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课件网) Unit 2 Reading for Writing Share your opinions about a moral story Learning objectives 1.To get the main idea and the implied meaning of the fable “The Stone In the Road”. 2. To know the structure of a review 3.To learn how to write a review. Lead-in What are the names of these fables What are these fables about Kong Rong gives up the biggest pear Constant grinding turns an iron rod into a needle Stand in the snow to wait upon Master Cheng respectfully 孔融让梨 铁杵成针 程门立雪 Mencius’ mother moves three times 孟母三迁 What is a fable It is a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson. Skim the fable and use one or two sentences to summarize the main idea of it. While-reading The Stone in the Road is an old fable about a king who wants to see his people’s attitudes to problems, so he puts a large stone in the middle of the road. Then he hides and waits to see if anyone will try to move it. Analyze the structure of the text. Part 2 para. ____ Different people’s _____ and _____ when they came across the same problem. What _____ the king taught his people. Part 1 para. ____ Part 3 para. ____ Why the king wanted to _____ and what _____ was. THE STONE IN THE ROAD teach his people a lesson his idea emotions responses lesson 1-2 3-7 8-9 While-reading 1.What was the king’s idea for teaching an important lesson to his people 2.What was the response from most of the people 3.What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins While-reading Read the fable and answer the questions. 1 What was the king’s 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 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. While-reading Analyze different people’s emotions and responses. Person Experience Emotion Response milkman crashed into the stone angry went away woman with water other villagers young girl tripped over the stone sad limped away in tears complained about the stone upset nobody made an attempt to move the stone succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the street tired, surprised wanted to find the owner of the gold Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. What do you think this fable is trying to tell us Do you think the king was wise Why or why not The moral of the story is that we should all take responsibility for our community. I don’t think that the king was very wise, however, because no one learnt anything from his experiment. The milkman, the woman with her water pot, and the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all. The king did find one responsible young girl, but she was already a responsible person before she e ... ...
