Unit 8　Once upon a Time　Section B(2a—Reflecting)课件2025-2026学年人教版七年级英语下册

Unit 8　Once upon a Time 第5课时　Section B(2a—Reflecting) Can you tell me some Chinese fairy tales or western stories? The Monkey King, The Lion and the Mouse. The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes. 学有鸿鹄志 展翅任翱翔 2 What can you see on the cover? Do you know this story? What’s the story about? Free talk Task 1 Read the beginning of the story and answer the questions. 2a 1. Who are the main characters? 2. What did the fisherman catch? 3. What came out when he opened it? 4. Why did the genie say “Prepare to die!” to the fisherman? Once upon a time, a fisherman caught a bottle in his fishing net. When he opened it, a great cloud came out and became a genie! “Prepare to die!” shouted the genie. “A long time ago, I made a promise. If someone set me free, I would make them rich and powerful. But no one ever came. After years and years of waiting, I became very angry. If anyone set me free, I would kill them instead of giving them anything. So, you must die!” ... n. 渔夫 n. 钓鱼；捕鱼 出现；盛开 n. 妖怪；鬼 prepare to do sth 准备做某事 v. 死亡；消失 许下诺言 pron. 某人；有人 adj.富有的；富含……的 adj. 强大的；有影响力的 set... free 释放 v. 使处于某种状况；使开始 pron.任何人；某个人 而不是；代替 学有鸿鹄志 展翅任翱翔 5 Check the answers 1. Who are the main characters? 2. What did the fisherman catch? The fisherman and the genie. The fisherman caught a bottle in his fishing net. 3. What came out when he opened it? 4. Why did the genie say “Prepare to die!” to the fisherman? When he opened it, a great cloud came out and became a genie! After years and years of waiting, the genie became very angry. Task 2 Write an ending for it. Use the questions to help you. 2a What would the fisherman say to the genie? Would the genie kill the fisherman? If so, how? Would the fisherman succeed in saving himself? If so, how? What would happen in the end? succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事 最后；终究 himself pron. 他自己；他本人 The fisherman might say, “Please set me free. I still have family to take care of. If there is anything you need help with, I will try my best to help you.” What would the fisherman say to the genie? Talk with your partner and share your opinions Tips What kind of feelings and actions did the fisherman have at the moment of facing death? Would the genie kill the fisherman? If so, how? Situation 1: The genie would kill the fisherman. Situation 2: The genie wouldn’t kill the fisherman. How? Why? Used magic, released monsters... Still had kindness, agreed to the deal... Would the fisherman succeed in saving himself? If so, how? Situation 1: The fisherman succeeded in saving himself. Situation 2: The fisherman died at last. How? wisdom, courage, got help from others ... What would happen in the end? The fisherman was still alive and overcame the genie. Justice would defeat the evil at last. Exchange your drafts and share your ideas with your group members. 2b Reference The fisherman felt scared and said, “Please set me free. I still have family to take care of. If there is anything you need help with, I will try my best to help you.” The genie said, “No way. Today, you must die.” Suddenly, the fisherman had an idea to escape from the genie. He said, “ I had a question before being killed.” The genie was angry but agreed. The fisherman said, “How can you live in a small bottle?” The genie said, “ I can make myself small.” The fisherman said, “Can you show me again before I die?” The genie became small and jumped in. The fisherman closed the bottle and threw it into the sea. He was happy and escaped. In groups, choose one of the stories from this unit to act out in class. Which story do you think is the most interesting? Which story would make an exciting play? 戏剧 *Project Create and perform a short play 3a interesting的最高级是在词前加most Which story did your group choose and why? We chose The Emperor's New Clothes because it has vivid characters and a clear plot.We can have fun with the roles. What is a play composed of? A play Theme 主题 ... Character 角色 Stage 舞台 Think and say Plot 情节 Performance 表演 When you prepare for your play, make sure of the theme, characters, and plots in the play. Work together to write a short play for your group. Use the questions and the example to help you. What happens in the scenes? Where do they take place? How many characters are there in each scene? Who will be the narrator and who will play each character? What will the characters say? How will they say it? 3b （可数名词）（戏剧或歌剧）场 发生；出现 （可数名词）（书籍、戏剧或电影中的）人物，角色 （名词）（书、戏剧或电影中的）叙述者，讲述者 The Fishman and the Genie Scene one [At the seashore.] Narrator: A fisherman saw something surprising in his net. Fisherman: What’s this shiny thing? Oh, it’s a bottle! I wonder what’s inside. Narrator: The fisherman opened the bottle. A great cloud of smoke came out, and it became a genie… n. 海岸；海滨 adj. 令人吃惊的 adj. 光亮的；锃亮的 v. 想知道；琢磨 For example Genie: I’m going to kill you! Prepare to die! Fisherman: Why? Didn’t I set you free from the bottle? Genie: That’s why I’m going to kill you, but I’ll let you choose how you will die. Fisherman: But why? Narrator： Then the genie told his story. Genie： A long time ago, I made a promise. If someone set me free, I would make them rich and powerful. But no one ever came. After years and years of waiting, I became very angry. If anyone set me free, I would kill them instead of giving them anything. So you must die, but I will let you choose how you want to die. Fisherman： Before I die, answer me a question. Genie： All right, but be quick. Fisherman： Were you really in the bottle? You are so big and the bottle is so small. I think it could hardly hold one of your feet. Genie： Of course I was in the bottle. Don’t you believe me? Fisherman： No, and I won’t believe you until I see you in the bottle with my own eyes. Narrator： When the genie heard this, he changed into a cloud. Slowly the cloud went back into the bottle. When all of him was in the bottle, the fisherman quickly put the lid on and threw it back into the sea. Learn to write short plays Who's the main character of your play? A little fox.She was unhappy because no one wants to make friends with her. One day，the little fox met a little rabbit in the forest. The little fox said to the little rabbit，“Little rabbit，let's be friends！” However，the little rabbit said，“No，I can't be friends with you.Everyone says that foxes are cunning and will lie to us.” Perform the play in class. Then vote for the best performance. A vivid and wonderful story Fluency in lines and actions Good performance with emotions Assessment (标准) Stars 3c How well can you do these things? Very well OK Needs work 1. I can use the past tense to tell my favourite stories to others. 2. I can express my thoughts and feelings about a story. 3. I can write an ending for a story. 4. I can understand the meaning behind stories from different cultures. Reflecting Summary New words： fisherman，fishing，genie，die，set，rich，powerful Phrases： come out，make a promise，set…free，instead of，succeed in doing sth，in the end Discuss： Which story do you think is the most interesting? Which story would make an exciting play? Questions： What happens in the scenes? Where do they take place? How many characters are there in each scene? Who will be the narrator and who will play each character? What will the characters say？How will they say it？ Homework 必做题：Complete the textbook exercises to consolidate the grammar and vocabulary knowledge of this unit. 选做题：Create an English story collection based on unit stories(no less than 3 stories). $Anyone. anyone. Fisherman. Die . die. Succeed in doing something. Succeed in doing something. Make a promise. Make a promise. Set free. Set . free. Jenny . jane. Someone. someone. Powerful. powerful. Set . set. Himself. himself. Fishing. fishing. Section b activity to a read the beginning of the story right and ending for IT use the questions to help you. Once upon a time, a Fishermen caught a bottles in his fishing net. When he opened IT, a great cloud came out and became a genie prepared to die, shouted the gene. A long time ago, I made a promise, if someone set me free, I would make them rich and powerful that no one ever came. After years and years of waiting, I became very angry. If anyone set me free, I would kill them instead of giving them anything. So you must die. What would the Fishermen say to the genie? Would the genie kill the Fishermen? If so, how would the Fishermen succeed in saving himself? If so, how? What would happen in the end? In . the end. Rich. rich. Come out. Come out. Instead of. instead of. One slip on this time, there was a little child who loved painting very much. He was too poor to buy page bush. I'm very tired after working. It's time to rest. Oh, if I can get a real pet brush, that's amazing. Mariam, you are. Mariam, what a nice boy this band brush is for you. You must keep IT well and draw pictures for poor people. Please remember, I didn't sleep。Sadly, I was dreaming啊。A pant brush is a dream. true. The mutual ist priest, where is he? Is IT a dream or not? Mary, are you ready? We are waiting for you. Let's go and cut firewood together. Marion, why don't you go out? Yes. let's go now. Why are you still here? My Young look, a pen rush. Where is . IT fun? It's almost done. I had a dream. A motorist priest give me a pant brush. He told me I must drop cures for poor people. When I walk up in the morning, the pet brush is here啊。What you made? The good man. I don't know, but at least I have my own pants brush. 马亮，please draw with this panda. Sh, what shall we draw . at first? I'll paint a rooster. Oh yeah. Peter rooster. Peter . rooster. Sr, is life. The rooster . is a life. Ww, IT was going to me are, how are you that amazing? The rooster that you painted is alive. IT can talk now, of course I can. Mario has got a magic paint brush. My mary, come here. Please spend the cattle on that wall. 马亮，my parents are ill. We are too poor. We need you help. Please draw IT can help us. Thank you. Okay, no problem. The cattle is the life. Look, the title is coming with me. Let's go home together. Who's . crying? Oh. that girl. What can I do for you? I want to have a beautiful dress like a princess. It's easy for me. Please wait. Oh my god, I can't believe IT, it's so beautiful. The new stand marion has called a panda sh was known by the greedy county officer soon. Hey, attention. All the people here are are controlled in the village. Stop air. welcome. The general people tell me that you have a magic pen brush in your village. You have to give IT to me now, otherwise I will burn your food. Don't give IT to the general, then they are going to do is a bad things. If you don't give me the magic wash, i'll kill the pretty girl. I can see one, two, let go. I will give you my magic brush, the magic wash. I've got the magic wash. Let me draw a tree of goats and tree of trees. Ha, ha, ha. What's wrong with IT? Why don't even become a tree of goals? general? Only molem painted can be true really more. Come on. And dw, a tree of money for me. Oh no. I want to have another super mountain of gold now, a big mountain of treasure. And gold do you want? Of course, I want the biggest matter of traders and gold. It's okay. Please give me a huge piece of paper. Yes, money, money, money. And the richest plan in the world. Ha哈哈，let's watch the wind and thunder shock you. What's happening? Hill, hill, hill, 耶。One two先去。