1、Unit 4 Stories and PoemsUnit 4 Stories and PoemsLesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter 九年级英语上新课标 冀教 Aesop fablesDo you know what a fable(寓言)is?A fable is a fictional（虚构的）story about animals,plants,forces of nature,etc.It always has a moral lesson.Whats a moral（寓意）?The Wolf and the LambThe Crow and th
2、e PitcherThe Gnat and the Lionwait for windfalls守株待兔Wait for windfalls龟兔赛跑The Hare and the TortoiseThe Fable of the WoodcutterLesson 21Wordsfablewoodcutteraxediveadmitsilverpolicyn.寓言n.伐木工n.斧子v.(dived或dove/dived)跳水；俯冲v.承认；赞同adj.&n.银(的)n.原则；政策1 Read the text and answer the questions.1.What happened t
3、o 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?He lost his axe in the water.A spirit appeared.The spirit dove into the lake and brough
4、t back his axe.Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutters honesty.2 Listen to the lesson again.Match each person with the words that describe them.helpfulcleverhonestfoolishwarm-hearteddishonestkindpoor教材解读1.One day,when he was cutting wood beside alake,he lost his axe in the water.本句为过去进行
5、时态,句子结构为“was/were+doing”,表示“过去某一时刻正在发生的事情”。2.The water was deep,and he could not get his axe back.本句中的getback意为“找回,取回,恢复”,也可用get back sth.结构。3.He had only one axe,and he needed it to make his living.make/earn ones/a living意为“谋生”。4.As he cried,a spirit appeared.while和as引导的时间状语从句的谓语是延续性动词;when引导的时间状语从
6、句的谓语既可以是延续性动词,也可以是非延续性动词。5.She asked the man what was wrong.asked后是what引导的宾语从句,作其宾语。6.She listened to the woodcutter and felt sorry for him.feel sorry for意为“对感到抱歉、遗憾、后悔”,后加名词、代词、动名词作介词for的宾语。7.Suddenly she came up with a great e up with意为“找到,想出”,没有被动语态。8.The spirit dove into the lake and brought bac
7、k a gold axe.dove是dive的过去式。dive into意为“投入,潜入”,dive意为“潜水,跳水”。bring back意为“带回,还回,使记起”。9.The man looked at the gold axe,knowing it wasnt his.本句中的knowing it wasnt his是现在分词短语作状语,表示伴随状况。10.Because he was honest,he admitted to the spirit that it wasnt his axe.admit意为“准许进入,承认”,其过去式为admitted。admit to sb.that
8、意为“向某人承认”。11.The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutters old axe.a third time意为“又一次”,强调继前两次之后的“又一次”,不表示次序。【注意】(1)“不定冠词+序数词”表示相对前一个而言的“又一,再一”。(2)“定冠词+序数词”表示按顺序排列的“第”。12.The spirit was so happy with the woodcutters honesty that she gave him the other two axes as presents.本句为“so
9、that”句型,意为“如此以致”,常引导结果状语从句。so后接形容词或副词,此句型可以转换成简单句,即可转换为“enough to”或“tooto”句型。13.Honesty truly is the best policy.honesty是honest的名词形式,意为“诚实”;dishonest为honest的反义词,意为“不诚实的”。Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box.silver admit make ones living come up with dive into1
10、.He_ to his parents that he broke the window.They were happy with his honesty.2.That old lady is very poor.She _ by selling newspapers.3.Im afraid to_ the swimming pool.4.He _ a fun way to learn math.5.She wore a _ chain around her neck.admittedmakes her livingdive intocame up withsilver3 Time to ch
11、eck取回某物谋生投入；潜入为某人难过又一次，再一次向某人承认.get sth.backmake ones livingdive intoa third timefeel sorry for sbadmit to e up with提出，想出课堂检测1.The cakes are delicious,Id like to have_third one as _ second one I ate was too small.A.a;the B.a;a C.the;a D the;the2.They admitted_ the car.A.to be stolen B.that steal C.s
12、tealing D.steal 3.I felt sorry_ my teacher because of my mistake.A.to B.for C.with D.in 4.Luo Shengjiao_ the river to save the drowning(溺水的)child.A.dived into B.dived off C.dived for D.fell intoACBAWork in groups to learn more about fables.You can do one of the following tasks:1.Find the rest of the fable on the Internet.Act it out.2.Find another fable and act it out.You can search on the Internet or look in books.Dont forget to find the moral in your fable.3.Preview the Lesson 22.Homework
