2014新八下Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Section A-1

What makes a story?
•Time Once upon a time, an old man called Yu Gong tried to move the •Place mountains, because the mountains were very big and high and blocked •Characters （阻挡）their way. They put all the earth and stone from the mountains •Conflicts (冲突) into the sea....Finally, a god was moved by Yu Gong so he sent two •Results gods to take the mountains away. (The story reminds us that you can •(Sometimes) never know what’s possible unless with morals you try your best to make it happen.)
•The Monkey King has excited the children of China for many years.
Can you see ideas or facts in the writing? Facts. Introduction (介绍说明）
Second &Third reading:
Read the passage carefully and group these sentences into 3 paragraphs.
Fourth reading:
Read the passage (paragraph 2)again and complete the chart about the Monkey King.

UNIT 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.Section A (1a－4c)重点单词1. ________ v. 射击，发射2. ________ n. 石头3. ________ adj. 虚弱的，无力的4. ________ n. 神，上帝5. ________ v. 提醒，使想起6. ________ n. 一点，小块7. ________ adj. 愚蠢的8. ________ n. 物体，物品9. ________ v. 隐藏10. ________n. 尾巴11. ________ adj. 有魔力的12. ________ n. 棍，条13. ________ v. 使兴奋14. ________ adj. 西方的15. ________ v. 适合，合身16. ________ n. 夫妻，两人17. ________v. &n. 微笑18. ________v. 结婚单词变形1. shoot—__________ (过去式)—__________ (现在分词)2. hide—________ (过去式)—__________ (过去分词)3. magic—__________(形容词)—__________ (名词)4. excite—__________/__________ (形容词)重点短语1. ______________ 有点儿，稍微2. ______________ 代替，反而3. ______________ 变成4. ______________ 从前5. ______________ 爱上，喜欢上6. ______________ 结婚7. ______________ 能够做8. ______________ 事实上9. ______________ 看起来像10. ______________ 把……变成……11. ______________ 一……就…… 12. ______________ 变得对……感兴趣13. ______________ 弱者重点句型1. But what could Yu Gong do____________ moving the mountains? 但是不把山移开，愚公还能做什么呢？2. ______________，there was a very old man…很久以前，有一位老翁……3. But________ he can hide his tail, or he cannot turn himself intoa man.但是除非他能把自己的尾巴藏起来，否则他就不能把自己变成人。

Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
In this scene The Monkey King is using his magic stick to destroy the buildings of bad people.
Journey to the West
In this scene NüWa is working hard to repair the sky.
Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
Section A 1a-2d
初中英语 八年级下册 RJ
Learning goals
1. New words: shoot(shot), stone, weak, god, remind, bit, silly
Describe these scenes. Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.
A man saw this and told Yu Gong that he could never do it.
Anna and Wang Ming are talking about Yu Gong Moves the Mountains.
Listen and read.
Wang Ming: Hi, Anna. In my Chinese class today, we read a famous story called Yu Gong Moves the Mountains.
2. Expressions: a little bit, instead of
3. Sentences: ①How does the story begin? ②Once upon a time, there was a very old man… ③As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said…

PanGuSeparatestheS kyFromtheEarth
Matchthestorywiththe 1a pictures[a-d].
___JourneytotheWest b ___HouYiShootstheSuns a ___YuGongMovesaMountain d ___NuWaRepairstheSky. c
Really?Ithinkit’salittlebitsi lly.Itdoesn’tseemverypossi bletomoveamountain. Butthestoryistryingtosho wusthatanythingispossibl eifyouworkhard!YuGong kepttryinganddidn’tgiveu p.
Listenandnumberthepictures[12a 4]inordertotellthestory.
1
2
3
4
2b
Listenagainandcirclethe wordsyouhear.
1.AmansawYuGongandhis(children/famil y)whentheywereworkingonmovingthemo untains. 2.HetoldYuGonghecouldneverdoitbecaus ehewasoldand(poor/weak).
2c
Lookatthepicturesin2aandtellthestoryiny ourownwords.
YuGongandhisfamilybegantom ovesomeoftheearthandstonetoth esea.
Oneday,amansawYuGongandhischil drenwhentheywereworkingonmovin gthemountains.