ask Ss to go over the statements in Activity 2 and tick the ideas that Confucius taught.

4. Speaking

　　(1) Ask Ss to discuss the following questions in groups: What do you know about Confucius, Mencius and Mozi? What ideas do you agree with most? And why?

　　(2) Ask some of them to express their opinions following the example in Activity 3 on page 41.

Step 2. Vocabulary and speaking

1. Ask Ss to pay attention to the following word formations and then discuss them.

(1) equal-equality, important-importance, honest-honesty,

(2) fluent-influential

(3) contribute-contribution, invent-invention-inventor

(4) argue-argument

　　(5) free-freedom wise-wisdom

2. Ask Ss to read the words in Activity 1 on page 45 aloud. Then ask them to do the following exercise to help them understand better.

(1) -- Who's __________ today?

　　　　-- I am. And I have just cleaned the blackboard.

(2) The teachers often ask us to have a sense of ________. That is, we should try our best to do our work well.

(3) Tom never tells lies, and his ________ gains the ________ of others.

(4) _________ is the basic principle of law.

(5) He believed in ________ and ______, so he was always helping others.

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