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课件网) Unit 1 Looking forwards Starting out Watch the video, understand the main idea, extract the key information and activate the background knowledge and language knowledge. Find out the important life choices Lu Xun made and summarize the reasons. Look at the picture, compare and analyze the difference between different roads, talk about the view of life road, form a preliminary “life choice” understanding. Learning objectives Look at the picture and talk about him. Lu Xun, (1881, Shaoxing —1936, Shanghai), Chinese writer, the greatest in 20th-century Chinese literature, who was also an important critic known for his sharp and unique essays on the historical traditions and modern conditions of China. Activivate and Share He is regarded as the founder of modern Chinese writing and revered as a scholar and teacher. He played an important role in the anti-imperialist May the Fourth Movement in 1919, and his greatest legacy is leading the revolution of simplified Chinese script. He wrote a great number of works all his life. The True Story of Ah Q, the representative work of Lu Xun’s stories, is a typical example of his taking apart the Chinese people’s psychotic personality and a concentration of his thought on reshaping the Chinese people’s “national character.” In 1918, A Madman’s Diary was published on New Youth. It deeply discloses the “eating people” of the society and is a fierce attack on feudal thought and culture. Lu Xun was both a pioneer and a founder of modern Chinese literature. Watch the video and answer the questions. Key information the most recognizable figure a student of Western medicine abandoned his medical studies and took up writing weak people suffer or witness suffering dedicated his life to teaching and inspiring young people to strive for a better future Who is mentioned in the video What decisions did he make Lu Xun. When Lu Xun was 15, traditional Chinese medicine failed to cure his father’s illness, so he made a decision to study Western medicine and become a doctor. But later, he made a decision to abandon his medical studies and take up writing. Why did he change his decision Because he realized that the people in China were more in need of treatment for their minds than their bodies. The most important thing, in his mind, was to change people’s spirit, and the best way to achieve this was through literature. Introduce Lu Xun using sentences in the video. He is perhaps the most recognizable figure among Chinese writers of the 20th century. He was a student of Western medicine in his early life. He abandoned his medical studies and took up writing. He thought that though they were healthy, people from a weak and backward country would suffer or witness suffering. He dedicated his life to teaching and inspiring young people to strive for a better future for China. Speak up Look at the picture and answer the questions. What can you see in the pict ... ...
