1、Unit 6An old man tried to move the mountains.2a. A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are about?Sleeping Beauty CinderellaLittle Red Riding Hood2b. Read the first paragraph of Hansel and Gretel. Think about how the fairy tale will continue. Then read the rest

2、 of the story.Hansel and GretelHansel and GretelFinding Out the Text TypeBefore you read, decide what kind of text it is. 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 that no food wou

3、ld 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 GretelHansel and GretelSCENE ONE：_Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us?Hansel:

4、Dont 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.GSCENE 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 unt

5、il you get to the forest.BSCENE 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. DSCENE FOUR_Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest!H

6、usband: 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.ESCENE FIVE:_Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones.Hansel: Ill drop

7、 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.FCSCENE SEVEN：_ Gretel: Hansel, were really lost!Hansel: Listen! That b

8、irds 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?AA. The childre

9、n 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 with the correct s

10、cene.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 Gretel find their way home?5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?2d. Read the play again and answer the questio

11、ns.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 to 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 bri

12、ght, 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, the stones will be bright enough to find the way home.5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?They left some bread on the wa

13、y. And the bread was gone.3a. Write some key words from each scene. Then discuss your answers with your partner.Scene 1： plan, kill, save,. Scene 2：_ Scene 3：_ Scene 4：_Scene 5：_Scene 6: _Scene 7：_get up, forest, breaddrop, stones, moon, brightcome back, wake up, forest, again.bread, moon, followcan

14、t, bread, birds, walklost, song, house, bread, cake, candy.3b. Complete the summary of the play.Gretel heard that their_ plannedto _ her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to _ himself and his sister. He went to get some white_ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the ch

15、ildren to the_. Hansel _the stones as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining_. The stones showed them the way home. Hansel wanted to get some morestepmotherkillsavestonesforestdroppedmoonstones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the

16、 wife sent thechildren to the forest again. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped _of _. Butthe_ ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were _ in the forest. They walked until they saw a _made of food. Hanselwanted to_ the house, but then they heard the voice of an old _coming from the house.piecesbreadbirdsl

17、osthouseeatwoman有時這個句式中的有時這個句式中的that可以省略，可以省略，如：如：Everything happened so quickly I didnt have time to think. 一切發生得是那么快，我連思考的時間都沒有。一切發生得是那么快，我連思考的時間都沒有。2. We thought you were never coming back. 我們以為你們再也不回來了。我們以為你們再也不回來了。 We thought.表示人們過去的某種想法、判表示人們過去的某種想法、判 斷等斷等，可以譯作可以譯作“我們原想我們原想；我們本以；我們本以 為為”。又如：。又

18、如： I thought he would come, but he didnt. 我原想他會來的，但他卻沒有。我原想他會來的，但他卻沒有。4. Its leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy.它在把我們它在把我們引向那座有面包、蛋糕和糖果做引向那座有面包、蛋糕和糖果做成的美妙房屋。成的美妙房屋。此句中此句中 made of bread, cake and candy 作定作定語語，修飾名問修飾名問 house,形容詞形容詞 wonderful 也也是是house的定語。在英語中，大部分形容詞作的定語。在英語中，大部分形容詞作定語修飾名詞時應前置，短語或句子作定語定語修飾名詞時應前置，短語或句子作定語修飾名詞時應修飾名詞時應后后置置。又如：。又如：The young people in the room屋子里的年輕人。屋子里的年輕人。一、完成句子。一、完成句