1、Topic 2 Who is your favorite character in literature?,Section D,Unit 6 Entertainment and Friendship,Say something about the following pictures.,What are the four classic novels of Chinese literature?,Talk about the following people and their works.,Have you ever read the story about The Tortoise and
2、 the Hare in Aesops Fable？They will have a race. Who do you think will win?,Listen, read and act,Key point,As for you, you never keep your mind on your goals.,至于，关于,专心于某事,Key point,I must stick to going ahead.,stick to sth./stick to doing sth. 坚持某事/坚持做某事,Example: I think we should stick to our plan.
3、,Read 1a again and answer the following questions:,Where did the play happen? Where did the hare lie down and have a rest? Who won the race at last?,It happened in the forest.,The hare lied down under a tall tree.,The tortoise.,Show time,Act out the short play scene by scene. The group who gets the
4、most points is the champion.,(In the forest, the hare meets the tortoise.) H: Hi! Im Hare. I can run really, really fast, like this! (Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.) T: Hi! Im Tortoise. I can walk like this. (Plod. Plod. Plod. Plod.) H: Ha! I can run much faster than you. No one can beat me.,Scene 1,T: That ma
5、y be true. But I always get where Im going sooner or later. As for you, you never keep your mind on your goals. You cant get where you need to go. H: Well then, I bet I can beat you in a race unless you put wheels on your feet. I can even dance around you all the way. Ill prove it. T: Tell you what,
6、 Hare. Well just see who is the first to get to the finish line over there. H: Okay. Ready? Go! Hee hee hee hee! Silly old tortoise! He thinks he can beat me .,Scene 2,(On the way, the hare runs, jumps and rolls in the flowers. The tortoise moves slowly forward, always looking to the front, never to
7、 the left, and never to the right.),T: (Plod. Plod.) How tired! But I cant give up. I must stick to going ahead. (Plod. Plod.) H: (Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.) Hi, Tortoise! Here I come and there I go! (Hop, hop, hop, hop.) Wow! What beautiful flowers!,Scene 3,(Under a tall tree. Here comes the hare.) H: Ha
8、! I can see the finish line from here. Poor tortoise, where is he? Aha! There he is! He is far behind me! I knew it! Mmm, its so hot! Heres a tall tree. Ill just lie down and have a rest. Ive got plenty of time. The tortoise will never catch up with me.,(After a few hours, the tortoise passes the ha
9、re and continues slowly, always looking to the front, never to the left, and never to the right.) T: Sweet dreams, you silly hare! (Plod. Plod.) Almost there, almost there. (The tortoise has passed the finish line when the hare wakes up.) H: Wow! I was having such a good dream. Now, I wonder where t
10、hat tortoise Oh, no!,Group work,Discussion: In Act , the tortoise wins the race. Why? What can you learn from the story? Use your imagination to write Act , Act , and put on a performance.,Useful expressions,Project,Fairy tales are very interesting and always begin with Once upon a time Look at the
11、pictures below and choose one to make up your own fairy tale.,The Emperors New Clothes,Snow White,Little Red Riding Hood,Summary,We learn,We can,the structure of the short English play.,sum up the sentence patterns and useful expressions in Topic 2.,Homework,Adapt your fairy tale into a short play and then put it on in groups. 2. Look for and appreciate some foreign arts and poems.,Good-bye!,Thank you,
