1、Unit 4 STORIES AND POEMSLesson 21 The Fable of the woodcutterA fable（寓言）is a fictional（虚构的）story about animals,plants,forces of nature.It always has a moral(道德的）lesson（教训）.Leading inThink about it v 1、Do you like reading fables?v 2、Do you think it is important to be honest?What fables have you read?
2、woodcutter伐木工axe斧子dive跳水；俯冲dived/dove;diveddive into the lake admit承认；赞同admitted/admittedsilver银的policy政策Honesty truly is the best policy.诚为上策vfable n.寓言vwoodcutter n.伐木工vaxe n.斧子(axes)vdive（dived，dove/dived,diving)v.跳水，俯冲vadmit v.承认；赞同vSilver n.adj 银的vPolicy n.原则；政策:NEW WORDSfablen.寓言woodcuttern.伐木
3、工axen.斧子dive（dived，dove/divedv.跳水，俯冲admitv.承认；赞同Sliver n.adj 银的Policyn.原则；政策Check the wordsListeningListen and answer the 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
4、the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents?1、He lost his axe in the water.2、A spirit appear.3、The spirit dove into the lake and Brought back his axe.4、Because the spirit was so happy With the woodcutters honesty.check answersreadinggroup VS group1、The water was deep,and he could n
5、ot get his axe back.get back找回取回get sth back;get back sthI got back my pen=I got my pen back.Key points:2、He needed it to make his living.Make a/ones living 谋生In the old society,he made a/his living by working for a landlord（地主）.3、suddenly she came up with a great idea.Come up with 提出，想出4、The spirit
6、 dove into the lake and broughtBack a gold axe.dive into 投入，潜入I saw a rabbit dive into the hole.bring back 带回，还回All books must be brought back before May.v5、He admitted to the spirit that it vwasnt his axevadmit to 向某人承认vHe admitted to his teacher that he was wrong.6、The spirit went down a third tim
7、e.“不定冠词+序数词”表示相对于前一个而言的“又一，再一”He has seen the film three times,but he wants to See it a fourth time.比较：the third 第三次7、The spirit was so happy with the woodcutters Honesty.be happy with/about 对满意，放心的Are you happy with that arrangement?vPracticeComplete the sentence according to the Chinese.1、He _(承认)
8、to his parents That he broke The window.They were happy with his honesty.2、Im afraid to _(跳入）the swimming pool.admitteddive into3、She wore a _ _(银的）chain around her neck.4、Have you read the _ _(寓言）“The farmer And the snake”?5、Youd better cut it with an _ （斧子）because its too hard.silverfableaxeTalk a
9、bout the fable in groups.then act it outActivityAesopian languageSummaryvThe fox and the grapesThe farmer and the snakeBlessing and baneThe blind man and the elephantaxeSummary:Honesty truly is the best policy.It is important to be honest.Homework:1、Finish off all the exercises2、write a short passage abouta fable and what the moral of theStory is.vvGOODBYELets review1It has five lines of text.2、一个单一的主题A single topic3、每一行都有一定数量的单词Each line has a set number of words.正文有五行4、另外两首诗Another two poems5、你自己的五行诗Your own five-line poem
