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Unit 4
An old man tried to move the mountains.
Section A 3a-3c
Read aloud
单词：
1. 射击 shoot—shot (过去式)
2. 虚弱的weak—strong (反义词)
4. 使激动excite (动词)—excitement (名词)
excited/exciting（形容词）
5. 西方west (名词)—western (形容词)
6. 结婚marry (动词)—married (形容词)
短语：
a little bit 有点儿;稍微
instead of 代替;反而
turn…into 变成
try to do sth. 尽力做某事
5. continue to do sth. 继续做某事
6. send sb. to do sth. 派某人去做某事
7. take away 拿走
8. remind sb. that… 提醒某人……
9. a good way to do sth. 做某事的好方法10.work hard 努力工作
11.agree with sb. 同意某人(的观点)
12.solve a problem 解决问题
13.instead of doing sth. 代替做某事
14.have different opinions about sth.对某事有不同的观点
15.many sides to a story 一个故事的许多面
Lead-in
Where is the video from?
Journey to the West is a traditional Chinese story, and it is also a Chinese novel written by Wu Cheng'en . It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The main character in the story is __________________________
Journey to the West
Monkey King or Sun Wukong .
四大名著之一
Monkey King/
Monkey Sun
Tang Monk
Pigsy
Sandy
Lead-in
He has a _____________.
He can make
___________________.
He is ____________with the young and the old in China.
His duty/job is to _____Tang Seng________.
How much do you know about the Monkey King?
magic stick
72 changes
keep safe
popular
Lead-in
Tip: We can predict according to and the picture.
Q1.What is the Monkey King doing in the picture?
He is fighting a bad person.
Q2.What is he fighting for?
To stop her (from) eating Tang Seng.
Q.3What does he use to beat the bad people?
He uses his magic stick .
His magic stick is very magical.
It can be ______ and __________.
It can be ______ and _________as well.
big long
short small
Look and predict.
Fast reading
The_______________ of the story
The ______________of Monkey King
The ____________of
the story to kids
The structure(结构) of the article
abilities
influence
introduction
Tip: Try to find the topic sentence or key sentences/words.
Find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Q1.What’s the name of the TV program?
Q2.When and where did the program come out?
Q3.Who is the main character?
Careful reading
Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.
1. Which of the following is TURE according to Para. 1?
A. Students in England watch the TV program called Monkey in 1979 for the second time.
B. The Momkey King is unfamiliar to Chinese children.
C. Sun Wukong is the leading character in the book.
D. Journey to the West is a modern Chinese book.
Careful reading
Q1. What’s Monkey King like?
Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions.
Careful reading
Read paragraph 2 and finish the chart.
He can make 72 changes.
He can make the stick small.
He can keep the stick in his ear.
He can make the stick big and long.
He can not turn himself into a man unless he can hide his tail.
Careful reading
Careful reading
Q1.Did the western children like Monkey King?
Q2. Why is Monkey King so popular?
Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.
Careful reading
1. Which is NOT the reason that Western kids love the story?
A. The TV program came out more than 30 years ago.
B. The Monkey King is wise.
C. Sun Wukong never gets out of difficulties.
D. The Monkey King sticks to fight to help the underdog.
Further thinking
Why is the Monkey King popular both in China in many western countries for many years?
Why can’t Monkey King hide his tail?
Q1.What kind of person is Monkey King?
brave
persistent（坚持不懈的）
loyal
encouraging（振奋人心的）
talented
Have sense of justice
impatient
easy to lose temper
stubborn（固执的）
…
Further thinking
Q2. What can we learn from him?
Listen and repeat
abilities
main character
background
spirit
influence
__________ Chinese book
It has______ Chinese children for….In 1979, ________ children became…
not a _______monkey
make 72 ______ to & _____ himself into…
magic ______ & ______ in his ear and make it big and long
keep _______ to ...
help the_______ &
never ________
Retelling
traditional
normal
changes
turn
stick
keep
weak
fighting
gives up
excited
western
Journey to the west
traditional
came out
became interested in
make 72 changes
turn himself into
is able to
Practice
helps
has
uses
make
sees
turn
love
Practice
helps
has
uses
make
sees
turn
love
How to understand the underlined sentences?
Practice
How to ask about a story?
How to tell a story?
Underline the conjunctions in each sentence.
as soon as:
so… that…
unless = if… not…
= if he can’t hide his tail.
1. We will be late unless we take a taxi.
2. You won’t be successful unless you work hard.
3. As soon as I got to the bus stop, the bus came.
4. Bill opened his book as soon as he sat down.
5. The movie was so touching that everyone couldn’t stop crying.
6. The boy was so excited that he jumped up and down.
As soon as
so
that
unless
As soon as
unless
so
that
What is the name of the story?
Thank you !
