1、Unit 2 Morals and Virtues Reading for Writing Lead inSmall talk In our traditional culture, there are a lot of good morals and virtues. diligence/hard-working，obliging/be ready to help others， perseverance/toughness， thrift/economic etc. Can you list some? Do you know some fables or stories about th
2、em? Yu Gong Moved the Mountains，Hou Yi shot the Sun etc. While-reading Task 1 Read the fable and answer the following questions: Q1: What does the fable tell us? Q2: What was the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people? It tells us not to ignore and complain about the problems we m
3、eet, but to solve it positively. He put a huge stone in the middle of a street, and watched to see if anyone would move it. Q3: What was the response from most of the people? Q4: What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins? They just became angry or upset because the stone was in the
4、ir way. She thought that the money belonged to someone else and that it should be returned. This story presented different peoples emotions and responses when they came across the same problem. Complete the table according to the story. crashed into the stone angry went away person experience emotio
5、n response milkman woman with water tripped over the stone sad limped away in tears While-reading Task 2 crashed into the stone angry went away person experience emotion response other villagers young girl succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the street. wanted to find the owner of the gold.
6、 tired, surprised complained about the stone nobody made an attempt to move the stone upset Post-readingPair work Q1: What do you think this fable is trying to tell us? Q2: Was the king wise? Why or why not? It is trying tell us that we should all take responsibility for our community, society and c
7、ountry. Yes, he was. Because as a ruler, he should pay attention to his peoples morals and virtues. Only having good morals and virtues could make his people live with each other in harmony, and his country may be in control and prosperity. No, he wasnt. Because no one learnt anything from his exper
8、iment. In the text, the milkman, the woman with water, the other villagers ignored and even complained about the stone and continued their journey. It seemed that the social responsibility of the majority is too little just because they are busy with their own things. Q3: Can you list similar things
9、 in your life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story? I recently saw some children playing on a dangerous balcony, and so I warned them it was dangerous and had them go somewhere else to play. However, often Im more like the milkman in the story because Im very b
10、usy with my own work and worries. Writingthe outline What is the main idea of the story? Were the details of the story clear? Do you think the story achieved its purpose? Para. 3 Your opinion about the story What did you like about the story? What did you not like about the story? Would you recommen
11、d this story to others? Post-readingwords and phrases 1. 寓言 _ 2. 等着作某事 _ 3. 负责任 _ 4. 成功作某事 _ 5.因让人印象深刻 _ _ 6. 目的 _ 7. 鉴于这一原因 _ Translate the words and phrases fable wait to do sth./wait for doing sth. take responsibility for/be responsible for succeed in doing sth./be successful in doing sth. have a
12、 deep impression on/upon impress on/upon with sth. purpose for the reason Post-readingmake sentences 1. 这个寓言是一个关于国王的古老寓言。 _ 2.作者用这个故事让读者对于社区的问题负有个人责任的必要印象深刻。 _ _ 3.这个故事十分成功的实现了它的目的。 _ The fable is an old fable about a king. The author used the story to impress upon readers with the need to take pers
13、onal responsibility for problems in the community. The story was quite successful in achieving its purpose. Writing Please write a review of the story according the outline. The fable is an old fable about a king who thought his people are lazy, so he put a large stone in the middle of the road and
14、hid and waited to see if anyone will try to move it. The author used this story to impress upon readers with the need to take personal responsibility for problems in the community. The story was quite successful in achieving its purpose, and I liked it because it had a clear moral. However, while th
15、e moral of the story is clear, the actions of the king seemed pointless to me, because none of the characters in the story learnt anything. For this reason, I think there are better stories that can be used to impress upon people with the need for personal responsibility. Pair workcorrect the fable
16、comment Exchange drafts with a partner. Use this checklist to help your partner revise his/her draft. 1.Does the writer give a short description of the story? 2.Does the description include the most important details of the story? 3.Does the writer give his or her opinion about the characters or their actions? 4.Is the review well-organised? 5.Does the writer use the -ing form as the adverb correctly in the writing? 6.Are there any grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors? Homework Put up your revised draft in the classroom or read it to your class.
