Unit 6 An old man tried to move

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.

Do you like reading or listening to stories? fairy stories 神话故事 What fairy stories do you know?

What’s the name of these stories? The bird Jingwei fills up the sea

Chang’e Flies to the Moon

Nu Wa Repairs the Sky

Hou Yi Shoots the Suns 射击

Yu Gong Moves a Mountain

Journey to the West

Match the story with 1 a the pictures [a-d]. Which story do you like best? ___ b Journey to the West ___ a Hou Yi Shoots the Suns d Yu Gong Moves a Mountain ___ c Nu Wa Repairs the Sky.

1 b Listen and check the facts you hear. ____ The two mountains were very high and big. ____ A very old man tried to move the mountains. ____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.

once upon a time = long, long ago 从前，很久以前 常用于讲述故事开头的词语 e. g. Once upon a time, there was a lovely girl called Cinderella. 很久以前，有一个叫做辛 德瑞拉的可爱女孩。

Listen again and get the answers of these questions. 1. How does the story begin? 2. What happened next? 3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? 泥土和石头

Discuss the questions with your partner. 1. How does the story begin? Once upon a time, there was a______. very old man There were two mountains ______near his house. They were so ______that it took a long way to big and high walk to the other side.

2. What happened next? Yu Gong told his family that they should helped him to move the mountains all_______________. 3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? Yu Gong said they could put them_____. into the sea

Did Yu Gong and his family move the mountains finally? Did anyone help Yu Gong?

Listen and number the pictures 2 a [1 -4] in order to tell the story. kept on digging … 3 1 2 moved the earth and stone… 4

2 b Listen again and circle the words you hear. 1. A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were working on moving the mountains. 2. He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak). 虚弱的

3. As soon as the man finished (talking / speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. 神，天帝 被感动 4. Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away. 提醒 5. This story reminds us that you can never (know / see) what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

weak 虚弱的, 无力的 反义词: strong weak because of illness. The girl is very _______ 疾病 be weak in 在. . . 方面（能力）弱； 不擅长… 翻译：我擅长英语，但是数学很弱。 I’m good at English but weak in math.

remind vt. 使想起；提醒 1. reminds sb. that+从句 使某人想起某事 翻译： 1. 这本书提醒我应该努力学习。 2. 妈妈提醒我离开前应该关门。 This book reminds me that I should study hard. Mom reminds me that I should close the door before leaving.

2 c Look at the pictures and tell the whole story.

What can you learn from the story? If we want to do something, we should try it and never give up. What do you think of Yu Gong? He is persevering, because…有毅力的 He is not clever, because…

1. Tell the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your parents. 2. Find more fairy stories to share with your partner.