Unit 6 An old man tried to move

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Period 4 初二年级 英语 主讲人：朱建邦 清华大学附属中学上地学校

Your Goals By the end of this class, you will be able to: 1. summarize the main idea of each scene in the play; 2. analyze and infer the characters’ behavior and the motivation behind it; 3. retell the story based on the keywords in each scene.

What are fairy tales? A fairy tale is a story, often intended for children, that features fanciful and wondrous (奇异的) characters such as elves (精 灵), goblins (妖怪), wizards (巫师), and even, but not necessarily, fairies (仙子).

Do you know what these fairy tales are about? Sleeping Beauty C B A C Cinderella A Little Red Riding Hood B

What is the text type? A. a letter B. a play C. a short story D. something else scene: one of the small sections that a play is divided into

2 b. Read the first paragraph of Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister.

2 b. Think about how the fairy tale will continue. l Hansel and Gretel’s plan didn’t work. They were left in the forest and lost their way, and they were saved by a kind grandpa. l Hansel and Gretel’s father didn’t want to leave his children, so he farmed them out to his friend in the forest. 寄养

2 b. Think about how the fairy tale will continue. l Hansel’s plan was brilliant. The children returned home safe and sound. Their stepmother thought it was the will of the heaven and decided to treat the children well. l Hansel’s plan didn’t work. The children decided to keep alive by picking wild fruit and hunting wild animals.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE ONE: Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? Hansel: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE TWO: Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat it until you get to the forest.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE THREE: Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing? Hansel I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, we’ll be lost. : Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we’ll be able to see the stones.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE FOUR: Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! Husband We thought you were never coming back. : Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You can’t go out now.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE FIVE: Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones. Hansel I’ll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can : follow them instead.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE SIX: Gretel: I can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. Hansel: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we won’t find our way out.

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. SCENE SEVEN: Gretel: Hansel, we’re really lost! Hansel Listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it. : Gretel: Look! It’s leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy. Hansel Let’s eat part of the house! :

Read the rest of the story and check your prediction. (Then they hear an old woman’s voice from inside the house. ) Voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house?

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. The children get lost. The children wake up. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan. The children surprise the parents. Hansel has to change his plan. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE ONE: G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen. Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? Hansel: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE TWO: B. The children wake up. Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat it until you get to the forest.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE THREE: D. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan. Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing? Hansel I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, we’ll be lost. : Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we’ll be able to see the stones.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE FOUR: E. The children surprise the parents. Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! Husband We thought you were never coming back. : Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You can’t go out now.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE FIVE: F. Hansel has to change his plan. Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones. Hansel I’ll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can : follow them instead.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE SIX: C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. Gretel: I can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. Hansel: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we won’t find our way out.

2 c. Match each description with the correct scene. SCENE SEVEN: A. The children get lost. Gretel: Hansel, we’re really lost! Hansel Listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it. : Gretel: Look! It’s leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy. Hansel Let’s eat part of the house! :

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? 2. What does Hansel go out to get? 3. Why does he do this in the moonlight? 4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home?

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 5. Why does the wife say, “what a long time you slept in the forest”? 6. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. stepmother: the father’s new wife whole: all of something

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? Because the weather is so dry that no food would grow. If they don’t leave the children to die in the forest, the whole family will die.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE ONE: Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? the light of the moon Hansel: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE TWO: Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat it until you get to the forest. not…until: 直到……才

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE THREE: Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing? Hansel I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, we’ll be lost. : Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we’ll be able to see the stones. to produce plenty of light

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE FOUR: Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! Husband We thought you were never coming back. : Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You can’t go out now.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 2. What does Hansel go out to get? In scene one, it mentions, “I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. In scene three, it mentions, “I’m dropping white stones along the way. ” Hansel goes out to get some white stones.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 3. Why does he do this in the moonlight? get the white stones Probably because stones won’t rouse suspicion (引起怀疑) from their parents. Probably the stones could shine in the moonlight, so that they can follow them at night.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? 找到回家的路 In scene three, it mentions, “I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, we’ll be lost. Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we’ll be able to see the stones. ” By following the stones in the moonlight.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 5. Why does the wife say, “what a long time you slept in the forest”? She doesn’t want the children to know that she planned to leave them in the forest.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE FIVE: Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones. Hansel I’ll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can : follow them instead: used for saying that one person, thing, or action replaces another them: pieces of bread

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE SIX: the surface of the earth Gretel: I can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. Hansel: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we won’t find our way out.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. SCENE SEVEN: Gretel: Hansel, we’re really lost! Hansel Listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it. : Gretel: Look! It’s leading us to thattake wonderful house made of bread, cake somebody somewhere the bird and candy. Hansel Let’s eat part of the house! :

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. (Then they hear an old woman’s voice from inside the house. ) Voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? voice: the sounds that you make when you speak brave: dealing with danger, pain, or difficult situations with courage and confidence adj. +enough to do: He is smart enough to solve this question.

2 d. Read the play again and answer the questions. 6. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time? In scene five, it mentions, “I’ll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. ” In scene six, it mentions， “I can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. ” Because the bread crumbs are eaten by the birds.

Answer the questions. 1. What is Hansel like? 2. Are there any other choices that the wife can make?

Answer the questions. 1. What is Hansel like? Hansel is very smart and brave. He is a very good brother. But sometimes he needs to consider more carefully. For example, in scene seven, when they find a house made of bread, cake and candy, he says “let’s eat part of the house” without second thought.

Answer the questions. 2. Are there any other choices that the wife can make? Although the play mentions there was not enough food for the whole family because of the bad weather, I think the wife is kind of cruel in leaving the children to die in the forest. I think the whole family could probably eat less or they could even eat grass or leaves as written in the history.

3 a. Write some keywords from each scene. go outside, moonlight plan, kill, save Scene 1: _________________ get up, forest Scene 2: _________________ drop, white stones, moon, shine bright Scene 3: _________________ come back, again, can’t go out Scene 4: _________________ no more stones, pieces of bread, follow Scene 5: _________________ can’t see, ground, birds, keep walking Scene 6: _________________ get lost, bird’s song, house, eat Scene 7: _________________

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 1: plan, kill, save, go outside, moonlight Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One day, Gretel heard that their stepmother planned to kill them. She felt very worried and told this to her brother Hansel said he had an idea to save them. He was going outside to get something in the moonlight.

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 2: get up, forest The next day, Hansel and Gretel got up. Their stepmother asked them to go to the forest with their father.

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 3: drop, white stones, moon, shine bright On the way to the forest, Hansel kept dropping white stones. Gretel didn’t understand. He told Gretel that when the moon was shining bright, they would be able to see the stones.

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 4: come back, again, can’t go out Following the white stones in the moonlight, Hansel and Gretel came back home safe. However, their stepmother asked them to go to the forest with their father again the next day. And the children couldn’t go out at night because the stepmother locked the door.

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 5: no more stones, pieces of bread, follow With no more stones, the children had to find other ways. Hansel decided to drop pieces of bread so that they could follow the bread crumbs in the moonlight.

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 6: can’t see, ground, birds, keep walking However, the children couldn’t see any bread on the ground because it was eaten by the birds. They had to keep walking to find their way out.

Retell each scene with the keywords. Scene 7: get lost, bird’s song, house, eat Sadly, the children got lost. They heard a bird’s song which was very beautiful. The bird’s song led them to a house made of bread, cake, and candy. Because they were very hungry, they decided to eat the house.

3 b. Complete the summary of the play. kill her and stepmother planned to _____ Gretel heard that their _____ save himself and his her brother. But Hansel had a plan to _____ stones before he went to sister. He went to get some white ______ bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the dropped the stones as they walked. Later forest Hansel _______. that night, they could see the stones because of the shining moon The stones showed them the way home. ______.

3 b. Complete the summary of the play. Hansel wanted to get more stones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the wife sent the children to the forest again, Hansel had no stones, so he dropped pieces _______ of _______. bread But the _____ atebirds them, so Hansel and Gretel were ______ in thelost forest. They walked until they saw a _____ made ofhouse food. Hansel wanted to ____ the house, eat but then they heard the voice of an old _______coming from the woman house.

Language Points 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. stepmother n. whole adj. scene n. moonlight n. shine v. 6. bright 7. instead 8. lead 9. voice 10. brave adj. adv. v. n. adj.

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