Lesson 21 课件(共19张PPT)

(共19张PPT)
Unit 4
Stories and Poems
Lesson 21：
The Fable of the Woodcutter
《揠苗助长》
Plucking up a crop to help it grow
《自相矛盾》
Self-contradiction
Are you familiar with the following pictures
《守株待兔》
Wait for windfalls
《刻舟求剑》
Take measures without
attention to the changes in circumstances
《画蛇添足》
Gild the Lily
《狐狸和葡萄》
The Fox and the Grapes
《狼和小羊》
The Wolf and the Lamb
《龟兔赛跑》
The Tortoise and the Hare
《乌鸦喝水》
The Crow and the Pitcher
《蚊子和狮子》
The Gnat and the Lion
A fable is a fictional story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral lesson.
Moral teaches right and wrong, good and bad.
They are all fables.
1. To read and understand the fable of the woodcutter
2. To summarize the moral(寓意) of the fable
3. To learn some useful words and
expressions:
silver, make one’s living, dive into…,
Honesty truly is the best policy.
Objectives
Do you like reading fables What fables have you read
Have you ever read The Fable of the Woodcutter What happened to the woodcutter Now read the lesson and finish the following tasks.
Pay attention to the characters in this fable: the spirit and the woodcutter. Match each person with the words that describe them.
helpful
clever
honest
foolish
warm-hearted
dishonest
kind
poor
Task 2
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beside a lake 在湖边
lose sth 丢失某物
make one’s living 谋生
feel sorry for sb. 对某人感到抱歉
come up with 想出；提出
dive into 投入；潜入
bring back 带回；还回
admit to sb.向某人承认
be happy with 对……感到快乐
Task 3
Look out the following expressions in the passage.
once again 再一次；又一次
在湖边
(2)丢失某物
(3)谋生
(4)对某人感到抱歉
(5)想出；提出
(6)投入；潜入
(7)带回；还回
(8)向某人承认
(9)再一次；又一次
(10)对……感到快乐
beside a lake
lose sth
make one’s living
feel sorry for sb.
come up with
dive into
bring back
admit to sb.
once again
be happy with
Translate the following phrases into English.
One day, when the woodcutter was cutting wood ______ a lake, he _____ his axe in the water. He had only one axe, and he needed it to ______________.
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
beside
make his living
lost
Task 4
He ________ and began to cry. As he cried, a spirit appeared. She asked the man what was wrong. She listened to the woodcutter and ____________ him. Suddenly she ______________ a great idea.
sat down
felt sorry for
came up with
The spirit _________ the lake and ___________ a gold axe.
“Is this the axe you lost ”
The man looked at the gold axe, knowing it wasn’t his. He __________ the spirit that it wasn’t his axe.
dove into
brought back
admitted to
So the spirit dove into the water again and brought back a silver axe. ___________, the man said that was not his axe.
Once again
The spirit __________ a third time and returned with the woodcutter’s old axe.
“That is the ________!” said the woodcutter.
went down
right one
Honesty truly is the best policy.
诚为上策。
Look at the pictures and then use the proper tense to retell the story.
drop…
cry
dive into…/
bring back…
dive into…/
bring back…
go down a third time…
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Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box.
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 math.
5. She wore a ______ chain around her neck.
admitted
makes her living
dive into
came up with
silver
Ⅱ. Complete the following sentences according to the Chinese given in the brackets.
1. Genius without education is like
______ (银子) in the Mine.
2. What does this ______(寓言) tell us
3. The_______(政策) guarantees us
against all loss.
4. She immediately came to me to ______
(承认) her mistake.
5. ________(诚实) truly is the best policy.
silver
fable
policy
admit
Honesty
III. Fill in each blank with one word according to the Chinese in the brackets.
When did you ____ ____ ____ _______
(从加拿大回来)
2. She had to _____ _____ ____ _______
(自己谋生) when she was still a child.
3. Find a hobby or activity you enjoy
doing and _____ _____ (投入)it.
4. We like to travel and _____ _____ (带
回) interesting things from the various
places.
get back from Canada
make her own living
dive into
bring back
Moral of the Story: Choose a fable that you have read and write a paragraph about your understanding of its moral.