UnitAn old man tried to move the mountains

1、Unit 6 An old man tried to moved the mountains.Section A 1 (1a-2d)一、教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标：1) 能掌握以下单词：remind, bit, silly, instead of 能掌握以下句型： How does the story begin? What happened next? What do you think of the story of Yu Gong? What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?2) 能够用英语询问故事的开始、发展及后续等

2、。能够对故事中的人物或情节发表一些简单的看法或观点。2. 情感态度价值观目标： 学习愚公，要学习他“主动挖山”的精神。在我们生活工作中存在着很多的“山”。在这些山的面前我们应该采取怎样的态度对待它？是通过“搬家”来避开它或找领导请求帮助；还是像愚公一样明知困难却迎难而上，凭借自己的力量勇敢的克服困难。愚公不畏艰险，不怕困难，勇敢面对的精神，正是值得我们所学习的。二、教学重难点1. 教学重点：1) 掌握本课时中出现的生词：remind, bit, silly, instead of； 2) 学会询问故事发展的基本句型：How does the story begin?What happened

3、next? 3) 学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。 What do you think of / about the story of Yu Gong? I think its a little bit silly. I still dont agree with you. 2. 教学难点：学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。三、教学过程Step 1 Lead in 1. 播放动画片寓公移山的视频，导入本单元主题。T: Whats the name of the story?S1：Its Yu Gong moves a mountain. S2: I

4、ts a traditional Chinese story. T: Do you know other traditional Chinese stories? S1: Ne Zha Conquers the Dragon KingS2: Magic Brush Ma LianS3: Change Flies to the Moon Step 2 Work on 1a1. Look at the pictures in 1a, then read the names of the story in the box.2. Ss discuss with their partners and m

5、atch the names of the stories with the pictures. Journey to the West b Yu Gong Moves a Mountain d Hou Yi Shoots the Suns a Nu Wa Repairs the Sky cStep 3 Presentation 1. 引导学生们学习生词。once upon a time = long, long ago 从前 常用于讲述故事开头的词语e.g. Once upon a time, there lived three monks in a small temple. 从前，在一个

6、小庙里住着三个和尚。shoot v. 射击；发射过去式及过去分词形式：shot, shote.g. He shot the bird with his gun. 他用枪打鸟。 stone n. 石头e.g. The soil is full of stones. 这土里有很多碎石。 He threw a stone at the dog. 他向狗掷了一块石头。 2. Try to remember the new words. Step 4 Listening 1. T: Tell Ss they will hear a great Chinese traditional story. Lis

7、ten and check () the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?Key: They are talking about Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen. 3. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up. 4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check the facts they hear. 5. C

8、heck the answers._ The two mountains were very high and big._ A very old man tried to move the mountains._ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it. Keys: _ The two mountains were very high and big._ A very old man tried to move the mountains.Step 5 Pair work 1. Read the questions in the box in

9、1c. 2. Ss discuss the questions with their partners. 3. Let some pairs ask and answer the questions. 1) How does the story begin? 2) What happened next?3) Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?Keys: Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near h

10、is house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side. The old man told his family that they should all help him to move the mountains. Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because its big enough to hold everything.Step 6 Listening Work on 2a: T: Lets continu

11、e to listen to the story. 1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen to the story, please number the pictures. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Keys: 3 2 1 4Work on 2b: 1

12、. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to circle the correct words in the brackets. 1) A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were working on moving the mountains.2) He told Yu Gong

13、he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak).3) As soon as the man finished (talking /speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.4) Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away.5) This s

14、tory reminds us that you can never (know / see) whats possible unless you try to make it happen. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Answers: 1. children 2. weak 3. talking 4. two 5. know Step 7 Pair work 1. Tell Ss to make a story chain. Ss tell the story one by one with the pictures

15、in 2a. 2. Let some Ss tell the story to the class. A: Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the earth and stone to the sea. B: One day, a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.C: He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak.D:

16、 As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.D: His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.F: Finally, a god was so moved

17、by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away. G: This story reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen. 3. See which groups story is better. 4. Tell Ss to read the conversation and complete the table. Work on 2d Wang Mings opinionClaudias opinio

18、n5. Check the answers. Keys: Wang Mings opinion 1. really interesting2. a good way to solve the problem3. anything is possible if you work hard Claudias opinion 1. a little bit silly2. does not seem very possible to move a mountain3. try to find other ways to solve a problem, e.g. build a road6. Ans

19、wers the questions with complete sentences.What does Wang Ming think about the story of Yu Gong?What does Wang Ming think the story is trying to show?Step 8 Role-play 1. Read the conversations and Let Ss read after the teacher. 2. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in groups. T: So what do you thi

20、nk about the story of Yu Gong? A: I think its really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem.B: Really? I think its a little bit silly. It doesnt seem very possible to move a mountain.A: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard! Yu Gong kept tr

21、ying and didnt give up. B: Well, I still dont agree with you. I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem.A: But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?B: Well, there are many other ways. For example, he could build a road. Thats better and faster than moving a mountai

22、n! A: You have different opinions about the story, and neither of you are wrong. There are many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.Step 9 Language points1. This story reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen.remind v. 提醒；使想起remind sb. of/about s

23、th. 提醒某人想起某事 e.g. The picture reminds him of his beautiful hometown. 这幅画让他想起了美丽的故乡。remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人去做某事e.g. Please remind me to come back early. 请提醒我早点回来。【运用】根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子。 这个故事让我想起了我的童年。This story _ _ _ my childhood. 今天晚上你能提醒我给汤姆打电话吗？Could you please _ _ _ _ Tom up tonight?Keys: rem

24、inds me of  remind me to call2. I think its a little bit silly.bit n. 有点；稍微 a little bit (= a little) + 形容词或副词或比较级时，表示“一点儿” e.g. Im a little bit tired. Lets take a short rest. 我有点累了，让我们休息一会。 She is a little bit shy. 她有点害羞。 辨析： a bit of + 不可数名词 “一点” e.g. She poured a bit of salt water in her mou

25、th. 她往嘴里倒了一些盐水。silly adj. 愚蠢的通常指由于缺乏常识、判断力或稳健而作出令人可笑的行为和举止, 在句中可用作定语或表语。 e.g. I was silly to get out with a coat in a cold day. 在这样冷的天气里没有穿外套就出门，我真傻。3. But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?instead of 是复合介词，后接名词、代词、动词的-ing形式或介词短语等，意为“代替，作为的替换”。e.g. If you cant go, hell go instead

26、 of you. Jack went swimming yesterday instead of playing basketball. The doctors went to Shanghai by train instead of by car.  I gave her some advice instead of money. Will you go to the meeting instead of me? instead与instead of 只有一词之差，但在用法上区别很大。instead是副词，意为“代替”，在句中只能用作状语。e.g. We have no coffe

27、e. Would you like some water instead? Donna never studies. Instead, she plays table tennis all day.Step 10 Exercise1. Yu Gong found a good way _ (solve) the problem.2. You should kept _ (try) and never give up. 3. Give me the green one _ the red one. 4. Shed like to stay at home instead of _ (go) to

28、 movies.5. Please remind him _ (take) medicine on time. 6. Ted didnt answer my question. _, he asked me another question. Answers: 1. to solve 2. trying 3. instead of     4. going 5. to take 6. Instead  Step 11 Homework1. Recite the conversation in 2d after school. 2. Tell t

29、he story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your parents.Once upon a time, there was a very old man Section A 2 (3a-3c)一、教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标：1) 学习掌握下列词汇：object, magic, stick, hide, tail, turninto, excite, western 2) 阅读短文，能按要求找到相应的信息。3) 通过阅读提高学生们的阅读能力。4) 了解西游记中美猴王这一人物的大体情况。2. 情感态度价值观目标：多阅读中国传统文学名著，让学

30、生们明白中国传统文化的博大、精深，并吸取中国传统文化中的精华。 二、教学重难点1. 教学重点：1) 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。2) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习，来提高阅读能力。2. 教学难点：1) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。2) 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。三、教学过程Step 1 Revision Let some Ss tell the story of Yu Gong moves a mountain.S1: Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains

31、 near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side. S2: The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains. S3: Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because its big enough to hold everything.S4: Yu Gong and his family

32、began to move some of the soil and stone into the sea.S5: One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.S6: He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak.S7: As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could co

33、ntinue to move the mountains after he died.S8: His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.S9: Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away. S10: This st

34、ory reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen. Step 2 New words1. Look at the pictures and learn about the new words. object n. 物体 tail n. 尾巴 stick n. 棍；条 excite v. 使激动；使兴奋 western adj. 西方的2. 学生们根据讲解，理解这些单词的用法，并试着强化记忆。 Step 3 Warming-up1. Look at the pictures

35、 and answer the questions.1) Who are they? 2) In which book are they the main characters?3) Which character do you like best? Keys: 1) Theyre Zhu Bajie, Su Wukong, Sha Heshang and Tang Seng. 2) Journey to the West. 3) I like Monkey King best. 2. Watch a video about the Monkey King.3. What do you kno

36、w about Journey to the West? Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty and attributed to Wu Chengen. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is

37、 one of the main characters in the novel Journey to the West.  Step 4 Reading Work on 3a.1. Tell Ss to read the article in 3a quickly and try to find the answers to the questions: Which book is talked about? Who is the main character? What is he like?Ss read the article quickly and try to

38、answer the questions: 2. 方法指导：带着问题，然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，找到答案。3. 学生们按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并快速回答这三个问题。 4. 最后，教师让部分学生回答答案，并校对答案。Keys: 1. Journey to the West. 2. The Monkey King. 3. He is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! Work on 3b. 1. 告诉学生们再次阅读短文内容，并完成3b表格中的内容。2.

39、 学生们带着这两个问题，仔细读短文，在短文的相关信息处划线。3. 让学生们完成表格，并校对答案。 What he can do: What he cant do:Keys: What he can do: make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objectsmake his magic stick so small that he can keep it in his ear, or make his magic stick big and long.What he c

40、ant do: turn himself into a man (unless he can hide his tail)4. 让学生读一下自己的答案，并改正答案。Step 5 Careful Reading 1. Read the passage again and judge the sentences below True or False.1) Most pupils in England watch the TV program called Monkey in 1979 for the first time. 2) Journey to the West is a new Chin

41、ese book. Its new to Chinese children3) Monkey King is just a normal monkey. 4) Monkey King can make 72 changes to his shape and size.5) If the Monkey King can hide his tail, he can turn himself into a man.6) The Monkey King uses a magic stick to fight the bad people.7) The Monkey Kings magic stick

42、is so long that he cant hide it in his ear. 8) Western children like to read this book because the Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never give up. Keys: 1: T 2: F 3: F 4: T 5: T 6: T 7: F 8: TWork on 3c. 1. 告诉学生们本学习活动的要求：用短文中的词组或短语来完成下列句子。 1) Journey to the West is a _ Chinese book. I

43、t tells one of the most popular stories in China.2) When the English TV program Monkey _ in 1979, Western children _ this wonderful story. 3) The Monkey King can _ to his body. He is able to _ _ different animals and objects.4) The Monkey King _ make his magic stick small or large.2. 让学生们读3d中的内容，理解每

44、个句子的大体意思。3. 根据短文的内容，并用恰当的词组或短语完成句子。4. 如果不能直接填上，可以再去阅读短文，在相关的内容处，再仔细进行阅读，找到相关信息，并完成句子。5. Check the answers。 Keys: 1) traditional 2) came out, became interested in 3) make 72 changes, turn himself into 4) is able to6. Pair workSuppose you are a foreign student and very interested in Chinese culture. N

45、ow you want to ask your partner about Sun Wukong. Make a dialogue according to the information in the passage.Step 6 Language points1. turning himself into different animals and objects.turninto 变成e.g. I have a dream that I've turned into an elephant.  我梦见自己变成了大象。2. But unless he can hide h

46、is tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.unless conj. 如果不；除非。引导条件状语从句，=ifnot。e.g. Unless I do, well be lost. 如果我不这样做, 我们会迷路的。hide v. 隐藏；隐蔽。(hide-hid-hidden)e.g. Where did you hide the money? 你把钱藏哪里了？ I hid the broken plate behind the table. 我把打碎的盘子藏在餐桌后面了。 3. the Monkey King uses a magic

47、 stick.magic adj. 有魔力的；有神奇力量的e.g. All the people heard of the magic carpet. 所有人听说过魔毯的故事。Step7 Exercises . 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。smile, fit, couple, object, excite, hide1. The music sounded beautiful so the baby stopped crying and _.2. “Nothing about my life _ me at present (现在),” a housewife s

48、aid. 3. The new _ decided to go to Paris on vacation.4. I can never get clothes to _ me.5. These _ are all old but theyre useful. 6. Two minutes ago, Susan _ your books behind the door.Keys: 1. smiled  2. excites  3. couple  4. fit  5. objects  6. hid. Fill in the blanks.1.

49、A neighbor _ (call) Tony, helped me repair my fence yesterday.2. The Monkey King can make 72_ (change) to his shape and size. 3. His uncle isnt interested in _ (play) chess at all.4. The two boys kept _ (skate) for one hour. 5. No one _ (be) able to answer him at that time. Keys: called, changes, pl

50、aying, skating, wasStep 8 Homework Make sentences with these words.be able to; make 72 changes, turninto; sothat; came out; become interested in; keep doing sth.Section A 3 (Grammar focus-4c)一、教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标：1) 学习掌握下列词汇：stepsister, prince, couple, smile, marry , get married, fit, fall in love2) 进行一

51、步复习巩固学习Section A 部分所学的生词和词组。3) 对询问故事的开始、发展、及故事人物、情节等语句进行归纳总结。4) 掌握unless, as soon as, sothat的用法，并通过不同方式的练习，来熟练运用这些词汇的用法。2. 情感态度价值观目标：多阅读中国传统文学名著，让学生们明白中国传统文化的博大精深，并吸取中国传统文化中的精华。 二、教学重难点1. 教学重点：1) 复习巩固Section A 部分所学的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。2) unless, as soon as, sothat的用法。2. 教学难点：1) 动词的正确形式填空。2) 掌握unless, as

52、 soon as, sothat的用法。三、教学过程Step 1 Revision1. Have a dictation of the new words learned in the last class. Review some main phrases we learned in the last class.1) can (同义词) _2) if not (同义词) _3) named (同义词) _4) 会72变化 (汉译英) _5) 将变成 (汉译英) _6) 如此以至于(汉译英) _7) 一就 (汉译英) _Answers: be able to, unless, called,

53、 make 72 changes, turn into, so that, as soon as2. Let Ss tell something about the Monkey King. S1: The Monkey King is the main character in Journey to the West.S2: His names Sun Wukong. He is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey!S3: Yeah. This is becaus

54、e he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects.S4: But unless he can hide his tail, he cant turn himself into a man.S5: To fight bad people, he uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long. Objective:To learn the usage of unless, as soon as, so thatStep 2 Grammar focus1. Fill in the blanks. 故事是如何开始的？ _ does the story _? 从前，有一位老翁 _ _ _ _ there was a very old man 接下来发生了什么事？ _ _ next? 那个人刚