英语人教版八年级下册8下英语 The Monkey King.ppt

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Section A 3a-3c Look at the pictures and answer the questions. What’s the name of this book? Journey to the West. Sun Wukong Who is the main character? or the Monkey King. What do you know about him? Please describe him. magic stick tail n. 尾巴 make 72 changes object n. 物体 Task 1: Match the paragraphs with the main ideas. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 It tells what the Monkey King is like. It talks about a traditional story. Why are the children interested in this book? 快速扫描-略读 （skimming） Task 2: Read the Paragraph 1 and check (√) the things. 1. Most pupils in England watch the TV program called Monkey in 1979 for the first time. 2. Journey to the West is a new Chinese book. It’s new to Chinese children. ( ) ( ) Task 3: Read and guess. （读读猜猜 ) He can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. The underlined words “turn…into” means _______. A. 转弯 B. 变成 C.转进去 浏览上下猜词义 （context） Read and guess. （读读猜猜。) But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. The meaning of the underlined word “hide” is ______. A. 打扮 B. 变成 C.隐藏 Read and guess. （读读猜猜。) 前加后添构新词 (word-building) Western children became interested in reading this story. The underlined words “western” means____. A. 西方国家的 B. 西边的 C. 西天的 + - ern west western Task 4 Read the Paragraph 2 and complete the chart about the Monkey King.  What he can do What he can’t do ● make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. turn himself into a person unless he can hide his tail. ● make the stick small and keep it in his ear, or make it big and long. 具体搜寻 scanning Why are the children interested in reading about the Monkey King? Task 5: Read the Paragraph 3 and answer the question. Because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up. Complete the sentence