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Unit 2 Morals and Virtues
Learning aims
1.Read a fable and know what lesson it teaches us.
2.Be able to write a review of a moral fable.
Leading-in
Learn a lesson of morals and virtues from people in reality.
A traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson.
A fable
Learn a lesson of morals and virtues from books.
Reading Comprehension
Fast reading
1. Read the passage and list the outline of the passage.
Paragraphs 1, 2:
Paragraphs 3-7:
Paragraphs 8, 9:
Why the king taught his people a lesson and what his idea was.
Different people’s emotions and responses when they came across the same problem.
What lesson the king taught his people.
2. The main idea of the story
A king taught his people a lesson by placing a stone in the road and watching different people’s emotions and responses when they came across the stone.
Fast reading
Careful reading
Activity 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions:
Q1: What was the king’s idea for teaching an important
lesson to his people
Q2: What was the response from most of the people
Q3: What did the young girl think and do when she saw the
coins
THE STONE IN THE ROAD
Activity 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions:
Q1: What was the king’s idea for teaching an important
lesson to his people
He put a huge stone in the middle of a road, and hid
gold coins under the stone and then watched to see if ____________________________.
anyone would move it
Activity 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions:
Q2: What was the response from most of the people
They just became ____________because the stone _________________________________.
angry or upset
was in their way/caused trouble for them
THE STONE IN THE ROAD
Activity 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions:
Q3: What did the young girl think and do when she saw the
coins
She thought that the money belonged to __________ and that it should be returned to _________.
someone else
its owner
THE STONE IN THE ROAD
Activity 2: This story presented different people’s emotions and responses when they came across the same plete the table according to the story.
Person Experience Emotion Response
Milkman
Woman with water
Other villagers
Young girl
crashed into the
stone
angry
went away
tripped over
the stone
nobody made an attempt to move the stone
picked herself up and
limped away in tears
sad
upset/
annoyed
wanted to find the
owner of the gold
tired,
surprised
complained about the stone
(What happened to sb.)
(What he/she did)
succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the street
warm-hearted;responsible;caring; considerate;selfless
selfish;
irresponsible
problems,troubles or
difficulties in our life
Girl
Others
Stone
Village
Community
Q:What lesson do you think the king tried to teach his people
He wanted to tell his people that each of us should take responsibility for our community.Not ignore and complain the problems we meet,but to solve them positively.
Do you think the king was wise Why or why not
The moral of the story is that we should all take responsibility for our community. I don't think that the king was very wise, however, because no one learnt anything from his experiment. The milkman, the woman, the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all. The king did find one responsible girl, but she was already a responsible person before she encountered the stone in the road.
Activity 3 Discussion
2. Can you think of times in your own life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story Give examples.
Activity 3 Discussion
There have been times when I have acted responsibly like the girl in the story. For example, I recently saw some children playing on a dangerous balcony, and so I warned them it was dangerous and had them go somewhere else to play. However, often I'm more like the milkman in the story because I'm very busy with my own work and worries.
1. disguise vt.装扮;假扮;掩盖 n.伪装;化装用具
Early one morning, the king disguised himself and went to a local village.一天清晨,国王乔装打扮去了当地的一个村庄。
in disguise 伪装,化装 disguise oneself as 装扮成
speak without disguise 毫不掩饰地说
see through his disguise 看穿他的伪装
Language points
【知识归纳】
【即学即练】
语法填空
①She usually goes out ____ disguise to avoid being bothered by the public.
②He disguises himself ____ a soldier.
完成句子
③Hua Mulan ________________________ so that she could fight on the battlefield. 花木兰女扮男装以便能上战场打仗。
in
as
disguised herself as a man
2. harm n.& vt.损害;伤害
Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm
这个村子里难道没有人觉得有责任不让邻居受到伤害吗?
harmful adj.有害的 harmless adj.无害的
do harm to sb./sth.=do sb./sth. harm 对某人/某事造成伤害
There is no harm in (one’s) doing sth.
=It does no harm (for sb.) to do sth. (某人)做某事并无害处
【知识归纳】
【即学即练】
语法填空
①What should be done to punish people who do harm ___ the animals
②This drug kills germs but is _____________ to pets and people.
一句多译
③Drinking too much _____________ our health.
→Drinking too much _____________ our health.
喝太多酒对我们的身体有害。
to
harmless
does harm to
is harmful to
3.trip over 被……绊倒
One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing
to the ground.
一位妇女被石头绊倒,她的水壶哗啦一声掉在地上。
trip up 绊倒;跌倒;(使)犯错误
trip over these tree roots 被这些树根绊倒
trip and fall 绊倒
【知识归纳】
【即学即练】语法填空
①The hard math problem tripped _____most of the students.
②I was so unlucky today.I tripped_______a stone.
完成句子
③He started running to catch the bus but ____________a stone and _________.
他一开始跑着赶公交车,但被一块石头绊倒了。
up
over
tripped over
fell down
4. a great deal (of)许多;大量
After a great deal of effort,she finally succeeded in moving it to the side of the street.
经过很大努力,她终于成功地把它搬到了街道的一边。
laugh a great deal 哈哈大笑
convey a great deal 传达许多信息
write a great deal of poetry 创作大量的诗歌
【知识归纳】
【即学即练】
完成句子
①I also had friends who gave me_____________encouragement.
我还有朋友给了我很多鼓励。
②She is ____________better today than she was yesterday.
她今天的身体比昨天好多了。
a great deal of
a great deal
Writing
The main purpose of a
review is to give your
opinion about a piece
of writing. You should
first give a short
description of the
writing and then
clearly state your
opinion and your
reasons.
1.确定题材:A review
2.确定人称:mainly the third person
3.确定时态: mainly the present tense
一、审题目
Write a review of the fable
Paragraph 1:
Basic information about the story.
Paragraph 2:
Your analysis of the story.
Paragraph3:
Your opinion about the story.
What’s the title of the story
What kind of story is it
What’s the main idea of the story
What’s the author’s purpose
Do you think the story achieved its purpose
Are the details of the story clear
What do you like about the story
What do you not like about the story
Would you recommend this story to others
Recently I have read a fable named…
The main idea of the story is that…
It tells a story concerned with…
The fable intends to tell/is meant to tell/ is aimed at telling…
The author’s purpose is to do sth./The author wrote the story with the purpose of doing sth.
In my opinion/As far as I’m concerned/In my view/ As for me…, I like the story because…
In a word/All in all/In brief… ,this fable is well worth reading/this fable is very instructive/this fable is a must-read for sb.
I strongly recommend this fable to sb.
二、拟要点
Expressions
【文体剖析】
书评、影评或文章评论是一种议论文体。
这类文体主要包含两个部分:
第一部分是先叙述文章(电影、书籍)大概的内容;
第二部分再写其优缺点和你的感受或启示。
根据字数还可以适当引用其他人的评价, 再抒发自己的见解。
【写作指导】
Homework
最近你在《伊索寓言》读了《狐狸和葡萄》的故事。故事中狐狸因为摘不到葡萄而故意说葡萄是酸的。这个故事告诉我们:在现实生活中,我们有时也会和狐狸一样,在面对错误或问题时,不是勇敢地去解决,而是不断为自己找借口,现在请你根据故事内容并结合自己的情况或某些社会现象写一篇评论。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
《伊索寓言》Aesop's Fables; 《狐狸和葡萄》The Fox and The Grapes
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遣词
1....be one of the most popular fables ……是最受欢迎的寓言之一
2....be intended to tell people ……试图告诉人们……
3.The most moving part is that 最让人感动的部分是……
4.reflect the life conditions of those poor people
反映了那些贫穷人民的生活现状
5.have chance to introduce my favourite...to...
有机会向……介绍我最喜欢的……
6.insist on doing sth. 坚持做……
Checklist
Do you give a short description of the story
Does the description include the most important details of the story
Do you give your opinion about the characters or their actions
Is the review well-organized
Do you use the –ing form as the adverbial correctly
Are there any grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors
完美成篇
Recently I read a small story from Aesop's Fables,whose name is The Fox and The Grapes.What the story tells us is as follows:
On a hot summer day,there was an extremely hungry fox seeing a lot of grapes in the garden.He wanted very much to pick them down to eat,but he couldn't pick them at all.The frustrated fox didn't come up with an idea to get the grapes but to go away!And as he was walking away he still comforted himself with that these grapes must be acid!It is very clear that he was looking for an excuse for his not being able to pick them.
After reading the fable, I realize that when we are wrong we should not
find an excuse to cover up our own problems,instead we should bravely admit
the mistakes and try to correct them.Only in this way might we succeed someday,otherwise,we may also become the fox.
词汇
清单
核心短语
应用词汇:1.disguise : in disguise; disguise oneself as
2.harm: do harm to sb./sth.=do sb./sth. harm; There is no harm in (one’s) doing sth.
trip over, in tears, in despair, a great deal(of)
认知词汇:maple; cart; spill; might; fable
拓展词汇:harm→ harmful→ harmless; flexible →flexibility→inflexible
Summary
if not如果不这样的话,不然,表示否定意义;if so 如果这样的话,表示肯定意义If not,we surely must find the owner,for he will certainly miss it.
重点句式
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
—Martin Luther King
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。
——马丁·路德·金