人教版英语八年级下册U6

人教版英语八年级下册U6

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. learning goals 1. 学习新词 shoot, stone, week, god, remind bit 以及短语 move a mountain, once upon a time, a little bit 2. 学会在叙述故事中运用连词 unless, as soon as 和 so…that ；能够借助 how, what, who, why 等引导的疑问句完成故事的叙述。 Chang’e Flies to the Moon Pan Gu Separates the Sky From the Earth Do you know other traditional Chinese stories? Ne Zha Conquers the Dragon King Magic Brush Ma Liang Do you know other traditional Chinese stories? ___ Journey to the West ___ Hou Yi Shoot s the Suns ___ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain ___ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky. Match the story titles with the pictures [a-d]. b d a c 1a Listen and check ( √ ) the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about? 1b ____ 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. √ √ They are talking about __________________________. “Yu Gong moves a mountain” 1. How does the story begin? Discuss the questions with your partner. Once upon a time , there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side. 1c 2. What happened next? The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains. 3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it’s big enough to hold everything. Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in order to tell the story. 1 3 2 4 2a 1. A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were work ing on mov ing the mountains. 2. He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak ). Listen again and circle the words you hear. 2b 3. As soon as the man finish ed ( talk ing / speak ing ), 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 story remind s us that you can never ( know / see ) what’s possible unless you try to make it happen. remind 提醒 1. remind + that/what 从句 提醒某人某事 2. remind sb of / about sth 使某人想起某事 I want to remind you of the school rules. 3. remind sb to do sth 提醒某人做某事 Please remind me to post the letter. Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the story in your own words. 2c Revision Tell the story: Yu Gong Moves a mountain. Once upon a time , there was a very old man… Role-play the conversation. 2d T: So what do you think about the story of Yu Gong? W: I think it’s really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem. C: Really ？ I think it’s a little bit silly . It doesn’t seem very possible to move a mountain. W: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard ! Yu Gong kept trying and didn’t give up . C: Well, I still don’t agree with you. I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem. W: But what could Yu Gong do instead of mov ing the mountains? C: Well, there are many other ways. For example, he could build a road. That’s better and faster than moving a mountain! T: 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. neither of 代词， … 两者都不，作主语时， 谓语常用单数，口语中也可用复数。 Neither of the books is / are interesting. Neither of us likes / like swimming. 1. instead of 代替 , 而不是 + 名词 / 代词 / 动名词 I’ll give you advice instead of money . Will you go to the party instead of me ? 2. instead ( 副词 ) 代替 , 反而 , 放 句首 或 句尾 。 Lily isn’t here, ask Lucy instead . She didn't answer me , instead , she asked me another question. 3. 转换： I'll go instead of her. → She won’t go, I'll go instead . instead of What’s the name of the TV program? Journey to the West. One of the main characters: Monkey King ( Sun Wukong ) can make 72 changes to his shape and size has a magic stick can make the stick small or big and long Read the passage and answer the questions. 3a 1. Which book is talked about? 2. Who is the main character? 3. What is he like? In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey . Most of them were hearing this story for the first time . However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West . The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turn ing himself into different animals and object s. But unless he can hide his tail , he cannot turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King 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. this is because 这是因为 … 后跟原因和理由 this is why… 这是为什么 … 后跟结果 His bike is broken, this is why he was late. The Monkey King has excite d the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in read ing this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up. Journey to the West. The Monkey King, Sun Wukong. 2. Who is the main character? 1. Which book is talked about? 3. What is he like? He can change his shape and size, but he cannot turn himself into a person unless he can hide his tail. He is clever, and never gives up fighting to help the weak. Read the passage again and complete the chart about the Monkey King. What he can do What he can’t do 3b make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects . make his magic stick so small that he can keep it in his ear, or make it big and long. Unless he can hide his tail, he can’t turn himself into a person. Complete the sentences below with phrases from the passage. 1. Journey to the West is a ____________ Chinese book. It tells one of the most popular stories in China. 2. When the English TV program Monkey ___________ in 1979, Western children __________________ this wonderful story. traditional came out became interested in 3c 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. is able to make 72 changes turn himself into 根据课本内容，完成下列句子。 1. 故事是如何开始的？ _____ does the story _______? 2. 从前，有一位老翁 …… _____ ____ ___ ____ there was a very old man… 3. 接下来发生了什么事？ ______ _________ next? Once upon a time How begin What happened Grammar focus 4. 那个人刚一说完，愚公就说在他死后， 他的家人可以继续移山。 ___ ______ ____ the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could ________ ____ move the mountains after he died. 5. 为什么愚公要移山呢？ Why was Yu Gong _______ ___ _____ the mountains? As soon as continue to trying to move 6. 因为山太大了，到达山对面要花费他们 很长的时间。 Because they were ___ ____ ____ it took a long time ___ _____ to the other side. 7. 美猴王是谁？ _______ is the Monkey ______? 8. 他是西游记里的主要人物。 He is the ______ _________ in ________ to the West . to walk so big that Who King main character Journey 9. 为什么美猴王不能将自己变成人？ Why _____ the Monkey King _____ ________ ______ a person? 10. 除非他能藏起自己的尾巴，否则他不 能将自己变成人。 He can’t _______ himself ______ a person ________ he can _______ his ______. can’t turn himself into turn into unless hide tail Can you guess the name of the story? 2. She was ____ busy _____ she had no time to make a dress for the party. ___________ her father died, the stepsister s made her do all the chores. 3. The mice knew that _________ they helped her make a dress, she would not be able to go to the party. so that Fill in the blanks with unless , as soon as or so…that . 4a As soon as unless As soon as unless 4. ___________ the prince saw her, he fell in love with her. 5. The prince knew _______ the girl’s foot could fit the shoe, it was not the right girl. 6. The new couple were ______ happy ______ they couldn’t stop smiling when they got married . that so can’t stop doing sth 停不下来做某事 can’t help doing sth 情不自禁做某事 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West . He is wonderful because he _____ (help) weak people. The Monkey King _______ (have) a magic stick. He ________ (use) it to fight bad people. He can ________ (make) the stick big or small. He can sometimes make the has helps uses make 4b stick so small that he can put it in his ear. As soon as he ________ (see) bad people, he thinks of ways to fight them. He can _______ (turn) himself into different animals or objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot make himself a human. Children all over the world ______ (love) the Monkey King! sees turn love Tell your partner about your favorite story. It’s interesting because he is so wise that he can play the fool with the rich and the king and he always helps the weak and poor people. My favorite story is The Story of Arfanti . 4c The Emperor ’s New Clothes emperor underwear made of gold made of silk crown cloak Match the words with the letters in the pictures. ___ gold ___ emperor ___ silk ___ underwear b c d a 1a Listen and number the pictures [1-5] in 1c. 1b 1 2 3 4 5 Nobody wanted to sound stupid . But suddenly, a young boy ________, “Look! The emperor isn’t ________ any clothes. ” When the emperor ________ at himself, he only ______ his underwear. looked saw shouted wearing Listen again and fill in the blanks. 1c The emperor had to ______ them silk and gold, but they _____ everything for themselves. They were trying to cheat the emperor. give kept This story is about an emperor who loved _______. clothes Two _________ came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor. brothers Use the pictures in 1c to tell the story. Once upon a time, there was an emperor. He loved clothes very much. He loved buying clothes and looked at his beautiful clothes… 1d A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are about? 2a Hansel and Gretel Finding Out the Text Type Before you read, decide what kind of text it is. Is it a letter, a play, a short story or something else? Read the first paragraph of Hansel and Gretel. Think about how the fairy tale will continue. Then read the rest of the story. 2b Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother . One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. SCENE ONE G: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? H: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us. G: How can you save us? H: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight . Now, go to sleep. SCENE TWO W: Get up, lazy children! H: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. W: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat it until you get to the forest. SCENE THREE G: Hansel, what are you doing? H: I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, we’ll be lost . Tonight, when the moon is shining bright , we’ll be able to see the stones. SCENE FOUR WF: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! HB: We thought you were never coming back. WF: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. HS: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. WF: No. You can’t go out now. SCENE FIVE G: What can we do? You have no more stones. H: I’ll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. SCENE SIX G: I can’t see any bread on the ground . Maybe it was the birds. H: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we won’t find our way out . SCENE SEVEN G: Hansel, we’re really lost! H: Listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it. G: Look! It’s lead ing us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy. H: Let’s eat part of the house! ( Then they hear an old woman’s voice from inside the house .) V: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? Match each description below with the correct scene. 2c _______ A. The children get lost. _______ B. The children wake up. _______ C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. _______ D. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan. _______ E. The children surprise the parents. _______ F. Hansel has to change his plan. _______ G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen. Seven Two Six Three Four Five One 1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? Read the play again and answer the questions. Unless he leaves the children to die in the forest, the whole family will die because they don’t have enough food. 2d 2. What does Hansel go out to get? Some white stones. 3. Why does he do it in the moonlight? He does this to make sure that when the moon is shining bright, they will be able to see the stones. 4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? They followed the white stones home. 5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time? They can’t find any bread on the ground. Maybe the birds have eaten them. Act out the play in groups of four. 2e Scene 1: ________________________________ Scene 2: ________________________________ Scene 3: ________________________________ Scene 4: ________________________________ Scene 5: ________________________________ Scene 6: ________________________________ Scene 7: ________________________________ Write some key words from each scene. Then discuss your answers with your partner. forest, wood, bread white stones, be lost, shine, bright sleep, forest again, wake up, go out drop, bread, moon rises, follow keep walking, find one’s way out lost, song, follow, house, eat 3a plan, kill, save, … Gretel heard that their ______________ planned to _______ her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to ______ himself and his sister. He went to get some white ______ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the ________. Hansel __________ the Complete the summary of the play . kill stepmother save dropped forest stones 3b stones as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining _________. The stones showed them the way home. Hansel wanted to get more stones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the wife sent the children to the forest again. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped moon ________ of _______. But the ______ ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were ____ in the forest. They walked until they saw a _______ made of food. Hansel wanted to _____ the house, but then they heard the voice of an old _______ coming from the house. woman house eat pieces bread birds lost We’ll be late unless _____________ You won’t be successful unless ______________________________ 3. As soon as I got to the bus stop ______________________________ Self check we take a taxi. 1. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. the bus came. you work hard. 4. Bill opened his book as soon as _______________________________ 5. The movie was so touching that _______________________________ 6. The boy was so excited that _______________________________ everyone cried. he sat down. he jumped up and down. Self check Once upon a time, there ______ (be) an emperor. He _______ (love) buying and looking at clothes. One day, two brothers ______ (come) to the city. They ______ (tell) the emperor that they could make beautiful clothes for him, but he must ______ (give) them silk and gold. was came loved told give 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets. The brothers _______ (be) bad people. They ______ (keep) all the silk and gold for themselves. They told the emperor the clothes they made _____ (be) special because only clever people could _____ (see) them. When the emperor _______ (put) on the clothes, all he could see was his underwear. were kept were see put But he didn’t want people to _______ (think) he was stupid, so he ________ (say) the clothes were beautiful. Then he _______ (walk) around the city in his new clothes until one boy________ (shout), “The emperor isn’t wearing any clothes!” said think walked shouted