中国文化概论英文版unit5解析.doc

Unit 5 Ancient Chinese Education Warm-up Activity Read the following small passage and finish the tasks afterwards. Task 1. How much do you know about China Ancient Academy? Try to fill in the following table. Notable Ancient China Academies Names of Academy Location Time of Foundation Chinese English 岳麓书院 Yuelu Academy Changsha, Hunan Song Dynasty 白鹿洞书院 White Deer Grotto Academy Lu Shan, Jiangxi Southern-Tang 嵩阳书院 Songyang Academy Dengfeng, Henan Song Dynasty 应天府书院 Ying Tianfu Academy Shangqiu, Henan Hou Jin 东林书院 Donglin Academy Wuxi, Jiangsu Ming Dynasty 2. Open. Section A Cultural Treasures 1. Read the following four short stories and try to give titles for each story. a. The Frog in the Shallow Well ( 井底之蛙) b. Mencius Relocates Three Times ( 孟母三迁) c. Yue Fei ’s Mother Tatooing on his Back ( 岳母刺字) d. An Argument about the Sun ( 小儿辩日) 2. What can we learn from the four short stories? a. Importance of Education b. Educational environment matters c. Family education d. No one can know everything including the learned scholars. Section B Cultural Knowledge Carding Task 1. Try to guess the Chinese equivalents for the following words or terms underlined in the passage below. 1) Son of Heaven 天子 2) civil servants 官吏 3) Four Books 四书 4) Five Classics 五经 5) eight-legged essay 八股文 6) Rote learning 死记硬背 7) Confucian classics 儒家经典 8) civil service post 一官半职 9)a venerable age 高龄 10) mini