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Lesson 21
Unit 4
Stories and Poems
能认识到诚实是最好的品格。
能够运用过去式描述过去发生的事。
掌握单词: silver
接触单词: fable,woodcutter,axe,dive,admit,policy
短语: make one’s living,dive into...
句子:Honesty truly is the best policy.
学习目标
寓言故事是含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事,是文学体裁的一种。它的结构简短,多用借喻手法,使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单的故事中体现。
Do you know what a fable is
Lead in
画蛇添足
守株待兔
自相矛盾
揠苗助长
Do you like reading fables What fables have you read
Do you think it is important to be honest Why
新课讲授
fable
woodcutter
axe
dive
admit
silver
policy
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
Pre-reading
1
Read the lesson 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
He lost his axe in the water.
A spirit appeared.
The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his axe.
Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutter’s honesty.
Reading
Read the lesson again. Think about the spirit and the woodcutter. Match each person with the words that describe them.
helpful
clever
honest
foolish
warm-hearted
dishonest
kind
poor
2
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 math.
5. She wore a ______ chain around her neck.
admitted
makes her living
dive into
came up with
silver
3
Work in groups to learn more about fables. You can do one of the following tasks:
1. Find the rest of the fable on the Internet. Act it out.
2. Find another fable and act it out. You can search on the Internet or look in books. Don’t forget to find the moral in your fable.
4
1. ...and he needed it to make his living. ······并且靠它来谋生。
make one's living 意为“谋生”,相当于make a living。 one's 要与主语保持一致。 make a/one's living by doing sth. 意为“靠做某事谋生”。
e.g. He makes his living by teaching how to play the piano.
他靠教授弹钢琴谋生。
Language points
2. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a gold axe.
精灵跳到湖里,带回一把金斧子。
dive 动词,意为“跳水,潜水”,其过去式为dived 或dove。
dive into 意为“跳入······中,潜入”。
e.g. Look! The swimming player is diving into the water.
看! 那个游泳运动员正跳入水中。
[拓展] dive作动词时,还可意为“(飞机)俯冲”。
e.g. The plane suddenly dove to avoid the thunder-clouds.
飞机突然俯冲下来,避开了雷雨云。
3. Because he was honest, he admitted to the spirit that it wasn't his axe.
因为他是诚实的,所以他向精灵承认那不是他的斧子。
admit 动词,意为“承认,赞同”。其过去式和过去分词为admitted,admitted。
其主要用法有:
(1) admit(to sb.)that...(向某人)承认 ······,that 引导宾语从句。
e.g. I admitted to my parents that I was wrong. 我(向父母)承认我错了。
(2) admit to sth. 承认某事
e.g. He admitted to his mistakes. 他承认了他的错误。
(3) admit to doing sth. 承认做了某事
e.g. She admitted to making the mistake. 她承认犯了错误。
4. The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutter's old axe.
精灵再次下去,带着樵夫的那把旧斧子回来了。
a/an+序数词 意为“又一,再一”,表示相对前一个而言的又一个。
e.g. He has seen the film twice, but he wants to see it a third time.
那部电影他已看过两次了,可他还想再看一次。
[拓展] “the+序数词”意为“第几”,表示按顺序排列。
e.g. His parents have two children; the second one is a girl.
他的父母有两个孩子,第二个是女孩。
I. 选择最恰当的答案
1. You can have________second try if you fail for____ first time.
A.the;/ B.the;a C.a;a D.a;the
2. The government is setting up nature parks ____protect pandas.
A.to help B.help C.helped D.help
3. The man makes ____ living by ____.
A.him;drawing B.his;drawing C.him;draw D.his;draw
4. —Could I go swimming with my friend,dad
—No,it's very dangerous for you kids____swimming without adults.
A.go B.going C.to go D.went
D
A
B
当堂检测
C
II.完成句子
1. 他靠开出租车谋生。
He _______ ______ ________ by driving a taxi.
2. 那条鱼潜到了海底。
That fish _________ _________ the bottom of the sea.
3. 他承认误解了我的意图。
He _________ _________ mistaking my intentions.
makes his living
dived/dove into
admitted to
课堂总结
Unit 4
Lesson 21
掌握本课新单词及短语: silver fable dive admit policy
make one’s living 谋生
admit to sb. 向某人承认
dive into 投入;潜入
a third time 又一次
认识到诚实是最好的品格
1. Remember the new words.
2. Find another fable on the Internet and find the moral in your fable.
Homework