Unit6第一课时

1、 八年级（下）八年级（下）情景情景引入引入合作合作探究探究课堂课堂小结小结随堂随堂训练训练1. Do you like stories?2. What kind of stories do you like?Free Talk情景引入情景引入Do you know these Chinese stories?Journey to the WestWhat was his name?His name was Monkey King.Whats the name of the story?Do you know these Chinese stories?Hou Yi Shoots the Sun

2、sWhats his name?His name was Hou Yi.Whats he doing?Whats the name of the story?He was shooting the suns.Do you know these Chinese stories?Nu Wa Repairs the SkyWhat was her name?What was she doing?Whats the name of the story?Her name was Nu Wa.She was repairing the sky.Do you know these Chinese stori

3、es?Yu Gong Moves a MountainWhat was his name?What was he doing?Whats the name of the story?His name was Yu Gong.He was digging to move a mountain.Do you know these Chinese stories?Journey to the WestHou Yi Shoots the SunsNu Wa Repairs the SkyYu Gong Moves a Mountains_ Journey to the West _ Yu Gong M

4、oves a Mountain_ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns _ Nu Wa Repairs the Skybdac1a Match the story titles with the pictures (a-d).探究点一探究点一 Read and matchRead and match1b Listen and check the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?_ The two mountains were very high and big._ A very old m

5、an tried to move the mountains._ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.Yu Gong Moves a Mountain探究点二探究点二 ListeningListening1. 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 big and high that it took a long way to walk

6、 to the other side. 探究点三探究点三 Discussing2. What happened next?The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains. 3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because its big enough to hold everything.1

7、3242a Listen and number the pictures in order to tell the story. 2b Listen again and circle the words you hear. 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).3. As soon as the ma

8、n finished (talking/ speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. 4. Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent ( two/three) gods to take the mountains away.5. This story reminds us that you can never (know/see)whats possible unless you try to

9、make it happen.Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the story in your own words.Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the earth and stone to the sea.One day, a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.2c Pair workHe told Yu Gong that he could never do it

10、because he was old and weak.As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.Finally

11、, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away. So what do you think about Yu Gongs story?Read the conversation and answer the questions.1. What does Wang Ming think about the story?2. What does Claudia think about it?He thinks its really interesting. Yu Gong found

12、a good way to solve his problem.She thinks its a little bit silly. It doesnt seem very possible to move a mountain.3. Whose opinion do you agree with? Why?(An open question)You have different opinions about the story, and none of you are wrong. There are many sides to a story and many ways to unders

13、tand it. a little bit 一点点一点点 e.g. Maybe we are a little bit lazy.也许我的确是有点懒了。也许我的确是有点懒了。拓展：拓展： a little a bit a little bit探究点四探究点四 Language pointsLanguage points 辨析辨析a little 和和 a bit (1) 都可以用作都可以用作副词副词，用来修饰形容词、副词以，用来修饰形容词、副词以 及动词，充当状语，这时两者可以互换使用；及动词，充当状语，这时两者可以互换使用； (2) 也可以用作也可以用作形容词形容词，修饰不可数名词，但，修饰

14、不可数名词，但a little 可修饰名词，而可修饰名词，而a bit 必须加必须加of后才能再接名词。后才能再接名词。如：如：This book is a little /a bit difficult for me. 如：对我来说，这本书有点难。如：对我来说，这本书有点难。Why dont men do a bit of housework? 为什么男人不做一点儿家务呢？为什么男人不做一点儿家务呢？/ a little(3)与与not连用时，它们的意义完全不同：连用时，它们的意义完全不同： not a little 意为意为“非常非常”，“很很”，相当于，相当于 very;not a bit 意为意为“一点也不一点也不”，相当于，相当于not at all。如：如：The weather is not a bit cold today.今天天气今天天气一点也不冷。一点也不冷。2. a little bit 有点有点;有几分有几分 如：我现在有点忙如：我现在有点忙,能等一下再说吗？能等一下再说吗？I am a little bit busy right now, can we talk