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Unit 4 Stories and Poems Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter
1. To understand the meaning and usage of the new words and expressions.
2. To understand the moral of the fable.
3. To tell fables in English.
Learning objectives
Have you ever read these stories
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《自相矛盾》
Self-contradiction
《守株待兔》
Wait for windfalls
《乌鸦喝水》
The Crow and the Pitcher
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《蚊子和狮子》
The Gnat and the Lion
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《画蛇添足》
Gild the Lily
《刻舟求剑》
Take measures without
attention to the changes in
circumstances
《揠苗助长》
Plucking up a crop to help it grow
《龟兔赛跑》
The Tortoise and the Hare
These are all fables.
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A fable is a fictional story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral lesson.
Moral lesson teaches right and wrong, good and bad.
New words and expressions.
fable [ fe bl]
woodcutter [ w dk t (r)]
axe [ ks]
dive [da v]
admit [ d m t]
silver [ s lv (r)]
policy [ p l si]
n. 寓言
n. 伐木工
n. 斧子
v. (dived或dove/dived)
跳水；俯冲
v. 承认；赞同
adj. & n. 银(的)
n. 原则；政策
Listen to the story and fill in the blanks.
1. Long ago, there was a good and woodcutter.
2. The water was , and he could not get his axe back.
3. He sat down and to cry.
4. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a axe.
5. Honesty is the best policy.
honest
deep
began
gold
truly
1．What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting
wood beside a lake
2．Who appeared as the woodcutter cried
3．How did the woodcutter get back his old axe
4．Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes
as presents
Read the lesson and answer the questions.
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He lost his axe in the water.
A spirit.
The spirit dove into the water and brought it back.
Because the woodcutter is honest.
Read the lesson again. Think about the spirit and the woodcutter. Match each person with the words that describe them.
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honest
foolish
helpful
clever
kind
poor
warm-hearted
dishonest
1.The water was deep, and he could not get his axe back.
水很深，他不能找回他的斧子。
get back 意思是“找回; 取回; 恢复”, 可以用get back sth.结构, 也可以用get sth. back结构。
eg：I got back my lost pen. (=I got my lost pen back.)
昨天我找回了我丢失的钢笔。
Take a good rest and get back your strength.
好好休息, 恢复体力。
Language Points
2. He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living.
他只有一把斧子, 他需要靠它谋生。
make/earn one’s living “谋生”
make/earn one’s living by doing “通过某方式谋生”
eg：He had to make his own living when he was ten years old. 当他十岁的时候, 他不得不靠自己谋生。
The old man made his living by fishing.
那个老人以打鱼为生。
3. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a gold axe. 这个精灵跳进湖里, 带回一把金斧子。
dive into “投入;潜入”
eg：I saw a rabbit dive into the hole.
我看见一只兔子钻进洞里。
You should dive into the sea to find pearls.
你应该潜入海中才能找到珍珠。
bring back “带回; 还回; 使记起 ”
eg：All library books must be brought back before June 30.
在6月30日之前，所有从图书馆借出的书必须归还。
[辨析] 各种各样的“拿”
bring 拿来;带来 从别处把人或物带到说话处 My friend brought me a new book.我的朋友给我带来了一本新书。
take 拿走;带走 从说话处把人或物带走拿走到别处 Don't forget to take your umbrella, it's raining.下雨了别忘了带伞。
carry 携带;拿;提 无方向, 有负重的含义 Can you carry the heavy box
你能搬动这个箱子吗？
fetch (去)拿来;取来 从某地出发去另一地点取某物 I should go home to fetch my homework now. 我现在需要回家去拿我的作业。
4. Because he was honest, he admitted to the spirit that it wasn’t his axe.
因为他诚实，所以他向精灵承认那不是他的斧子。
admit 表示“向某人承认”要搭配介词 to
eg：The student admitted his mistakes to his teacher.那个学生向老师承认了错误。
He admitted to me that he was wrong.他向我承认他错了。
spirit “精灵”, 可数, 复数形式是spirits
eg：They all call her the little spirit. 他们都把她叫做小精灵。
当“精神”时, 不可数
eg：We should learn this spirit in our work. 我们应该在工作中学习这种精神。
the spirit of ......“......的精神”
eg：The spirit of the Olympics is Faster, Higher and Stronger. 奥林匹克运动会的精神是：更快、更高、更强。
5.The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutter’s old axe.
精灵又一次潜下去，带着樵夫的旧斧子回到水面。
“不定冠词+序数词”表示相对前一个而言的“又一, 再一”
eg：He has seen the film three times, but he wants to see it a fourth time.那部电影他已看过三次, 可他还想再看一次。
“定冠词+序数词”表示按顺序排列的“第……次”
eg：It is the fifth time that I have met him.
这是我第五次和他见面了。
Work in groups to learn more about fables. You can do one of the following tasks：
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Find the rest of the fable on the Internet. Act it out.
Find another fable and act it out. You can search on the Internet or look in books. Don't forget to find the moral in your fable.
Act the fable out with your partner.
Action
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box.
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silver admit make one's living come up with dive into
1．He _________to his parents that he broke the window. They were happy with his honesty.
2．That old lady is very poor. She ________________by selling newspapers.
3．I'm afraid to __________the swimming pool.
4．He _____________a fun way to learn maths.
5．She wore a ________chain around her neck.
admitted
makes her living
dive into
comes up with
silver
What did we learn
fable woodcutter
axe dive
admit silver
policy get back
make one’s living
dive into…
feel sorry for
come up with
bring back
One day,when he was cutting wood beside a lake,he lost his axe in the water.
As he cried,a spirit appeared.
She asked the man what was wrong.
The man looked at the gold axe, knowing it wasn’t his.
Honesty truly is the best policy.
Summary
根据句意及首字母提示完成句子.
1. The old man worried about how to (谋生).
2. Look! The player is going to (跳入……中) the pool from the diving-board.
3. This story tells us that (诚为上策).
4. I have seen to Beijing twice,but I want to go there
(再一次，第三次).
5. The boy (向……承认) his parents that he was wrong.
make his living
dive into
honesty is the best policy
a third time
admitted to
1. When she saw the clouds she went back to the house to ________her umbrella.
A．carry B．fetch
C．bring D．reach
2.The man makes a living ________working in a small company. He works very hard.
A．for B．with C．by D. of
3.The new kind of robot can see a camera.
A.for B.in C.with D.in
单项选择
GOOD JOB
