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UNIT 2
MORALS AND VIRTUES
Reading and Writing
Share your opinions about a moral story
It's a kind of traditional short story.
It teaches a
moral lesson.
It's usually a story with animals as characters.
These stories are always considered
as a group.
For example, Aesop's Fables.
What is this kind of writing called?
fable 寓言
Lead in
Do you know these famous fables?
What do these fables tell us?
To mark on a moving boat
for a sunk sword
刻舟求剑
People should deal with things as the circumstances change.
the Fox and the Crow
狐狸和乌鸦
If you only like to listen to good words, you are likely to be cheated. Use your brain to analyse things. Don't believe others' words easily.
To try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward
揠苗助长
People should follow the laws of nature. Being too eager for something always makes it worse.
Reading
Read the fable below and answer the questions.
P20 1
1. What was the king's idea for teaching an important lesson to his people?
2. What was the response from most of the people?
3. What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?
1. What was the king's idea for teaching an important lesson to his people?
2. What was the response from most of the people?
3. What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?
He put a huge stone in the middle of a road, and watched to see if anyone would move it.
Possible answers.
Most of the people just got upset that the stone was in their way.
She thought that the money belonged to someone else and that it should be returned.
Complete the table according to the story.
P21 2
Person Experience Emotion Response
milkman
woman
with water
other
villagers
young
girl
crashed into the stone
angry
went
away
tripped over
the stone
sad
limped
away in tears
complained
about the stone
upset
nobody made an attempt to move the stone
succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the street
tired, surprised
wanted to find the owner of the gold
The story presented different people's emotions and