What’s the name of the story?

It’s Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.

Do you know other traditional

Chinese stories?

Ne Zha Conquers the Dragon King

Magic Brush Ma Liang

Chang’e Flies to the Moon

Pan Gu Separates the

Sky From the Earth

___ Journey to the West

___ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns

___ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain

___ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky.

Match the story with the pictures [a-d].Match the story with the pictures [a-d].1a

b

da

c

1. once upon a time = long, long ago 从前

e.g. Once upon a time,

there lived three monks

in a small temple.

从前，在一个小庙里住着三个和尚。

常用于讲述故事开头的词语

2. shoot v. 射击；发射过去式及过去分词形式： shot, shot

e.g. He shot the bird with his gun.

他用枪打鸟。

3. stone n. 石头

e.g. The soil is full of stones.

这土里有很多碎石。 He threw a stone at the dog.

他向狗掷了一块石头。

Listen and check (√) the facts you hear. Which

story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?1b

Listen and check (√) the facts

you hear. Which story are Anna

and Wang Ming talking about?

1b

They are talking about Yu Gong

Moves a Mountain.

____ 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.

1. How does the story begin?

Discuss the questions with your partner.Discuss the questions with your partner.

Once upon a time, there was

a very old man. There were

two mountains near his house. They

were so big and high that it took a long

way to walk to the other side.

2. What happened next?

The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains.

3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?

Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it’s big enough to hold everything.

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

2a

1

3

2

4

1. A man saw Yu Gong and his (children /

family) when they were working on

moving the mountains.

2. He told Yu Gong he could never do it

because he was old and (poor / weak).

Listen again and circle

the words you hear. 2b

3. As soon as the man finished (talking / speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.4. Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away.5. This story reminds us that you can never (know / see) what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the _____ and stone to the ___. One day, a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on _______ the mountains. He told Yu Gong that he could _____ do it because he was old and weak. As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could ________ to move the mountains after he _____.

earth sea

moving

never

continuedied

His family would live and grow, but the __________ could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on ________ day after day and year after year. Finally, a god was so ______ by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains ______. This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible _______ you try to make it _______.

mountains digging

moved

away

unless happen

Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the story in your own words.

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

2c

One day, a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.

He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak.

As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.

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

Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away.

This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

Role-play the conversation.

2d

So what do you think about the story of Yu Gong?

I think it’s really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem.

Role-play the conversation.

2d

Really? I think it’s a little bit silly. It doesn’t seem very possible to move a mountain.

But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard! Yu Gong kept trying and didn’t give up.

Well, I still don’t agree with you. I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem.

But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?

Well, there are many other ways. For example, he could build a road. That’s better and faster than moving a mountain!

You have different opinions about the story, and neither of you are wrong. There are many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.

1. This story reminds us that you can

never know what’s possible unless you

try to make it happen.

remind v. 提醒；使想起remind sb. of / about sth.

提醒某人想起某事

e.g. The picture reminds him of his

beautiful hometown.

这幅画让他想起了美丽的故乡。

e.g. Please remind me to come back

early.

请提醒我早点回来。

remind sb. to do sth.

提醒某人去做某事

【运用】根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子，每空一词。 ① 这个故事让我想起了我的童年。This story ________ _____ ______ my childhood.② 今天晚上你能提醒我给汤姆打电话吗？Could you please ________ ________ ____ _____ Tom up tonight?

reminds me of 

remind meto call

e.g. I’m a little bit tired. Let’s take a

short rest.

我有点累了，让我们休息一会。 She is a little bit shy. 她有点害羞。

2. I think it’s a little bit silly.

bit n. 有点；稍微

a little bit (= a little) + 形容词或副词或比较级时，表示“一点儿”。

辨析： a bit of + 不可数名词 一点 ……

e.g. She poured a bit of salt water in her

mouth.

她往嘴里倒了一些盐水。

silly adj. 愚蠢的通常指由于缺乏常识、判断力或稳健而作出令人可笑的行为和举止 ,

在句中可用作定语或表语。

e.g. I was silly to get out with a coat in a

cold day.

在这样冷的天气里没有穿外套就出门，我真傻。

e.g. If you can’t go, he’ll go instead of you.

Jack went swimming yesterday instead

of playing basketball.

3. But what could Yu Gong do instead of

moving the mountains?

instead of 是复合介词，后接名词、代词、动词的 -ing 形式或介词短语等，意为“代替，作为……的替换”。

The doctors went to Shanghai by train

instead of by car. 

I gave her some advice instead of

money.

instead 与 instead of 只有一词之差，但在用法上区别很大。 instead 是副词，意为“代替”，在句中只能用作状语。

e.g. We have no coffee. Would you like

some water instead?

Donna never studies. Instead, she

plays table tennis all day.

用括号内单词的适当形式填空或根据句意选用所学适当短语完成句子。1. Yu Gong found a good way ________

(solve) the problem.

2. You should kept _______ (try) and

never give up.

3. Give me the green one ___________

the red one.

to solve

trying

instead of    

4. She’d like to stay at home instead of

______ (go) to movies.

5. Please remind him _______ (take)

medicine on time.

6. Ted didn’t answer my question.

________, he asked me another

question.

going

to take

Instead 

Tell the story Yu Gong Moves a

Mountain in English to your parents.

Once upon a time, there was a very old

man …