《An old man tried to move the mountains》PPT课件

1a. Match the words with the letters in the pictures in 1c.

________  gold

_____ emperor

_____ silk

_____ underwear

1b. Listen and number the pictures [1-5] in 1c.

1c. Listen again and fill in the blanks.

This story is about an emperor who loved _________ 

Two ________ came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor.

The emperor had to _______them silk and gold, but they ________ everything for themselves. They were trying to cheat the emperor.

When the emperor________ at himself, he only ________ his underwear.

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Pair Work

1d. Use the pictures in 1c to tell the story.

Once upon a time, there was an emperor…

Once upon a time, there was an emperor who loved beautiful clothes. One day, two Brothers came to the city…

2a. A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are about?

Sleeping Beauty 

Cinderella

Little Red Riding Hood

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2c. Match each description below with the correct scene.

. The children get lost.

. The children wake up.

. The children cannot find the pieces of bread.

. Gretel learns about Hansel's plan.

. The children surprise the parents.

. Hansel has to change his plan.

. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.

2d. Read the play again and answer the questions.

1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest?

2. What does Hansel go out to get?

3. Why does he do this in the moonlight?

4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home?

5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the  second time?

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1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest?

Because that year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. And the family had little to eat.

2. What does Hansel go out to get?

White stones.

3. Why does he do this in the moonlight?

Because when the moon is shining bright, the stones will be white and bright enough.

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Language points

1. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. 

有一年，天气太干旱了以至于粮食颗粒不长。

so ...that…是一个常见的句式结构，即：副词so+形容词或副词+ that引导的句子，表示“如此......以至于......”。又如本单元中的这个句子：That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it.

那只鸟的歌声是如此美妙，我们应当跟着它走。 

2. We thought you were never coming back.

我们以为你们再也不回来了。

We thought...表示人们过去的某种想法、判断等，可以译作“我们原想……；我们本以为……”。又如：

I thought he would come, but he didn’t.

我原想他会来的，但他却没有。

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一、完成句子。 

1)______  ______  _______ _______,there was a famous singer.(从前) 

2)Tom ____ _____ in Beijing yesterday morning.（迷路） 

3)He _______ ______ _____ a train to Qingdao for a trip.（决定） 

4)Let’s ____  ____ ____ ____ this weekend.（骑车兜风） 

5)The little girl ____  ___ a bag yesterday.(捡到)

Homework 

Share more fair tales with your classmates and make role plays. 

《An old man tried to move the mountains》PPT课件13 课 前 预 习 【单词】 1.带路；v______ 2.发光 v.________ 3.明亮的；adj明亮地adv.______ 4.地面n. ________ 5.场景n. ______..

《An old man tried to move the mountains》PPT课件12 课 前 预 习 【单词】 1. 王子 n. _______ 2.夫妻；两人 n._______ 3. 金子；金币n.______ 4. 欺骗 v. ______ 5. 内衣； n ___..

《An old man tried to move the mountains》PPT课件11 课 前 预 习 【单词】 1. 棍；条n._______ 2. 隐藏v._________ 3. 有魔力的；adj._______ 4. 使激动；使兴奋v. ________ 5. 物..