(共33张PPT)
Unit 6
An old man tried to
move the mountains.
Section A 1a-2d
shoot
stone
weak
god
remind
bit
a little bit
silly
instead of
v. 射击；发射
n. 石头
adj.虚弱的；无力的
n.神；上帝
v.提醒；使想起
n.一点；小块
有点儿；稍微
adj.愚蠢的；不明事理的
代替；反而
Words & expressions
Do you like listening to stories？
What is your favorite story
lead in
Jing Wei Determines to Fill up the Sea
Kua Fu Chases
the Sun
Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
Nu Wa Repairs the Sky
Chang E Flies to the Moon
Yu Gong Moves a Mountain
Match the story titles with the pictures[a-d].
1a
a
b
c
d
Journey to the West Yu Gong Moves a Mountain
Hou Yi Shoots the Suns Nu Wa Repairs the Sky
b
d
a
c
While-listening
The two mountains are very high and big.
A very old man tried to move the mountains.
A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.
√
√
Listen and check (√) the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about
1b
________________________________________________________
____________________________________________
Anna and Wang Ming are talking about Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.
shoot在此处作及物动词，意为“射击；发射”，其过去式是shot。
【辨析shoot与shoot at】
shoot意为“射击；发射；射中”，含有击中之意，强调射击的结果。shoot at意为“向……射击”，指朝某人或某物射击，不强调是否射中，而强调射击的动作。
【拓展】 shoot作动词，还可意为“射门；投篮”。
He shot at the basket but missed.
Mike shot from the halfway line.
language points
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
________________, there was a very old man. There were two _________ near his house. They were ___ high and big ____ it _____ a long time to walk to the other side. Then the old man ____ his family that they should all help him to _________________. He wanted to ___ all the earth and stone from the mountains ____ the sea because it’s ___ enough to ____ everything. So they all _____________ the next day.
Once upon a time
mountains
so
that
took
told
move the mountains
put
into
hold
started digging
big
1. How does the story begin
Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side.
Discussing
2. What happened next
The old man told his family that they should all help him to move the mountains.
3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains
Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it’s big enough to hold everything.
Describe these scenes.
Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.
A man saw this and told Yu Gong that he could never do it.
Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the earth and stone.
Two gods took the mountains away.
Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in
order to tell the story.
1
2
3
4
2a
Listen again and circle the words you hear.
1. A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family)
when they were working on moving the mountains.
2. He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he
was old and (poor / weak).
3. As soon as the man finished (talking / speaking),
Yu Gong said that his family could continue to
move the mountains after he died.
2b
4. Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that
he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains
away.
5. This story reminds us that you can never
(know / see) what’s possible unless you try to
make it happen.
Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the
story in your own words.
Once upon a time, there was a man called(叫做) Yu Gong. He wanted to move two high and big mountains…
2c
Once upon a time, there was…And there were… near his house.They were so… that …So he decided to…He thought they could put… into…Then they began to move… to…One day, a man saw this and told Yu Gong that he could never… because…
As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his
family could continue to… after he died, and his family would… but the mountains could not…
So the family kept on… day after day and...
Finally, a god was so moved by… that he sent… to…
How to
tell a story
How does the story begin
Why was that
structures
What happened
(next、at last)
Who is the main
character
Read and fill in the table below.
Wang Ming’s opinion Claudia’s opinion
Really ___________. A good way to solve the problem. Anything is possible if you ___________. 1. A little bit________.
2. It doesn’t seem very possible to ________________.
3. We should try to _________
_____ to solve a problem.
interesting
work hard
silly
move a mountain
ways
find other
Teacher: So what do you think about the story of
Yu Gong
Wang Ming: I think it’s really interesting. Yu Gong
found a good way to solve his problem.
Claudia: Really I think it’s a little bit silly.
It doesn’t seem very possible to move a
mountain.
a little bit意为“有点儿；稍微”，常用于修饰形容词或副词，相当于a little，a bit或kind of。
【拓展】a (little) bit of意为“少量；一些”，用来修饰不可数名词，相当于a little。
silly形容词，意为“愚蠢的；不明事理的”，常作表语或定语，其比较级和最高级分别是sillier和silliest。
seem在此句中作连系动词，意为“似乎；好像”，后接形容词作表语，不能用于进行时。
【拓展：seem的其他常见用法如下】
seem +形容词 似乎……
seem (to be)+名词 好像/似乎是……
seem to do sth. 好像/似乎做某事
seem like sth. 看起来/似乎像某物
It seems/seemed + that从句 好像……
2d
Role-play the conversation.
Wang Ming: But the story is trying to show us that
anything is possible if you work hard! Yu
Gong kept trying and didn’t give up.
Claudia: Well, I still don’t agree with you. I think we
should try to find other ways to solve a
problem.
Wang Ming: But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving
the mountains
【辨析：instead of与instead】
两者均可意为“代替；反而”，其区别如下：
instead of 介词短语，位于句首或句中，其后可接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。instead副词，位于句首或句末，修饰整个句子。
Claudia: Well, there are many other ways. For example,
he could build a road. That’s better and faster
than moving a mountain!
Teacher: You have different opinions about the story,
and neither of you are wrong. There are many
sides to a story and many ways to understand it
两者都不
This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.
remind 意为“提醒；使想起”。
remind sb of/about sb/sth 意为“使(某人)想起
(相似的人或物)”。
remind sb. to do 提醒某人做某事
remind sb. + that/what 从句
Language points
我想让你想一想学校的纪律。
I want to remind you of the school rules.
请提醒我寄信。
Please remind me to post the letter.
你能提醒一下他咱们的会议取消了吗？
Would you please remind him that our meeting has been put off
提醒她明天上午早点来。
Remind her to come earlier tomorrow morning.
I think it’s a little bit silly.
a little bit 有点儿；稍微
例：往这边挪一挪。
Move over this way a little bit.
对我来说，这本书有点难。
This book is a little bit difficult for me.
silly 愚蠢的；不明事理的
你太傻了，这么大的太阳，不戴帽子就出去了。
It was silly of you to go out in the sun without a hat.
在这个问题上他们相当愚蠢。
They’re quite silly on this subject.
… and neither of you are wrong.
neither 两者都不 ，谓语动词用第三人称单数
Neither of them likes football.
他们俩都不喜欢足球。
Neither of them has a job now.
他们俩目前都没有工作。
But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains
instead of 介词短语“ 代替；反而”，后面
接名词，代词，动名词等。
你替我赴宴好吗
Will you go to the party instead of me
我们去上生物课而不去上英语课。
We went to the Biology class instead of attending
the English lesson.
remind sb. of sb. / sth. 使某人想起
remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事
a little bit 有点儿；稍微
silly 愚蠢的；不明事理的
neither of 两者都不
instead of 代替；反而
Summary
walk _______ live ______
pick _______ stop ________
watch ________ push _______
notice _________ hurry __________
I. 写出下列动词的过去式。
walked
lived
picked
stopped
watched
pushed
noticed
hurried
Exercises
1. She was _____________ (有点儿) frightened.
2. Life was harder then because n_________ of us had a job.
3. I’m sorry, I’ve forgotten your name. Can you _______ me
4. She was too w______ to stand.
5. Don’t make a move or I’ll ________ (开枪).
6. How can you explain such a ________ (愚蠢的) remark
II. 根据提示完成句子。
a little bit
either
remind
eak
shoot
silly
