Great People教案-

(2) be at war 在交戰。如：
in1920 poland and russia were still at war.
※【拓展】
“at+不帶冠詞的名詞” 表示“從事某工作”或“出于某種狀態”。如：
① he is at work. = he is working.
   ② the family are at breakfast. = the family are having breakfast.
2. mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very similar to those of confucius.孟子的學說和孔子的學說非常相似。
(1) be similar to 和……相似，其反義詞組為“be different from”。如：
 our school is similar to yours.
※【拓展】
be similar in sth 在……方面相似。如：
gold is similar in color to brass.
(2) 句中的those 代替the teachings, 避免重復。that 用來代替單數名詞。如：
  ① his method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my junior high school.
    ② the climate here is nothing like that in lanzhou.
3. ...and was then given an important position in the government of a state.在一個諸侯國擔任重要職位。
    position 地位，職位。如：
you’d better ask someone in a position of authority. 你最好咨詢一下權威人士。
    ※【拓展】與position有關的詞組：
abuse your position 濫用職權     hold a position  擔任一個職務
be in/out of position 在/不在適當的位置
4. however, when he saw that the ruler was not following his advice, he resigned. 然而當他看到統治者并不接受他的意見時，他辭職了。
    follow的用法：
follow one’s advice/orders/wishes 聽從某人的忠告/服從某人的命令/遵照某人的愿望      follow one’s instructions/directions 按照使用說明/指示去做
    pay attention to the following sentences： 注意下面的句子。
    i didn’t quite follow what she said. 我不大明白她說的話。
    the results are as follows: first was class1; second, class2; third, class3. 結果如下：第一名一班；第二名，二班；第三名，三班。
5. for many years he traveled from state to state, teaching the principles of confucius.許多年來，他周游列國，傳授孔子的思想。
(1) from…to … 從……到……
  from door to door / from house to house (挨家挨戶)
from hand to hand （從一手到另一手）from head to foot（從頭到腳）
(2) teaching the principle of confucius  是-ing形式作狀語。如：
① fill in the blanks using the words in the box.
② he was seated there reading a novel.
6. he spent his last years preparing a book of his teachings called the book of mencius.他在晚年整理了自己的學說匯編成一本書《孟子》
    (1) one’s last years 某人的晚年
    (2) spend sth on sth/(in) doing sth 花費時間; 度過。如：