1、Share your opinions about a moral story disguise maple cart spill trip over limp tear in tears harm vt. 装扮；假扮；掩盖装扮；假扮；掩盖 n. 伪装；化妆用具伪装；化妆用具 n. 枫树；槭树枫树；槭树 n. 手推车；运货马车手推车；运货马车 vt.&vi. (spilt/spilled, spilt/spilled)( (使使) )洒出；洒出；( (使使) )溢出溢出 被被绊倒绊倒 vi. 跛行；一瘸一拐地走跛行；一瘸一拐地走 n. 眼泪；泪水眼泪；泪水 流着泪；含着泪流着泪；含着泪 n.&
2、vt. 伤害；损害伤害；损害 Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately. despair in despair might a great deal (of) fable court flexible income per therefore tension n. 绝望绝望 vi. 绝望；感到无望绝望；感到无望 处于绝望中处于绝望中 n. 力量；威力力量；威力 大量大量 n. 寓言；寓言故事寓言；寓言故事 n. ( (网球等的网球等的) )球场；法院；法庭球场；法院；法庭 adj. 灵活的；可变通的灵活的；可变通的 n.
3、 收入；收益收入；收益 prep. 每；每一每；每一 adv. 因此；所以因此；所以 n. 紧张关系；紧张；焦虑紧张关系；紧张；焦虑 What is this kind of writing called? fable 寓言寓言 Read the fable below and answer the questions. P20 1 1. What was the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people? 2. What was the response from most of the people? 3. What
4、 did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins? 1. What was the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people? 2. What was the response from most of the people? 3. What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins? He put a huge stone in the middle of a road, and watch
5、ed to see if anyone would move it. Most of the people just got upset that the stone was in their way. She thought that the money belonged to someone else and that it should be returned, so she wanted to find the owner of the money. Complete the table according to the story. P21 2 Person Experience E
6、motion Response milkman woman with water other villagers young girl crashed into the stone angry went away tripped over the rock sad limped away in tears complained about the stone upset nobody made an attempt to move the stone succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the street tired wanted to
7、find the owner of the gold Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. P21 3 1. What do you think this fable is trying to tell us? Do you think the king was wise? Why or why not? 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 ex
8、amples. 1. What do you think this fable is trying to tell us? 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 dont think that the king was very wise, however, because no one learnt anything from his experiment. The
9、 milkman, the woman with the water, and the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all. The king did find one responsible little girl, but she was already a responsible person before she encountered the stone in the road. 2. Can you think of times in you
10、r own life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story? Give examples. 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 h
11、ad them go somewhere else to play. However, often Im more like the milkman in the story because Im very busy with my own work and worries. Write a review of a fable. What is a review? Tip: Write a review main purpose: to give your opinion about a piece of writing give a short description of the writ
12、ing give your analysis of the writing state your opinion and your reasons Find out the outline. Paragraph Main idea 1 Basic information about the story 2 Your analysis of the story 3 Your opinion about the story Find out detailed information according to the outline. Para.1 Basic information about t
13、he story What is the title of the story? What kind of story is it? What is the main idea of the story? Para. 2 Your analysis of the story What is the authors purpose? Were the details of the story clear? Do you think the story achieved its purpose? Para. 3 Your opinion about the story What did you l
14、ike about the story? What did you not like about the story? Would you recommend this story to others? Exchange drafts. Use the checklist to give feedback on your partners draft. Does the writer give a short description of the story? Does the description include the most important details of the stor
15、y? Does the writer give his/her opinion about the characters or their actions? Is the review well-organised? Does the writer use the ing form as the adverbial in the review? Are there any grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors? Get your draft back and revise it. Then put your review up in the clas
16、sroom. “The Stone in the Road” is an old fable about a king who thinks his people are lazy, so he puts a large stone in the middle of the road and hides and waits to see if anyone will try to move it. The author used this story to impress upon readers the need to take personal responsibility for pro
17、blems in the community. The story was quite successful in achieving its purpose, and I liked it because it had a clear moral. However, while the moral of the story is clear, the actions of the king seemed pointless to me, because none of the characters in the story learnt anything. For this reason,
18、I think there are better stories that can be used to impress upon people the need for personal responsibility. How to write a review of a fable? Basic information about the story 1 1 Your analysis of the story 2 2 Your opinion about the story 3 3 useful expression 很久以前，过去，曾经很久以前，过去，曾经 期望某人做某事期望某人做某事
19、 解决问题解决问题 乔装打扮乔装打扮 撞上撞上 站起来，爬起来站起来，爬起来 离开离开 片刻以后片刻以后 来到来到 被被绊倒绊倒 一瘸一拐地离开一瘸一拐地离开 1. once upon a time 2. expect sb. to do sth. 3. solve the problem 4. disguise oneself 5. crash into 6. pick oneself up 7. go away 8. after a while 9. come along 10. trip over 11. limp away useful expression 流着泪；含着泪流着泪；含着
20、泪 既不既不也不也不 抱怨抱怨 试图做，企图做试图做，企图做 处于绝望中处于绝望中 感到有责任做某事感到有责任做某事 使使免于伤害免于伤害 就在那时就在那时 自言自语自言自语 对对是威胁是威胁 天黑以后天黑以后 12.in tears 13. neithernor 14. complain about 15. make an attempt to do 16. in despair 17. feel responsibility to do 18. keep sb./sth. from harm 19. just then 20. say to oneself 21. be a danger
21、to sb. 22. after dark useful expression 不挡道不挡道 用全力用全力 很多，许多，大量的很多，许多，大量的 成功做某事成功做某事 走出来走出来 属于某人属于某人 23.out of the way 24. with all ones might 25. a great deal of 26. succeed in doing 27. step out 28. belong to sb. 1. Can you tell us what is fable? Can you tell a fable to your classmates? 2. Do you know how to write a review of the fable? Can you write one? 1. Finish your review. 2. Finish the exercises in Learning English.
