Archimedes and the golden crown
The story of the red-crowned crane
The story of 100,000 arrows
The Trojan horse
A dog’s story
Aliens arrive!ok at the title and the picture of the story. Then guess the answers to the questions below.
Oxford English
Unit
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Module 1 Geniuses
Wise men in history
Period 4
More practice Culture corner
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Show time
Retell one of the stories below.
The king and the rice
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Culture corner
Look at the picture and read the article. Then answer the questions.
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Share other famous Chinese sayings with your classmates.
the boat.
( 2 ) The boat went lower into the water. ( 6) Cao Chong weighed all the rocks. ( 1 ) The elephant walked onto a boat. ( 7 ) That was the weight of the elephant. ( 3) Cao Chong drew a line on the boat.
A Read the story below and describe how Cao Chong weighed the elephant. Use the words from the box to help you.
Cao Chong asked some soldiers to lead the elephant onto a boat. The boat went lower into the water when the elephant walked onto it. He drew a line on the side of the boat to mark how low it went. Then Cao Chong asked the soldiers to take the elephant off the boat and fill the boat with rocks until it went down again and water reached the line on the boat. Then Cao Chong weighed the rocks one by one and added up the weight of all the rocks. That was the weight of the elephant.
weight /weIt/ weigh /weI/
Who was in the story? What did Cao Cao want to know about the elephant? How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant? What do you think of Cao Chong?
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Read the story below.
More practice
/rBk/
/ri:T/
/mA:k/
Put the sentences below in the right order.
( 4 ) Soldiers filled the boat with rocks. ( 5 ) The boat went down again and water reached the line on
Complete the passage with proper words.
How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant? As soon as the elephant ____________ a boat, the boat _____________the water. So Cao Chong ___________ on the side of the boat to _______ how low it went. After that, some soldiers ______ the elephant ______ the boat and _____the boat ____________until it went down again and water __________ the line on the boat. Finally, Cao Chong _________ all the _________. That was the _________ of the elephant.
H Homework
1. 抄写单词和短语：weight，weigh，scale， mark，rock，reach；draw a line，go lower， take … off，go down，add up。
2. 通过书籍或网络查找一个中国古代早慧孩子 的故事，准备在下节课复述。