Lesson 21:The Fable of the Woodcutter 冀教版　九年级 Lesson 21:The Fable of the Woodcutter

Think about it. 1. Do you like reading fables? What fables have you read? 2. Do you think it is important to be honest? Why?

Who is he? He is a woodcutter.

Read the text and answer the following questions: 1) What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting wood beside a lake? 2) Who appeared as the woodcutter cried?

3)How did the woodcutter get back his old axe? 4)Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents?

Think about the spirit and the woodcutter. You had better use the words below. helpful , clever, honest, foolish, warm-hearted , dishonest, kind , poor spirit woodcutter

Language Points 1.He had only axe, and he needed it to make his living. 他只有一把斧头，他需要它谋生。 make one’s living 谋生 What do most people make their living? 大多数人靠什么谋生呢？ make a living by doing sth./as a … I heard that it was easier to make a living in big cities.

2. As he cried, a spirit appeared. spirit n. 精灵，幽灵，精神。 用作不可数名词时，表示“精神，心灵，”； 用作可数名词时，表示“灵魂，精灵”。 The fisherman set the spirit free from the jar. 渔夫把精灵从坛子里放了出来。 The students are in high spirits. 同学们情绪高涨。 in spirit be in high/low spirits be in bad /poor spirits The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a gold axe. 精灵跳进湖里并带回来一把金斧。

3.辨析：bring, carry, take, fetch take sb./sth. to sp. carry 不表示方向，意为携带拿 提，有负重的含义。 fetch 表示（去）拿来，表示说话人从某地出发去另一地点取某物。

1. Tomorrow is Tree Planting Day ,Class 1. Tomorrow is Tree Planting Day ,Class. Please ________ your old clothes to school. 2. Don’t leave the bags in the classroom . Please _______ them home after school. 3. The young woman was __________ a baby in her arms. 4. Could you _________ me some books from your house?

4.The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutter’s old axe. 精灵第三次下水，带回了樵夫的旧斧头。 go down 下降，下来 The price of oil is going down. 油价正在下跌。 拓展：与go有关的短语; go up 上升 Prices have gone up again. go by 经过 A car went by. go on doing 继续做某事。 He went on talking even though no one was listening.

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。 carry, take, bring, fetch Tom, can you_______ me some milk from the kitchen? 2. Look! The little boy is _________ a big box. 3. Don’t _______ your brother to the cinema. 4. Can you ________ your photos to school tomorrow?

根据汉语提示完成句子。 1. Danny is weak in poor ________ (精神). 2. Take away the dirty shirt and _______ (带来) me a clean one. 3. She won a _________ (银的) medal in the high jump. 4. For this reason prices can supposedly never _______ ________ (下降). 5. The girl _____ _____ ________ (以……为生)as a typist in a small company.

Homework 1）Finish off the exercises in the Activity Book. 2）Preview the Lesson 22.