Unit 4 Stories and Poems

Lesson 21: The Fable of the Woodcutter

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Lesson 21: The Fable of the Woodcutter

New Words fable n. 寓言 woodcutter n. 伐木工 spirit n. 精灵；精神 axe n. 斧子 dive v. 跳水；俯冲 admit v. 承认；赞同 silver adj. & n. （的） policy n. 原则；政策

Listen to the passage and write T or F

( ) 1.One day, when the woodcutter was walking in the forest, he lost his axe in the water.( )2. Because of the woodcutter’s honesty , the spirit gave a gold and a silver axe to him.

Listening Listening

F

T

Read the passage for the first time and answer following question.

ReadingReading

He lost his axe in the water.

A spirit appeared.

The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his old axe.

Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutter’s honesty.

Read the passage for the second time and fill in the blanks ， then try to retell the fable.

Long ago, there was a_____ and ______ woodcutter, lost his axe when he was _____ wood beside a lake and he couldn’t _______ it ______, so he ______. A spirit _____ and asked for the reason . She _____ ______ _______ him and ______ _______ _______ a good idea. She _____ _______ the lake three times and brought back three axes: a _______ one, a ______ one and an old axe. The woodcutter was _____ enough to admit the _____ one was his axe. The spirit was ______ ________ his honesty, so she gave him the _______ ________ axes as ________ . _______ truly is the best_________ !

good honest

cutting

get back

cried appeared

felt sorry for

came up with dove

into

gold silver

honest

old

happy with

other two presents

Honesty policy

Complete the sentences according to the Chinese meaning and make new sentences to use phrases.

1.这位老妇人很穷。她靠卖报纸谋生。 The old lady is very poor. She _______________ by selling newspapers.2.我害怕潜入游泳池。 I’m afraid to ____________ the swimming pool.3. 他想出一个有趣的方法学数学。 He ________________ a fun way to learn math .4.老师对我们的作业感到满意。 Our teacher _______________ our homework.

makes her living

dive into

came up with

is happy with

Writing Writing

a.Make up a dialogue b.Write a short passage.

Useful Words and Phraseshave a race starting line finishing line winner far behind wake up win the race

(The Rabbit and Tortoise)

What have you learnt

in this lesson?

我小结，我汇报，我进步！

Homework

1.Tell this fable to your parents or friends in English after school.

2.Search more fables on the Internet to read and find the moral lesson.