Challenging Yourself Ⅱ Being Honest Honesty is the best policy 重庆市奉节永安中学校 孙晓云

Looking Ahead Talk about honesty and develop the virtue of being honest. Enlarge vocabulary through derivation. Practise apologizing and responding to apologies. Write a letter of apology.

Seven Dollars and a Bag of Cookies

Getting Ready and Reading

Lead-in & words presentation 1 What is “honesty”? Which of the following means “honesty” to you? Give your own answers if none of them matches your definition. Never tell a lie. B. Be open to parents. C. Seldom tell lies. D. Never steal anything. My answer:_______________________________ 2 Guess the meaning of each of the colored words in the following paragraph. Tom is a postman. His job is to deliver letters which are kept in envelopes. Every day he goes along the same route to deliver letters. He has to be careful with the letters. If a letter slips out of his hand and gets dirty he feels guilty and will apologize to the receiver of the letter and often he will gain forgiveness. Without his delivery, we would have to go to the post office to get our letters by ourselves.

Work in Groups The following pictures tell a story about a little boy who once did something wrong to an old lady. Arrange them in order according to what you think.

Fast Reading ． Read through the article to decide which of the following statements tells the main idea． 1)A little boy once broke a window on an old lady’s house，but he never admitted his fault． 2)Two little boys broke a window on an old lady’s house and they admitted their fault immediately． 3)A little boy broke a window on an old lady’s house and admitted his fault．but the old lady didn’t forgive him． 4)A little boy broke a window on an old lady’s house and the old lady finally forgave him because of his honesty 

Read the story again, be sure you will understand it better with the help of the Margin Notes

Careful Reading Work in pairs and answer the following questions in complete sentences． 1）What did the little boy do after he broke the window? At the sound of the broken glass, the little boy ran away quickly form the old lady’s yard. 2) What did the boy try to do when he felt guilty? The little boy made up his mind that he would save some delivery money and try to cover the cost of the old lady’s glass and then he would admit his fault. 3) Do you think the little boy was honest or not? And why? I think he was an honest boy. He can finally admit his own fault and apologize to the old lady and try to take action to amend though he ran away at first.

She is a kind ,considerate, generous and respectable old lady. 4) How do you understand the underlined sentence in the text? I really felt guilty for myself and how I expected that the old lady could forgive me. 5) Why did the old lady say “I'm proud of you.”? By saying “I’m proud of you.” The old lady meant that she thought the little boy was an honest boy and she would forgive him. 6) What do you think of the old lady? She is a kind ,considerate, generous and respectable old lady.

_______ ———— What does the title mean ? Seven Dollars and a Bag of Cookies ———— honesty forgiveness

To Be Honest Read the following quotations about “honesty”．Which one do you most agree to? Give some examples to support your ideas． A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes． -------Mark Twain No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar． ------Abraham Lincoln Dare to be true：nothing can need a lie；a fault，which needs it most，grows two thereby． ------George Herbert We tell lies when we are afraid…afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think，afraid of what will be found out about us．But every time we tell a lie．the thing that we fear grows stronger． -------Tad Williams

Retelling Work in pairs and retell the story to each other．You may use the following words and expressions． You may begin your story like this: On a Saturday afternoon，a little boy and his friend were throwing rocks onto the roof of an old lady’s house… Throw rocks run away scared uncomfortable feel guilty save money surprised

Talking Can you say a story about “Honesty” ? Tell a story about honesty or your own experience to your partner, then share with the class.

Language points give sb. a lesson in 给某人……方面的教训 e.g The fire gave us a lesson in safety. 火灾给我们安全方面的教训。 teach sb. a lesson 教训某人 be a lesson to 对……是个教训 learn one’s lesson 得到教训 2.pass on 传递 e.g Please pass on this book to Mr. Brown. 2)传下来，传给（后代） e.g The custom pass on from one generation to another. 3)离去，往前 e.g Now let us pass on to the next subject. 3.at the sound of 一听到声音（就） e.g At the sound of the teacher, all the pupils took their seats immediately. 一听到老师的声音，所有的学生立即就座。 at the sight of 一看到（就） at one’s arrival 一到达（就）

4.“with+复合宾语”结构归纳 1) with + n./pron.+介词短语 e.g She said good-bye with tears in her eyes. 2) with + n./pron.+形容词 e.g I like sleeping with all windows open. 3) with + n./pron.+副词 e.g With Mr. Smith away, we’ve got more room. 4）with + n./pron.+现在分词 e.g I won’t be able to go on a holiday with my mother being ill. 5）with + n./pron.+过去分词 e.g He was brought in, with his hands tied behind his back. 6）with + n./pron.+不定式 e.g With so much homework to do, he couldn’t go out for play. 5. Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, ”I’m proud of you.” 本句是倒装句，正常语序应为: The seven dollars and a short note was inside…, 如果不倒装，则出现两个问题，一是主语太长，显得头重脚轻；二是后面的定语从句和先行词分隔太远，易造成误解。 e.g On the floor lay a boy who was terribly hurt.

Homework Divide the class into two groups．Group 1 acts as ”I” in the reading．Group 2 acts as “the old lady”．Group l is to apologize to the old lady by writing an e--mail to her．Group 2 is to write back in the name of the old lady．The useful expressions on page60 may help you.

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