1、1. Read to learn what happened in the story and master some reading skills. 2. To learn the words and expressions. 1. What are the pictures about? 2. Have you ever seen the pictures before? 3. What do you know about the pictures? Talk about the questions with your partner and then discuss your ideas
2、. Lead in In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey . Most of them were hearing this story for the first time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey t
3、o the West. The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey.In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey!This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person.To
4、fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick.Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long. The Monkey King has excited the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 year
5、s ago,Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up. 3a 1. Which book is talked about? 2. Who is the main character? 3. What is he like? Sun Wukong or The Monkey King. He is not just any normal monkey he can
6、 make 72 changes to his shape and size. 3a Journey to the West. 3b What he can do What he cannot do He can make 72 changes to his shape and size. He can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. He is able to make the stick long and big. Unless he can hide his tail, he cant turn himsel
7、f into a person. 1. Journey to the West is a _ Chinese book. It tells one of the most popular stories in China. 2. When the English TV program Monkey _ in 1979, Western children _ this wonderful story. traditional came out became interested in reading 3c 3. The Monkey King can _ to his body. He is a
8、ble to _ different animals and objects. 4. The Monkey King _ make his magic stick small or large. make 72 changes turn himself into can Make notes about Journey to the West. Write down anything that you remember. Do not look at the article. Then share what you know with your partner. I have read Jou
9、rney to the West. I think the Monkey King is a hero because he can Example: After reading 1.most 若所修饰的名词前带有限定词，则用most of，不能只用most。如: Most of the people here know each other. 这里大多数人互相认识。 若直接用在代词之前，要用most of，不用most。如： Most of us thought he was wrong. 我们大多数人认为他错了。 2. turning himself into different anim
10、als and objects. turn into 把变成 Please turn this into English. 请把这个译成英语。 Ice turns into water on a hot day. 热天冰变成了水。 3. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. To fight bad people 在这里是动词不定式做目的状语,相当于 in order to。如： Ive written it down in order not to forget. 为了不忘记我把它写下来了。 In order to
11、get there in time, they started early. 为了及时到达他们很早就动身了。 4. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. so that 在这里引导结果状语从句。so 后面根据谓语动词加 形 容词或副词。如： The boy ran so fast (adv.) that I couldnt catch him. 这个男孩跑得如此之快以至于我追不上他。 He was so angry (adj.) that he couldnt say a word. 他
12、是如此生气以至于没有说一句话。 5. The clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up. keep doing sth. 一直持续做某事 keep on doing sth. 一直反复做某事 如下面句子的比较： She kept running. 她一直在跑（没停过）。 She kept on raising her hand. 她反复举手（不是一直举着手）。 Summary 连词的用法 as soon as 引导时间状语从句，意为“一.就 . 主句为一般将来时，从 句为一般现在时 I will
13、tell him the news as soon as he comes back. 主句为一般过去时，从 句也用一般过去时 He took out his English as soon as he sat down. unless 为连词，引导条件状语从句，意为除非，如果不,除了,从句 中谓语动词常用一般现在时来代替将来时。 so that 不等于 so that so that 以致；结果;以便 e.g. 我想早点起床以便有时间吃上早餐。 I want to get up early so that I can have time for breakfast. 1.The new co
14、uple were so happy that they couldnt stop _ when they got married.(smile) 2.But unless he can hide his tail,he cannot turn _ into a man.(he) 3.She likes _ food.(west) 4.I _ in love with Kunming when I went there for the first time.(fall) 5.He got _ to a beautiful girl.(marry) Exercises smiling himself Western fell married 1. Review the words and phrases in this lesson. 2. Preview Grammar Focus.
