Unit 4 Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter
【学习目标】
1.通过连一连、读一读练习,能记住并正确使用本课时的重点单词和重点短语。
2.通过阅读训练,能够向他人介绍自己所知道的寓言故事。
3.通过寓言故事的学习,能够意识到诚实的重要性,并塑造良好品质。
【预习导学】
一、单词速记
1.寓言
2.伐木工
3.斧子
4.跳水;俯冲
5.承认;赞同
6.银(的)
7.原则;政策
二、填一填
1.get back
2.make one's living
3.sit down
4.a third time
5.跳入……中;潜入
6.向……承认
7.为……感到难过
8.对……感到高兴
三、想一想
1.文中提到的伐木工为什么哭
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2.最后谁帮助他从水里取回他的斧头
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【答案】
一、
1.fable 2.woodcutter 3.axe 4.dive 5.admit 6.silver
7.policy
二、
1.回来;找回
2.谋生
3.坐下来
4.又一次
5.dive into...
6.admit to...
7.feel sorry for...
8.be happy with
三、
1.Because he lost his axe in the water. He could not get his axe back.
2.A spirit.
【合作探究】
任务驱动一 单词、短语学习
1.连一连。
2.读一读。
silver 银(的)
policy 原则;政策
make one's living 谋生
dive into跳入……中;潜入
3.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 maths.
(5)She wore a chain around her neck.
任务驱动二 阅读训练
1.Read the lesson together.
2.Read the lesson again.Think about the spirit and the woodcutter.Match each person with the words that describe them.
3.反复听录音并跟读,熟记课文,并借此来复述课文,训练口语表达能力。
4.Read the lesson and answer the questions.
(1)What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting wood beside a lake
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(2)Who appeared as the woodcutter cried
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(3)How did the woodcutter get back his old axe
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(4)Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents
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任务驱动三 小组活动
Find the rest of the fable on the Internet.Act it out in the next class.Choose the best group.
【答案】
任务驱动一
1.
3.(1)admitted
(2)makes her living
(3)dive into
(4)comes up with
(5)silver
任务驱动二
2.
4.(1)He lost his axe in the water.
(2)A spirit appeared.
(3)The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his axe.
(4)Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutter's honesty.
【知识超市】
[命题点一]He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living.他只有一把斧子, 而且他需要靠它谋生。
make one's living意为“谋生”,其中make也可换为earn。如:
He had to make his own living when he was ten years old. 当他十岁的时候,他不得不靠自己谋生。
拓展:
(1)当表达“靠……谋生”时,使用“make one's living by doing sth.”。如:
The old man made his living by fishing.那个老人以打渔为生。
(2)与make有关的常见短语:
make the bed 铺床 make money 赚钱
make trouble 惹麻烦 make sure 确保
make a decision 做决定 make a mistake 犯错误
对点自测
用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.They make their living by (sell) vegetables.
2.Mr.Hu makes (he) living by driving a taxi.
3.Linda made a (decide) to practice playing the violin.
【答案】
1.selling 2.his 3.decision
[命题点二]Because he was honest, he admitted to the spirit that it wasn't his axe.因为他很诚实,所以他向精灵承认了那不是他的斧子。
本句中的admit是不及物动词,意为“承认”,其过去式和过去分词分别为admitted和admitted。表示“向某人承认”要用介词 to。如:
He admitted to me that he was wrong.他向我承认他错了。
拓展:
admit还可作及物动词,常见搭配:
对点自测
连词成句。
1.admitted, his mistake, he, just now
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2.breaking, admit, did, the window, he
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3.difficult, admitted, he, was, it, that
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【答案】
1.He admitted his mistake just now.
2.Did he admit breaking the window
3.He admitted that it was difficult.
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