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课件网) Section A What are your favourite stories Unit 8 Once upon a Time 1a Look at the pictures. Do you know what stories they are about A—The Fisherman and the Goldfish B —The Lion and the Mouse C —Adding Eyes to a Dragon D —A Farmer Lost His Horse 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 A C 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 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 The lion doesn’t think the mouse can help him. Yes, I do. Because it tells us you can’t always be powerful or weak. 3. Did the farmer feel very sad when bad things happened 4. Was the farmer wise Why or why not No, he didn’t. Yes, the farmer was wise. Because he knew that unlucky things might turn out well and good things could go wrong too. 1e Which story do you like more Retell it to a partner. Pronunciation 1 Listen and repeat. Add one more word to each group. ch ph sh th wh /t / /f/ / / /θ/ / / /w/ /h/ chair which _____ physics elephant _____ ship fashion _____ throw maths _____ then with _____ why where _____ who whose _____ watch photo wash three they what whom 2 In pairs, read the conversation aloud slowly. Then listen and read it again at a normal speed. Notice how the letters in bold change sounds. A: Did you read Little Women for English class It’s great! B: No, I didn’t. Would you like to tell me about it A: Well, I’d like to. But don’t you want to read it by yourself 2a Emma is sharing a story with her class. Listen and circle the coloured words you hear. Here’s The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen. Once upon a time, an emperor loved / liked clothes very much. He wanted to buy some new clothes. Two brothers came and lied to him, “We can make wonderful clothes! But only clever / smart people can see them!” They pretended to make the clothes. The emperor’s officials couldn’t see the clothes, but they said , “ What lovely clothes!” The emperor couldn’t see anything either, but he said, “They’re beautiful!” No one wanted to look silly. 长难句分析：这是一个由 but 连接的并列句，两个分句分别是 The emperor’s officials couldn’t see the clothes 和 they said，“What lovely clothes!” ，这两句话之间是转折关系，所以用 but 连接。 The emperor decided to show e ... ...
