Journey to the West Chinese traditional legend

An old man tried to move the mountains. Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Section A (1a---2c) 2

b a d c 1a ___ Journey to the West ___ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns 20 seconds Match the story titles with the pictures [a--d]. b ___ Journey to the West ___ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns ___ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain ___ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky a d c

ten shot Guessing game Hou Yi shoots the suns Once upon a time,there were _____ suns in the sky. Hou Yi _____ nine of them. shot

Waiting for a Hare to Turn up Guessing game Waiting for a Hare to Turn up

Guessing game Journey to the West

To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow

Nu Wa Repairs the Sky

Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.

Yu Gong Moves a Mountain. 1b Listen and check the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about? (1b) __ 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. Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Once How does the story begin? Who was the story about? ________ upon a time, there was a very old man______ Yu Gong. What happened? There are two __________ near his house. They were ___ big and high that it ______ a long time to walk to the other side. The old man _____ his family that they should all help him to _______ the mountains. Yu Gong said he could ______all the earth and stone ______ the sea because it’s big ______ to ______ everything. So they all started ________ the next day called mountains so took told move put into enough hold digging

Retell the story So far, We have learned how to begin a story and the beginning of Yu Gong moves mountains Once upon a time, there was..., called.... near his house... ...so high and big that... told his family that… could put …into The next day, they.... Do you know the rest of the stories?

Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in order to tell the story. 3 2 4 1

Listen again and fill in the blanks. began Yu Gong and his family _______ to move some of the earth and stone to the sea.

One day saw when working on never weak As soon as finished continue ________, a man ______ Yu Gong and his children _______ they were ____________moving the mountains. He told Yu Gong that he could ________ do it because he was old and _______. __________ the man________ talking, Yu Gong said that his family could _________ to move the mountains______ he died. saw when working on never weak As soon as finished continue after

grow His family would live and ________, but the mountains could not get _________. So Yu Gong and his family __________ digging _____________ and year after year. bigger kept on day after day

moved ________, a _____ was so ________ by Yu Gong that he ______ two gods to ______ the mountains ________. This story ____________ us that you can never know what’s possible ________you try to make it happen. Finally god sent take away reminds / tells unless

Retell the story began Yu Gong and his family _______ to move some of the earth and stone to the sea.

One day saw One day…… As soon as…… when working on never weak ________, a man ______ Yu Gong and his children _______ they were ____________moving the mountains. He told Yu Gong that he could ________ do it because he was old and _______. __________ the man________ talking, Yu Gong said that his family could _________ to move the mountains______ he died. saw One day…… As soon as…… when working on never weak As soon as finished continue after

grow His family would live and ________, but the mountains could not get _________. So Yu Gong and his family __________ digging _____________ and year after year. His family……, but the mountains …… So …… bigger kept on day after day

moved ________, a _____ was so ________ by Yu Gong that he ______ two gods to ______ the mountains ________. This story ____________ us that you can never know what’s possible ________you try to make it happen. Finally god Finally, …… This story reminds …… sent take away reminds / tells unless

Group work Tell the story in a group: 1. Once upon a time, there was a very old man… There were… 2. Yu Gong wanted to move the mountains because… 3. A man told Yu Gong that … because… 4. As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong told his family they could continue to move … 5. So …Finally… 6. This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen. Act out the story in a group: The main characters are: 1. Narrator (旁白) 2. Yu Gong 3. A man 4. Yu Gong’s children 5. A god Group work 23

Show Time

The story tries to show us ________. A. the story is interesting. B. Yu Gong is silly. C. anything is possible if you work hard. The story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen. 25

Keep trying and never give up.

Homework Choose one of the three to tell the story. Journey to the West Hou Yi Shoots the Suns Nu Wa Repairs the Sky

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