Lesson 21 The fable of the woodcutter科目英语课题Lesson 21 The fable of the woodcutter学 习 目 标知识与能力：New words: silver fable dive admit policyExpressions: make ones living 谋生 admit doing sth. 承认做了某事 dive into投入；潜入 feel sorry for sb. 为某人难过get back 找回；取回；恢复 a third time 又一次bring back带回；还回；使记起过程与方法： speaking, listening, reading and writing 情感态度和价值观：Honesty truly is the best policy.重点：学习寓言故事，掌握本文重点句子：1. When he was cutting wood beside a lake, he lost his axe in the water.2. He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living. 3. The spirit dove into the lake and brought back a gold axe.4. The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutters old axe.学法指导及使用说明 : 自主学习，合作探究课前预习:.寓言早在我国春秋战国时代就已经盛行。当时一些思想家把寓言当成辩论的手段。为了在政治主张上战胜对方，为了阐明自已的观点，互相责难，辩论，往往取材于古代神话、传说、民间故事或谚语。通过艺术加工，用鲜明生动的抽象的代替议论进行激烈的争辨斗争。 世界各国的寓言作品也很多。世界最早的寓言集是伊索寓言，其它比较著名的寓言集或寓言较集中的作品有克雷洛夫寓言、列那狐的故事百喻经拉封丹寓言 等。.预习检测：Complete the following sentences according to the Chinese given in the brackets.1. Geniuswithouteducationis like_ (银子)intheMine. 2. Whatdoesthis_(寓言)tellus? 3. The_(政策)guaranteesusagainstallloss. 4. Sheimmediately cametometo_(承认)hermistake. 5. _(诚实) truly is the best policy.合作交流:.Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks on the screen. Read the lesson and finish No.1 and No.2 on P55.展示提升:Language points:1. When he was cutting wood beside a lake, he lost his axe in the water.他在湖边砍柴时，斧子掉进了水里。was cutting,为过去进行时态结构，它表示过去某一时刻或某一时间正在进行或发生的动作。其结构为：主语+was/were+ving+其他，时间状语常用at this/that time yesterday. at 4:00 yesterday afternoon等。e g. - - What were you doing at this time last night? - I was dong my homework.另外，当when引导的时间状语从句用一般过去时，主句常用过去进行时。Eg.He was reading a book when I saw him.2. He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living. 他只有一把斧子，他需要靠它谋生。make/earn ones living 谋生 也可表示为：make a living by doing sth.eg. Hehad tomakehisownlivingwhenhewastenyears old.当他十岁的时候，他不得不靠自己谋生。3. Because he was honest, he admitted to the spirit that it wasnt his axe.因为他诚实，所以他向精灵承认那不是他的斧子。admit表示“向某人承认”要搭配介词to。eg. The student admitted his mistakes to his teacher. 那个学生向老师承认了错误。4. The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutters old axe.精灵又一次潜下去，带着樵夫的旧斧子回到水面。“不定冠词+序数词”表示相对前一个而言的“又一，再一”。eg. He has seen the film three times, but he wants to see it a fourth time.那部电影他已看过三次，可他还想再看一次。达标检测：.Finish NO.3 on P55. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words.1. _(honest) truly is the best policy.2.Tom had to sell newspapers to make a _(live).3. The little girl laughed because her lost toy _(appear)again.4. The student _(admit) to the teacher that he was wrong.5. He was _(cut) an apple when I saw him.6. -What _you_(do) when I called you yesterday.-I _(swim)in the pool.7. -_ they _(have) a meeting at 4:00 yesterday afternoon? -No, they _. They_(clean) the classroom.8. They were in a hurry because their plane _(leave) five minutes.