Unit 2 more practice 课件 2025-2026学年牛津上海版（试用本）九年级英语上册

1 Myths,traditions and opinions More practice * 3 Pets Look at the title and the picture on page 47. The story on this page is based on a poem. Do you know who wrote the poem? Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837) Alexander Pushkin is known as Russia’s greatest poet. During a time when most great literature was being written in French and English, Pushkin revolutionized Russian literature with narrative poems, love poems, political poems, short stories, novels, plays, histories, and fairy tales. Pushkin’s skeptical mind and sense of irony helped him capture what it means to be Russian, winning the hearts of his countrymen. His writing style has distinctive rhythmic patterns that are nearly impossible to translate, so non-Russian speakers have not always been able to appreciate the true power and beauty of his work. Read the first paragraph on page 47 and answer these questions. Where did this story take place? Who is the story about? Where did they live? What unusual thing happened to the fisherman one morning? How did the golden fish beg the fisherman to let him go? Was the fisherman a greedy man? In Russia. An old fisherman and his wife. In an old, mud hut near the sea. The golden fish he caught begged him to let him go. He offered to grant the fisherman any wish in return. No, he wasn’t. 4 Once upon a time in Russia, there lived an old fisherman and his wife. They were poor and lived in an old, mud hut near the sea. One morning, something unusual happened while the fisherman was at work. He caught a small, golden fish in his net. The fish begged the fisherman to let him go and offered to grant the fisherman any wish in return. However, the man was kind and asked for nothing before returning the fish to the sea. Read para2-4. What were the fisherman’s wife’s four wishes? Fill in the speech bubbles below. B ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 1 2 3 4 I want a new bucket. I want a new house. I want to be mayor of the city. I want to be queen of all the land. The man went home and told his wife about the fish. She shouted at him angrily and called him a fool for not making a wish. She sent him back to the sea to catch the fish and ask for a new bucket because their bucket was broken. The Sun was shining as the man met the fish again and when he returned, he saw a new bucket. But the fisherman’s wife was still not happy and wanted a new house. The weather was getting bad as the man explained to the fish about his rude wife. The fish comforted him and promised to grant the second wish. When he returned, he saw a nice, new cottage. The next day, his wife said that she wanted to be mayor of the city. The waves were getting big and the sky was becoming dark as the man apologized to the golden fish. Again, like the wishes before, this wish was granted. When he returned, he found his wife dressed in expensive clothes and giving orders to servants. She told her husband that he still had to sleep in the hut even though she now had a bigger house. She was a very greedy woman and the following week she demanded to be queen of all the land. Again the fisherman went down to the shore. By now there was a terrible storm. There was thunder and lightning, and giant waves in the sea. The man shouted as loudly as he could so that the fish could hear him. This time the fish did not reply and turned around to swim out to sea. The fisherman waited but the golden fish never came back. When the man returned home, he found his wife in the old, mud hut holding their broken bucket. Read the story again. What was the weather like when each of her wishes was made? Find the sentences described in the text. 1 2 3 4 What did the changes in the weather in the story symbolize? The changes in the weather symbolized the golden fish getting angry because the wife wanted so many things. 知足者常乐 After you read Find words or phrases to match the meanings in the story. A a long time ago ______________________ ask somebody for something in a very strong way __________ give somebody what they have asked for __________ stupid person __________ not polite __________ make somebody feel less worried __________ a small house in the country __________ the leader of a group of people who control a town __________ or city want something strongly __________ very big __________ once upon a time beg grant fool rude comfort cottage mayor demand giant $