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课件网) Module 2 Unit 6 Hard work for a better life The Grasshopper and the Ant Books science fiction fairy tales detective stories fables fables: short stories (often with animal characters) can tell us an important truth It was a story about a race. Two animals took part in the race. One of them could run very fast but he was proud. The other one couldn’t run quickly but he kept on running and won the race. Guessing Game the hare and the tortoise Guessing Game It was a very cold snowy day. There was a snake and it was dying. A farmer walked by and saved it. The snake took a bite of the farmer when it woke up. The farmer and the snake It was a story about two insects. One of them usually lay on grass and was good at jumping. The other one was usually black and was good at moving something. The grasshopper and the ant What happened to them? an ant a hard-working ant a grasshopper a lazy grasshopper Look at the picture and predict what may happen. Predicting ② ④ Skimming ① ③ Now go through the text quickly to check whether your answers are right. The ant worked harder when autumn came. But the grasshopper laughed at the ant and he still sang and played. B. The ant heard the grasshopper. He asked the grasshopper to go inside. The grasshopper promised to work hard like the ant when spring came. C. lazy grasshopper and a hard-working ant lived in a forest. In summer, the ant worked hard but the grasshopper only sat in the sun and sang happily. D. When winter came the ant had a lot of food in his house. The grasshopper looked for food in all places, but he didn’t find anything. He felt cold, hungry and sad. Read and match ( skim) Read the summaries again and put them in the correct order. 1 2 3 4 C A D B season the grasshopper the ant autumn summer winter sat in the sun; sang happily made a house under the ground sang and played worked hard; collected food and took it into his house stayed outside in the snow; looked for food everywhere, but found nothing stayed in his house; had a lot of food Scan paragraph 1—3 again and complete the table: What did the grasshopper/ant do in different seasons? The grasshopper and the ant lived in a forest. The grasshopper was lazy and the ant was hard-working. All summer, the grasshopper sat in the sun and sang happily all the time. The ant made a house under the ground. Autumn came and the ant worked harder. He collected food and took it into his house. 'Why do you work so hard?' asked the grasshopper. 'Winter is coming soon. It'll be very cold and it'll snow, too. It'll be difficult to find any food,' said the ant. 'Don't be silly, my friend,' laughed the grasshopper. 'There will be plenty of food in the forest in winter. Let's sing and play.' Why did the ant build the house under the ground? Did the ant build a house first or collect food first? Why? After the grasshopper knew that winter would come, why didn’t he work hard? Why did the ant work even ... ...
