Karl Marx Marx was born in Germany in In the 19th century,he led the worker’s movement. Together with Engels, in 1848, Marx wrote the book “Communist Manifesto”. In 1864, he founded the First Inter- national base in London. He published “Das Kapital” in He devoted all his life to revolutionary cause. ( )

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How Marx Learned Foreign Languages 1. Which foreign languages did Marx study? 2. What work did Marx do? French,English,Russian He wrote articles and books.

The Civil War in France Karl Marx English Russian Write articles for an American newspaper Read articles to give reports

Note making Name: Karl Marx Born: Studied at: Live in: Moved to London in: Wrote (books): Wrote articles about: Studied (languages): Political ideas: May 5th,1818;Germany high school,a university Germany,France,Belgium,England 1849 The Civil War in France;Manifesto housing,hard life of … French,English,Russian Communism

True or False statements 1. Karl Marx was born in Belgium. ( ) 2. He was forced to leave his homeland when he was young. ( ) 3. Marx was good at learning foreign languages. ( ) 4. In one of his books, Marx gave some advice on how to learn English. ( ) False True False

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension 1. What was Marx’s native language? 2. Why did he leave Germany? 3. Why did he go to London? 4. What did Engels do when he found Marx had made rapid progress in English? 5. When did Marx start to learn Russian?Why?

Discussion What’s Marx’s advice on how to learn a foreign language? Not to translate everything into their own language Try to forget all about their own language Learn the spirit of the foreign language and use it freely

Language points 1. force sb. to do sth.;be forced to do sth.; force sb./sth. +prep.phr./adv./adj. We were forced to put off our visit to the Great Wall because of bad weather. 如果他不想学习，你是无发强迫他学习的。

2.be sure of/about;be sure to do;be sure that; make sure that-clause./of for sure/certain It’s certain that …. John was not sure/certain whether they could come or not.

Language points: 4. so+adj. (+a+n.)+that; such a (+adj.) + n. +that such+adj.+n.(pl.)+that; such +adj.+n.(u)+that so many/much/few/little + n. + that … But: such little children

5. praise sb. for (doing) sth. 6. encourage sb. to do sth.;encourage doing sth. 7. keep (on) doing sth. 8 。 In the years that followed =in the following years 4.before long; (not) long before

Language points: 9.It closed with words that quickly became famous… He closed his welcoming speech with the warm words”drink to the health of our friends”. We begin our class with a song. The speaker began his talk with an ancient story.

Language points: 10. He received his doctor’s degree in April Have you received his letter? He has always received acclaim from the audience. He won’t receive her as his son’s wife. These new books on science are warmly received. The new lecture hall can receive 4,000 people.

Language points: keep on doing ; keep doing.Although it started raining, we ________ working..He ________ talking and laughing when the teacher came into the classroom..You should ______ waiting here until he comes..You should not ______ thinking about it..Even when he was in hospital, he _________ writing his books. kept on keep kept on Keep on 含有强调重复性和决心的意思

Translation: 1. 他说他两天前丢了那只钢笔。 2. 出发前，他们已做了充分准备。 3. 他们结婚前，认识一年了。 4. 我刚一到家，电话铃就响了。 5. 我一直等到他干完活。 6. 昨天我本想去拜访你，但我实在太累了。 7. 我们原本希望你能加入我们行列呢。