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Unit 2 Morals and Virtues Tara Reading for Writing Share your opinions about a moral story 1 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/carry it away There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand eyes. Different people have different responses. 2 A story when where who what how why Elements of a story fable (寓言) 3 What’s the main idea of the fable? In the fable, the king placed a stone in the road to test villagers’ response to it. Who? What? Why? 4 Early one morning, the king disguised himself and went to a local village.He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched. 5 Beginning The first person down the street was a milkman with his cart.He crashed into the stone, spilling the milk everywhere.“What fool put this stone here?” he shouted.He picked himself up and angrily went away. angry 6 Beginning Development After a while, a group of women came along, each balancing a pot of water on her head. One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground.She picked herself up and limped away in tears.Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road. sad 7 Beginning Development Development The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone, but he found nobody making an attempt to move it.The king was in despair.“Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?” upset 8 Beginning Development Development Development The girl pushed the stone with all her might.After a great deal of effort, she finally succeeded in moving it to the side of the street.Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins where the stone had been! surprised 9 Beginning Development Development Development Climax Just then, the king stepped out from behind the tree. The girl :“ Oh sir, does this gold belong to you