八年级英语上册 Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains SectionB 1a-2e精品课件 .ppt

1、Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains.,Section B 1a2e,The Monkey King is the main character in Journey to the West.,His names Sun Wukong. He is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey!,Tell something about the Monkey King.,Review,Yeah. This is becau

2、se 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 cant turn himself into a person.,To fight bad people, he uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other time

3、s, he is able to make it big and long.,Look at the picture. Do you know this story? Whats the name of this story?,Warming up,The Emperors New Clothes.,Can you tell the story briefly?,Once upon a time, an emperor loved new clothes very much. Two brothers came to the city and made a special clothes fo

4、r the emperor. They asked for much gold and silk, but they kept them for themselves. They pretended to work for a long time every day. Then at last, the special clothes was OK. But nobody could see it. But no one said it until one young boy shouted that the emperor wore nothing.,New words,silk n. 丝绸

5、,emperor n. 国王,underwear n. 内衣,e.g. He won two gold metals in the game. 他在比赛中获得两枚金牌。,e.g. They were stupid not to follow your advice. 他们不听从你的建议真是愚蠢。,stupid adj. 愚蠢的,gold n. 黄金；adj. 金色的,e.g. Its wrong to cheat in examinations. 考试作弊是错误的。,cheat v. 欺骗；蒙骗,Matching,Match the words with the letters in the

6、pictures in 1c.,_ gold _ emperor _ silk _ underwear,b,c,d,1a,a,Listen and number the pictures 1-5 in 1c.,1,1b,2,Listening,3,4,5,Listen again and fill in the blanks.,1c,This story is about an emperor who loved _.,clothes,Two _ came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor.,brothers,The emp

7、eror had to _ them silk and gold, but they _ everything for themselves. They were trying to cheat the emperor.,give,kept,Nobody wanted to sound stupid. But suddenly, a young boy _, “Look! The emperor isnt _ any clothes. ”,When the emperor _ at himself, he only _ his underwear.,looked,saw,shouted,wea

8、ring,1. Whats the name of the story?,The Emperors New Clothes.,2. Is it a traditional Chinese story?,No, it isnt. Its from Europe.,Listen and answer the questions.,3. What was the emperors hobby?,He liked new clothes. He loved buying and looking at his new clothes.,Because people couldnt see the new

9、 clothes unless they were clever.,Because they kept all the gold and silk for themselves.,5. How do we know that the two brothers were really trying to cheat the emperor?,4. Why were the new clothes special?,6. Why didnt everyone say that the new clothes were really nice?,Because they didnt want oth

10、er people to know that they were stupid.,7. Who said that the emperor wasnt wearing any clothes?,A young boy.,Tell the story,Use the pictures in 1c to tell the story.,1d,Once upon a time, there was an emperor. He loved clothes very much. He loved buying clothes and looked at his beautiful clothes.,T

11、wo brothers came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor. They said people couldnt see the clothes unless they were clever.,In fact, the two brothers were really trying to cheat the emperor. They asked for much gold and silk and kept them for themselves.,When the emperor looked at himsel

12、f, he only saw his underwear. But he didnt want people to think he was stupid. So he said his new clothes were really beautiful.,When the emperor walked through the street wearing his new clothes. Everybody said his new clothes were wonderful.,Suddenly, a young boy shouted, “Look! The emperor isnt w

13、earing anything.”,e.g. Luckily to her, her stepmother was kind to her. 幸运的是，她的继母对她很好。,wife n. 妻子; 太太,e.g. He phoned his wife to say hed be late. 他打电话告诉他太太说要晚到。,stepmother n. 继母,New words,husband n. 丈夫,e.g. Mrs. Brown lost her husband in the crowd. 在人群中布朗太太和丈夫走散了。,whole adj. 全部的; 整体的,e.g. All the stu

14、dents succeeded in the exam. 所有的学生考试合格。,辨析: whole强调整体上 the whole + n. all强调全部(数量上)all the + n.,scene n. 场；场景,e.g. The last scene has been cut off from the film. 最后一个场景已经从电影中剪掉了。,bright adv. 明亮地; 光亮地 e.g. The moon shines so bright tonight. 今晚的月亮如此明亮。 拓展：bright adj. 明亮的; 光线充足的 e.g. The sky is usually

15、bright and blue. 天空通常明亮湛蓝。,shine v. 发光; 照耀 e.g. Thu sun was shining and the sky was blue. 阳光灿烂, 天空一片蓝。,ground n. 地；地面,e.g. Heavy snow has covered the ground. 大雪覆盖了地面。,e.g. Would you please to lead us around your factory? 你能带我们参观一下你的工厂吗？,lead v. 带路；领路,e.g. I think Liu Yang is a brave soldier. 我认为刘阳是一

16、位勇敢的士兵。,brave adj. 勇敢的,voice n. 声音,e.g. A mans voice is usually lower than womans. 男子的声音通常比女子的低。 My cousin has a beautiful voice. 我表妹有优美的嗓音。,辨析：voice 指嗓音 sound指自然界里的任何声音,e.g. I woke at the sound of the bell. 随着铃声，我就醒了。,A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are

17、 about?,2a,Sleeping Beauty,Cinderella,Little Red Riding Hood,睡美人,灰姑娘,小红帽,Sleeping Beauty,A lovely princess had to sleep for 100 hundred years because of an evil magic. One hundred years later, a young prince came and saved the princes. They got married and had a happy life.,Reading,2b,Match each des

18、cription below with the correct scene.,A. The children get lost. B. The children wake up. C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. D. Gretel learns about Hansels plan.,2c,SCENE ONE _ SCENE TWO _ SCENE THREE _ SCENE FOUR _ SCENE FIVE _ SCENE SIX _ SCENE SEVEN _,E. The children surprise the pa

19、rents. F. Hansel has to change his plan. G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.,G,E,B,F,D,A,C,1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the moonlight?,Read the play again and answer the questions.,The weather was so dry that no food would grow. If they didn

20、t left the children to die in the forest the whole family would die.,2d,2. What does Hansel go out to get?,He gets some stones.,3. Why does he do it in the moonlight?,Because theyll be able to see the stones in the bright moon.,4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home?,Because Hansel is dropp

21、ing white stones along the way. When the moon is shining bright, theyll be able to see the stones and find their way home.,5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?,Because they cant see any bread on the ground. Maybe the birds ate them.,so that是一个常见的句式结构，表示“如此以至于”, 副词so之后接形容词或副词，that引导一

22、个完整的句子，有时that还可省略。例如本单元的这个句子：That birds song is so beautiful that we would follow it.,1. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. 有一年，天气太干旱了，以至于粮食颗粒不长。,We thought表示人们对过去的某种想法，判断等，可以译作“我们原想; 我们本以为”。如： I thought he would come, but he didnt.,2. We thought you were never coming back. 我以

23、为你们再也回不来了。,此句中made of bread, cake and sugar作定语，修饰名词house, 形容词wonderful也是house的定语。在英语中，大部分形容词作定语修饰名词时应前置，短语或句子作定语修饰名词时则后置。如：the young people in the room 屋子里的年轻人,3. Its leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and sugar. 它在把我们引向那座由面包，蛋糕和糖 果做成的美妙小屋。,4. The wife told her husband that unles

24、s 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ifnot。因此，上面的句子改写为: if he didnt leave the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die.,as soon as 表示 “一就”，再如本单元的这个句子：As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father.你们一醒来就必须和爸爸去森林里。,5. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. 月亮一升起来, 我们就可以顺着它们走 了。,Homework,1. Read the play again after school. 2. Try to act out the play in groups of four. One is Gretel, one is Hansel, one is Husband, one is Wife.,