sectionA 1a-2d
八下英语Unit 6 An old man tried to
move the mountains.Do you like listening or telling
stories? Have you ever heard these
stories?1a. Match the story titles with the pictures
[a--d].
______ Journey to the West
______ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain
______ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
______ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky
b
d
a
c1b. Listen and check (✓) the facts you hear.
Which story are Anna and Wang Ming
talking about?
____The two mountains were very high and big.
____ A very old man tried to move the mountains.
____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never
do it.
✓
✓1c. Discuss the questions with your
partner.
1. How does the story begin?
2. What happened next?
3. Where would they put all the earth and
stone from the mountains?2a. Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in
order to tell the story.
1 2
3 42b. Listen again and circle the words
you hear.
1. A man saw Yu Gong and his (children /
family) when they were working on
moving the mountains.
2. He told Yu Gong he could never do it
because he was old and (poor / weak).
3. As soon as the man finished (talking /
speaking), Yu Gong said that his family
could continue to move the mountains after
he died.4. Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong
that he sent (two / three) gods to take the
mountains away.
5. This story reminds us that you can never
(know / see) what's possible unless you try to
make it happen.2c. Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the
story in your own words.
Once upon a time, there was a man people called
Yu Gong. He wanted to move two high and big
mountains… 2d. Role-play the conversation.
Teacher: So what do you think about the
story of Yu Gong?
Wang Ming: I think it’s really interesting. Yu
Gong found a good way to solve
his problem.
Claudia: Really? I think it’s a little bit silly. It
doesn’t seem very possible to move a
mountain.Wang Ming: But the story is trying to show
us that anything is possible if
you work hard! Yu Gong kept
trying and didn’t give up.
Claudia: Well, I still don't agree with you. I
think we should try to find other
ways to solve a problem.
Wang Ming: But what could Yu Gong do
instead of moving the mountains?Claudia: Well, there are many other ways.
For example, he could build a road.
That’s better and faster than moving
a mountain!
Teacher: You have different opinions about
the story, and neither of you are
wrong. There are many sides to a
story and many ways to understand
it.3a. Read the passage and answer the
questions.
1. Which book is talked about?
2. Who is the main character?
3. What is he like?In November 1979, pupils in England were
able to watch a new TV program called
Monkey. Most of them were hearing this
story for the first time. However, this story is
not new to Chinese children. The Monkey
King or Sun Wukong is the main character
in the traditional Chinese book Journey to
the West.The Monkey King is not just any normal
monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even
look like a monkey! This is because he can
make 72 changes to his shape and size,
turning himself into different animals and
objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he
cannot turn himself into a person. To fight
bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic
stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so
small that he can keep it in his ear. At othertimes, he is able to make it big and long.
The Monkey King has excited the children
of China for many years. And as soon as
the TV program came out more than 30
years ago. Western children became
interested in reading this story because the
clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help
the weak and never gives up.3b. Read the passage again and complete the
chart about the Monkey King.
What he can do What he cannot do
1.He can make 72
changes to his shape
and size.
2. He can make the
stick so small that he
can keep it in his ear
Also he can make it
big and long.
Unless he can hide his
tail, he cannot turn
himself into a person.3c. Complete the sentences below with
phrases from the passage.
1.Journey to the West is a ____________
Chinese book. It tells one of the most
popular stories in China.
2. When the English TV program Monkey
_______ in 1979, Western children______
_____________ this wonderful story.
traditional
came out became
interested in3. The Monkey King can ________________
to his body. He is able to _________ different
animals and objects.
4. The Monkey King _____ make his magic stick
small or large.
make 72 changes
turn into
canLanguage points
1.But what could Yu Gong do instead of
moving the mountains?
2. 但是不把山移开,愚公还能做什么呢?
instead of是一个介词短语,表示“代替(某
人或某物 )”而不是(某人或某物)”的
Would you pass me the sugar instead of salt?
你能把糖递给我吗? 不要递给我盐。
Instead of being annoyed, he seemed quite
pleased.
他没有生气,反而看起来还挺高兴。2.Once upon a time, there was a very old man…
很久以前,有位老翁…….
once upon a time的意思是“从前,很久以前
”
是英文故事、童话开头常见的一种叙述方式
类似说法有 long long ago 或a long time ago.
Once upon a time, there was a mountain. And in
The mountain, there was…
从前有座山,山里有座……3. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot
turn himself into a person.
但是如果他不能把尾巴藏起来,它就不能把
自己变成人。
unless的意思是 “如果不;若非;除非” 它引
导的是一个条件状语从句,相当于 if... not 因此.
上面的句子可以改写为:But if he cannot hide
his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person.
再如本中元中的这三个句子:The wife told her husband that unless he left
the children to die in the forest, the whole
family would die. 妻子告诉丈夫,如果他不
把孩子们扔到森林里让他们自生自灭, 整个
家庭就会灭亡。
Unless I do, well be lost.
如果我不这样做.我们会迷路的。
Unless we do, we won’t find our way out.
我们如果不这么做.就找不到出去的路。walk_______ live______
pick _______ stop________
watch______ push _______
notice_________ hurry__________
一 写出下列动词的过去式。
walked lived
picked stopped
watched pushed
noticed hurriedSnow White ________(walk) in the forest and
_______(pick) some flowers. Soon she
____
(be) lost. She ______(look) around he
r. Then
she ________(notice) a little house. She ________
(hurry) to the house. She ________(kn
ock) on the door. It____
(be) open. She ______(look) and
________(listen). There____ (be) no one there,
二、用所给词的适当形式填空。
walked
picked was
looked
noticed hurried
knocked
was looked
listened was so she _______(enter) the house. Snow White
_______(look) into a small room. On a table
she _______(count) three bowls. But she didn’t
_______(like) the big bowls. She __________
(finish) all the food in the littl
e bowl.
entered
looked
counted
like finished Homework
Practice with your classmates to tell
more interesting stories. Then make
them into role-play.