Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China1. Ancient China was a place where states were often at war with each other. 古代中国各诸侯国之间经常发生战争. at war with 和……处于战争状态, “at +不带冠词的名词” 表示“从事某工作”或 “ 处于某种状态”, 如:He is at work. === He is working. The family are at breakfast ==== The family are having breakfast. He is at rest in the bed. ==== He is resting in the bed. 类似表达有:at dinner /at lunch /at play 2．He stressed the importance of kindness, duty and order in society. 他强调了仁爱、责任和社会秩序的重要性。stress n.生活的重压重压；压力"In fact, stress isn't a bad thing it is often supposed to be." "事实上,压力并不像人们所认为的那样是一件坏事。"强调；重要to lay stress on sth. 着重某事vt. 着重；强调I must stress that we haven't much time. 我必须强调我们没有多少时间了。The director stressed that point in particular. 厂长特别强调了那一点。3. But it was also a time when there were many great philosophers. 但那也是一个产生了许多哲学家的时期a time 一个时期,一段时间 a time 可以与介词连用组成一些词组,如: after a time 不久以后for a time 暂时do sth for a long/short time 长时间/短时间地做某事4. Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very similar to that of Confucius. 用心 爱心 专心孟子是一位思想家，他的理论和孔子的理论很相似。 be similar to sth 与……相似； that 为代词，指代 teaching， that of Confucius === the teaching of Confucius. 5. and he was brought up by his mother. bring sb up 把某人抚养成人(内含教养之意). 如:She has brought up to respect the old. 她把三个孩子抚养成人.We were brought up to respect the old. 我们从小就被教育尊敬老人.bring up 还有其他的含义,如:bring up a question 提出一个问题He felt sick and brought up what he had eaten. 他感到恶心,把吃到的东西吐了出来.He was brou...
