Yu Gong Moves Mountains - A Story of Perseverance

1. 英语教学课件系列 八年级(下) it! for Go

2. Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Section A 1a-2d

3. Do you like listening or telling stories? Have you ever heard these stories?

9. Do you know this story?

12. Look at the four pictures

13. 1a. Match the story titles with the pictures [a--d]. ______ Journey to the West ______ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain ______ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns ______ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky b d a c

14. 1b. 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 man tried to move the mountains. ____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it. ✓ ✓

15. Pair Work 1c. Discuss the questions with your partner. 1. How does the story begin? 2. What happened next? 3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?

16. 2a. Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in order to tell the story. 2 1 4 3

17. 2b. 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). 3. As soon as the man finished (talking / speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.

18. 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) what's possible unless you try to make it happen.

19. 2c. Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the story in your own words. Once upon a time, there was a man people called Yu Gong. He wanted to move two high and big mountains…

20. 2d. Role-play the conversation. Teacher: So what do you think about the story of Yu Gong? Wang Ming: I think it’s really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem. Claudia: Really? I think it’s a little bit silly. It doesn’t seem very possible to move a mountain.

21. Wang Ming: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard! Yu Gong kept trying and didn’t give up. Claudia: Well, I still don't agree with you. I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem. Wang Ming: But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?

22. Claudia: Well, there are many other ways. For example, he could build a road. That’s better and faster than moving a mountain! Teacher: You have different opinions about the story, and neither of you are wrong. There are many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.

23. 3a. Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. Which book is talked about? 2. Who is the main character? 3. What is he like?

24. In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the first time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.

25. The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other

26. times, he is able to make it big and long. The Monkey King has excited the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago. Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.

27. 3b. Read the passage again and complete the chart about the Monkey King. 1.He can make 72 changes to his shape and size. 2. He can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear Also he can make it big and long. Unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person.

28. 3c. Complete the sentences below with phrases from the passage. • Journey to the West is a ____________ Chinese book. It tells one of the most popular stories in China. • 2. When the English TV program Monkey • _______ in 1979, Western children______ • _____________ this wonderful story. traditional came out became interested in

29. 3. The Monkey King can ________________ to his body. He is able to _________ different animals and objects. 4. The Monkey King _____ make his magic stick small or large. make 72 changes turn into can

30. Language points • But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains? • 但是不把山移开，愚公还能做什么呢？ • instead of是一个介词短语，表示“代替（某人或某物 ）”而不是（某人或某物)”的 • Would you pass me the sugar instead of salt? • 你能把糖递给我吗？ 不要递给我盐。 • Instead of being annoyed, he seemed quite • pleased. • 他没有生气，反而看起来还挺高兴。

31. Once upon a time, there was a very old man… • 很久以前，有位老翁……. • once upon a time的意思是“从前，很久以前” • 是英文故事、童话开头常见的一种叙述方式 • 类似说法有 long long ago 或a long time ago. • Once upon a time, there was a mountain. And in • The mountain, there was… • 从前有座山，山里有座……

32. 3. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. 但是如果他不能把尾巴藏起来，它就不能把自己变成人。 unless的意思是 “如果不；若非；除非”它引导的是一个条件状语从句,相当于 if... not因此.上面的句子可以改写为：But if he cannot hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. 再如本中元中的这三个句子：

33. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. 妻子告诉丈夫，如果他不把孩子们扔到森林里让他们自生自灭， 整个家庭就会灭亡。 Unless I do, well be lost. 如果我不这样做.我们会迷路的。 Unless we do, we won’t find our way out. 我们如果不这么做.就找不到出去的路。

34. 一 写出下列动词的过去式。 walk_______     live______   pick _______ stop________   watch______     push _______  notice_________   hurry__________  lived walked picked stopped watched pushed noticed hurried

35. 二、用所给词的适当形式填空。 Snow White ________(walk) in the forest and  _______(pick) some flowers. Soon she ____ (be) lost. She ______(look) around her. Then  she ________(notice) a little house. She ________ (hurry) to the house. She ________(knock) on the door. It____ (be) open. She ______(look) and  ________(listen). There____ (be) no one there,  walked picked was looked noticed hurried knocked was looked listened was

36. so she _______(enter) the house. Snow White  _______(look) into a small room. On a table  she _______(count) three bowls. But she didn’t _______(like) the big bowls. She __________ (finish) all the food in the little bowl. entered looked counted finished like

37. Homework Practice with your classmates to tell more interesting stories. Then make them into role-play.

38. Thank You!

39. 英语教学课件系列 八年级(下) it! for Go

40. Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Section A Grammar Focus

41. Grammar Focus

43. Unless 的用法 Conditional clauses with if and unless 含有if的复合句由两个分句组成；if 为连词，引 导条件状语从句，另一句为主句。 如果谈论的是某一个动作发生后势必会产生某个 结果，那么主从句都用一般现在时态。 e.g. If you boil water, it becomes steam. If you drop a glass, it breaks. If you heat metal, it melts. If you run, you sweat. floats If you put wood into water, it __________ (float).

44. 如果谈论的是‘如果’某一个动作或事情发生后，很 可能将会产生某种结果，那么在复句中主句的动词 用一般将来时，而if从句仍然是一般现在时。 e.g. If it rains, we won’t take a hike tomorrow. He will get up school on time if the clock goes off. If he arrives in Hong Kong, he will call me. will miss If you don’t start early, you ____________the beginning of the film (miss)

45. ●若 if 条件句放句首，从句后面要加逗号，和主句 隔开。 ● unless 与if用法相似，相当于if…not e.g. You will fail the exam if you don’t prepare for it.→ You will fail the exam unless you prepare for it. If he doesn’t look up the word in the dictionary, he won’t know its meaning. → He won’t know the word’s meaning unless he looks it up in the dictionary. gets She will miss the train unless she _______ up early.

46. if和unless的用法 一般情况下，unless相当于if…not，可以互换。用一般现在时代替将来时。 I won't let you in unless you show me your pass = I won't let you in if you don't show me your pass.如果你不出示通行证，我就不让你进来。 如果主句描述的是情感或情绪活动方面的内容，if…not结构不能换成unless。如： I'll be quite glad if she doesn't come this evening. 她今晚如果不来我很高兴。 1.Unless you take more care, you’ll have an accident.如果不多加小心的话，你会出事故的。

47. 2. My baby sister never cries unless she is hungry.  我那刚出生的妹妹除非饿了，否则她是从来不哭的。 3. Don’t promise anything unless you’re 100 percent  sure.不要作任何的许诺, 除非你有百分百的把握。4. Unless bad weather stops me, I jog every day.  (除非坏天气作梗，每天我都慢跑。) 误:Don't come in unless you will be invited to. 正:Don't come in unless you're invited to. 误:Unless he will come, we won't be able to go. 正:Unless he comes, we won't be able to go.

48. As soon as 的用法 英语动词的时间大致可分为三段：过去时、现在时、将来时。假设有两件事A和B，就会出现三种情况： A 过去时 as soon as B 过去时 A 现在时 as soon as B 现在时 A 将来时 as soon as B 将来时 在每一个大的时间段内，A 和 B 的时态要统一。比如 A 过去时，B 肯定在过去时内。其它也是如此。至于在每个大时间段内，再根据A 和 B两件事的具体情况，具体对待。比如：A 和B都是过去时，A 和 B 是同时发生，还是先后发生，不是即将发生，再分别选用完成时、进行时、将来时。例如：

49. A 过去时 B 过去时： I arranged the flowers in the vase as soon as I came back home. 一回到家里，我就把花在花瓶里插好。 A 过去进行时 B 过去完成时(虚拟) He was shaking with fright as if he had seen a ghost. 他吓得直哆嗦，就好像看见了鬼一样。 A 将来时 B 将来时(可用一般现在时表达) They will post me the tickets/post the tickets to me as soon as they receive my cheque. 他们收到我的支票后就立刻把票寄给我.

50. as soon as连接的时间状语从句中，指未发生的动作。规律是：主句一般将来时，从句用一般现在时代替一般将来时。 如： I will tell him the news as soon as he comes back。 指紧接着发生的两个短动作，主从句都用一般过去时如：He took out his English books as soon as he sat down.就这两种情况 ，熟记就行。 在宾语从句中，当主句为与过去时的时候，从句必须用与主句相对应的时态，所以为了与主句动词said呼应，时间状语从句中的will look up应该对应为过去将来时态would look up，finds对应为found。