英语人教版八年级下册Unit 6 Section A (1a-2c).ppt

1、Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.,Section A (1a 2c),常耳寨中学 吴静瑞,1a Match the story titles with the pictures a-d.,_Journey to the West,a,b,c,d,_ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky,_ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns,_ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain,a,b,c,d,1. In Yao time, there were 10 suns at the same time in the sky,

2、 it caused the earth to burn , people cant stand the heat (热度) and crops cant be grown. Because the extreme hot weather, it was able to injure people in every place. Emperor Yao, the Emperor of China, asked Hou Yi to use hisarcheryskill to shoot down all but one of the suns.,2. Journey to the West i

3、s a historical novel that is considered one of the four classics from the Ming Dynasty. It was written by Wu Chengen. It is about a Buddhist (佛教的) monk and his disciples, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha wujing who are a few animals with human characteristic. They have magical powers to protect them fr

4、om the evils. They travelled to the west to India to find Buddhist scriptures (佛经).,3. It is said that there were no men when the sky and the earth were separated (被分开). In an ancient time, the sky could not cover all the things under it, nor could the earth carry all the things on it. A great fire

5、was caught and would not die out; a fierce flood raced about and could not be stopped. Then Nuwa melted rocks of five colors and used them to mend the cracks in the sky. Thus the sky was mended, Nuwas deeds benefited the heavens above and the earth below. Her name was remembered by later generations

6、.,4. There were two high mountains. Both of the mountains were very high. Just to the north of the mountains lived an old man called Yu Gong. With the two high mountains just in front of his house, his family and he had to walk a long way around the mountains whenever they had something to do on the

7、 other side of the mountains.One day, Yu Gong called all his family together to talk about how to move the two mountains to other places. A man saw them working and tried to stop them, saying, You are so silly! Youre so old and weak that you cant move the high mountains.Youre wrong, Yu Gong said wit

8、h a sigh. Look, my sons can continue my work after my death. When my sons die, my grandchildren will continue. So generations after generations, theres no end. But the mountains cant grow higher. Do you still say I cant move them away?Later the Heaven God, upon learning of Yu Gongs story, was moved.

9、 He then ordered another god to come down and take the two high mountains away.,1b 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.,1c Discuss the questions with your part

10、ner.,1.How does the story begin? 2.What happened next? 3.Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?,Once upon a time,there was a very old man .There were two mountains near his house.They were so high and big that it took a long time to walk to the other side.,The old man told

11、his family that they should all help him to move the mountains.,They could put it into the sea because its big enogh to hold everything.,2a Listen and number the pictures 1-4 in order to tell the story.,3,2,1,4,2b Listen again and circle the words you hear. 1. A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / f

12、amily) 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 man 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 that h

13、e 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 make it happen.,一、根据句意及汉语提示写单词。 1Peter enjoys _(射击),riding and fishing. 2Later two _(神) helped Yu Gong move the mountains. 3Jane,you look _(虚弱的) today than y

14、esterday. 4There are lots of _(石头) at the foot of the mountain. 5All kids at her age do _(愚蠢的) things.Its nothing to worry about.,shooting,gods,weaker,stones,silly,课堂小测试,二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1The boy tried _(move) the box,but he failed. 2My mother always reminds me _(get) up early. 3Larry didnt finish _(

15、read) the book until midnight.,to move,reading,to get,三、根据汉语意思完成句子。 16.她一直在研究那个课题。 She is _the project all the time. 17.那位母亲是如此感动，以至于哭了。 That mother was _ _ _ she cried. 18.除非你立刻起床，否则你将会迟到。 You _ _ late _ you get up right now. 19.他对着鸟开枪，但没打中。 He _ _ the bird, but missed it. 20.只要你努力，一切皆有可能。 _ is possible _ you work hard.,working on,so,that,at,Anything,if,moved,will,be,unless,shot,Summary shoot at 向射击 a little bit+adj 有点儿 instead of +n/pron/v-ing 代替；反而 once upon a time 很久以前 work