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UNIT 2
MORALS AND VIRTUES
道德与美德
Reading for Writing
Lead-in:Discussion
The characteristics of fable?
fable 寓言
It’s a kind of traditional short / long story.
It teaches a moral / practical lesson.
It’s usually a story with animals / real persons / virtual persons as characters.
Lead-in: The Morals of fable stories
Practice makes perfect.
More haste, less speed.
It’s never too late to learn.
Well begun is half done.
Lead-in: The Morals of fable stories
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Seeing is believing.
No pains, no gains.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Pre-reading: The Moral of fable
The Stone in the Road
What will you do if you come across a big stone in the middle of the road?
walk across it
ignore it
trip over --- get angry
move it away
...
once upon a time
solve their problems
crash into
come along
trip over
in tears
make an attempt to do
in despair
limp
cart
if not
say to oneself
从前
解决问题
撞上
出现,一起来
被···绊倒
流着泪
尝试做某事
处于绝望中
跛行
手推车,货运马车
不然,否则
自言自语
Key words and phrases
move---out of the way
disguise oneself
complain about
just then
feel responsibility to do sth
a great deal of
succeed in doing sth
step out
hide behind
with all one’s might
pick oneself up
把---挪到一边
装扮起来
抱怨某事
正在那时
感到有做某事的责任
很多,大量
成功的做某事
走出来
藏在后面
用尽全力,拼命
站起来
Key words and phrases
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?
Read the fable below and answer the questions.
Read the fable below and answer the questions.
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?
He put a huge stone in the middle of a road, and watched to see if anyone would move it.
Many of the people just got upset that the stone was in their way.
3 What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?
She thought that the mone