Unit 6 Ancient stories Reading 课件（33张PPT，内嵌音频）

(共33张PPT)
英语（牛津版）
八年级 上册
English
Unit 6
Reading
Ancient stories
What is Hi doing
He is studying history.
Does Hi think children who lived long ago were lucky
Yes, he does.
Why does he think so
Because he thinks that they didn’t have to learn so much history.
Do you think that Hi likes learning history Give your reasons.
No. Hi doesn’t think he is as lucky as children in ancient times because he has to learn so much history.
Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.
Do you like reading ancient stories Why
What do you know about …
a
c
b
Here are photos of three famous places from history. Match them with the correct countries by writing the letters in the brackets.
01
Can you read these letters
Α α
Β β
Γ γ
Δ δ
alpha
beta
gamma
delta
These are the first four letters of the Greek alphabet.
B Before you read
The Trojan War
Look at the picture. What will the passage probably be about
02
3
2
4
5
Homer
(9th century – 8th century BC)
ancient Greek poet
Homer’s works
Background knowledge
Who is the man in the picture
I. Scan the story and answer the following questions.
What did the Trojan captain see when he stood on the high wall of the
city of Troy
A huge wooden horse.
What did the captain ask the soldier to do
He asked him to get some help and pull the wooden horse into the city.
What did the Trojans do that night
They celebrated in the main square of the city.
What did they do after celebrating
They locked all the gates and then all went to sleep.
What happened after the main square was completely empty
Some Greek soldiers climbed out of the wooden horse.
Who were waiting outside the main gates of the city
The Greek army.
II. Read the story and complete the sentences with the words from the story.
1. How is your family going to ____________ the Spring Festival
2. I remember the ____________ idea of the story, but I have forgotten the details.
3. The workers____________ the boxes away, so people could pass through.
4. The army ____________ more than 50 enemy soldiers in the battle.
celebrate
main
pulled
captured
5. He couldn’t find his wallet in his pocket. His pocket was ___________ .
6. He joined the ____________ at the age of 18.
7. To ____________ in the contest is not very easy.
8. We discovered a ___________ path behind the wall.
empty
army
succeed
secret
plete the following table about the Trojan horse.
Time The Greeks The Trojans
Before that night * The Greek army __________. * They left ______ ____________ outside the city. * The Trojan captain _____
____________________
__________. He thought they had won the war.
*The captain asked the
soldiers to ___________
____________.
sailed away
a huge wooden horse
pull the horse into the city
stood on the high wall of the city of Troy
Time The Greeks The Trojans
That night The Greek army _____________ ________. * All the Trojans __________
________________________
________________________
________________________.
* After the party, the Trojans
________________________
________________________.
returned in the
darkness
celebrated/
sang and danced around the horse, and made jokes about the stupid Greeks /their enemies
locked all the gates of the city and then all went to sleep
Time The Greeks The Trojans
At midnight * The Greek soldiers inside the horse ______ ___________________ ___________________ * The Greek soldiers ___________________. * The Greek army __________________________ * All the Trojans
_______________
_______________.
* The Trojans
_______________.
opened the main gates
fell asleep
/were sleeping
opened the secret door and climbed out of the horse
entered the city and captured it
lost the war
C1 The words in italics explain the meaning of some words on page 83. Find these words to complete the sentences.
C Vocabulary
huge
stupid
empty
except
secret
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C2 Complete the conversations below with the words from the box.
Change their forms if necessary.
full of
make jokes about
secret
army
pulling
succeeded
celebrate
D1 What are the main ideas of the seven paragraphs in the story Read the story on
page 83 and write the letter of the correct statement in each blank.
D. Comprehension
e
a
b
d
04
D2 Read the story again and circle the correct answers.
The Greek army disappeared because______.
a they were afraid of the Trojans
b they wanted to play a trick on the Trojans
c they won the war
The Trojans thought the Greeks were _____.
a funny b stupid c helpful
3 The Greek soldiers in the wooden horse waited until midnight because _____ then.
a they could break the gates
b all the Trojans would be asleep
c all the Trojans would leave the city
4. The Greeks could not capture the city of Troy for ten years because_____.
a they could not get inside the city
b the Trojans were cleverer than the Greeks
c they did not build a wooden horse before
ancient
*Trojan
war
understand
difference
adj. 古代的 p.81
adj. 特洛伊的 p.81
n. 特洛伊人 p.83
n. 战争 p.81
v. 懂；理解 p.81
n. 差别；不同(之处)p.81
生词及短语
*pyramid
captain
Greek
*capture
soldier
huge
pull
main
celebrate
n. （古埃及的）金字塔 p.82
n. 首领 p.83
n. 希腊人 p.83
v. 用武力夺取；攻占 p.83
n. 士兵 p.83
adj. 巨大的 p.83
v. 拖；拉动 p.83
adj. 主要的 p.83
v. 庆祝；庆贺 p.83
stupid
midnight
empty
except
secret
side
quietly
army
enter
succeed
trick
adj. 笨的；傻的 p.83
n. 午夜；子夜 p.83
adj. 空的 p.83
prep. 除......之外 p.83
adj. 秘密的 p.83
n. 侧面 p.83
adj. 安静地 p.83
n. 陆军部队 p.83
v. 进来；进入 p.83
v. 达到目的；实现目标 p.83
n. 计谋 p.83
act out
make jokes about
except for
(be) full of
*give up
*take sth with sb
*by midnight
*on the side of
*one by one
*succeed in doing sth
将......表演出来 p.81
拿......开玩笑；
以......为笑柄 p.83
除......之外 p.83
(有)大量的；
(有)许多的 p.83
认输；放弃
随身携带
在午夜前
在……侧面
一个接一个
成功做到某事
1. act out 将......表演出来
谁愿意和我一起把这个对话表演出来？
Who would like to act out this conversation with me
让我们把场景一表演出来吧。
Let’s act out the first scene.
Language points
2. By midnight, the main square was empty, except for the huge horse.
到了深夜，除了一只巨大的马之外，中心广场空荡荡的。
(1) midnight n. 午夜；子夜
by midnight 在午夜前
在午夜不要弄出大的噪音。Don’t make loud noises at midnight.
午夜的时候我可以打开后门。Can you come back home by midnight
(2) empty adj. 空的
full adj. 满的
格林一家昨天出去度假了。现在他们的房子是空的。
The Greens went on a holiday yesterday. Their house is empty now.
(3) except prep. 除......之外
except for 除......之外
except、except for与besides的区别：
except后接的词同整体词（主语）一般是同类,指在同类的整体中除去一个部分；
except for后接的词同句子中的整体词（主语）不是同类的,指从整体中除去一个细节,一个方面；
besides意为“除……之外（还有）”，表示除去的部分包括在内。例如:
除了中午,你任何时候来都可以. You may drop in at any time except at noon.
除了最后一题外,所有题目我都可以解答。
I can answer all the questions except for the last one.
除了汤姆之外，还有我们也都去了动物园。We all went to the zoo besides Tom.
3. Suddenly a secret door opened on the side of the wooden horse. The horse was full of Greek soldiers! They quietly climbed out of the horse one by one.
木马一侧面的暗门突然打开了。木马里藏满了希腊士兵！他们一个个悄悄地从木马里爬出来。
(1) secret adj. 秘密的
我们有一个秘密的计划。We have a secret plan.
(2) on the side of 意为“在……侧面”
(3) (be) full of (有) 大量的；(有) 许多的
这本书里有许多漂亮的图片。This book is full of beautiful pictures.
过去的一学期充满着困难。The past term was full of troubles.
(4) quietly adv. 安静地
杰克安静地坐在屋子的一角。Jack sat quietly in the corner of the room.
(5) one by one 一个接一个
1.We have read a story about the Trojan War.
2. We have grasped the new words and expressions in the reading.
Jack often laughs at me when I wear glasses.
Jack often ______________ me when I wear glasses.
2. Someone has filled the bottle with water.
The bottle ______________ water now.
3. The students got on the bus one after another.
The students got on the bus ___________.
4. You should check your work after you finish it.
You should ___________ your work after you finish it.
5. The baby has fallen asleep. The baby _____________.
一、同义句转换。
makes jokes about /
plays a trick on
is full of
one by one
look over
has gone to sleep
二、根据句意和所给出的中文提示写出所缺单词。
1. He is not _______(笨的) but lazy. He will pass the final exam if he studies hard.
2. _______(首领) Ku is cool and smart. His army beat many enemies.
3. When you finish filling in the form, you can press this button to _______ (进入) the next page.
4. She closed the door _______ (安静地) and went away from her home forever.
5. He _______(拉) the door open and came into his new office happily.
6. I wrote down the _______ (主要的) points of her speech.
stupid
Captain
enter
quietly
pulled
main