Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.How does the story begin?故事是怎么开始的？（询问故事的开端）Journey to the West西游记take a trip to Beijing北京之旅journey to sw某地之旅Yu Gong Moves a Mountain愚公移山move sth移动；挪到某物move to sw搬往某地moved 受感动的，修饰人moving 感动的；感人的，修饰物Hou Yi Shoots the Suns后羿射日shoot-shot射Nu Wa Repairs the Sky女娲补天repair sth=fix up sth=mend sth修理某物in my Chinese class在我的语文课上a famous story called Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.一个叫愚公移山的著名的故事called=named被叫做：被命名；called Yu Gong Moves a Mountain（修饰名词story）被叫愚公移山的once upon a time=long long ago=one day从前;很久以前two mountains near the house房子附近有两座山(介词短语后置修饰名词)It takes/ took/will take （sb）some time to do sth.做某事花费某人多长时间a long time 很长时间walk to the other side走到另一边walk to school步行去学校one side of the road马路的一边What happened next? 接下来发生了什么sth happened + to sb某人出了某事sth. + happened + 地点/时间（某地/某时发生了某事）The old man told his family that they should all help him to move the mountains.这位老人告诉他的家人，他们应该都帮助他一下tell-told告诉tell sb that+从句（告诉某人….）help sb( to) do sth告诉某人做某事A n old man probably couldn’t even move a small tree.一位老翁甚至不可能移走一棵小树probably=maybe或许；也许even甚至T hat’s what his wife said, too.那也是他妻子所说的what his wife said,（表语从句）Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?他们要把山上所有的泥土和石头放在哪儿呢the stone from the mountains来自山上的石头（介词短语from…后置修饰名词stone）put sth+介词短语（将某物放在某处）put it into the sea把它倒（放）在海里The sea is big enough to hold everything. =The sea is so big that it can hold everything.海洋足够大，能容纳一切They all started digging the next day.他们第2天都开始挖山了All全都（三者以上）both全都（两者）all of…(….的全部)both of….(两者都)start doing sth=begin doing sth=start to do sth=begin to do sth开始做某事dig-dug-digging挖dig a hole挖坑begin to move some of the earth and stone to the sea 把一些泥土和石头移到海里dig the mountain挖山the next day第二天some of…..(….中的一些)Let me tell you the rest of the story about Yu Gong. 让我告诉你们关于愚公的剩下的故事吧let sb do sth让某人做某事the rest of…..(….的剩余)about sth有关某事They were working on moving the mountains.他们正在移山work on sth使用某物work on doing sth从事某事；做某事He could never move the mountains because he was old and weak.他绝不可能把山移走，因为他老了而且身体虚弱never从不；永远不be weak是虚弱的be weak in sth不擅长….be good at sth擅长…..His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. ，他的家人会活着一代代繁衍，但是山不会变得更大get big变大Yu Gong kept on digging day after day and year after year.愚公日复一日年复一年的继续挖keep on doing sth继续做某事Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away.最后一位山神被愚公感动了，于是他派了两位神仙把山移走了.Finally=at last=in the end最后so….that….如此….以至于….send-sent送；寄；派send sb to do sth派遣某人做某事send sb to sw送某人去某地send sth to sb=send sb sth将某物寄给某人take sth away将某物带走：收起来This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.这个故事告诉我们，除非你尽力去做一件事，否则你绝不会知道什么是可能的rem ind“提醒；使想起”remind sb. + that 从句“提醒某人……”remind sb. of sb./sth使某人回想起或意识到某人/某事remind sb. to do sth提醒某人去做某事be possible是可能的unless：“除非；如果不”引导条件状语从句，时态遵循“主将从现”原则。
unless引导条件状语从句时= if…not（同义句转换）make+名词+do sth（使….做某事）make+名词+adj( 使…..怎么样)make the stick small把金箍棒变小What do you think about the story of Yu Gong?你如何看待愚公这个故事think of=think about sth认为….the story….(….的故事)really interesting很有意思Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem.愚公找到了一个解决他的问题的好办法find-found找到a way to do sth做某事的方法solve the problem解决问题solution(名词：解决)a little bit silly有点愚蠢a little bit= a little = a bit=kind of有点It doesn’t seem very possible to move a mountain.移山似乎是不可能的seem似乎；好像seem like sth似乎像…seem +名词(似乎是….)seem to do sth好像要做某事It seems + that+从句（似乎……）I seemed to hear a voice outside.=It seemed that I heard a voice outside. 我好像听见外边有说话声。
The story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard!这个故事试图告诉我们的是，如果你努力工作凡事皆有可能try to do sth想方设法做某事try doing sth尝试做某事try to find other ways to solve a problem设法找到解决问题的其他办法来work hard努力工作Anything is possible.一切皆有可能give up sth放弃某事give up doing sth放弃做某事I still don’t agree with you. 我还是不同意你的观点agree with sb同意某人观点agree to do sth同意去做某事disagree不同意agreement(名词：同意)What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?愚公能做些什么代替移山呢？instead of 介词短语“代替；反而”instead of doing sth代替做某事”instead of sth代替某事”many other ways很多其他的办法for example比如build a road修路That’s better and faster than moving a mountain!那比移山要好得多，快得多。
You have different opinions about the story, and neither of you are wrong.关于这个故事你们有不同的观点，你们都没有错，have different opinions有不同观点in one’s opinion依某人来看；在某人看来neither（两者都不）反义词both（两者都）neither of….(….都不)There are many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.一个故事有许多面，有多种方法来理解它many sides很多方面two sides of the road马路两边many ways很多方法way道路on one’s way to sw在去…的路上on my way home在我回家的路上on his way to school在他上学的路上in November 1979在1979年11月in+年/月/年月；pupils in England= pupils from England英国的学生were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey 能够看一个叫美猴王的新电视节目be able to do sth=can do sth能够做某事watch a TV program看电视节目program called Monkey叫美猴王的节目most of them他们中的大部分hear this story听说这个故事hear sth听到某事for the first time第1次However, this story is not new to Chinese children.然而对于中国的孩子们来说，这个故事已不新鲜be new to sb/sth对某人是陌生的；对某物是新鲜的he main character主要人物in the traditional Chinese book 在中国传统著作中The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey.美猴王并不是任何一只普通的猴子normal平常的；普通的normally平常地（副词）just仅仅；只In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! 事实上他有时候甚至看起来不像一只猴子in fact事实上；实际上look like看起来像….This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects.正是因为它有72种外形和大小的变化能把自己变成不同的动物和物体This is because（because在这是表语从句）make changes发生变化（change名词）change （sth/sb）to/into…= t urn (sb. / sth.) into… 把……变成change（动词：变换）different objects不同的物体Unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.除非他能能把自己的尾巴藏起来，否则他不能把自己变成人hide- hid隐藏；隐蔽hide sth from sb把某物藏起来不让某人发现hide from躲避；隐瞒His friends hid him from the bad guys.他的朋友把他藏了起来不让坏人发现。