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

该初中英语课件围绕《樵夫的寓言》展开，涵盖寓言理解、核心词汇（如fable, woodcutter）及短语（如make one’s living）等知识点。课堂导入通过Discuss环节的问题激活学生已有经验，结合词汇表、语言点解析等学习支架，帮助学生逐步掌握故事内容与语言知识。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质与文化意识的培养。通过阅读问题链（如樵夫如何找回斧子、精灵赠斧原因）引导学生分析情节，人物匹配活动（如helpful, honest）培养评价能力，结合寓言定义及名言警句（如“Honesty truly is the best policy”）提升文化理解。学生能在故事学习中提升语言运用与思维能力，教师可借助结构化练习和活动设计提高教学效率。

Unit 4 Stories and Poems Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter Discuss Have you ever read The Fable of the Woodcutter? What happened with the woodcutter? Now read the lesson and compete the following tasks. fable n. 寓言 woodcutter n. 伐木工 axe (an axe; axes) n. 斧子 dive--dived/dove--dived v. 跳水，俯冲 admit v. 承认；赞同 silver adj./n. 银（的） policy n. 原则；政策 Read the lesson again 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? What's a fable? A fable is a fictional (虚构的 )story about animals, plants, forces of nature, etc. It always has a moral (寓意，教训) lesson. Read the lesson again and answer the questions. 1.What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting wood beside a lake? He lost his axe in the water. Read the lesson again and answer the questions. 2. Who appeared as the woodcutter cried? A spirit appeared. Read the lesson again and answer the questions. 3. How did the woodcutter get back his old axe? The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his axe. dive into 投入；潜入 bring back 带回；还回；使记起 Words: silver fable dive admit policy Phrases: make one’s living dive into get back bring back Patterns: Honesty truly is the best policy. 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 appeared. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his axe. Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutter’s honesty. 2 Read the lesson again. Think about the spirit and the woodcutter. Match each person with the words that describe them. helpful clever honest foolish warm-hearted dishonest kind poor 11 1. The water was deep, and he could not get his axe back. 水很深，他不能找回他的斧子。 get back意思是“找回；取回；恢复”，可以用get back sth.结构，也可以用get sth. back结构。 I got back my lost pen. (=I got my lost pen back.) 昨天我找回了我丢失的钢笔。 Take a good rest and get back your strength. 好好休息，恢复体力。 Language points 2.Because he was honest, he admitted to the spirit that it wasn’t his axe. admit to sb. 向某人承认/坦白 admit doing sth. 承认做了某事 admit + that 引导的宾语从句 承认某事 The student admitted his mistakes to his teacher. 那学生向老师承认了错误。 He admitted breaking the window. He admitted to me that he was wrong. He admitted ___________ (steal) the bike. stealing 3. The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutter's old axe. “不定冠词+序数词”：相对前一个而言的“又一，再一”。 e.g. He has read the book three times, but he wants to read it a fourth time. “定冠词+序数词”:表示按顺序排列的“第……次”。 e.g. It is the sixth time that I have met her. 4. He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living. 他只有一把斧子，他需要靠它谋生。 make/earn one’s living 谋生 In order to survive, he has to make his living  by selling vegetables.  为了生存，他必须以卖蔬菜为生。 He had to make his own living when he was ten years old.   当他十岁的时候，他不得不靠自己谋生。 5. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a gold axe. 这个精灵跳进湖里，带回一把金斧子。 dive into 投入；潜入 I saw a rabbit dive into the hole. 我看见一只兔子钻进洞里。 You should dive into the sea to find pearls. 你应该潜入海中才能找到珍珠。 了解樵夫的寓言 Long ago, there was a good and honest woodcutter. One day, when he was cutting wood beside a lake, he lost his axe in the water. The water was deep, and he could not get his axe back. He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living. He sat down and began to cry. As he cried, a spirit appeared. She asked the man what was wrong. She listened to the woodcutter and felt sorry for him. But what could she do to help? Suddently she came up with a great idea. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a gold axe. “Is this the axe you lost?” asked the good spirit. The man looked at the gold axe, knowing it wasn't his. Because he was honest, he admitted to the spirit that it wasn't his axe. So the spirit dove into the water again and brought back a silver axe. Once again, the man said that was not his axe. The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutter's old axe. “That is the right one!” said the woodcutter. The spirit was so happy with the woodcutter's honesty that she gave him the other two axes as presents. Honesty truly is the best policy. 1.What happened to you? 2. How did you deal with it? 3. How did you feel?/What have you learned? You can begin like this: Once,... I think,honesty truly is the best policy. Honesty experience silver admit make one’s living come up with dive into 1. He_________ to his parents that he broke the window. They were happy with his honesty. 2. That old lady is very poor. She _______________ by selling newspapers. 3. I’m afraid to________ the swimming pool. 4. He ____________ a fun way to learn math. 5. She wore a ______ chain around her neck. admitted makes her living dive into came up with silver Test in class 1.Honesty is a good virtue. 2. Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。 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. Do you think it is important to be honest? Why? I do think it important to be honest. Because honesty truly is the best policy. People can not live without honesty. Think about it think and say Do you have any honesty experience? please share it with your classmates. 1. What happened to you ? 2. How did you deal with it? 3. How did you feel?/What have you learned from it? Homework Remember the words and expressions in Lesson 21. Write down your honesty experience above. 122518.43 $