1、the puppet PinocchioGeppetto A kindly woodcarver who wants to have a sonJiminy Cricket Pinocchios official conscience to tell him right from wrongA living puppet,with the help of a cricket as his conscience,must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.If you lie,there will be punishment.Have you e
2、ver lied in your life White liea harmless or trivial lie,especially one told to avoid hurting someones feelingsLie to make an untrue statement with intent to deceiveto create a false or misleading impressionFor others benefitsFor our own benefitsActivity1.Look at the pictures.What would you say if y
3、ou were student B?Student A:I didnt do well in the exam.I only got 60.What about you?Student B:Possible answers:B:Oh,sorry to hear that.But I did no better than you.B:Come on.Actually you did well.I did worse than you.B:Well,just so-so.Such a dilemma!Activity 2:Look at the structure of the passage a
4、nd find out which part each paragraph belongs to.ESSAYMain bodyConclusionIntroductionPara.1&Para.2Para.3-Para.7Para.8cheatcomplicated situation,in which once we tell a lie,we have to continue to tell more other lies in order to cover the previous ones.Oh,what a tangled web we weave,When first we pra
5、ctice to deceive!tangled webdeceiveWalter ScootHonesty is important and lying is wrong.However,we lie in real life.To comfort ourselves,we say that we tell white lies.Main bodyP3-P4P5-P7Real life experienceReasons of telling a white liethe food someone cooked is“delicious”someones new haircut is“gre
6、at”Reason 1:to make others feel betterReason 2:to give encouragementReason 3:to protect others from bad newsTo what extent can we justify telling white lies like these?feel better.a meal for us that we dont like.The majority of us dont tell the truth-we lie and say that the food is delicious.is awfu
7、l,but we say“its great”.from the disappointment or anger from others.Reason 1:To make others .Examples:Someones cooking .Someones haircut .Analysis:Perhaps we lie to protect ourselves .Reason 2:.Examples:.Analysis:Perhaps your friend wants .Perhaps they need to know .To give encouragement.some frank
8、 comments from you so that they can improve.You say your friends singing is wonderful,despite secretly thinking that your cat can sing better.that they should look for a different hobby.Reason 3:.Example:.Analysis:Perhaps your parents .To protect others from bad news.You have had a bad day,but you h
9、ide your tears and lie to your parents that your day was“fine”.would want to listen to you and understand your feelings.Conclusion:Even white lies may have results we cannot predict.so,.we shouldnt tell lies even if they are white lies.Honesty is an important value and lying is wrong.ESSAYMain bodyC
10、onclusionIntroduction An essay usually consists of three parts:introduction,main body and conclusion.We start with an introduction and it contains the aims and overviews of the essay.The main body is a series of paragraphs that explore and develop your argument.The conclusion contains a summary of y
11、our ideas-do not introduce any new material here!End your essay by linking your conclusion back to the essay title.1.What does the“web”in the poem represent?2.What would you do in the situations described in the passage?3.How would you feel if you were told a white lie?Share your experience with the
12、 class if this has happened to you.Give a talk on the importance of honesty following the steps below.Explain what honesty is.Give reasons for the importance of being honest.Support your reasons with examples.End with your conclusion.The Porcupine DilemmaThe Porcupine Dilemma fable n.寓言 convey vt.表达
13、;传达 porcupine n.豪猪;boundary n.边界;分界线=border dilemma n.C左右为难 a situation in which one has to make a difficult choice between two courses of action,both perhaps equally undesirable.quill n.刺;大翎毛 ideal adj.理想的 n.理想;典范The Porcupine DilemmaThe Porcupine Dilemmadescribe vt.描述描述viewpoint n.观观点,看法点,看法point
14、of view 观点观点in conclusion 总之总之in short/brief 简简言之言之in a word 总之,简言之总之,简言之The Porcupine DilemmaThe Porcupine DilemmaThe fable is adapted from a work by ,which describes that The fable teaches us that .So in our real life,when dealing with our friends,we should respect their privacy.In conclusion,Scho
15、penhauerone cold winter night,a group of porcupines eventually found the ideal distance while managing not to hurt each other with their quills.For example,we shouldnt read their letters without their permission.there should be boundaries in interpersonal relationshipsonly when we keep proper distan
16、ce can we feel comfortable with each other and our friendship last long as well.The Porcupine DilemmaThe Porcupine DilemmaHercules and the waggoner A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire,and the horse could not pull them out.
17、The waggoner threw down his whip.He knelt down and prayed to Hercules.Hercules,help me,please,he said.But Hercules appeared to him,and said,Man,dont kneel there.Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.-大力神与车夫一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条非常泥泞的小路前行。突然,马车的轮子陷入了泥潭,马无法将它们拉出来。车夫扔下鞭子,跪在地上,祈求大力神出现,大力神啊,请来帮助我。他说。大力神出现了,却说:朋友,用你的肩膀把车轮扛起来,再驱赶马拉车出来。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?Thank youfor yourlistening