1、Unit 2 Morals and VirtuesReading for WritingThe Fox and the GrapesMoral:It is easy to despise what you cannot get.What is a fable?It is a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson.What Chinese fables do you know?Kong Rong gives up the biggest pear Mencius mother moves three timesConstant g
2、rinding turns an iron rod into a needleStand in the snow to wait upon Master Cheng respectfully 孔融让梨 孟母三迁铁杵成针程门立雪 Match the story with the lesson that it teaches people.Kong Rong gives up the biggest pearM e n c i u s m o t h e r moves three timesConstant grinding turns an iron rod into a needleStan
3、d in the snow to wait upon Master Cheng respectfully Steady efforts make miracles.One should respect his teacher.Its a virtue to respect the aged and care for the young.Environment is of great importance to education.What will you do if you come across a big stone in the middle of the road?Discussio
4、nwalk across itignore ittrip over-get angrymove it away.1.Read the fable below and answer the questions.1.What was the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people?He put a huge stone in the middle of a road,and watched to see if anyone would move it.2.What was the response from most of
5、 the people?Most of the people just got upset that the stone was in their way.3.What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?She thought that the money belonged to someone else and that it should be returned.=long long ago定语从句；先行词：a king定语从句；先行词：a nation时间连词让句子之间层次清晰、逻辑鲜明。现在分词作结果状语独立主
6、格结构，名词或代词和后面的动词构成逻辑上的主谓关系 定语从句；先行词：no one定语从句；先行词：anyone地点状语从句定语从句；先行词：the only person定语从句；先行词：the lesson2.This story presented different peoples emotions and responses when they came across the same problem.Complete the table according to the story.Person ExperienceEmotionResponsemilkmancrashed int
7、o the stoneangrywent awaywoman with waterother villagersyoung girltripped over the stonesadlimped away in tearscomplained about the stoneupsetnobody made an attempt to move the stonesucceeded in moving the stone to the side of the streettired,surprisedwanted to find the owner of the goldDiscussion1.
8、What does“stone”refer to in life and what do you think this fable is trying to tell us?Difficulties/Challenges.The moral of the story is that we should all take responsibility for our community.Discussion2.Do you think the king was wise?Why or why not?nonoWise or not?The young girl was already a res
9、ponsible person before she encountered the stone in the road.The effects of the kings idea The milkman,the woman with her water pot,and the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all.Therefore,I dont think that the king was very wise,because no one learn
10、t anything from his experiment.Write a review The main purpose of a review is to give your opinion about a piece of writing.You should first give a short description of the writing,and then clearly state your opinion and your reasons.WritingHow to write a reviewParagraph 1:Basic information about th
11、e storylWhat is the title of the story?lWhat kind of story is it?lWhat is the main idea of the story?Paragraph 2:Your analysis of the storylWhat is the authors purpose?lWere the details of the story clear?lDo you think the story achieved its purpose?Paragraph 3:Your opinion about the storylWhat did
12、you like about the story?lWhat did you not like about the story?lWould you recommend this story to others?Paragraph 1:Basic information about the storylWhat is the title of the story?lWhat kind of story is it?lWhat is the main idea of the story?The Stone in the Road.An old fable.It is about a king w
13、ho wanted to teach his people a lesson by hiding gold under the stone in the street.The Stone in the Road is an old fable about a king who wanted to teach his people a lesson by hiding gold under the stone in the street.Paragraph 2:Your analysis of the storylWhat is the authors purpose?lWere the det
14、ails of the story clear?lDo you think the story achieved its purpose?To impress on readers the need to take personal responsibility for problems in the community.Yes.The details were clear.The story is quite successful in achieving its purpose.The author used the story to impress on readers the need
15、 to take personal responsibility for problems in the community.The story is quite successful in achieving its purpose,and I like it because it has a clear moral.Paragraph 3:Your opinion about the storylWhat did you like about the story?lWhat did you not like about the story?lWould you recommend this
16、 story to others?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 on people the need for personal responsibility.The St
17、one in the Road is an old fable about a king who wanted to teach his people a lesson by hiding gold under the stone in the street.The author used the story to impress on readers the need to take personal responsibility for problems in the community.The story is quite successful in achieving its purp
18、ose,and I like it because it has 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 on people the need for
19、personal responsibility.The fable,“The Stone in the Road”is a moral story.It is about a king who wanted to teach villagers a lesson by hiding gold under the stone in the street.The storys purpose is to tell us that when meeting with problems,we should not complain and expect others to solve them.Ins
20、tead,what we should do is to take action at once to deal with our problems in our daily life.More importantly,we should learn from the selfless girl always caring for others in the story rather than other selfish villagers.I like the story very much and I think it is very meaningful and helpful to u
21、s.Remember:one good turn deserves another.I will recommend this story to as many people as possible.Recently,I have read a wonderful fable titled“The Stone in the Road”.In this fable,a king except a young girl,who moved the stone out of the road,thus finding the gold coins.we should take personal re
22、sponsibility for problems in the community and one good turn deserves another.一一.常用开头语常用开头语1.Im delighted to introduce my favourite fable/story/novel/book to you,whose title is+标题.2.Recently,I have read a fable,+标题.3.The fable titled+标题 is a moral/ironic/fascinating story.4.It tells us a story about
23、+主角,who+定语从句.5.In the fable,the author writes about+主角,who+定语从句.6.The fable,+标题 is about+主角,who+定语从句.二二.主体部分常用表达主体部分常用表达1.The purpose of the fable is to tell us that+宾语从句.2.The fable is intended to tell people that+宾语从句.3.The fable teaches us a lesson that+从句.The fable focuses on.achieving its purpo
24、se.The author achieved his purpose by sth/doing sth.Undoubtedly,the author has done a good job in presenting his ideas.三三.常用的结束语常用的结束语1.After I read the story,I have a better understanding of.2.Having read the story,I realized that I should(not)./I was deeply moved by.3.I think the story is worth re
25、ading because.4.What impresses me most is that.5.On the whole,I like/dislike the story because6.The fable teaches us a lesson that+从句.7.I would love to share the story with all of you.8.I would like to/I will undoubtedly recommend it to all of you.The title of the artical is“The Fox and the Grapes”.
26、It is an old fable about a fox who failed to eat the grapes but still comforted himself with that these grapes must be sour.The author used this story to impress upon readers that it is easy to despise what you cannot get.It was vivid to describe the details and quite successful in achieving its pur
27、pose.I like this story most because I realize that when we are wrong we should not find an excuse to cover up our own problems,but instead we should bravely admit the mistakes and try to correct them.Only in this way might we succeed some day.Therefore,I would definitely recommend this story to othe
28、rs.AppreciationA story review about“The Fox and the Grapes”标题主要故事情节分析故事：主题、意图、写作手法等自己的观点Homework:阅读下面一则故事，写一篇读后感。阅读下面一则故事，写一篇读后感。Two most precious diamonds(钻石)An old man was walking around a market,where he saw a fine camel(骆驼).He wanted to buy it,so he went to the owner of the camel and bought it h
29、ome.On reaching home,the old man asked his son to remove the saddle(鞍).While doing it,the son found a small bag hidden under the saddle,in which there were many precious diamonds.The son asked his father to keep the diamonds for himself,but the old man said to him,“I just paid for the camel,not for
30、the diamonds.I must return them immediately.”The old man went back to the market and found the young man from whom he bought the camel.When he returned the bag,the young man was overjoyed and said,“Oh,I forgot that I had hidden my diamonds under that camels saddle.Thank you so much for returning it.
31、You can choose one diamond from the bag as a reward(回报，奖励).”The old man smiled and said,“I had already kept two most precious diamonds!”Hearing this,the young man emptied the bag to count his diamonds.“Not a single diamond is lost,so what are the two most precious diamonds you kept?”the surprised young man asked.The old man replied,“They are honesty and integrity(正直).”注意：词数80左右。Thank You!
