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Unit 4 Lesson 21
Objectives
1. To learn some useful words and expressions
2. To understand and play the fable of the woodcutter
3. To summarize the moral (寓意) of the story
寓言故事是含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事,是文学体裁的一种。它的结构简短,多用借喻手法,使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单的故事中体现。
Do you know what a fable is?
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画蛇添足
守株待兔
自相矛盾
揠苗助长
These pictures are all fables. Do you like reading fables?
Lead in
Think About It!
What fables have you read?
Do you think it is important to be honest? Why?
1. Read the lesson and answer the questions.
1.What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting wood beside a lake?
2.Who appeared as the woodcutter cried?
3.How did the woodcutter get back his old axe?
4.Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents?
He lost his axe in the water.
A spirit.
The spirit dove into the water and brought it back.
Because the woodcutter is honest.
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Words and expressions
fa/ble
wood/cutter
axe
di/ve
n. 寓言
n. 伐木工
n. 斧子
v. (dived或dove/dived)
跳水;俯冲
Presentation
1. Let’s learn the new words and expressions: baseball, volleyball, boring, exciting, relaxing, score, already, matter, What’s the matter, hurt, enjoyable, Olympics, stadium, miss, mind, plenty, plenty of
T: Today we’ll learn a new unit about population. Before that, let’s learn the new words and expressions in Unit 1.
(1) Learn the new words and expressions by reading aloud together.
(2) Let Ss stand up and read the new words and expressions one after another, and correct their pronunciation.
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Words and expressions
ad/mit
sil/ver
po/li/cy
v. 承认;赞同
adj. & n. 银(的)
n. 原则;政策
Presentation
1. Let’s learn the new words and expressions: baseball, volleyball, boring, exciting, relaxing, score, already, matter, What’s the matter, hurt, enjoyable, Olympics, stadium, miss, mind, plenty, plenty of
T: Today we’ll learn a new unit about population. Before that, let’s learn the new words and expressions in Unit 1.
(1) Learn the new words and expressions by reading aloud together.
(2) Let Ss stand up and read the new