1. Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
Reading (P43 3a---3c)
Shen Chunya
Jiangzhen School

3. X Fast-reading A story Introduction of one character (人物介绍说明）
Read the passage and match each paragraph with the main idea. X
Time
A story
The Monkey King is not just a normal mokey.
Western children are also interested in the Monkey King.
The Monkey King is the main character in Journey to the west.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Who is he?
Place
Characters
What can he do?
Event
Result
How do people like him?
Introduction of one character (人物介绍说明）

4. 1. When did the English TV program Monkey come out?
Read Para.1&3 carefully and answer these questions.
Careful reading:
1. When did the English TV program Monkey come out?
In 1979 /more than 30 years ago
2. Do children around the world like the Monkey King? How do you know from the passage?
Yes, they do. The Monkey King has excited the children of China for many years and western children also became interested in this story.
3. What can we learn from the Monkey King?
We should keep fighting to help the weak and never give up.

5. Careful reading: What he can do What he cannot do
Read paragraph 2 carefully and complete the chart about the Monkey King.
What he can do
What he cannot do
He can make 72 changes to his shape and size.
Unless he can hide his tail, he can’t turn himself into a man.
He can make the magic stick so small that he can keep it in his ear.
He is able to make the stick long and big.

6. 3c. Complete the sentences below with phrases from the passage.
1. Journey to the West is a ___________ Chinese book. It tells one of the most popular stories in China.
traditional
2. When the English TV program Monkey _________ in 1979, Western children __________________________ this wonderful story.
came out
became interested in reading
3. The Monkey King can ________________ to his body. He is able to ________________ different animals and objects.
make 72 changes
turn himself into
4. The Monkey King __________ make his magic stick small or large.
can

7. Group work What makes an introduction of one character?
What’s the name of the story?
An old man tried to move the mountains
A brief introduction of the story
Is the story popular?
It is a popular story.
Who is the main character?
Yu Gong
What can he do?
He is old and weak.
His abilities, out-looking, actions
What does he look like?
What did he do in the story?
He wanted to move the mountains because….
How do people like him?
Many people think he found a good way to solve the problem but some
people think….
The influence(影响)of the character.
What do people think of him?
From Yu Gong, we can learn that…
What can we learn from him?
Please write an introduction of Yu Gong
Group work

8. Homework Finish 4a and 4b on P44.
2. Write down your favorite character in the same way as Monkey King.