1、Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Try to retell the story below and think about what the story tells us. A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are about. (2a) Little Red Riding Hood Sleeping Beauty Cinderella Hansel and Gretel 2b Read the first pa
2、ragraph of Hansel and Gretel. Think about how the fairy tale will continue. Then read the rest of the story. Finding Out the Text Type Is it a letter, a play, a short story or something else? Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry tha
3、t no food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. Hansel and Gretel SCENE ONE： Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: D
4、ont worry! I have a plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? Hansel: Be quiet! Im going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep. SCENE TWO： Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Heres some bread. Dont eat it
5、until you get to the forest. SCENE THREE Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing? Hansel: Im dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, well be lost. Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, well be able to see the stones. SCENE FOUR Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the fores
6、t! Husband: We thought you were never coming back. Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You cant go out now. SCENE FIVE: Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones. Hansel:
7、Ill drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. SCENE SIX: Gretel: I cant see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. Hansel: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we wont find our way out. SCENE SEVEN： Gretel: Hansel, were really lost! Hansel: Listen
8、! That birds song is so beautiful that we should follow it. Gretel: Look! Its leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy. Hansel: Lets eat part of the house! (Then they hear an old womans voice from inside the house.) Voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? A.
9、The children get lost. B. The children wake up. C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. D. Gretel learns about Hansels plan. E. The children surprise the parents. F. Hansel has to change his plan. G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen. 2c Match each description below w
10、ith the correct scene. SCENE ONE： G SCENE TWO: ： B SCENE THREE ： D SCENE FOUR ： E SCENE FIVE: ： F SCENE SIX ： C SCENE SEVEN ： A 1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? 2. What does Hansel go out to get? 3. Why does he do this in the moonlight? 4. How do Hansel and
11、Gretel find their way home? 5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time? 2d Read the play again and answer the questions. 1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? Because that year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. And the family had little t
12、o eat. 2. What does Hansel go out to get? White stones. 3. Why does he do this in the moonlight? Because when the moon is shining bright, the stones will be white and bright enough. 4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? They left some stones on the way. When the moon is shining bright, th
13、e stones will be bright enough to let them find the way home. 5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time? They left some bread on the way. And the bread was gone. Act out the play in groups Group work Hansel and Gretel 剧本角色配音剧本角色配音 旁白：旁白：Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their fat
14、her and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. 旁白：旁白：The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. 旁白：旁白：Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. G: Did you hear our stepmot
15、her planning to kill us? H: Dont worry! I have a plan to save us. G: How can you save us? H: Be quiet! Im going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now go to sleep. Wife: Get up , lazy children ! Husband : Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Heres some bread. Do
16、nt eat it until you get to the forest. G: Hansel, what are you doing? H: Im dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, well be lost. Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, well be able to see the stones. 旁白：旁白：With that, their father and stepmother turned and left them all alone. 旁白：旁白：As
17、soon as the moon rose, the white stones began to glow and sparkle 旁白：旁白：When they reached home, their parents were shocked to see them. Wife : You bad children ! What a long time you slept in the forest. Husband: We thought you were never coming back. Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, yo
18、u must go to the forest with your father. Hansel : What , again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You cant go out now. 旁白：旁白：The next morning Hansel and Gretel were led back into the forest. G: What can we do? You have no more stones. H: Ill drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon r
19、ises, we can follow them instead. G: I cant see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. H: Never mind ! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we wont find our way out. G: Hansel, were really lost ! H : Listen ! That birds song is so beautiful that we should follow it. G: Look! Its leading us to
20、that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy. H: Lets eat part of the house! 旁白旁白：Then they hear an old womans voice from inside the house. Voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? Game is over 1. An earthquake sometimes destroys the_ (整个的整个的) city. 2. Stars s_ brightest in the
21、 long dark night of winter. 3. He was so _ (勇敢的勇敢的) that he saved the little girl from the river. 4. He described the _ (场景场景) to me. 5. He took Lily by the hand to _ (带领带领) her into the house. 一一、根据提示完成句子。、根据提示完成句子。 whole hine brave scene lead 二、翻译下列句子。二、翻译下列句子。 1. 有一年，天气太干燥了有一年，天气太干燥了，颗粒无收颗粒无收。 2.
22、 Hansel制定了一个计划来拯救自己和制定了一个计划来拯救自己和 他的妹妹。他的妹妹。 One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. 3. 你听到我们的继母正打算杀我们吗？你听到我们的继母正打算杀我们吗？ 4. 那鸟的歌声引领那鸟的歌声引领他们来到一座奇妙的房他们来到一座奇妙的房 子前。子前。 Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? That birds song
23、leads them to a wonderful house. Complete the summary of the play. Gretel heard that their_ planned to _ her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to _ himself and his sister. He got some white_ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the_. Hansel _ the stones
24、as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining _. The stones showed them the way home. stepmother kill save stones forest dropped moon when the wife sent the children to the forest again. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped _of _. But the_ ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were _ in the forest. They walked until they saw a _ made of food. Hansel wanted to_ the house, but then they heard the voice of an old _ coming from the house. pieces bread birds lost house eat woman 1.Try to retell the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. 2.Act out the play in groups.
