Unit 8 educational problems,Text A Fable of the Lazy Teenager,Pre-reading,Do you know any fables? What are they?,Lion and the Mouse, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Fox and the Grapes, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, The Fox and the Crow, The Dove and the Ant, The Fox and the Stork.,Picture Fable Talking,Directions: 1. Work in groups 2. Rebuild the fables according to the pictures and key words 3. Select a presenter for your group 4. Tell your fable to the class and the moral lesson,Picture Fable Talking,Picture Fable Talking,Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing ,so he decided to draw the feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, Who has ever seen a snake with feet?”,Picture Fable Talking,Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.,Picture Fable Talking,Picture Fable Talking,The Fox and the Crow One day a crow stood on a branch near her nest and felt very happy with the meat in her mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice. “I am sure your voice is even more beautiful than your feathers,” said the Fox. “Wont you sing a song for me, Queen of Birds?” The Crow was so pleased she could hardly sit still. She lifted her head high, closed her eyes and opened her beak to sing: CAW-CAW-C-CAW-W-W. The meat fell to the ground, right in front of the Fox.,Picture Fable Talking,Never trust a flatter.,Picture Fable Talking,Picture Fable Talking,The Milkmaid and Her Pail A milkmaid was going to the market. She carried her milk in a pail on her head. She dreamt about the eggs she would buy when she sold the milk. The eggs will hatch; then she will sell the chickens. With the money she earned, she would buy fine clothes for herself. “ Ill buy a new dress, and when I go to the ball, all the young men will dance with me!” As she spoke she tossed her head back. The pail immediately fell off her head, and all the milk was spilt.The girl went back without anything. She felt very sad. ah, my child, said her mother. “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.,Picture Fable Talking,Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.,A Brief Introduction to Fable,The term fable refers to a short story in which animals or inanimate objects speak and behave like humans, usually to give a moral point. The term comes from the Latin fabula, “a telling.” The greatest teller of fables was Aesop. He was believed to be a Greek slave who lived in the 6th century B.C. Another great teller of fables was Jean de La Fontaine. He wrote in France in the 17th century. La Fontaine based many of his fables on those of Aesop.,B R _ A Brief Introduction to Fable 2,Some of their best-known fables are The Lion and the Mouse, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Fox and the Grapes, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, The Fox and the Crow, The Dove and the Ant, and The Fox and the Stork. In the Chinese language, some idioms come from fables such as The Frog in the Shallow Well , His Spear against His Shield , Making His Mark.,Typical features of fables Short tales Not based on facts Intended to give a moral lesson Not stated directly but deduced by readers,Text A Fable of the Lazy Teenager,Part Division,Interview,Suppose you are a journalist and your partner is the author of the text. You have an interview with him. The interview should cover the following points: 1. the happening in the drugstore the reason why the author went there; a dialogue between the salesgirl and him 2. the authors feeling to the happening the problems American teenagers are facing such as ignorance, poor ability of calculations and other things 3. something about the son of the authors friend 4. the authors purpose of offering a fable,Part 1,G R _ Questions and Answers1,Questions and Answers,1. Why did the author go to the drugstore one day?,He wanted to buy some file folders.,2. How old was the salesgirl?,3. What was the salesgirls reaction to the authors mental arithmetic (心算)?,Under 20 years old.,She was very surprised at it.,G R _ Questions and Answers2,5. What was the author?,He was a teacher at a college.,4. Did the salesgirl believe that the author did calculations by magic? Why or why not?,Yes. Maybe she believed it because she could never do that.,6. What did the author think of American teenagers?,He thought they are ignorant and lacking in knowledge of world history and geography.,Questions and Answers,G R _ Questions and Answers3,7. In the authors opi