(
课件网) Reading for Writing Share your opinions about a moral story Unit 2 Morals and Virtues 1. Read the fable below and answer the questions. The Stone In The Road 1. What is the title of the story 2. What kind of story is it 3. What is the main idea of the story (5W+H) It is a fable (寓言）. In the fable, the king placed a stone in the road to test villagers’ response to it. Read For Basic Information Read For Analysis ① What was king’s idea for teaching an important lesson to his people. ② What was the response from most of the people ③ What did young girl think and do when she saw the coins He put a huge stone in the middle of the road to see if anyone would move it. Most of people just got upset that the stone was in their way. She thought the coins belonged to someone else and that they should be returned. Person Experience Emotion Response milkman woman with water other villagers young girl crashed into the stone... angry went away tripped over the stone sad limped away in tears complained about the stone upset nobody attempted to move the stone succeeded in moving the stone to the side of street tired, surprised waned to find the owner of the gold Discussion What does “stone” refer to in life What kind of people do “milkman”, “woman” and “girl” refer to in life Which kind of people are you Which kind of people will you be (give examples) Do you think the king is wise Why or why not Difficulties/ Challenges milkman, woman: passive, indifferent... girl: responsible, positive, caring... Pair Work 1. 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 the king is so wise because .... There have been times when I acted responsibility like the girl in the story. For example, .... 2. Can you think of times in your own life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story Give examples. Notes: 1. After a great deal of effort, she finally succeeded in moving it to the side of the street. 句意：在付出了大量的努力之后，她终于成功地把它搬到了街道旁边。 a great deal of +不可数名词，意为“大量的……” 常用于修饰不可数名词的单词和词组： much/a bit of/an amount of/amounts of 例句： 1) I have some friends who gave me a great deal of encourage. 我有一些朋友给了我很多鼓励。 2）He has given an amount of/amounts of his fortune to charity. 他把他的大量财产捐给了慈善。 2. After a while, a group of women came along, each balancing a pot of water on her head. 句意：过了一会，一群女人走了过来，每个人头上顶着一坛水。 本句是一个简单句。句中each balancing a pot of water on her head为独立主格结构：名词/代词+doing/done。 例句： A lot of people start travelling around, their footprints covering almost every corner of the world. 很多人开始环游世界，他们的足迹遍布世界的各个角落。 All our savings gone, we startes looking for jobs. 积蓄全 ... ...
