深圳牛津英语7A-B本-Unit8.pptxVIP

Unit 8The box and the pearl Word learningMatch the words with their meanings on the right.de/co/ra/teim/pro/vekeenpearltrou/bledis/playdealva/lu/a/ble(g) to make something look more beautiful(f) to make something better(b) very excited and interested(a) a small shiny white ball(d) a problem(e) to show something to people(h) buying and selling(c) worth a lot of money Pre-reading What do you think the story will be about? I think the story will be about a Chinese fable:a man makes a beautiful box to sell a pearl, but in the end the buyer only wants the box. Reading 1.Where was he from?2.What did he have?3.What did he want to do ?4.How did he do?At the beginning of the storyLong ago, there was a man... ...He was from the State of Chu. He had a valuable pearl.He wanted to sell it in the State of Zheng.He made a beautiful box to display the pearl. Reading 1.Why did the man make the box so beautiful?2.How did the man make the box?In the middle of the storyThen, the man ...He wanted to improve his chance of selling the box. ①choose wood from a beautiful tree②fumigate the box ③decorate the box with expensive shining gems④paint a pretty picture onto the box Reading 1. Did he have any touble to find a buyer?2.What did the buyer do? Why?At the end of the storyNo, he had little trouble in finding a buyer.The buyer put the beautiful box carefully into his pocket and held out his hand with the pearl.He was a collector of beautiful boxes.He had no interest in pearlsFinally, the man ... WatchingHow do you think seller would feel when this happened?He would feel surprised because he thought thepearl was more valuable than the box. Post-reading What is the moral(寓意) of this story?The moral of this story is that we should focus on the important things, and not worry about the less important things.For example, A famous English story The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf , its moral is that you must not tell lies because people will not believe you when you finally tell the truth. K