The adventures of pinocchio

1. The adventures of pinocchio

2. Introduction: When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. When he tells lies, his nose will get long. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. But, even with the help of Jiminy, a cricket(蟋蟀) who the fairy assigns to be Pinocchio's conscience, the marionette goes astray.

3. He joins a puppet show instead of going to school, he lies instead of telling the truth, and he travels to Pleasure Island instead of going straight home. Yet, when Pinocchio discovers that a whale has swallowed Geppetto, the puppet single-mindedly journeys into the ocean and selflessly risks his life to save his father, thereby displaying that he deserves to be a real boy. Finally he becomes a real boy.

4. Comment: I think the lovely image of the Pinocchio gives us a good impress. This fairy tale not only successfully describes the puppet’s characters: the love of justify, innocent; but also teaches the children to refuse all kinds of temptations and to be a honest, lovely, diligent and helpful child. Moreover, it tells the children to be kindhearted, and only if you are honest, the nose will not grow long.

5. The puppet and the real children have many things in commons, as they will regret and then make a decision not to do such things the next time after getting into troubles every time. I think this tale is very good for children to read because it has many imaginary things which are suitable for the children’s curiosity. The story tells the exciting adventure and also gives us an import lesson: no pains no gains.

6. 上一个国家……这是全世界最美的国家，一个真正的快乐的国家！……”上一个国家……这是全世界最美的国家，一个真正的快乐的国家！……” “这国家叫什么名字？” “叫‘玩儿国’。你干吗不跟我一起去呢？” “我，我可不去！” “那你就大错特错了，皮诺乔！你相信我的话，不去你要后悔的。对我们孩子来说，哪儿还能找到一个更好的国家呢？那儿没有学校，那儿没有老师，那儿没有书本。在这幸福国家里永远不要学习。星期四不用上学，一个星期有六个星期四和一个星期日。你想象一下吧，秋假从一月一号放到十二月最后一天。这个国家真配我胃口！一切文明国家都该像它这样才好……” …… “不去，不去，不去，我不去。如今我已经答应过我的好心仙女，说我要做个好孩子，说了就要算数。再说，我看太阳正在落下去，我得马上离开你，赶紧走了。好，再见，祝我一路平安。” …… “再等两分钟吧。” “那太晚了。” “就那么两分钟嘛，” “万一仙女骂我呢？” “让她去骂好了。她骂够了会不骂的，”小灯芯这小坏蛋说。 ……

7. “再见，小灯芯，一路平安，祝你快活，常常想到朋友们。”“再见，小灯芯，一路平安，祝你快活，常常想到朋友们。” 　　木偶说着就要走，走了两步又停下来，向他这位朋友回过身子，问道： “你真的断定，这国家个个星期都是六个星期四和一个星期日吗？” “完全断定。” “你真的知道，年年的假期都是从一月一号放到十二月最末了一天吗？” “一点不假！” “多美的国家呀！”皮诺乔又说一遍，太高兴了，吐了口口水。 　　接着他又拿定主意，狠了狠心，很快地又说了一句： “好，真的再见了，一路平安。” “再见。” “你们多久动身？” “就在两个钟头之内！” “真可惜！要是只有一个钟头，我还可以等等。” “那仙女呢？” “不过现在反正晚了1……回家早一个钟头晚一个钟头没什么两样。” “可怜的皮诺乔！万一仙女骂你呢？” “没法子！让她骂吧。骂够了会不骂的。”