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课件网) What are your favorite stories Section A(1a-1e) Unit 8 Once upon a Time In this unit, you will 1. tell stories and talk about what you learn from them. 2. use the simple past tense and the simple present tense to tell a story. 3. make up an ending for a story. 4. explore stories from different cultures. 1. What are the students in the photo doing 2. How do you think they feel about it 3. What do you think the teacher is helping them with The students in the photo are rehearsing in a theatre. They are practicing a play or another performance. I think they feel happy about it because they are smiling. I think the teacher is helping them learn how to act well. What’s your favorite story Aesop’s Fables《伊索寓言》 1.What’s your favorite story 2. Why do you like it Stories Retold in English What can you see in each picture a fisherman with a golden fish in his hands by the sea a lion caught in a net and a mouse biting through the net on the ground a man drawing a dragon on the wall a man falling off a horse on the farm and the horse running away The Fisherman and the Golden Fish The Lion and the Mouse Paint the Dragon, Dot the Eyes The Chinese Farmer Who Lost His Horse Western fables Chinese idiom stories 1a Look at the pictures. Do you know what stories they are about Listen to the audio. Which two stories are mentioned Conversation 1 is about the story _____. Conversation 2 is about the story _____. B D 1b Listen to the first conversation. Put the sentences in order. _____ The mouse bit through the net. _____ The hunter caught the lion. _____ The lion let the mouse go. _____ The lion caught the mouse. _____ The mouse promised to help the lion. 1 2 3 4 5 1c Listen to the second conversation. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. Long ago, a farmer _____ his horse. A. lost B. killed C. sold 2. The farmer’s horse came back with _____ other horses. A. five B. six C. seven 3. The farmer’s son broke his _____. A. head B. arm C. leg 4. The _____ didn’t have to join the war. A. farmer B. farmer’s son C. farmer’s neighbour A C C B 1d Listen to the two conversations again and answer the questions. 1. Why do you think the lion laughed when the mouse promised to help him 2. Do you like the story about the lion and the mouse Why or why not 3. Did the farmer feel very sad when bad things happened 4. Was the farmer wise Why or why not The lion didn’t think the mouse could help him because it is too small. Yes, I do. It tells me that kindness is never wasted. Sometimes helping others is a way of helping ourselves. So we should never look down upon others. No, he didn’t. Yes, he was. Sometimes unlucky things may turn out well. And good things could go wrong too. You never know what will happen. 1e Which story do you like more Retell it to a partner. A: Do you love the story the farmer and the gold fish B: Yes, I do. The story tells us not to be greedy. A: How did the story be ... ...
