What’s the name of the story?

It’s Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.

Do you know other traditional Chinese

stories?

Chang’e Flies to the Moon

Pan Gu Separates the

Sky From the Earth

___ Journey to the West

___ Hou Yi Shoots the Suns

___ Yu Gong Moves a Mountain

___ Nu Wa Repairs the Sky.

Match the story with the pictures [a-d].Match the story with the pictures [a-d].1a

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Listen and check (√) the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?

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____ The two mountains were very high and big.

____ A very old man tried to move the mountains.

____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.

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1. How does the story begin?

Discuss the questions with your partner.Discuss the questions with your partner.

Once upon a time, there was

a very old man. There were

two mountains near his house. They

were so big and high that it took a long

way to walk to the other side.

2. What happened next?

The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains.

3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?

Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it’s big enough to hold everything.