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课件网) Reading for Writing Share your opinions about a moral story Unit 2 Morals and Virtues Learning aims 1. get the main idea and the implied meaning(寓意) of the fable “The Stone In the Road”; 2. know the structure of a review (评论) and write a review of the fable; 3. evaluate the review draft. After this class, you will be able to... Lead in 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 ① What was king’s idea for teaching an important lesson to his people He put a huge stone in the middle of the road to see if anyone would move it. ② What was the response from most of the people Most of people just got upset that the stone was in their way. ③ What did young girl think and do when she saw the coins She thought the coins belonged to someone else and that they should be returned. Part 1: The King’s idea Part 2: Response反应 to the stone in the road Part 3: The end of the story What was the response from different people (p21) Person Experience Emotion Response milkman woman with water other villagers young girl angry went away sad limped away in tears upset nobody attempted to move the stone crashed into the stone tripped over the stone complained about the stone wanted to find the owner of the gold tired, worried, surprised succeeded in moving the stone 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 Do you think the king is wise Why or why not Difficulties/Challenges milkman, woman: passive, indifferent... girl: responsible, positive, caring... A person who is responsible and considerate（考虑周到的） will deserve（值得） help or success, otherwise（否则）, one will miss the chance to get help or succeed. Pair Work 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 the water, and the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all. The king did find one responsible little girl, but she was already a responsible person before she encountered the stone in the road. The main idea of the story A king taught his people a lesson by placing a stone in the road and watching different people’s emotions and responses when they came across the stone. The stone in the road Different people’s emotions and responses Lesson Milkman crashed into the stone and went away angrily. Woman with water tripped over the stone and limed away in tears. Ot ... ...
