The Monkey King is the main character in Journey to the West.

His name’s Sun Wukong. He is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey!

Tell something about the Monkey King.

Yeah. This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects.

But unless he can hide his tail, he can’t turn himself into a person.

To fight bad people, he uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.

Look at the picture. Do you know this story?

What’s the name of this story?

The Emperor’s New Clothes.

Can you tell the story briefly?

Once upon a time, an emperor loved new clothes very much. Two brothers came to the city and made a special clothes for the emperor. They asked for much gold and silk, but they kept them for themselves. They pretended to work for a long time every day. Then at last, the special clothes was OK. But nobody could see it. But no one said it until one young boy shouted that the emperor wore nothing.

silk n. 丝绸emperor n. 国王

underwear n. 内衣

e.g. He won two gold metals in the game. 他在比赛中获得两枚金牌。

e.g. They were stupid not to follow your

advice. 他们不听从你的建议真是愚蠢。

stupid adj. 愚蠢的

gold n. 黄金； adj. 金色的

e.g. It’s wrong to cheat in

examinations. 考试作弊是错误的。

cheat v. 欺骗；蒙骗

Match the words with the letters in

the pictures in 1c.

_____ gold ____ emperor _____ silk ____ underwear

bc

d

1a

a

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

1

1b

23

4

5

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

1c

This story is about an emperor who loved _______. clothes

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

brothers

The emperor had to ______ them silk and gold, but they _____ everything for themselves. They were trying to cheat the emperor.

give

kept

Nobody wanted to sound stupid. But suddenly, a young boy _______, “Look! The emperor isn’t _______ any clothes. ”

When the emperor ________ at himself, he only ______ his underwear.

lookedsaw

shoutedwearing

1. What’s the name of the story?

The Emperor’s New Clothes.

2. Is it a traditional Chinese story?

No, it isn’t. It’s from Europe.

Listen and answer the questions.

3. What was the emperor’s

hobby? He liked new clothes. He loved buying and looking at his new clothes.

Because people couldn’t see the new clothes unless they were clever.

Because they kept all the gold and

silk for themselves.

5. How do we know that the two brothers

were really trying to cheat the emperor?

4. Why were the new clothes special?

6. Why didn’t everyone say that the new

clothes were really nice?

Because they didn’t want other

people to know that they were stupid.

7. Who said that the emperor wasn’t

wearing any clothes?A young boy.

Use the pictures in 1c to tell the

story.1d

Once upon a time, there was an emperor. He loved clothes very much. He loved buying clothes and looked at his beautiful clothes.

Two brothers came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor. They said people couldn’t see the clothes unless they were clever.

In fact, the two brothers were really trying to cheat the emperor. They asked for much gold and silk and kept them for themselves.

When the emperor looked at himself, he only saw his underwear. But he didn’t want people to think he was stupid. So he said his new clothes were really beautiful.

When the emperor walked through the street wearing his new clothes. Everybody said his new clothes were wonderful.

Suddenly, a young boy shouted, “Look! The emperor isn’t wearing anything.”

e.g. Luckily to her, her stepmother was kind to her. 幸运的是，她的继母对她很好。wife n. 妻子 ; 太太

e.g. He phoned his wife to say he’d be

late.

他打电话告诉他太太说要晚到。

stepmother n. 继母

husband n. 丈夫e.g. Mrs. Brown lost her husband in the crowd. 在人群中布朗太太和丈夫走散了。whole adj. 全部的 ; 整体的

e.g. All the students succeeded in the exam. 所有的学生考试合格。

辨析 : whole 强调整体上 the whole + n.

all 强调全部 ( 数量上 )all the + n.

scene n. 场；场景

e.g. The last scene has been cut off from the film. 最后一个场景已经从电影中剪掉了。

bright adv. 明亮地 ; 光亮地e.g. The moon shines so bright tonight.

今晚的月亮如此明亮。拓展： bright adj. 明亮的 ; 光线充足的e.g. The sky is usually bright and blue.

天空通常明亮湛蓝。

shine v. 发光 ; 照耀e.g. Thu sun was shining and the sky was

blue. 阳光灿烂 , 天空一片蓝。

ground n. 地；地面e.g. Heavy snow has covered the ground. 大雪覆盖了地面。e.g. Would you please to lead us around your factory? 你能带我们参观一下你的工厂吗？

lead v. 带路；领路

e.g. I think Liu Yang is a brave soldier. 我认为刘阳是一位勇敢的士兵。

brave adj. 勇敢的

voice n. 声音e.g. A man’s voice is usually lower than woman’s. 男子的声音通常比女子的低。 My cousin has a beautiful voice. 我表妹有优美的嗓音。辨析： voice 指嗓音 sound 指自然界里的任何声音e.g. I woke at the sound of the bell. 随着铃声，我就醒了。

A fairy tale is an old, traditional story. Do you know what these fairy tales are about?

2a

Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella

Little Red Riding Hood

睡美人

灰姑娘小红帽

Sleeping Beauty

A lovely princess had to sleep for 100

hundred years because of an evil magic.

One hundred years later, a young

prince came and saved the princess.

They got married and had a happy life.

2b 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.

2c

SCENE ONE _____ SCENE TWO ____

SCENE THREE ____ SCENE FOUR ____

SCENE FIVE _____ SCENE SIX _____

SCENE SEVEN _____

E. The children surprise the parents.F. Hansel has to change his plan.G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.

G

E

B

F

D

A

C

1. Why does the wife tell her husband to

leave the children in the moonlight?

Read the play again and

answer the questions.

The weather was so dry that no food

would grow. If they didn’t left the

children to die in the forest the whole

family would die.

2d

2. What does Hansel go out to get?

He gets some stones.

3. Why does he do it in the moonlight?

Because they’ll be able to see the

stones in the bright moon.

4. How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? Because Hansel is dropping white stones along the way. When the moon is shining bright, they’ll be able to see the stones and find their way home.

5. Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?

Because they can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe the birds ate them.

so… that… 是一个常见的句式结构，表示“如此……以至于……” , 副词 so 之后接形容词或副词， that 引导一个完整的句子，有时 that 还可省略。例如本单元的这个句子： That bird’s song is so beautiful that we would follow it.

1. One year, the weather was so dry that no

food would grow. 有一年，天气太干旱了，以至于粮食颗粒不长。

We thought… 表示人们对过去的某种想法，判断等，可以译作“我们原想…… ; 我们本以为……”。如：I thought he would come, but he didn’t.

2. We thought you were never coming

back.

我以为你们再也回不来了。

此句中 made of bread, cake and sugar 作定语，修饰名词 house, 形容词 wonderful 也是house 的定语。在英语中，大部分形容词作定语修饰名词时应前置，短语或句子作定语修饰名词时则后置。如： the young people in the room 屋子里的年轻人

3. It’s leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and sugar. 它在把我们引向那座由面包，蛋糕和糖 果做成的美妙小屋。

4. The wife told her husband that unless

he left the children to die in the

forest, the whole family would die.

妻子告诉丈夫，如果他不把孩子们 扔到森林里让他们自生自灭，整个 家庭就会灭亡。

unless 的意思是“如果不，若非，除非”，它引导的是一个条件状语从句，相当于if…not 。因此，上面的句子改写为 : …if

he didn’t leave the children to die in the

forest, the whole family would die.

as soon as 表示 “一……就……”，再如本单元的这个句子： As soon as you

wake up, you must go to the forest with

your father. 你们一醒来就必须和爸爸去森林里。

5. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. 月亮一升起来 , 我们就可以顺着它们走 了。

1. Read the play again after school.

2. Try to act out the play in groups of

four. One is Gretel, one is Hansel,

one is Husband, one is Wife.