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Unit 2 Getting along
Understanding ideas (1)
英语外研版八年级上册
Learning objectives
通过本课时的学习，学生能够：
1. 读懂《自私的巨人》的故事，获取细节信息，梳理故事山。
2. 用英语简要复述故事主要情节，并分析巨人的情感变化。
3. 领悟“分享使人快乐”的道理，努力在生活中践行分享
行为，感受“分享的快乐是双倍的快乐”。
重点
重点
2. What is the title of the book
I can see a book cover.
The Selfish Giant.
3. Who is the writer of the book
Oscar Wilde.
Look and answer
1. What can you see in the picture
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
4. What do you know about the writer
He’s from the UK.
He’s famous for writing fairy tales.
Oscar Wilde
Background Information:
Oscar Wilde was an English playwright, novelist, and poet. In 1888, Wilde published The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which includes fairy tales such as The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, and The Selfish Giant. Wilde’s works are known for their beautiful language.
Look and answer
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
Look and predict
1. What is the passage about
garden
selfish
play
children
angry
spring
It’s about a selfish giant. He’s angry that children are playing in his garden.
2. What may the giant do to his garden
He may drive away the children.
He may close the gate.
...
Look at the title and the picture. Then predict what the passage is about. Use the words to help you.
Read the passage fast and check your prediction.
The Giant closes the gate and builds a high wall around the garden. Later, he knocks down the wall.
Read and answer
What does the Giant do to his garden
3 The children run away. The Giant closes the gate and builds a high wall around the garden. Since then, he hasn’t seen a child there.
8 He knocks down the wall. The children look afraid. “Fear not, little ones,” the Giant says. “It’s your garden now.”
Read, divide and answer
Read the passage and divide the story into four parts to make a story mountain. Then answer the question.
Introduction
Rising action
Climax
Ending
Para. _____
Paras. _____
Paras. _____
Para. _____




1
2-5
6-7
8
Read, divide and answer
Read the passage and divide the story into four parts to make a story mountain. Then answer the question.
What’s the main idea of each part
Introduction
Rising action
Climax
Ending




with the children and closes the garden’s gate. As a result, spring never returns.
Paras. 2-5:
The Giant is angry
Para. 1:
play in the Giant’s garden.
The children
again because children have returned. The Giant realizes he has been selfish.
Paras. 6-7:
The garden is lively
down the wall and welcomes the children.
Para. 8:
The Giant knocks
Choose the message of the passage.
a. Never make friends with selfish people.
b. Anger leads to unhappiness.
c. Shared joy is a double joy.
Read and choose
Read and choose
1. What is the garden like
2. What kind of atmosphere do you feel when you read the first paragraph
Read Para. 1 and answer the questions.
It is a large garden with soft, green grass.
Here and there, over the grass, stand beautiful flowers, like stars.
Read and answer
此处运用了比喻（simile）的写作手法，把花比喻成星星。
Introduction
It’s warm, peaceful, hopeful and happy.
1. How does the Giant feel when he sees the children in the garden
2. What happens to the garden after the children run away
Read Paras. 2-5 and answer the questions.
He is very angry.
There are no birds or flowers. Spring never comes, nor summer.
Autumn gives no fruit to the Giant’s garden.
Read and answer
Rising action
1. What happens to the garden when the children come back
The trees are so glad that they have covered themselves with flowers.
The birds fly about and sing with joy.
Read Paras. 6 -7 and answer the questions.
Read and answer
Climax
此处运用了拟人（personification ）的写作手法，把树当作人来写。
3. After the Giant realizes his selfishness, what changes do you think he
will make
He will probably welcome the children to play in the garden from then on.
2. What does the Giant realize when he sees all these
He realizes he has been selfish.
1. What does the Giant’s act of knocking down the wall show about his change
2. What theme of the story does the Giant’s words “It’s your garden now” reflect
Read Para. 8 and answer the questions.
Read and answer
Ending
It shows he changes from being selfish to being generous.
It reflects the theme of sharing and the beauty of kindness.
1. Why does the Giant close the gate
2. How does the Giant feel when the children are away
3. How does the Giant feel when the children are back
Because he doesn’t want to share his garden.
At first, he may feel happy. But later he may feel sad.
He feels happy again. He is glad to share the garden with the children.
Think and answer
The changes of the garden and the changes of the Giant’s feelings and actions show us the importance of sharing.
Answer the questions according to the whole story.
Listen and read
Listen and read the passage.
Complete the reading chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
garden
play
angry
spring
looks outside
selfish
knocks down
the children
Read and complete
Fill and retell
The Selfish Giant
Beginning
Ending
Rising action
Climax
The Giant: has a large garden
The children: play in it every afternoon
The Giant: ______ in a ______ voice; ______ the gate and ________ a high wall around the garden
The children: ____________
Result: Spring never comes, nor summer.
The Giant: hears the birds___________; sees the trees with _______; realizes “how ______ he’s been”
The children: ________
The Giant: ____________the wall and ______ the
garden with the children
shouts
angry
run away
singing
return
knocks down
shares
Fill in the blanks and retell the story with the help of the notes you have completed.
closes
builds
flowers
selfish
1. Why doesn’t spring come to the Giant’s garden
2. Why do you think the Giant changes his mind
3. Do you know a story with a similar message, either from a book or from
your own life Share it with the class.
Because the Giant refuses to share the garden with the children. Without them, there is no happiness.
Because he realizes he is selfish and he misses the joy of spring and the children.
Think and share
Think further and answer the questions.
The story of “Kong Rong giving out pears” is about sharing. Young Kong Rong picked the smallest pear and gave the bigger ones to his brothers. His family praised him for being kind. This teaches us that sharing is a way to show love and care for others.
Let’s share
Kong Rong giving out pears
Language points
1. Here and there, over the grass, stand beautiful flowers, like stars. (P21)
草地上到处都是漂亮的花朵，像星星一样散落其中。
（1）英语中有时会把状语和谓语全部放在主语前面, 起强调句子的某个成分或者保持句子的平衡的作用。
Under the tree sat an old man.
一位老人坐在树下。
（2） here and there 意为“到处；各处；零散地”。
She left her toys here and there.
她把玩具丢得四处都是。
Language points
2. He shouts in a very angry voice. (P21)
他用非常生气的声音叫起来。
shout 意为“大声说，喊叫，呼喊”。
后接at sb. 表示对某人大声喊叫，往往带有生气或不满的情绪；
后接to sb. 表示对某人远距离喊话，目的是让对方听到。
The boy shouted to his father in a very high voice, but his father still couldn’t
hear him.
那个男孩用非常高的声音呼喊，但是他父亲仍然没有听到。
It’s impolite to shout at others.
对别人大喊大叫是不礼貌的。
Language points
3. “I cannot understand why spring has not come since last year,” says the Giant. “I hope the weather changes soon.” (P21)
“我不明白为什么去年以来，春天就不来了。”巨人说。“希望天气能尽快变好。”
hope 意为“希望，期望，指望”；后面可接从句或动词不定式。
I hope everything is okay.
我希望一切顺利。
Amy hopes to be a teacher.
Amy希望成为一名教师。
Language points
4. The birds fly about and sing with joy.（P21）
鸟儿们四处飞翔，欢快地歌唱。
fly about 意为“四处飞翔”，其中about意为“到处”。
The kids run about in the park. 孩子们在公园里到处奔跑。
5. “Fear not, little ones,” the Giant says. “lt’s your garden now.” （P21）
“别怕，小家伙们。” 巨人说。“这现在是你们的花园了。”
句中 fear not 相当于现代英语中的Don’t be afraid 或 Do not fear，构成祈使句。
这种“实义动词+not”的句型常出现在一些固定的，尤其是较古老的表达方式 中。除fear之外，能直接与not连用的还有be，worry，doubt等。
Worry not about the future, live in the present.
别为将来担心，活在当下。
用所给词的正确形式填空。
1. Tony always__________(shout) in a very high voice when he was young.
2. The book is not mine. It’s ___________(their).
3. There are two ___________ (hole) in the wall.
4. The ________ (live) children chased each other around the playground.
5. Betty has _________ (return) home after a long journey.
shouted
theirs
holes
lively
returned
Practise
Homework
1. Introduce your story of sharing.
2. Find another story about sharing, and show it to
the class in the next class.

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