八年级英语下册Module5CartoonsUnit2MonkeyKinghasjusthadhis50thbirthday外研版.pptVIP

Module 5 Cartoons Unit 2 Monkey King has just had his 50th birthday. Everyone liked cartoon stories when he was a child. We can see many cartoon heroes in the books and on the movies. Let’s look at some pictures about cartoon stories and talk about: What country do they come from? Are they recent cartoons or old cartoons? Lead in Nemo Nemo — a cute orange-and –white fish. Shrek — an ugly green animal. The Monkey King Tintin Snoopy Listening Cartoon heroes Nemo is a cute orange-and-white fish and Shrek is an ugly green animal. They look very different, but both of them have won the hearts of young people all over the world. The pictures of these popular cartoon heroes are everywhere, on office desks, schoolbags and computer screens. Presentation There are also some older cartoon favourites. Monkey King has just had his 50th birthday. He is the hero of a story called Making Havoc in Heaven. He leads a group of monkeys against the Emperor of Heaven and his guards. He is brave, clever and humorous. Parents and children laugh together as Monkey King makes a terrible mess in heaven. They always expect to see more Monkey King cartoons. Tintin is another favourite cartoon hero. He has been popular for over eighty years, ever since the artist Herge invented him in 1929. Tintin has red hair and a small white dog. He works for a newspaper and has lots of exciting experiences. Fans have bought about 200 million copies of Tintin’s stories in more than fifty languages. Tintin appeared in China in the 1980s. Many Chinese still collect these black-and-white Tintin books. Finally, Snoopy, a cute dog, celebrated his 60th birthday in 2010. Snoopy lives in his own private world and finds real life hard to understand. Charles Schulz created Snoopy and his friends, and drew the cartoons to satisfy older people as well as children. Choose the sentence that best summarises the passage. A. Cartoon heroes are popular all over the world, and some ar