1、Share your opinions about a moral storyUnit2 Reading for WritingIts a kind of traditional short story.It teaches a moral lesson.Its usually a story with animals as characters.For example, Aesops Fables.What is this kind of writing called?To mark on a moving boat for a sunk swordPeople should deal wi
2、th things as the circumstances change.刻舟求剑刻舟求剑the Fox and the Crow If you only like to listen to good words, you are likely to be cheated. Use your brain to analyse things. Dont believe others words easily.狐狸和乌鸦狐狸和乌鸦Read the fable below and answer the questions.P20 11. What was the kings idea for te
3、aching 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?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 gi
4、rl think and do when she saw the coins?He put a huge stone in the middle of a road, and watched to see if anyone would move it.Most of the people just complained that the stone was in their way.She thought that the money belonged to someone else and that it should be returned.Thinking：What does the
5、fable tell us? The moral of the story is that we should all take responsibility for our community. 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 writing give your analysis of the writing stat
6、e your opinion and your reasonsFind out the outline.ParagraphMain idea1Basic information about the story2Your analysis of the story3Your opinion about the story Find out detailed information according to the outline.Para.1Basic information about the story What is the title of the story? What kind of
7、 story is it? What is the main idea of the story?Para. 2Your 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. 3Your opinion about the story What did you like about the story? What did you not like about the stor
8、y? Would you recommend this story to others?Write a review of the fable.【话题词汇】【话题词汇】1. passage 文章文章2. comment评价评价3. recommend推荐推荐4. highlight亮点亮点, 突出突出5. theme 主题主题6. lesson教训教训7. principle 道理道理, 原则原则8. be recognised 被认可被认可9. learn from从从中学到中学到【话题句式】【话题句式】1. What we can learn from it is that we shou
9、ld be kind and willing to help others. 从中我们可以学到的是我们应该有善心从中我们可以学到的是我们应该有善心, 并乐于助人。并乐于助人。2. It is known to us all that this novel has a great influence on the development of Chinese literature. 众所周知众所周知, 这部小说对中国文学的发展有这部小说对中国文学的发展有着很大的影响。着很大的影响。3. It is recognised that kindness and diligence are both t
10、raditional virtues of Chinese people. 公认的是公认的是, 善良和勤劳是中国人民的传统善良和勤劳是中国人民的传统美德。美德。4. It tells us a principle that we should strengthen peoples awareness of social responsibility. 它告诉我们一个道理它告诉我们一个道理: 我们应该增强人们我们应该增强人们的社会责任意识。的社会责任意识。 have a try: Write a review of a fable Sample Writing“The Stone in the
11、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 problems in the community. T
12、he 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, I think there are better stories that can be used to impress upon people the need for personal responsibility.
