新目标八年级下2014版英语最新教材 - 图文

Section B

1a Match the words with the letters in the picures in lc. ______gold ______emperor ______ silk ______ underwear

1b Listen and number the pictures ［1-5］ in 1c.

1c Listen again and fill in the blanks.

When the emperor______ at himself, he only ______ his under wear.

Nobody wanted to sound stupid. But suddenly, a young boy ______, “Look! The emperor isn’t ______ any clothes!” The emperor had to ______ them silk and gold, but they ______ everything for themselves. They were trying to cheat the emperor.

This story is about an emperor who loved . ______

Two ______ came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor.

1d Use the pictures in 1c to tell the story.

Once upon a time, there was an emperor…

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2a A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know Sleeping Beauty what these fairy tales are about? Cinderealla Little Red Riding Hood

2b Read the first paragraph of Hansel and Gretel. Think about how the fairy tale will continue. Then read the rest of the story.

Hansel and Gretel

Finding out the Text Type Hansel and Gretel lived near forest with their father and

Before you read, decide stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would

what kind of text it is. Ls it grow. The wife told her husband that unless the left the children to

a letter, a play, a short story die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this,

or something else? and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. SCENE ONE: ____________________________ Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? Hansel: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep. SCENE TWO: ____________________________- Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat if until you get to the forest. SCENE THREE: ____________________________ Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing? Hansel: I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, We’ll be lost. Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we’ll be able to see the stones. SENE FOUR: ____________________________ Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! Husband: We thought you were never coming back. Wife: Now, go to bad. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You can’t go out now.

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SCENE FIVE: ____________________________ Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones. Hansel: I’ll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. SCENE SIX: ____________________________ Gretel: I can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. Hansel: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, We won’t find our way out. SCENE SEVEN: ____________________________ Gretel: Hansel, we’re really lost! Hansel: Listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it. Gretel: Look! It’s leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and sugar. Hansel: Let’s eat part of the house! (Then they heard an old woman’s voice from inside the house.) Voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house?

2c Match each description below with the correct scene.

A. The children get lost. B. The children wake up.

C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. D. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan. E. The children surprise the parents. F. Hansel has to change his plan.

G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.

2d Read the play again and answer the questions.

1. Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? 2. What does Hansel go out to get?

3. Why does he do this in the moonlight?

4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? 5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?

2e Act out the play in groups of four.

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3a Write some key words from each scene. Then discuss your answers with your partner.

Scene 1: plan, kill, save, … Scene 5: ________________ Scene 2: ________________ Scene 6: ________________ Scene 3: ________________ Scene 7: ________________ Scene 4: ________________

3b Complete the summary of the play.

Gretel heard that their ________________planned to ________________ her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to ________________himself and his sister. He went to get some white ________________ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the________________. Hansel ________________ the stones as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining ________________.The stones showed them the way home. Hansel wanted go get more stones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the wife sent the children to the forest again. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped ________________ of________________ .But the ________________ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were in the forest. They walked until they saw a ________________ made of food. Hansel wanted to ________________the house, but then they heard the voice of an old ________________coming from the house.

Self Check

1. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. 1. We will be late unless… 2. You won’t be successful unless… 3. As soon as I got to the bus stop… 4. Bill opened his book as soon as … 5. The movie was so touching that… 6. The boy was so excited that… 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets. Once upon a time, there ______ (be) an emperor. He______ (love) buying and looking at clothes. One day, two brothers______ (come) to the city. They ______ (tell) the emperor that they could make beautiful clothes for him, but he must ______ (give) them silk and gold. The brothers______ (be) bad people. They______ (keep) all the silk and gold themselves. They told the emperor the clothes they made ______ (be) special because only clever people could ______ (see) them. When the emperor______ (put) on the clothes, all he could see was his underwear. But he didn’t want people to ______ (think) he was stupid, so he ______ (say) the clothes were beautiful. Then he ______ (walk) around the city in his new clothes until one boy ______ (shout), “The emperor isn’t wearing any clothes! “

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