Lesson21TheFableoftheWoodcutterStoriesandPoemsUnit4

TalkfreelyDoyouknowwhatafableis?Canyounamesomefables?守株待兔揠苗助長woodcutteraxedivesilverfablewoodcutteraxediven.寓言n.伐木工n.斧子v.(dived或dove/dived)

跳水；俯沖admitsilverpolicyv.承認；贊同adj.&n.銀(的)n.原則；政策Readthetitleandlookatthepictureonpage54.Thinkabout:Whathappenedtothewoodcutter?Whatmightthewoodcuttersaytospirit?Readandanswerquestions.1.Whoappearedasthewoodcuttercried?2.Howdidthewoodcuttergetbackhisoldaxe?3.Whydidthespiritgivethewoodcuttertheothertwoaxesaspresents?Aspiritappeared.Thespiritdoveintothelakeandbroughtbackhisaxe.Becausethespiritwassohappywiththewoodcutter’shonesty.Readthelessonagain.Thinkaboutthespiritandthewoodcutter.Matcheachpersonwiththewordsthatdescribethem.helpfulcleverhonestfoolishwarm-hearteddishonestkindpoorTheFableoftheWoodcutterTheWoodcutter:cuttingwood,losthisaxe→deep,couldn’tgetback→couldn’tmakealiving,begantocryThespirit:appeared→listenedto,feltsorryfor→cameupwith→doveintoAftertheaxewaslost:broughtbackagoldaxe→admittedto,nothisaxebroughtbackasilveraxe→nothisaxereturnedwith→sohappywith→gavehim…...and

he

needed

it

to

make

his

living.······并且靠它來謀生。make

one’s

living意為“謀生”，相當于makealiving，one’s

要與主語保持一致。

make

a/one’sliving

by

doing

sth.意為“靠做某事謀生”。He

makes

his

living

by

teachinghowtoplaythepiano.他靠教授彈鋼琴謀生。2.Because

he

was

honest,he

admitted

to

the

spiritthat

it

wasn’t

his

axe.因為他是誠實的，所以他向精靈承認那不是他的斧子。admit動詞，意為“承認，贊同”。其過去式和過去分詞為

admitted，admitted。主要用法:(1)admit(to

sb.)that...(向某人)承認······，that

引導賓語從句。I

admittedto

my

parentsthat

I

was

wrong.我(向父母)承認我錯了。(2)admit

to

sth.承認某事He

admitted

to

his

mistakes.他承認了他的錯誤。(3)admit

to

doing

sth.承認做了某事

She

admitted

to

makingthemistake.她承認犯了錯誤。3.The

spirit

went

down

a

third

time

and

returnedwith

the

woodcutter‘s

old

axe.精靈再次下去，帶著樵夫的那把舊斧子回來了。“a/an+序數詞”意為“又一，再一”，相當于another。He

has

seen

the

filmtwice,but

he

wants

tosee

it

a

third

time.那部電影他已看過兩次了,可他還想再看一次。【拓展】“the+序數詞”意為“第幾”，表示按順序排列。His

parents

have

two

children;the

second

one

is

agirl.他的父母有兩個孩子，第二個是女孩。Workingroups.Whatfabledoyouknowabout?Talkaboutafableingroupsandthenwriteitdown.完成句子，每空一詞。1.他靠開出租車謀生。He

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bydrivingataxi.2.那條魚潛到了海底。Thatfish______________thebottomofthesea.3.他承認誤解了我的意圖。He______________mistakingmyintentions.makes

his

l