北京版一年级起点小学教育六年级英语下册UNIT ONE WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR-Lesson 4.ppt

Lesson 4;T:I have four pictures. Please guess what they are about． Who are the people in the pictures?;The Foolish Old Man Removed the Mountains.; The Foolish Old Man Removed the Mountains Taihang and Wangwu were two big mountains in the south of Jizhou and north of Heyang. They were seven hundred Ii around and ten thousand metres high. An old man lived on the north side of the mountains. He was 90 years old. People called him the Foolish Old Man. The mountains stood in his way to the south. He was very unhappy. So he said to his family, “Shall we work together to remove the two mountains? Then we can go straight to the south.”They agreed to his idea. The Foolish Old Man and his sons began to break rocks and dig earth. They carried the rocks and earth in baskets to the seaside of Bohai. One trip to the sea took them a long time. They left in winter and came back in summer. Another old man lived by the river, People called him the Wise Old Man, He laughed at the Foolish Old Man and said to him. “How unwise you are! You are old and weak. You cannot even pull out a tree from the mountains. How can you remove them?” The Foolish Old Man said, “You dont understand. When I die, there will be my sons, and my sons will have their sons and grandsons. The family will carry on, but the mountains will not grow. Why cant we remove them?” The God of Moumains heard the Foolish Old Mans words. He reported the whole thing to the Heavenly God. The Heavenly God was touched . He ordered the two sons of Kuaershi to remove the two mountains.;T:Please read the story Lesson4． Underline the people．;T: Lets see who are in the story． Who wanted to remove the mountains? S: The Foolish Old Man. T: What was he like? S: He is old and weak. T: Why did he want to remove the mountains? S: The mountains stood in his way to the south. ;T: How big were the mountains? S: They were ten thousand metres high. ;T: How old was the Foolish Old Man? ;