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课件网) Getting along Understanding ideas P20-24 Unit 2 Look at the book cover and answer. 1. What is the title of the book The Selfish Giant. 2. Who is the writer Oscar Wilde. 3. What do you know about the writer He’s from the UK and he is famous for writing fairy tales. Look at the title & picture and predict. 1. What does “giant” mean Giant means a person who is very tall and huge. 2. Where is the giant He is in the garden. 3. Why do you think the giant is selfish (What does he probably do ) play garden selfish children angry spring Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. What is the garden like when the Giant is away It is a large garden with soft, green grass. Here and there, over the grass, stand beautiful flowers, like stars. 2. What does the Giant do when he sees the children in the garden He closes the gate and builds a high wall around the garden. 3. What happens to the garden after the children run away There are no birds or flowers. Spring never comes, nor summer or autumn. It’s always winter. 4. What happens to the garden when the children are in the trees The trees are so glad that they have covered themselves with flowers. The birds fly about and sing with joy. 5. What does the Giant do in the end He knocks down the wall. And HE invites the children to come in. He says to them, “It’s your garden now.” How many parts of the article Part 1 (Para. 1): Part 2 (Paras. 2-5): Part 3 (Paras. 6-7): Part 4 (Para. 8): Introduction Rising action Climax Ending Climax Rising action Beginning Background Title : _____ Characters: 1 _____ (人物) 2 _____ Place: _____ The Giant has a large _____ and the children _____ in it every afternoon. The Giant finds the children in his garden. He shouts at them in a very _____ voice. The children run away. Since then, _____ has no come to his garden. One morning, the Giant hears birds singing. He jumps out of bed and _____. The children have returned, and the garden is lively again. He thinks he has been _____. Ending The Giant _____ the wall and tells_____ the garden is theirs. The Selfish Giant the Giant the children in the garden garden play angry spring looks outside selfish knocks down the children Reading a story is like climbing a mountain. Read Aloud Read and choose. Choose the message of the passage. a. Never make friends with selfish people. b. Anger leads to unhappiness. c. Shared joy is a double joy. √ One who loves others is also loved in return. One who blesses others is also blessed in return. 爱出者爱返，福往者福来 Homework
