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Answer these questions.
? How does the story begin?
? Why did the old man want to move the mountains?
? So what happened next?
? What did he ask his family to do? ? Where would they put all the earth and
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3. stone n. 石头
e.g. The soil is full of stones. 这土里有很多碎石。 He threw a stone at the dog. 他向狗掷了一块石头。
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1b Listen and check ( ? ) the facts you hear.
Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?
stone from the mountains?
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Language points
Once upon a time , there was a very old man… 很久以前，有位老翁……. once upon a time 的意思是“从前，很久以前”
是英文故事、童话开头常见的一种叙述方式 类似说法有 long long ago 或a long time ago.
Once upon a time, there was a mountain. And in
The mountain, there was… 从前有座山，山里有座……
sh_o_o_t______ them.
Nu Wa Repairs the Sky.
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How did Nu Wa use to r_e_p_a_ir_____ the sky?
Journey to the West
The Monkey King had a long j_o_u_rn_e_y_____ to the West. 8
Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
Section A
Period 1 1a-2d
中国神话故事
Chinese Mythology [m?'θ?l?d??]
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Do you like listening or telling stories? Have you ever heard these stories?
_?___The two mountains were very high and big. _?___ A very old man tried to move the mountains.
____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.
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1b Listen to 1b again and fill in the blanks.
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Do you like listening or telling stories? Have you ever heard these stories?
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Do you like listening or telling stories? Have you ever heard these stories?
常用于讲述故事开头的词语
e.g. Once upon a time , there lived three monks in a small temple. 从前，在一个小庙里住 着三个和尚。
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2. shoot v. 射击；发射 过去式及过去分词形式：shot, shot
e.g. He shot the bird with his gun. 他用枪打鸟。
Yu Gong Moves a Mountain
Many people thought it was difficult to move the mo_u_n_t_a_in_s___, 9but Yu Gong didn't think so.
1a Match the story titles with the pictures
Once upon a time, there were two __m_o_u_nt_a_in_s____ near old man's house. They were so _____h_ig_h_____ and big that it took them a long time __to_w_a_l_k____ to the other side. So the old man told his family to help him____m_o_v_e______ the mountains. Although his wife didn't think he could do that, they all started__to_d_i_g_/d_ig_g_in_g___ the next day. They put all the earth and _st_o_ne_______from the mountains into the sea because it is big enough _t_o_h_o_ld__ everything.
[a--d].
_b__ Journey to the West
_a__ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
_d__ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain
_c__ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky.
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1. once upon a time = long, long ago 从前
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Do you like listening or telling stories? Have you ever heard these stories?

Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
The nine suns were too hot, so Hou Yi decided to 6