1、Share your opinions about a moral story Unit 2 Reading for writing 道德故事道德故事 FableFable storystory a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with animals as characters; Aesops Fables 1. All fable stories are moral stories. ( ) 2. All moral stories are fable stories. ( ) Ae
2、sops Fables It was written by Aesop, a slave in ancient Greece. He was born dumb, and when his mother died, he had nowhere to go but to wander everywhere. During his trip, he heard many stories about animals. One day he dreamed that the God put his finger on his tongue. When he woke up, he could spe
3、ak! So he told all kinds of stories to his companions. Then a monk wrote down Aesops stories. That is how the Aesops Fables came out. TheThe goosegoose thatthat laidlaid goldengolden eggseggs Q. What lesson can we learn from the fable story? Dont be greedy（贪婪的）. Otherwise ，you will lose everything!
4、THE STONE IN THE ROAD Activity 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions: Q1: What was the kings 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 Ac
5、tivity 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions: Q1: What was the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people ? He put a huge stone in the middle of a street and hid gold coins under the stone and then watched to see if _. anyone would move it. THE STONE IN THE ROAD Activity 1
6、: 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
7、 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 Person Experience Emotion Response Milkman Woman with water Other villagers Young girl crashed into the stone angry went away tripped over the stone compla
8、ined and did nothing picked herself up and limped away in tears sad upset/ unhappy/ annoyed moved the stone to the side of the street worried/ concerned met the stone by chance in the road (What(What happenedhappened toto sbsb) ) (What(What he/shehe/she did)did) saw the stone Activity 2: This story
9、presented different peoples emotions and responses when they came across the same problem. Complete the table according to the story. Girl Others warm-hearted responsible；caring considerate；selfless selfish; irresponsible Stone problems，troubles or difficulties in our life Village Community Q: What
10、lesson do you think the king tries to teach his people? He wants 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 it positively. ActivityActivity 3 3 DiscussionDiscussion 1.1.DoDo youyou thinkthink thethe king
11、king waswas wise?wise? WhyWhy oror whywhy not?not? 2. Can you list similar things in your life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story? DiscussionDiscussion 1.1.DoDo youyou thinkthink thethe kingking waswas wise?wise? WhyWhy oror whywhy not?not? No, he wasnt. Beca
12、use 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. Discuss
13、ionDiscussion 2. Can you list similar things in your life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story? ActivityActivity 4 4 WriteWrite a a reviewreview ofof thethe fablefable The main purpose of a review is to give your opinion about a piece of writing. You should fir
14、st give a short description of the writing and then clearly state your opinion and your reasons. Para 3 Your opinion What is the main idea of the story? Were the details of the story clear? Do you think the story achieved its purpose? What did you not like about the story? What did you like about the story? Would you recommend this story to others
