1. Look through the nine questions on page13.2. Predict What is the myth probably about?(where?What at t

he beginning?Next?In the end?) Who are the main charaters in the myth?(their names,

their personalities,their hobbies and ect)

1. Listen to a myth.

Before listening

While listening

1.Always follow the tape, don’t stop if you don’t understand.

2. Pay attention to the stressed words and key words.

3. Think about the following questions according to the stages of a story while listening

Who are the main charaters?

What information about them, such as their hobbies, personalities and so on?

When and where did it take place?

What was happening at the start?

• The people

The beginnning

What happened? Happened next?

How did the character react?

Where did they go?

Happened next?

The end

development

What happened in the end?How did the people feel?

A. Listen to the tape twice to check your pridiction. Are there any mistakes? What are they?

B. Listen again to see how many answers you can get.

C. Listen again to check your answers.

D. Let’s see the stages of the myth.

The people

A king called Orpheus and his queen Eurydice.

Loved each other

King loved playing harp and played it beautifully.

Queen loved nature and used to go to the country.

The beginnning

One day in spring

Walked in the fields

Slept under an apple tree

The king of fairies came past and saw her.

development

The king of the faries took her on the horse to his palace

King Orpheus-- sad,left his palace,look for his loved wife, lived in the woods, took his harp and played it,

Saw …and followed, tried to speak to his wife, but she couldn’t speak to him and left with him,

• ending

Began to play the harp

Played the harp beautifully

Pleased,promised to give him anything he wished

Left with his wife and went back to his own palace

Lived a happy life

2. Tell a story (15—20 minutes)1. Look at the picture

2. Follow the stages above.(people, beginning of the story, action, development and the end)

3. Refer to the words, phrases and sentences

4. Use the function file learnt in this unit.

Word bank words learnt in this unit characteristic of…, feel sympathy, admirable, str

aightforward, painful, complex, puzzled, confused, disappointed, apparent, uncertain, amazing, awful, awkward, clumsy, dizzy, tense, nasty, shock, delighted, pleased, tease,

linking words in narrative writing 时间状语从句 when…/ while…/ as…./ as soon as…/ no sooner…than…/ hardly (scarce

ly; barely…when… not…until… suddenly, all of a sudden, In a flash, all at once;

at that moment, just then, from then on, since then, after that, a moment later,

in the end, finally, at last.Sentences learnt in this unit I thought it strange that… It is apprent to me that… It occurred to me that… The day witnessed… Now that… It was the first time that… It came as a shock that…Function file Guess what? I suppose…/ I believe…/ I guess…/I think