Unit 4 Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter 课件(共20张PPT)2023-2024学年冀教版英语九年级全册

(共20张PPT)
fable / fe bl/
woodcutter / w dk t /
axe / ks/
dive /da v/
admit / d m t/
silver / s lv /
policy / p l s /
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
Lesson 21
The Fable of the Woodcutter
Unit 4 Stories and Poems
《揠苗助长》
Plucking up a crop to help it grow
《自相矛盾》
Self-contradiction
Do you know these stories
《狼和小羊》
The Wolf and the Lamb
《龟兔赛跑》
The Hare and the Tortoise
A fable is a fictional story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral lesson.
A moral teaches about right and wrong, and good and bad.
They are all fables.
Discuss
Have you ever read The Fable of the Woodcutter
What happened with the woodcutter
Now read the lesson and compete the following tasks.
Read the lesson again and answer the questions.
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 again and answer the questions.
1.What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting wood beside a lake
He lost his axe in the water.
Read the lesson again and answer the questions.
2. Who appeared as the woodcutter cried
A spirit appeared.
Read the lesson again and answer the questions.
3. How did the woodcutter get back his old axe
The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his axe.
dive into 投入；潜入
bring back 带回；还回；使记起
Read the lesson again and answer the questions.
4. Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents
Because the spirit was so happy
with the woodcutter’s honesty.
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
make/earn one’s living 谋生
He ________ and began to cry. As he cried, a spirit appeared. She asked the man what was wrong. She listened to the woodcutter and ________ for him. Suddenly she ______________ a great idea.
sat down
felt sorry
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
admit表示“向某人承认”要搭配介词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
The spirit was so happy that she gave him the other two axes ___ presents.
Honesty truly is ______________.
诚为上策。
as
the best policy
This is a story about honesty. But this is not the whole story. Do you want to know the rest of the story Let’s me tell you!
The woodcutter told his story to his friends. One of his friends went to the river and dropped his axe on purpose into the water. “What am I going to do I lost my axe.”　
Then, spirit appeared. The spirit listened to his story and dove into the river.
He came out with a gold axe. “Did you lose this gold axe ”
The friend of the woodcutter was so happy when he saw the gold axe. “Yes, that’s right. That gold axe is mine.”
But the spirit has already known that he was lying. The spirit did not give him the gold axe.
Learning Tip
This story is adapted from a European fable. A fable is a fictional story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral lesson.
Roman fable
What’s the moral of this lesson
Do you think it is important to be honest Why
Honesty truly is the best policy.
诚为上策。