八年級英語上冊 第6單元 An old man tried to move the mountains

Unit6Unit6SectionA11a~2dWarmingupWhat’sthenameofthestory?It’sYuGongMovesaMountain.DoyouknowothertraditionalChinesestories?JourneytotheWestNuWaRepairstheSkyHouYiShootstheSunsMatch___JourneytotheWest___HouYiShootstheSuns___YuGongMovesaMountain___NuWaRepairstheSky.Matchthestorywiththepictures[a-d].1abdacNewwords1.onceuponatime=long,longago從前e.g.Onceuponatime, therelivedthreemonks inasmalltemple. 從前，在一個小廟里住 著三個和尚。常用于講述故事開頭的詞語2.shootv.

射擊；發(fā)射過去式及過去分詞形式：shot,shote.g.Heshotthebirdwithhisgun.

他用槍打鳥。3.stonen.

石頭e.g.Thesoilisfullofstones.

這土里有很多碎石。 Hethrewastoneatthedog.

他向狗擲了一塊石頭。Listenandcheck(√)thefactsyouhear.WhichstoryareAnnaandWangMingtalkingabout?1bTheyaretalkingaboutYuGongMovesaMountain.____Thetwomountainswereveryhigh andbig.____Averyoldmantriedtomovethe mountains.____AmantoldYuGongthathecould neverdoit.1.Howdoesthestorybegin?Discussthequestionswithyourpartner.DiscussingOnceuponatime,therewasaveryoldman.Thereweretwomountainsnearhishouse.Theyweresobigandhighthatittookalongwaytowalktotheotherside.2.Whathappenednext?Theoldmantoldhisfamilythattheyshouldallhelpedhimtomovethemountains.3.Wherewouldtheyputalltheearthandstonefromthemountains?YuGongsaidtheycouldputthemintotheseabecauseit’sbigenoughtoholdeverything.Listenandnumberthepictures[1-4]inordertotellthestory.2a13241.AmansawYuGongandhis(children/family)whentheywereworkingonmovingthemountains.2.HetoldYuGonghecouldneverdoitbecausehewasoldand(poor/weak).Listenagainandcirclethewordsyouhear.2b3.Assoonasthemanfinished(talking/speaking),YuGongsaidthathisfamilycouldcontinuetomovethemountainsafterhedied.4.Finally,agodwassomovedbyYuGongthathesent(two/three)godstotakethemountainsaway.5.Thisstoryremindsusthatyoucannever(know/see)what’spossibleunlessyoutrytomakeithappen.Listenagainandfillintheblanks.

YuGongandhisfamilybegantomovesomeofthe_____andstonetothe___.Oneday,amansawYuGongandhischildrenwhentheywereworkingon_______themountains.HetoldYuGongthathecould_____doitbecausehewasoldandweak.Assoonasthemanfinishedtalking,YuGongsaidthathisfamilycould________tomovethemountainsafterhe_____.Hisfamilywould

liveandgrow,butthe__________couldnotgetbigger.SoYuGongandhisfamilykepton________dayafterdayandyearafteryear.Finally,agodwasso______byYuGongthathesenttwogodstotakethemountains______.Thisstoryremindsusthatyoucanneverknowwhat’spossible_______youtrytomakeit_______.earthseamovingnevercontinuediedmountains

diggingmovedawayunlesshappenPairworkLookatthepicturesin2aandtellthestoryinyourownwords.YuGongandhisfamilybegantomovesomeoftheearthandstonetothesea.2cOneday,amansawYuGongandhischildrenwhentheywereworkingonmovingthemountains.HetoldYuGongthathecouldneverdoitbecausehewasoldandweak.Assoonasthemanfinishedtalking,YuGongsaidthathisfamilycouldcontinuetomovethemountainsafterhedied.Hisfamilywouldliveandgrow,butthemountainscouldnotgetbigger.SoYuGongandhisfamilykeptondiggingdayafterdayandyearafteryear.Finally,agodwassomovedbyYuGongthathesenttwogodstotakethemountainsaway.Thisstoryremindsusthatyoucanneverknowwhat’spossibleunlessyoutrytomakeithappen.Role-playtheconversation.2dTeacher:SowhatdoyouthinkaboutthestoryofYuGong?WangMing:Ithinkit’sreallyinteresting.YuGongfoundagoodway

tosolvehisproblem.

Claudia:Really?I

thinkit’salittlebitsilly.Itdoesn’tseemverypossibletomoveamountain.WangMing:Butthestoryistryingtoshowusthatanythingispossibleifyouworkhard!YuGongkepttryinganddidn’tgiveup.Claudia:Well,Istilldon’tagreewithyou.Ithinkweshouldtrytofindotherwaystosolveaproblem.WangMing:ButwhatcouldYuGongdoinsteadofmovingthe

mountains?Claudia:Well,therearemanyotherways.Forexample,hecouldbuildaroad.That’sbetterandfasterthanmovingamountain!Teacher:Youhavedifferentopinionsaboutthestory,andneitherof

youarewrong.Therearemanysidestoastoryandmany

waystounderstandit.1.Thisstoryremindsusthatyoucan neverknowwhat’spossibleunlessyou trytomakeithappen. remind

v.

提醒；使想起remindsb.of/aboutsth.提醒某人想起某事Languagepointse.g.Thepictureremindshimof

his beautifulhometown. 這幅畫讓他想起了美麗的故鄉(xiāng)。e.g.Pleaseremindmetocomebackearly. 請?zhí)嵝盐以琰c(diǎn)回來。remindsb.todosth.提醒某人去做某事【運(yùn)用】根據(jù)漢語意思補(bǔ)全下列英語句子，每空一詞。①這個故事讓我想起了我的童年。Thisstory___________________mychildhood.②

今天晚上你能提醒我給湯姆打電話嗎？Couldyouplease_________________________Tomuptonight?remindsmeof

remindmetocalle.g.I’malittlebittired.Let’stakea shortrest. 我有點(diǎn)累了，讓我們休息一會。Sheisalittlebitshy.她有點(diǎn)害羞。2.

Ithinkit’salittlebit

silly.bitn.

有點(diǎn)；稍微

alittlebit(=alittle)+形容詞或副詞或比較級時，表示“一點(diǎn)兒”。

辨析：

abitof+不可數(shù)名詞一點(diǎn)……e.g.Shepouredabitofsaltwaterinher mouth. 她往嘴里倒了一些鹽水。sillyadj.愚蠢的通常指由于缺乏常識、判斷力或穩(wěn)健而作出令人可笑的行為和舉止,在句中可用作定語或表語。

e.g.Iwassillytogetoutwithacoatina coldday. 在這樣冷的天氣里沒有穿外套就出 門，我真傻。e.g.Ifyoucan’tgo,he’llgoinsteadofyou.Jackwentswimmingyesterdayinsteadofplayingbasketball.3.ButwhatcouldYuGongdoinsteadof movingthemountains? insteadof是復(fù)合介詞，后接名詞、代詞、動詞的-ing形式或介詞短語等，意為“代替，作為……的替換”。

ThedoctorswenttoShanghaibytraininsteadofbycar.

Igavehersomeadviceinsteadofmoney.instead與insteadof只有一詞之差，但在用法上區(qū)別很大。instead是副詞，意為“代替”，在句中只能用作狀語。e.g.