(
课件网) Our neighbourhood Unit 5 Understanding cultures The six—foot lane Learning objectives In this lesson, we will be able to: Understand and retell the story of "the six-foot lane" to improve our reading and oral expression skills. Learn about sayings related to neighbours, translate them and discuss how to be good neighbours to enhance cross-cultural communication and interpersonal relationship skills. Describe our neighbourhood using “there be” structure and express our feelings about it to develop language. 1 Read the story and number the sentences. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a famous family in Tongcheng, Anhui --the Zhang family. Zhang Ying was a Daxueshi in Beijing. He held great power. The Zhangs’ house neighboured on the Wus’. There was a narrow lane between the two houses. The Wus planned to build their house and take up this lane. The Zhangs wrote a letter to Zhang Ying. They asked Zhang Ying to deal with this problem. Zhang Ying wrote back a few lines. He asked his family to give away their three feet of land to their neighbour. The Wu family felt ashamed. They also gave their three feet away. This is why there is now the historic six-foot lane. 1 Read the story and number the sentences. The Zhangs gave away their three feet of land to their neighbour. The Wus wanted to take up the lane between their house and their neighbour’s. The Wu family felt ashamed and gave their three feet away. The Zhangs wrote a leter to Zhang Ying about this. 1 2 3 4 2 Read the story again and answer the questions. A Why did the Zhangs write a letter to Zhang Ying _____ B Why do we call the lane "the six-foot lane" _____ C What can you learn from the story _____ Zhang Ying was a Daxueshi in Beijing. He held great power. The Zhangs and the Wus gave away their three feet. Modesty is very important. 3 Listen and read aloud the letter by Zhang Ying and its English version. 于里修书只为墙， 让他三尺又何妨 万里长城今犹在， 不见当年秦始皇。 Travelling thousands of miles, The letter is but about a wall. Why not give away the three feet of land Tho Great Wall is still there. But where is Qinshihuang 4 There are many sayings about neighbours. Translate them into Chinese and then talk about how to be good neighbours. When your neighbour's house is on fire, yours is likewise in danger. A good neighbour is a found treasure. A good neighbour adds value to your house. Love your neighbour, but put up a fence. Show time Checklist Stars Language(语言正确) Pronunciation(发音标准) Body language(使用肢体语言) Creation(有创意) Excellent Great Good Self—check I can talk about my neighbourhood: I like this neighbourhood. I have many friends here. The people here live a simple life. I can talk about the changes in my neighbourhood: There are so many changes. The roads are wider, too. They were indeed narrow in the past. I can describe places using there be structure: There are trees and flowers everywhere. There ... ...
