Unit 6 An old man tried to moved the mountains.

Section A 1 (1a-2d)

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标：

  1) 能掌握以下单词：remind, bit, silly, instead of

   能掌握以下句型：  ① How does the story begin?  ② What happened next?   ③ What do you think of the story of Yu Gong?  ④ What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains? 

2) 能够用英语询问故事的开始、发展及后续等。能够对故事中的人物或情节发表一些简单的看法或观点。 

2. 情感态度价值观目标：学习愚公，要学习他“主动挖山”的精神。在我们生活工作中存在着很多的“山”。

在这些山的面前我们应该采取怎样的态度对待它？是通过“搬家”来避开它或找领导请求帮助；还是像愚公一样明知困难却迎难而上，凭借自己的力量勇敢的克服困难。愚公不畏艰险，不怕困难，勇敢面对的精神，正是值得我们所学习的。

二、教学重难点

1. 教学重点：

  1) 掌握本课时中出现的生词：remind, bit, silly, instead of；

  2) 学会询问故事发展的基本句型： How does the story begin? What happened next?

  3）学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。  

What do you think of / about the story of Yu Gong?   

I think it’s a little bit silly.   I still don’t agree with you.

2. 教学难点：

  学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。

三、教学过程

Step 1  Lead in  

通过几幅传统故事图片导入本单元播放动画片《寓公移山》的视频，主题。

T: What’s the man doing in the picture?

T: Do you know other traditional Chinese stories?   

Step 2  Listening  

1. T: Tell Ss they will hear a great Chinese traditional story. Listen and see who know the name of the story.  

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.  

3. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up.  

4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check the facts they hear. 

5. Check the answers.

Step 3  discuss

T: Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?

Ss: Yu Gong Moves a Mountain

T: How does the story begin?

Ss: Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side.

T: What happened next?

Ss: The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains.

T: Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?

Ss: Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it’s big enough

to hold everything.

Step 4  Listening 

1). Work on2a:   

T: Let’s continue to listen to the story.   

1. Look at the pictures in2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen to the story, please number the pictures.  

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures. 

3. Play the recording again to check the answers.

2). Work on 2b:  

1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to circle the correct words in the brackets.  

A、 A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were working on moving the mountains. 

B、He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak).

C、As soon as the man finished (talking /speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. 

D、Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away. 

E、This story reminds us that you can never (know / see) what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.  

3). Play the recording again to check the answers.

1. Tell Ss to make a story chain. Ss tell the story one by one with the pictures in2a. 

2. Let some Ss tell the story to the class. 

3. See which groups’ story is better. 

Step 5 Pair work   

Story Time——fill the blanks

1、There were two high mountains, One was called ____________ and the other _____________, which _____between Old Man Yu and the nearest village. _______the mountains were very high.

2、Every day, Old Man Yu and his family had to ____________ around the mountains ________ they had something to do on ________side of the mountains.

3、One day, Yu Gong called all his family together to ___about how to _____the mountains. The family cheered.

4、“Where can you _____so much _____ and_____?" His wife asked.

“The Bohai Sea is big ______to contain all the earth and stone," Yu Gong said.

His children started to ___the mountains, led ___the old man Yu Gong.

5、A man named Zhi Sou ______at Old Man Yu, "You are so____! You're ___old and weak ____you can't even _______the grass and trees. How can you _____the high mountains?"

6、"You're ____," Yu Gong said with a sigh. “Look, my sons can continue my work after my_____. When my sons ___, my grandchildren will _______. But the mountains can't grow______. Do you still say I can’t _____them_____?"

7、____the Heaven God, upon learning of Yu Gong’s story, was greatly_____. He then ordered ______god to ________and take the two high mountains away.

Step 6  Discussion in groups

1、Where are the two moutains in this story of Yu Gong now?

2、What do you think about the story of Yu Gong?

3、What idioms (English old sayings) do you think of from the story of Yu Gong?

Step 7 Role-play   

1. Read the conversations and Let Ss read.  

2. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in groups with the key words.