Lesson 21:The Fable of the Woodcutter

Presentation on theme: "Lesson 21:The Fable of the Woodcutter"— Presentation transcript:

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

2 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?

3 Who is he? He is a woodcutter.

4 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?

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

6 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

7 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.

8 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。

9 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。

10 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?

11 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.

12 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?

13 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.

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