Learn and Talk II

Lesson 43
King of Glory Can Help Promote
China’s Soft Power
Content:
Part 1 Warm Up 3’
Part 2 Text 7’ Part 4 Discussion 8’
Part 3 Retell 3’ Part 5 After-Class Review

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 Part 1 - Warm 3 mins
Up

Do you enjoy playing computer games or

mobile games?

Tutor: Please encourage the student to answer the question and keep this part in 3 mins.

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 King of Glory Can Help
Part 2 - Text 7 mins Words and
Promote China’s Soft Power
Mike, a US video game fan, and I got to know each other playing
Expressions
computer games together online. Everything was okay until we 1. But the questions were trying my patience.
started playing King of Glory (王者荣耀). He kept asking questions (try: to worry or annoy someone or upset a
like “Wasn't Li Bai a poet? If so, why does he carry a sword in the person's patience with many, often slight,
difficulties)
game?”, which appeared quite silly to me. At first, I tried to explain E.g. He’s been trying my patience all day with
everything. But the questions were trying my patience.1 Why didn't his endless questions.

Mike get hold of a Chinese history textbook to find the answers?2 2. Why didn’t Mike get hold of …

(to find someone or obtain something)

Suddenly, I realized why. King of Glory is the first Chinese game Mike
E.g. Where can I get hold of some stamps?
has played, so he never thought of learning Chinese history before.
3. … , because it prompts people to …
Almost all the previous games we played together were European or
(to make someone decide to say or do
US products, based on Western legends or history. While playing something)
these games, we learned the stories behind them without realizing E.g. I don’t know what prompted him to say
that.
why, which is a kind of soft power (软实力) of the West, because it
prompts people to learn about Western legends and history.3
Tutor: Please read or let the student read the text, and explain the underlined expressions in blue.
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Part 3 - Retell

Now retell the passage by yourself based on

what you’ve read.

Hints:
Mike … each other … online … okay … started …
questions … Li Bai … silly … At first … patience …
history textbook
realized … first … thought of … Chinese history …
previous … European or US … legends or history …
realizing … soft power … prompts

Tutor: Please encourage the student to retell the text. The

hints are NOT necessarily needed.

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 Part 4 - Discussion 8 mins Expressions may be
used
(Try to talk for at least 2 minutes for each question. You are encouraged to use the
expressions that you’ve learned today. )

try one’s patience / get hold of / prompt 1. try one’s patience

But the questions were trying my
patience.
1. Is it important to learn about other cultures? Why?
2. get hold of
Why didn't Mike get hold of a Chinese
2. How can we learn about other cultures? history textbook to find the answers?

3. prompt
3. Are you a patient person? In what situations will you lose your
It prompts people to learn about
temper (发脾气)?
Western legends and history.

Tutor: Please let the student talk freely, each question about 2 mins. Using the expressions from
today is encouraged.

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After-Class
Review
Review the expressions you’ve learned today and try to use them to make some sentences.

1. try one’s patience 惹恼某人
try: to worry or annoy someone or upset a person's
patience with many, often slight, difficulties
E.g. 1. But the questions were trying my patience.
2. Her endless demands would try the patience of a
saint (圣人).
3. Please do not try my patience!
2. get hold of 找到，得到
to find someone or obtain something
E.g. 1. Why didn’t Mike get hold of a Chinese history
textbook to find the answers?
2. It is illegal to get hold of guns in this country.
3. I'd like to get hold of three tickets for the movie.
3. prompt 促使某人决定说（或做）某事
to make someone decide to say or do something
E.g. 1. It prompts people to learn about Western legends and
history.
2. This must be the reason that prompted him to leave.
3. The birth of my son prompted me to quit smoking.

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