Unit 6
Section B
Period 2 (2a-Self Check)
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
Once upon a time, there _______ (be) an emperor. He _______ (love) buying and looking at clothes. One day, two brothers _______ (come) to the city. They _______ (tell) the emperor that they could make beautiful clothes for him, but he must ________ (give) them silk and gold. The brothers ________ (be) bad people. They ________ (keep) all the silk and gold themselves. They told the emperor the clothes they made _______ (be) special because only clever people could ______ (see) them. When the emperor _______ (put) on the clothes, all he could see was his underwear. But he didn’t want people to _______ (think) he was stupid, so he ______(say) the clothes
were beautiful. Then he _______ (walk) around
the city in his new clothes until one boy _______
(shout), “The emperor isn’t wearing any clothes!”
was
loved
came
told
give
were
kept
were
see
put
think
said
walked
shouted
What kind of text(文本) is it?
A. A letter. B. A play(剧本). C. A short story.
Read Hansel and Gretel quickly and answer:
What kind of text is it?
A. A letter. B. A play. C. A short story.
Background narration(背景叙述)
Actors’ lines
(演员台词)
1.Who are the main characters of the play?
2. What is the relationship among the main characters?
Hansel, Gretel, their father and stepmother.
The boy is Hansel and the girl is Gretel. Gretel is Hansel’s _____, the woman in the house is their father’s _______, their father is her ______, the woman is Hansel and Gretel’s _______. Hansel is the woman’s______, Gretel is her _________. The four characters make up into a ______ family.
sister
wife
husband
stepmother
stepson
stepdaughter
whole
1.How many scenes are there in the play?
3.How many times were Hansel and Gretel taken to the forest?
2.Where did Hansel’s family live?
They lived near a forest.
2c
Match each description below with the correct scene.
A. The children get lost.
B. The children wake up.
C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread.
D. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan.
E. The children surprise the parents.
F. Hansel has to change his plan.
G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.
Scene Seven
Scene Two
Scene Six
Scene Three
Scene Four
Scene Five
Scene One
Read the background narration and answer:
What did the wife tell her husband to do?
She told him to leave the children to die in the forest.
Why?
Because the weather was so dry that no food would grow. Unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die.
Read Part 1(Scene 1-3) and answer:
1. What did the father ask the children to do?
2. What was his real plan?
He asked the children to go with him to the forest to get wood.
3. What did Hansel go out to get?
4.What was he doing along the way?
5. Why did he do so?
To leave the children to die in the forest.
He went out to get some white stones in the moonlight.
He was dropping white stones along the way.
Because when the moon was shining bright, they would be able to see the stones.
Read Scene 1-3 and answer:
Unless he did so, they would be lost.
What would happen if he didn’t do so?
What was Hansel’s plan?
Firstly,…
Secondly,…
Finally,….
he went outside to get some white stones in the moonlight .
he dropped white stones along the way .
He would find the way back with the help of the stones when the moon is shining bright .
Read Scene 4 and answer:
You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest!
What did the stepmother say when the children successfully made their way back?
How did she feel in fact?
A. Surprised but happy. B. Surprised and angry.
Why did Hansel want to go out again? Did the stepmother allow him to go out? Why?
He wanted to pick up white stones again?
No, because she wanted to stop Hansel to get white stones.
Read Scene 5-6 and answer:
He dropped pieces of bread.
What did Hansel drop along the way without white stones?
Did it work? Why not?
Maybe the birds ate the bread so they got lost.
What did Hansel decide to do? Why?
He decided to keep walking. Unless they do, they wouldn’t find their way out.
Read Scene 7 and answer:
He decided to follow the bird.
What did Hansel decide to do when they were lost?
Where did the bird lead them?
It led them to a wonderful house.
Why was it a wonderful house?
Because it was made of bread, cake and candy.
Whose house was it? How do you know?
It was an old woman’s. They heard her voice.
What do the think of the main characters? Why?
Hansel:
Gretel：
Stepmother:
Father:
cruel(残忍), smart, brave, strong-minded, cowardly(懦弱的), sensitive(敏感的) …
3b
Complete the summary of the play.
Gretel heard that their ________________ planned to _______ her and her brother.
But Hansel had a plan to _______ himself and his sister. He went to get some white _______ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the ________. Hansel _______ the stones as they walked.
stepmother/parents
kill
save
stones
forest
dropped
Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining _______. The stones showed them the way home. Hansel wanted to get more stones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the wife sent the children to the forest again.
moonlight
Hansel had no stones, so he dropped _______ of _______. But the ________ ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were _______ in the forest. They walked until they saw a _______ made of food. Hansel wanted to ______ the house, but then they heard the voice of an old _______ coming from the house.
pieces
bread
birds
lost
house
eat
woman
2e
Act out the play in groups of four.
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
the whole family
make a plan
in the moonlight
along the way
shine bright
on the ground
find way out
lead sb. to …
be made of …
brave enough
change the plan
with the help of …
睡美人
灰姑娘
小红帽
整个家庭
制定计划
在月光下
沿路
明亮地照耀
在地上
找到路出去
带领某人到某地
由…制作而成
足够勇敢
改变计划
在…的帮助下
1
Use your own ideas to complete the sentences.
1. We will be late unless …
2. You won’t be successful unless …
3. As soon as I got to the bus stop …
4. Bill opened his book as soon as …
5. The movie was so touching that …
6. The boy was so excited that …
1. We will be late unless we take a taxi.
2. You won’t be successful unless you work hard.
3. As soon as I got to the bus stop, the bus came.
4. Bill opened his book as soon as he sat down.
5. The movie was so touching that everyone cried.
6. The boy was so excited that he jumped up and down.
2a
A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are about?
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
Sleeping Beauty is about a princess who falls asleep for a long time under a spell by a wicked fairy. She is awakened by a prince’s kiss years later.
Cinderella is about a young woman who is bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters. Using magic, her fairy godmother gives her a beautiful dress and a carriage to attend a ball at the palace, but she must return home by midnight before the magic ends.
Cinderella meets a handsome prince but has to leave the ball in a hurry and she loses a glass slipper. The prince finds it and tells everyone he will marry the person to whom the slipper belongs. The stepsisters each try on the slipper but it does not fit them. Cinderella tries on the slipper and it fits. She marries the prince and they live happily ever after.
Little Red Riding Hood is about a young girl who meets with danger when she meets a big, bad wolf. While she is on her way to visit her grandmother, the wolf dresses up and pretends to be her grandmother waiting in her bed. The wolf hopes to catch and eat Little Red Riding Hood. She is saved by a woodcutter who kills the wolf.
3a
Write some key words from each scene. Then discuss your answers with your partner.
Scene 1: plan, kill, save, moonlight
Scene 2: forest, wood, bread
Scene 3: drop, white stones, unless, lost, shine, bright
Scene 4: sleep, forest, wake up, moon, go out
Scene 5: drop, pieces of bread, moon, rise, follow, instead
Scene 6: keep walking, unless, find one’s way out
Scene 7: lost, song, beautiful, follow, wonderful, bread, cake, candy, part, house
Do the other exercises in this part.
