U1 More Practice 曹冲称象 cao chong weighs an elephant

1、曹冲 曹冲（196208年），为曹操和环夫人之子，字仓舒，东汉末年神童。从小聪明仁爱，与众不同，深受曹操喜爱。曹冲出生五、六年，智力心思所达到的，就像成年人那样聪明。留有“曹冲称象”的典故。曹操几次对群臣夸耀他，有让他继嗣之意。曹冲还未成年就病逝，年仅十三岁。 当时孙权曾送来一只很大的象，曹操想要知道象的重量，询问众部下，都不能拿出办法来。曹冲说：“把象放在大船上面，在水痕淹到船体上刻下记号，再称量物品装载在船上，那么比较以后就可以知道了。”曹操十分高兴，马上施行了这个办法，果然知道了大象的重量。童年称象智救库吏 当时军队国家事务繁多，施用刑罚又严又重。曹操的马鞍在仓库里被老鼠啃啮，管理仓库的

2、吏役害怕一定会死，琢磨着反绑双手去自首请罪，但仍然惧怕不能免罪。曹冲对他说：“等待三天，然后你自动去自首。”曹冲于是拿刀戳穿自己的单衣，就像老鼠咬啮的一样，假装很不痛快的样子，脸上一副发愁的模样。曹操问他怎么了，曹冲回答说：“民间风俗认为老鼠咬了衣服，主人就会不吉利。现在单衣被咬了，所以难过。”曹操说：“那是瞎说，用不着苦恼。”不久库吏把老鼠咬马鞍的事情汇报了，曹操笑着说：“我儿子的衣服就在身边，尚且被咬，何况是挂在柱子上的马鞍呢？”一点也没责备库吏。曹冲心地仁爱，识见通达，都像这件事情所表现的那样，本应犯罪被杀，却被曹冲暗中分辩事理而得到帮助宽宥的，前后有几十人。曹操几次对众大臣称赞曹冲，有

3、想让曹冲继承大业的打算。cut . uphave a try take . off . add uplead . onto . go down draw a line短语收藏夹把切碎，切开试一试把带离加起来把带上下降；下沉划一条线根据汉语意思完成句子。1. 玛丽，请帮我把这个西瓜切开好吗？Could you please help me to _ the watermelon _, Mary?2. 你知道是谁把邓紫棋带上这个舞台的吗？Do you know who _ Gloria Tang Zhi Kei _ the stage?3. 每天，彼得都会在山洞的墙壁上划一条线。Peter _ _

4、 _ on the wall of the cave every day. cut up led ontodraws a linePresent Sun Quan Cao Cao How much weight is the elephant?Can we get a large scale?Can we cut it up?What should we do?Cao Chong, the son of Cao CaoCan you tell me how he weighed the elephant?I have a good idea. Who was in the story? Wha

5、t did Cao Cao want to know about the elephant? How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant? What do you think of Cao Chong?Look at the title and the picture of the story. Then guess the answers to the questions below. lead onto, mark, rock, weighgo lower, take off, go down, add up, draw a line, fill with,

6、reachRead the story, use the words from the box to help.Cao Chong asked some soldiers to lead the elephant onto a boat. The boat went lower into the water when the elephant walked onto it. He drew a line on the side of the boat to mark how low it went. Then Cao Chong asked the soldiers to take the e

7、lephant off the boat with rocks until it went down again and water reached the line on the boat. Then Cao Chong weighed the rocks one by one and added up the weight of all the rocks. That was the weight of the elephant.Language points What a huge animal it is!多么庞大的动物啊！解析：感叹句的结构为“What (a / an)+adj.+名

8、词（+主语+谓语）!”或者“How+adj. / adv.+主语+谓语！”两种结构有时可互相转换。例如：多么聪明的男孩啊！ How clever the boy is!= What a clever boy he is!雨下得多大啊！How heavily it is raining! The elephant was then taken off the boat. 后来大象被带离了船。解析：take . off .意为“把带离”，而take off 意为“脱去(衣、帽等）；(飞机等）起飞”。例如在事故中，警察马上把婴儿带离了汽车。 The police took the baby off

9、the car at once in the accident.当我到家时，我总把我的鞋脱掉I always take my shoes off when I got home. 。飞机半个小时前起飞了。The plane took off half an hour ago. . and the boat was filled with rocks until it went down again. 船装满了石头直到它再次下沉。解析：until 意为“直到”，后面可以接名词短语和状语从句。用于肯定句时，主句的动作持续到until 后面的时间或从句的动作发生为止，主句的谓语动词常用延续性动词；用

10、于否定句时，主句的动作直到until 后面的时间或从句的动作发生后才发生，一般翻译为“直到才”。例如：雨一直下到我醒来。 It rained until I woke up.我昨晚做作业到十一点。I did my homework until 11:00 last night.他直到完成作业才看电视。He didnt watch TV until he finished his homework. 根据汉语意思完成句子。1. 开始下雨了，她赶紧把宠物狗带离草地。It began to rain. She hurried to _ her pet dog _ the grass.2. 每天我们直

11、到妈妈回来才吃饭。We _ _ dinner _ our mother comes back every day.3. 多么好的天气啊！ _ _ weather it is!What good / fine / nice take offdont have until根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子1. A Whale(鲸) is a h_ animal.2. She lost son in the c_. She was looking for him everywhere.3. Our hospital needs two men doctors, Mrs. Li. You can ask y

12、our son to have a t_. 4. When the boat _ (下沉),you should put on the life jacket (救生衣).5. Please _(把加在一起) these numbers.ugerowdrygoes downadd upDictationboxing racing wrestling hit bravepunctuation correct mistake make sure拳击（运动）赛马（运动）摔跤运动(用手或器具）击；打勇敢的；无畏的标点符号准确无误的；正确的错误确保；设法保证Do you know any other wise kids in history? Surf on the Internet or look for some in the books, we will share your stories in class.Retell a story about a clever kid in Chinese history. Sima Guang breaks the ra