Unit 1More practice 课件2023-2024学年沪教牛津版（广州沈阳通用）九年级英语上册

②1*s Module 1 Geniuses Unit I Wise men in history 02 More practice English 米 Grammar Look at the picture.What are they doing there? Can you guess and tell the story? Now let's learn the passage: Cao Chong weighs an elephant Task 1 Read the passage and answer the questions: 1.Who was in the story? 2.What did CaoCao want to know about the elephant? 3.How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant? 4.What do you think of Cao Chong? ②61s Check your answers: 1.Who was in the story? CaoCao,Cao Chong and some soldiers. 2.What did Cao Cao want to know about the elephant? He wanted to know the weight of the elephant. 3.How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant? a.Led the elephant onto a boat. b.Drew a line on the side of the boat to mark how low it went. c.Took the elephant off the boat and filled the boat with rocks until it went down again and water reached the line on the boat. d.Weighed the rocks. 4.What do you think of Cao Chong? Cao Chong is a wise child Task 2 Finish the Summary of the text. One day,Sun Quan sent CaoCao an elephant as a present.Cao Cao wanted to find outthe weight of the elephant.Cao Chong said he had a good idea.Cao Chong asked some soldiers to lead the elephant onto a boat.The boat went lower into the water and Cao Chong drew a line on the boat.Then soldiers filled the boat with rocks.The boat went down again and the water reached the line on the boat.Cao Chong weighed all the rocks and that was the weight of the elephant.Cao Cao was so proud of him Task 3 Retell the story with the help of the key words. lead...onto mark rock weigh go lower take...off go down add up draw a line fill ...with reach When we tell a story,we usually answer the five "w"s:Who, Where,When,What,Why. Possible answer: Cao Chong asked some soldiers to lead the elephant onto a boat.The boat went lower into the water when the elephant walked onto it.He drew a line on the side of the boat to mark how low it went.Then Cao Chong asked the soldiers to take the elephant off the boat and fill the bo