1、Share your opinions about a moral storyUnit 2 Reading for writing道德故事道德故事Do you know these famous fables?What do these fables tell us?To mark on a moving boat for a sunk sword刻舟求剑刻舟求剑People should deal with things as the circumstances change.the Fox and the Crow 狐狸和乌鸦狐狸和乌鸦If you only like to listen
2、to good words,you are likely to be cheated.Use your brain to analyze things.Dont believe others words easily.To try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward揠苗助长揠苗助长People should follow the laws of nature.Read the fable below and answer the questions.1.Who put the stone in the road?2.What did h
3、e do after placing the stone and gold coins?3.Why did he do so?Once upon a time there was a king who often thought,“Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”One day,he had an idea.Early one morning,the king disguised himself and went to
4、a local village.He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.Paragrphy 12background从前有个国王，他经常思考：“如果一个国家的人民只会抱怨，而且总是期待别人来解决他们的问题，那么这个国家就不会有什么好事。”有一天，他想到一个办法。一天清晨，国王乔装打扮一番后，来到了当地的一座村庄。他在主路中间放了一块大石头，并且在石头下面藏
5、了几枚金币。然后，他就躲在一棵大枫树后观察。persontimeeventresponse1.Who put the stone in the road?2.What did he do after placing the stone and gold coins?3.Why did he do so?Read the para1-2 and answer the questions.The king He hid himself and watched.To teach his people a lesson.The first person down the street was a mi
6、lkman with his cart.He crashed into the stone,pilling the milk everywhere,“What fool put this stone here?”he shouted.He picked himself up and angrily went away.After a while,a group of women came along,each balancing a pot of water on her head.One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went
7、crashing to the ground.She picked herself up and limped away in tears.Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone,but he found nobody making an attempt to move it.The king was in despair.“Is there no on
8、e in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?”Paragrphy 35personexperienceemotionresponse路上走来的第一个人是推着车子的送奶工。他撞到石头上,把牛奶泼得到处都是,他大喊：“哪个傻瓜把石头放在这儿了?”他从地上爬起来,气呼呼地走了。过了一会儿，一群妇女走了过来，她们每个人头上都顶着一罐水。其中一个女人被石头绊倒了，水罐也摔到地上。她从地上爬起来，噙着泪一瘸一拐地走了。无论是她自己，还是她的同伴，都没有想到把石头从路中间挪开。国王观察了一
9、整天,看到许多人都在埋怨这块石头,却没人试着把它挪开。国王绝望了。“难道整个村子都没有一个人觉得有责任让邻居免遭不测吗？”Complete the table according to the story.PersonExperienceEmotionResponsemilkmanwomanwith water othervillagersyounggirlcrashed into the stoneangrywent awaytripped over the rocksadlimped away in tearscomplained about the stoneupset/unhappy/
10、annoyednobody made an attempt to move the stoneParagrphy 67Just then,the king saw a young girl coming along.She was the daughter of a local farmer.She had been working all day and was very tired.But when she saw the stone,she said to herself,“This stone is a danger to anyone who comes down the stree
11、t after dark.Ill move it out of the way.”The girl pushed the stone with all her might.After a great deal of effort,she finally succeeded in moving it to the side of the street.Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins where the stone had been!younggirl就在这时，国王看见一个年轻的姑娘迎面走来。小姑娘是当地一位农民的女儿。忙活了一天，
12、她疲惫不堪。然而，当她看到那块石头，她自言自语道：“对于天黑以后走在这条路上的人来说，这块石头很危险，我得把它从这条路上挪开。”女孩使出了全身力气去推石头。费了好大一番工夫，她终于成功地把石头推到了路边。想象一下，当她看到原先石头所在之处的金币时有多么惊讶！saw the stoneworried/concernedmoved the stone to the side of the street;wanted to find the owner of the goldComplete the table according to the story.PersonExperienceEmoti
13、onResponsemilkmanwomanwith water othervillagersyounggirlcrashed into the stoneangrywent awaytripped over the rocksadlimped away in tearscomplained about the stoneupset/unhappy/annoyednobody made an attempt to move the stonesaw the stoneworried/concernedmoved the stone to the side of the street;wante
14、d to find the owner of the goldParagrphy 89Just then,the king stepped out from behind the tree.“Oh sir,”the girl said,“does this gold belong to you?If not,we surely must find the owner,for he will certainly miss it.”The king said,“My dear,the gold is mine.I put it in the road and moved the stone ove
15、r it.Now the gold is yours,because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I wanted to teach my people.”此时，国王从树后走了出来。“哦，先生，”女孩说道，“这些金币是您的吗？如果不是的话，我们得找到失主，他一定十分着急。”国王答道：“亲爱的，金币是我的，是我把它放在了路上，然后把石头压在上面。现在，金币归你了，因为我想教给我的子民的道理，只有你一人学会了。”The main idea of the storyA king taught his people a lesso
16、n by placing a stone in the road and watching different peoples emotions and responses when they came across the stone.The stone in the roadDifferent peoples emotions and responsesLesson Milkman crashed into the stone and went away angrily.Woman with water tripped over the stone and limed away in te
17、ars.Other villagers avoided the stone but didnt move it.Young girl pushed the stone with all her might and succeeded in moving it.A person who is responsible and considerate will deserve help or success,otherwise,one will miss the chance to get help or succeed.课堂小结 2The Stone in the Road1.What do yo
18、u think this fable is trying to tell us?2.Do you think the king was wise?Why or why not?GirlOtherswarm-hearted responsibleselfish;irresponsibleStoneproblems or difficulties in our lifeVillageCommunityThe story wants to tell us that each of us should take responsibility for our community.I dont think
19、 that the king was very wise,however,because no one learnt anything from his experiment.The milkman,the woman with the water,and the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all.The king did find one responsible little girl,but she was already a responsibl
20、e person before she encountered the stone in the road.2.Do you think the king was wise?Why or why not?A review is a report on something that you like or dont like based on your opinion.Write a review of a fable.booksbooksmoviesmoviespaintingspaintingsstoriesstoriesproductsproductsStructure of a stor
21、y review.basic informationyour snalysisyour opinionA reviewpara.1para.1para.2para.2para.3para.3a possible version “The Stone in the 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 mov
22、e it.The author used this story to impress upon readers the need to take personal responsibility for problems in the community.The 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 see
23、med pointless to me,because none of the figures 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.翻译“路上的石头”是一个古老的寓言，讲的是一位国王认为他的人民很懒，所以他把一块大石头放在路中央，然后藏起来，等着看有没有人想搬动它。作者用这个故事给读者留下深刻印象，让他们明白，对于社会上的问题，个人需要承担责任。这个故事相当成功地达到了目的，我喜欢它，因为它有一个明确的寓意。然而，尽管这个故事的寓意很明确，但国王的行为对我来说似乎毫无意义，因为故事中的人物没有学到任何东西。基于这个原因，我认为有一些更好的故事可以用来让人们铭记个人责任的必要性。THANKS
