Unit 4 Stories and Poems Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter课件- 2025-2026学年冀教版（2012）英语九年级全册

Unit 4 Stories and Poems Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter Words fable woodcutter axe dive admit silver policy n. 寓言 n. 伐木工 n. 斧子 v. (dived或dove/dived) 跳水；俯冲 v. 承认；赞同 adj. & n. 银(的) n. 原则；政策 Pre-reading Woodcutter /ˈwʊdkʌtə/ n. 伐木工 Pre-reading axe /æks /n. 　 斧子 Do you know what a fable is? A fable is a fictional story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral lesson. What’s a moral? A moral teaches about right and wrong, and good and bad. Pre-reading dive /daɪv /v. 跳水;俯冲 Pre-reading policy /ˈpɒləsɪ/ n. 原则;政策 Pre-reading admit /ədˈmɪt /v. 承认;赞同 Pre-reading silver /ˈsɪlvə/adj. & n. 银(的) 看图说出你想到的寓言故事。 《揠苗助长》 Plucking up a crop to help it grow 《自相矛盾》 Self-contradiction 《守株待兔》 Wait for windfalls 《刻舟求剑》 Take measures without  attention to the changes in circumstances The similarities between the poems They have _____ lines. The first line has _____ word. The second line has _____ words. The third, or middle line has ______ words. The fourth line has _____ words. The last line has _____ word. five one two three four one a five-line poem Look at the poem on the right. The poem has five lines of _____. This style ____________ in the nineteenth century by ___________________ . This kind of poem always talk about _____________ . Each line has ____________ of words. Listening Listen to the Para1 and fill in the blanks. text was created an American poet a single topic a set number 1.He had only an axe ,and he needed it to____________. 2. __________ appeared as the woodcutter cried. 3. Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents? _______________________________________________ _________________________________________. 4.What is the moral on this fable ? _______________________________________________. 5. (翻译句子)As he cried, a spirit appeared. _______________________________________________. make his living A spirit Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutter's honety that she gave him the other two axes as presents. Honesty truly is the best policy. 他哭泣时，一个精灵出现了 Reading How to write your own five-line poem Functions The number of words L4 L5 one noun four words, any type one word L1 state the topic say something about the topic L3 three words express a thought or a feeling about topic L2 describe what the topic does a noun and an adjective / two adjectives describe the topic Writing Choose something in a picture. Collect some words to describe it. verbs fly, is, flutter adjectives quiet, black, beautiful adverbs very, high, quickly nouns river, bird, feather The woodcutter told his story to his friends. One of his friends went to the river and dropped his axe on purpose into the water. “What am I going to do? I lost my axe.”　 Then, spirit appeared. The spirit listened to his story and dove into the river. He came out with a gold axe. “Did you lose this gold axe?” The friend of the woodcutter was so happy when he saw the gold axe. “Yes, that’s right. That gold axe is mine.” But the spirit has already known that he was lying. The spirit did not give him the gold axe. The spirit __________ a third time and returned with the woodcutter’s old axe. “That is the ________!” said the woodcutter. went down right one The spirit was so happy that she gave him the other two axes ___ presents. Honesty truly is ______________. 诚为上策。 as the best policy This is a story about honesty. But this is not the whole story. Do you want to know the rest of the story? Let’s me tell you! 1.When he was cutting wood beside a lake, he lost his axe in the water. 当他在湖边砍柴时，他的斧子掉到了水里。 过去进行时：过去某一时间正在发生的动作或存在的状态 构成：主语+was/were+doing 时间状语:then, at that time, at 5:00 yesterday,when引导的时间状语从句 I ____ _______(help) my sister with her homework at that time. 昨天五点的时候我正在打扫我的房间。 I was cleaning my room at 5:00 yesterday. was helping Writing Work in pairs. Choose words from your word collection above in Activity 2, and write a five-line poem. Share your poem with your classmates. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ________ Spring New season Birds singing flying Quite lively happy enjoyable Hopefully Learning Tip This story is adapted from a European fable. A fable is a fictional story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral lesson. Roman fable What’s the moral of this lesson? Do you think it is important to be honest? Why? Honesty truly is the best policy. 诚为上策。 He had only on axe, and he needed it to make his living. 他只有一把斧子，他需要靠他来谋生。 make a/ one's living 谋生 When he was young, he ____________ by selling newspapers. make a/one's living by doing sth. “以某种方式谋生” 这位老人靠捕鱼为生。 The old man made his living by fishing. made a/his living null Blues 117946.555 $