Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains异质群文阅读2025-2026学年鲁教版(五四学制)（2012）八年级英语上册

鲁教版八上Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains 异质群文阅读
Fairy Town
Ⅰ. Match each person with his/her special ability and experience.
name special ability experience
controls (/k n tr l/控制) fights with the dragons
ice and snow
Ma Liang
fights with the bad man
can fly and learned to control her
power
Nezha
has a magic paintbrush, fights with the greedy
it can bring everything man with his paintbrush
he drew to life. and help the poor
Elsa
has a Qiankun collar, fights with
a Huntian ribbon, pirates(/ pa r t/海盗)
a fire spear(/sp /火尖枪)
and a pair of fire wheels
Peter Pan
Ⅱ. Read the four passages and fill in the blanks
Ⅲ. Who impresses you most Why
You can tell like this(你可以这样说):
_______ impresses me most. He/She_________________________________________. He/She ____________________________________________________________________.
Ma Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang. Together with other villagers, he worked for a greedy rich man. He liked drawing. He practiced drawing whenever he had time. He kept on drawing and developed some amazing skills. But he was so poor that he couldn’t afford to buy a paintbrush.
One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush on his desk. The magic paintbrush can bring everything he draws to life. From that day, he used the paintbrush whenever people needed help.
Ma Liang refused to draw a golden mountain for the rich man. The rich man threatened to kill the villagers. So Ma Liang drew a sea first. The rich man was angry and said," Why did you draw a sea I do not want this. I want a golden mountain. Draw it quickly." Then Ma Liang drew a golden mountain which was far away in the sea. " Draw a big ship quickly. I want to go there right now." Ma Liang drew a big ship.
The bad man jumped into the ship. When the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, Ma Liang drew a large wave and it destroyed the ship. So the bad man died.
Word Bank:
paintbrush /pe ntbr / 毛笔 greedy / ɡri d / 贪婪的
wave /we v/ 波浪 destroy /d str / 毁掉
refuse /r fju z/ 拒绝 golden / ɡ ld n/ 金的，金质的
threatened /'θretn d/ 威胁 sail /se l/ 航行
Ⅰ. When the bad man forced Ma Liang to draw a golden mountain, what did Ma Liang do What do you think of Ma Liang (马良是如何对付坏人的，按照时间顺序给下面的事件排序)
___Ma Liang drew a wave ___Ma Liang drew a ship
___Ma Liang drew a sea ___Ma Liang drew a golden mountain
You can tell like this(你可以这样说):
When the bad man forced Ma Liang to draw a golden mountain, first Ma Liang drew a __________, then __________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________. the bad man died
Ⅱ. Think about the questions and fill in the chart.
What spirit or personality does Ma Liang have List one example each to support your ideas.(马良身上有什么精神品质，每一项举一个列子来支持你的观点)
your ideas about Ma Liang example
smart/smɑ:t/ 聪明的
kind
_______(your idea)
You can tell like this(你可以这样说):
I think Ma Liang is __________. He __________________________________.
Ma Liang is also ____________. He __________________________________.
________________________________________________________________.
Frozen
Elsa, princess of Arendelle, was born with the ability to control ice and snow. One night while playing, she hurts her younger sister Anna by accident. Afraid of hurting Anna again, Elsa lived alone and always wears gloves.
When she is made the new queen of the kingdom. Many people are invited. At that time Anna meets Prince Hans of another country and agrees to marry him. However, Elsa doesn’t allow their sudden marriage. While arguing, one of Elsa’s glove is pulled out. In order not to hurt Anyone, Elsa hides herself at an icy palace.
There at the icy palace Anna is hurt by the power of ice. A fairy explains that Anna's heart has been frozen by Elsa. Unless it is thawed by an "act of true love" in one day, she will become frozen forever.
Anna asks Hans for help, but Hans refuses. He just wants to get the power of Arendelle by marrying her. Now he gets the chance to kill Elsa and be the king of Arendelle himself.
Being really worried about Elsa, Anna follows Hans secretly, and happens to see that Hans is about to kill Elsa. Without thinking twice Anna throws herself between the two just as she freezes solid, blocking Hans' attack.
As Elsa cries for her sister, Anna begins to thaw, because her decision to sacrifice herself to save her sister is seen as an "act of true love". Realizing love is the key to controlling her powers, Elsa thaws the kingdom.
Word Bank:
frozen / fr zn/ 结冰的，冰封的 protect /pr tekt/ 保护
Arendelle / r n del/ 地名 阿伦黛尔 control /k n tr l/ 控制
princess / pr n ses/ 公主 sacrifice / s kr fa s/ 牺牲
thaw /θ / 融化 attack / t k/ 攻击
Ⅰ. Think about the questions and fill in the chart.
What spirit or personality does Elsa have List one example each to support your ideas.(艾莎身上有什么精神品质，每一项举一个列子来支持你的观点)
your ideas about Elsa example
is brave enough to fight with the evil/ i:vl/恶魔
strong-willed(坚强的)
_______(your idea)
You can tell like this(你可以这样说):
I think Elsa is __________. She __________________________________.
Elsa is also ____________. She __________________________________.
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King
Nezha was born in Chentang town by the sea. His father was the the governor
（地方长官）there. Upon his birth, Taiyi, the immortal gave the little baby two
magic gifts, a Qiankun collar and a Huntian ribbon, and also named him Nezha.
Soon Nezha was seven years old. Once when he was playing on the beach, he saw the dragon （龙）prince（王子）catching two children. While fighting to save the children, he killed the dragon prince by accident.
When the dragon king heard of his son’s death, he was really really angry. He tried to kill Nezha but failed（失败）. He invited the other three dragon kings and made heavy rain over Chentang town. People in the town were in great danger. To save the people, Nezha stood out and killed himself.
Taiyi the immortal saved Nezha and gave him another two magic weapons, a fire spear and a pair of fire wheels.
Revived, Nezha flew to the dragon palace and beat the dragon kings. They knelt down and promised they would never bully others. And the people in Chentang town lived happily ever after.
Word Bank:
governor / ɡ v n / 地方长官 Taiyi, the immortal / m tl/ 太乙真人
dragon / dr ɡ n/ 龙 prince /pr ns/ 王子
Qiankun collar / k l / 乾坤圈 fail /fe l/ 失败
Huntian ribbon/ r b n/ 混天绫 bully / b l / 仗势欺人
fire spear /sp / 火尖枪 revived /r 'va vd/ 重生
fire wheels /wi:lz/ 风火轮 knelt /nelt/ down 跪下
Ⅰ. Think about the questions and fill in the chart.
What spirit or personality does Nezha have List one example each to support your ideas.(哪吒身上有什么精神品质，每一项举一个列子来支持你的观点)
your ideas about Nezha example
brave
cares for ordinary people
_______(your idea)
You can tell like this(你可以这样说):
I think Nezha is __________. He __________________________________.
Nezha is also ____________. He __________________________________.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan lives in Neverland and he can fly.
There in Neverland live some children, the Indians and the pirates. The
captain of the pirates is Hook who hates Peter Pan so much. Peter Pan once cut off one of Hook’s arms in order to save some boys.
One day Peter Pan saw the pirate ship. A girl was tied with a rope on the ship. " Oh, she is the Indian girl," said Peter. Peter walked quietly over to the ship. He cut the rope and set her free.
"Ha-ha! Peter Pan, I got you!" Hook jumped at Peter. Peter and Hook started to fight. Oh, no! Peter slipped and fell. "Yahoo! Peter is dead," smiled Hook. Then he went away.
Peter was hurt, but he was alive. He was so tired that he fell asleep. While sleeping Tinker Bell, Peter’s friend, woke him up. "Hook took some children to the ship!"
Peter Pan jumped out from the top of the ship.
"P..P..Peter Pan! Are you alive " shouted Hook. "Of course." Peter cut the children's ropes. The children fought with the Pirates. Soon the pirates ran away. Peter fought with Hook. Finally Hook fell into the sea.
Word Bank:
pirate / pa r t/ 海盗 Indian /' ndi n/ 印度的
Captain / k pt n/ 船长 slip /sl p/ 滑倒
Ⅰ. Think about the questions and fill in the chart.
What spirit does Peter Pan have List one example each to support your ideas.(彼得潘身上有什么精神品质，每一项举一个列子来支持你的观点)
your ideas about Peter Pan example
brave
is always ready to help others
_______(your idea)
You can tell like this(你可以这样说):
I think Peter Pan is __________. He __________________________________.
Peter Pan is also ____________. He __________________________________.
Your speech
Hello everyone,
I am________. I think I can be the youth leader because I __________ _____________________________. I _______________________________________________
I think I am_______________________________________________________________
I_____________________________________________________________________________ .
I am_________________________________________________________________________
I_____________________________________________________________________________ .
I am_________________________________________________________________________
I_____________________________________________________________________________ .
If I am chosen to be the youth leader, I will _______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
Performance evaluation
Excellent Good Average
story telling 1.The story is complete with no grammar mistakes. 2.The story can show his/her spirit, personality and ability. 1.The story is about complete with a few grammar mistakes. 2.The story can show his/her spirit, personality and ability. 1.The story is not complete with some grammar mistakes. 2.The story can’t show his/her spirit,personality and ability.
presentation 1.While making the speech, he/she always has eye contact (眼神接触)with the audience. 2.He/She speaks loudly with passion(感情，激情). 1.While making the speech, he/she sometimes has eye contact (眼神接触)with the audience. 2.He/She speaks loudly. 1.While making the speech, he/she hardly ever has eye contact (眼神接触)with the audience. 2.He/She doesn’t speak loudly.
Your opinion about who can be the youth leader
I think ________________can be the youth leader. He/She made a good speech. The story is ____
_____________________________________________________________________________.
While making the speech, he/she___________________________________________________
His/her spirit is _________________________________________________________________
I think his/her spirit is very important for being a youth leader.