鲁教版五四制八年级上册英语UNIT 4 An old man tried to move the mountains.课文音频

UNIT 4 翻译：第四单元

Section A 翻译：A部分

An old man tried to move the mountains. 翻译：有个老人试着把山移开。

Language Goal:Tell a story 翻译：语言目标：讲故事

Match the story titles with the pictures [a-d]. 翻译：将故事标题和图片[a-d]对应起来。

Journey to the West 翻译：《西游记》

Hou Yi Shoots the Suns 翻译：《后羿射日》

Yu Gong Moves a Mountain 翻译：《愚公移山》

Nu Wa Repairs the Sky 翻译：《女娲补天》

Listen and check (✔) the facts you hear.Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about? 翻译：听录音，勾出你所听到的事情。安娜和王明正在谈论的是哪个故事？

The two mountains were very high and big. 翻译：这两座山非常高非常大。

A very old man tried to move the mountains. 翻译：有个老人试着把山移开。

A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it. 翻译：有个人对愚公说他永远也做不到。

Discuss the questions with your partner. 翻译：和你的搭档一起讨论这些问题。

How does the story begin? 翻译：这个故事是如何开头的？

What happened next? 翻译：接下来发生了什么？

Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? 翻译：他们应该把挖山获得的土和石头运到哪儿去？

UNIT 4 翻译：第四单元

Listen and number the pictures [1-4] in order to tell the story. 翻译：听录音，按顺序标出图片的序号[1-4]，以便于把故事讲出来。

Listen again and circle the words you hear. 翻译：再听一遍录音，然后圈出你所听到的单词。

A man saw Yu Gong and his family when they were working on moving the mountains. 翻译：当愚公和他的家人致力于移山的时候，有个人看到了。

He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and weak. 翻译：他对愚公说他永远也做不到，因为他年老体弱。

As soon as the man finished speaking,Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. 翻译：这个人一说完，愚公就说他死后，他的家人会继续移山。

Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away. 翻译：最终，有个神仙被愚公打动了，他派了两个神仙去把山搬走。

This story reminds us that you can never know what's possible unless you try to make it happen. 翻译：这个故事提醒我们，你不试着去做，你永远也不知道会发生什么。

Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the story in your own words. 翻译：看看2a当中的图片，然后用自己的话来讲这则故事。

Role-play the conversation. 翻译：分角色扮演这段对话。

So what do you think about the story of Yu Gong? 翻译：那你认为愚公这个故事怎么样？

I think it's really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem. 翻译：我觉得这个故事真的很有趣。愚公找到了解决这个问题的好方法。

Really?I think it's a little bit silly. It doesn't seem very possible to move a mountain. 翻译：真的吗？我觉得有点儿愚蠢。把一座山移走似乎非常不可能。

But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard!Yu Gong kept trying and didn't give up. 翻译：但是这个故事是要告诉我们，如果你努力，一切皆有可能！愚公一直努力，没有放弃过。

Well,I still don't agree with you.I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem. 翻译：呃，我还是不赞同你的观点。我想我们应该试着去找其它的解决问题的方法。

But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains? 翻译：但是不把山移开，愚公还能做什么呢？

Well,there are many other ways.For example, he could build a road.That's better and faster than moving a mountain! 翻译：呃，有很多其它的方法啊。例如：他可以修路。那比移山好多了，也快多了！

You have different opinions about the story,and neither of you are wrong.There are many sides to a story and many ways to understand it. 翻译：你们对这个故事有不同的看法，但是你们都没错。一个故事有很多面，也有很多种理解的方式。

UNIT 4 An old man tried to move the mountains. 翻译：第四单元　有个老人试着把山移开。

Read the passage and answer the questions. 翻译：阅读这篇文章，然后回答问题。

Which book is talked about? 翻译：这谈论的是哪本书？

Who is the main character? 翻译：主要人物是谁？

What is he like? 翻译：他是什么样子的？

In November 1979,pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey.Most of them were hearing this story for the first time.However,this story is not new to Chinese children.The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West. 翻译：1979年11月，英国的小学生能看一个叫做《美猴王》的新电视节目了。他们大多数都是第一次听说这个故事。但是，这个故事对于中国孩子来说就不新鲜了。美猴王或者孙悟空是中国古典小说《西游记》中的主要人物。

The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey.In fact,he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! 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 cannot turn himself into a person.To fight bad people,the Monkey King 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. 翻译：这个猴王不是一只平常的猴子。事实上，他有的时候甚至不像是一只猴子！这是因为他会72变，把自己变成不同的动物以及物体。但是如果他不能把尾巴藏起来，他就不能把自己变成人了。为了战胜坏人，猴王用到了魔法棒。有时候他能把这根魔法棒变得很小，那样他就能放在耳朵里了。其它的时候，他能把它变得很大很长。

The Monkey King has excited the children of China for many years.And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago,Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up. 翻译：美猴王娱乐了中国孩子很多年。30多年前，这个电视节目一出来，西方孩子就产生了看这个故事的兴趣，因为这只聪明的猴子一直为了帮助弱者而奋战，并且从不放弃。

Read the passage again and complete the chart about the Monkey King. 翻译：再读一遍这篇文章，然后完成有关猴王的表格。

What he can do 翻译：他能做什么

What he cannot do 翻译：他不能做什么

Complete the sentences below with phrases from the passage. 翻译：用文中的短语来完成下面的句子。

Journey to the West is a traditional Chinese book.It tells one of the most popular stories in China. 翻译：《西游记》是一本中国古典小说。它讲述了中国其中一个最受欢迎的故事。

When the English TV program Monkey came out in 1979, Western children became interested in this wonderful story. 翻译：1979年，当英国电视节目《美猴王》出版时，西方孩子就对这个精彩的故事产生了兴趣。

The Monkey King can make 72 changes to his body.He is able to turn into different animals and objects. 翻译：猴王会72变。他能变成不同的动物和物体。

The Monkey King can make his magic stick small or large. 翻译：猴王能把他的魔法棒变得很小或者很大。

UNIT 4 翻译：第四单元

Grammar Focus 翻译：语法聚焦

How does the story begin? 翻译：这个故事是如何开头的？

Once upon a time,there was a very old man… 翻译：很久以前，有一位老翁……

What happened next? 翻译：接下来发生了什么？

As soon as the man finished talking,Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. 翻译：这个人一说完，愚公就说他死后，他的家人会继续移山。

Why was Yu Gong trying to move the mountains? 翻译：愚公为什么要设法移山？

Because they were so big that it took a long time to walk to the other side. 翻译：因为山太大了，他们要花很长时间走到山另一边去。

Who is the Monkey King? 翻译：猴王是谁？

He is the main character in Journey to the West. 翻译：他是《西游记》里的主要人物。

What can't the Monkey King do? 翻译：猴王不会做什么？

He cannot turn himself into a person unless he can hide his tail. 翻译：如果他不能把尾巴藏起来，他就不能把自己变成人。

Fill in the blanks with unless,as soon as or so … that. 翻译：用unless,as soon as或者so…that填空。

As soon as her father died,the stepsisters made her do all the chores. 翻译：她父亲一去世，同父异母的姐姐就让她做所有的家务。

She was so busy that she had no time to make a dress for the party. 翻译：她太忙了，以至于她都没有时间去做参加派对的裙子。

The mice knew that unless they helped her make a dress, she would not be able to go to the party. 翻译：这些老鼠知道如果他们不帮她做裙子的话，她就不能去参加派对了。

As soon as the prince saw her,he fell in love with her. 翻译：王子一见到她，他就爱上她了。

The prince knew that unless the girl's foot could fit the shoe,it was not the right girl. 翻译：王子知道，如果这个女孩儿的脚不能穿这只鞋子，那她就不是那个正确的女孩儿。

The new couple were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling when they got married. 翻译：这对新婚夫妇结婚的时候，他们太高兴了，以至于不停地笑。

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 翻译：用括号中动词的正确形式填空。

The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West.He is wonderful because he helps weak people.The Monkey King has a magic stick.He uses it to fight bad people.He can make the stick big or small.He can sometimes make the stick so small that he can put it in his ear.As soon as he sees bad people,he thinks of ways to fight them. He can turn himself into different animals and objects.But unless he can hide his tail,he cannot make himself a human.Children all over the world love the Monkey King! 翻译：猴王是中国著名的小说《西游记》里的主要人物。他非常好，因为他（经常）帮助弱者。这个猴王有一根魔法棒，能用它打坏人。他可以把这根魔法棒变得很大或者很小。有时候，他把魔法棒变得非常小，那他就能放进耳朵里了。他一看到坏人，他就想出很多方法来制服他们。他能把自己变成不同的动物和物体。但是他如果不把尾巴藏起来，他就不能变成人。世界各地的孩子们都喜欢猴王！

Tell your partner about your favorite story. 翻译：把你最喜欢的故事讲给你的搭档听。

My favorite story is… 翻译：我最喜欢的故事是……

It is interesting because... 翻译：它很有趣，因为……

UNIT 4 An old man tried to move the mountains. 翻译：第四单元　有个老人试着把山移开。

Section B 翻译：B部分

Match the words with the letters in the pictures in 1c. 翻译：将单词和1c图片中的字母对应起来。

gold 翻译：金子；金币；金色的

emperor 翻译：皇帝；君主

silk 翻译：丝绸；丝织物

underwear 翻译：内衣

Listen and number the pictures [1-5] in 1c. 翻译：听录音，标出1c中图片的序号[1-5]。

Listen again and fill in the blanks. 翻译：再听一遍录音，然后填空。

When the emperor ______ at himself, he only ______ his underwear. 翻译：当皇帝______自己的时候，他只______内裤。

Nobody wanted to sound stupid. But suddenly, a young boy ______, 'Look! The emperor isn't ______ any clothes!' 翻译：没有人想被人说自己蠢。但是突然，一个小男孩______：“看！皇帝没穿衣服！”

The emperor had to ______ them silk and gold, but they everything for themselves. They were trying to cheat the emperor. 翻译：皇帝必须______他们丝绸和黄金，但是他们______一切都是为了自己。他们在骗皇帝。

This story is about an ______ emperor who loved ______. 翻译：这个故事讲述了一个______很喜欢______皇帝。

Two ______ came to the city to make special clothes for the emperor. 翻译：两个______来到城里为皇帝制作特别的衣裳。

Use the pictures in 1c to tell the story. 翻译：用1c当中的图片来讲述这则故事。

Once upon a time,there was an emperor… 翻译：很久以前，有一位皇帝……

UNIT 4 翻译：第四单元

A fairy tale is an old, traditional story.Do you know what these fairy tales are about? 翻译：童话是一种很老的很传统的故事。你知道这些童话讲述的是什么吗？

Sleeping Beauty 翻译：《睡美人》

Cinderella 翻译：《灰姑娘》

Little Red Riding Hood 翻译：《小红帽》

Read the first paragraph of Hansel and Gretel.Think about how the fairy tale will continue.Then read the rest of the story. 翻译：阅读《韩塞尔与葛雷特》的第一段。考虑一下这个童话接下来会发生什么事。然后再读一读余下的故事。

Finding Out the Text Type 翻译：了解文章类型

Before you read, decide what kind of text it is.Is it a letter,a play,a short story or something else? 翻译：阅读之前，你要断定该文章的类型。它是信件、戏剧、短篇故事还是别的什么？

Hansel and Gretel 翻译：《韩塞尔与葛雷特》（《糖果屋》）

Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother.One year,the weather was so dry that no food would grow.The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest,the whole family would die.Gretel heard this,and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister. 翻译：韩塞尔和葛雷特和他们的爸爸以及继母生活在森林附近。有一年，天气太干旱了，以至于粮食颗粒不长。妻子对她的丈夫说，如果他不把孩子们丢在森林里让他们死去，那整个家族都会死亡。葛雷特听到了，韩塞尔就制订计划来拯救自己和他的妹妹。

SCENE ONE: 翻译：场景1：

Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? 翻译：你听到我们继母计划杀掉我们的话吗？

Don't worry! I have a plan to save us. 翻译：别担心！我有一个拯救我们自己的计划。

How can you save us? 翻译：你怎么救我们？

Be quiet! I'm going outside to get something in the moonlight.Now, go to sleep. 翻译：安静！我要趁着月光去外面拿点东西。现在，睡觉。

SCENE TWO: 翻译：场景2：

Get up, lazy children! 翻译：起床了，懒惰的孩子们！

Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. 翻译：是，亲爱的们。你们要和我一起去森林里取木材。

Here's some bread. Don't eat it until you get to the forest. 翻译：这儿有些面包。没到森林不要吃。

SCENE THREE: 翻译：场景3：

Hansel,what are you doing? 翻译：韩塞尔，你在做什么？

I'm dropping white stones along the way.Unless I do, we'll be lost.Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we'Il be able to see the stones. 翻译：我在沿路扔白色的石头。如果我不这样的话，我们会迷路的。今晚，当月光照耀的时候，我们就能看到石头了。

SCENE FOUR: 翻译：场景4：

You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! 翻译：你们这些坏孩子！你们在森林里睡太久了！

We thought you were never coming back. 翻译：我们以为你们再也不回来了。

Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. 翻译：现在，去睡觉。你们一醒来，就必须和爸爸去森林里。

What, again?I want to go out to look at the moon. 翻译：什么，又去？我想出去看看月亮。

No.You can't go out now. 翻译：不行。你现在不能出去。

UNIT 4 An old man tried to move the mountains. 翻译：第四单元　有个老人试着把山移开。

SCENE FIVE: 翻译：场景5：

What can we do?You have no more stones. 翻译：我们该怎么做？你没有石头了。

I'll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. 翻译：我要丢面包屑。月亮一升起来，我们就能跟着面包屑了。

SCENE SIX: 翻译：场景6：

I can't see any bread on the ground.Maybe it was the birds. 翻译：我看不到地上的面包了。或许是被鸟吃了。

Never mind!Just keep walking.Unless we do,we won't find our way out. 翻译：没关系！只要继续往前走就好了。如果我们不走，我们就找不到出路。

SCENE SEVEN: 翻译：场景7：

Hansel,we're really lost! 翻译：韩塞尔，我们真的迷路了！

Listen!That bird's song is so beautiful that we should follow it. 翻译：听！那只鸟的歌声多美妙，我们应该跟着它。

Look!It's leading us to that wonderful house made of bread,cake and candy. 翻译：看！它在把我们引向那座面包、蛋糕和糖果做成的美妙房屋。

Let's eat part of the house! 翻译：我们去吃房子的部分食物吧！

(Then they hear an old woman's voice from inside the house) 翻译：（接着他们听到了从房子里传出来的老妇人的声音。）

Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? 翻译：那是谁？谁这么大胆来吃我的房子？

Match each description below with the correct scene. 翻译：将下面的描述和对应的场景搭配起来。

The children get lost. 翻译：孩子们迷路了。

The children wake up. 翻译：孩子们醒了。

The children cannot find the pieces of bread. 翻译：孩子们找不到面包屑了。

Gretel learns about Hansel's plan. 翻译：葛雷特知道了韩塞尔的计划。

The children surprise the parents. 翻译：孩子们使父母感到很惊讶。

Hansel has to change his plan. 翻译：韩塞尔得改变他的计划。

The children learn that something bad is going to happen. 翻译：孩子们知道坏事情要发生了。

Read the play again and answer the questions. 翻译：再读一遍这个戏剧，然后回答问题。

Why does the wife tell her husband to leave the children in the forest? 翻译：妻子为什么要叫她的丈夫把孩子们丢在森林里？

What does Hansel go out to get? 翻译：韩塞尔出去取什么？

Why does he do this in the moonlight? 翻译：他为什么在月光下做这个？

How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? 翻译：韩塞尔和葛雷特是怎么找到回家的路的？

Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time? 翻译：韩塞尔和葛雷特为什么第二次的时候迷路了？

Act out the play in groups of four. 翻译：四个人一组把这个戏剧表演出来。

UNIT 4 翻译：第四单元

Write some key words from each scene.Then discuss your answers with your partner. 翻译：在各个句子当中写一些关键词。然后和你的搭档一起讨论你们的答案。

Scene 1:plan,kill,save,… 翻译：场景1：计划，杀，拯救，……

Scene 2: 翻译：场景2：

Scene 3: 翻译：场景3：

Scene 4: 翻译：场景4：

Scene 5: 翻译：场景5：

Scene 6: 翻译：场景6：

Scene 7: 翻译：场景7：

Complete the summary of the play. 翻译：完成这个戏剧的总结。

Gretel heard that their stepmother planned to kill her and her brother.But Hansel had a plan to save himself and his sister.He went to get some white stones before he went to bed that night.The next day,the wife sent the children to the forest.Hansel dropped the stones as they walked.Later that night,they could see the stones because of the shining bright.The stones showed them the way home.Hansel wanted to 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 pieces of bread.But the birds ate them,so Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest. They walked until they saw a house made of food.Hansel wanted to eat the house, but then they heard the voice of an old woman coming from the house. 翻译：葛雷特听到了他们的继母要杀害她和她哥哥的话。但是韩塞尔有一个拯救自己和妹妹的计划。那天晚上，他在睡觉之前去捡了一些白色的石头。第二天，妻子把孩子们送到森林里去了。在他们走的途中，韩塞尔沿路丢石头。那天很晚后，因为明亮的月光，他们能够看到石头。这些石头给他们指引了回家的路。韩塞尔想去捡更多的石头，但是他的继母不让他出去。第二天早上，妻子又把孩子们送到森林里去了。韩塞尔没有石头，因此他就把面包屑洒在路上。但是鸟儿把这些面包屑吃了，因此韩塞尔和葛雷特就在森林里迷路了。他们一直走，直到看到了一所用食物做成的房子。韩塞尔想吃那所房子，但是接着他们就听到了从房子里传来的老妇人的声音。

Self Check 翻译：自我检查

Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. 翻译：用你自己的观点来完成这些句子。

We will be late unless … 翻译：我们会迟到的，除非……

You won' t be successful unless… 翻译：你不会成功，除非……

As soon as I got to the bus stop … 翻译：我一到达公共汽车站……

Bill opened his book as soon as… 翻译：……比尔就打开他的书

The movie was so touching that… 翻译：这个电影太感人了，以至于……

The boy was so excited that… 翻译：这个男孩太兴奋了，以至于……

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets. 翻译：用括号中单词的正确形式填空。

Once upon a time,there was an emperor.He loved buying and looking at clothes.One day,two brothers came to the city. They told the emperor that they could make beautiful clothes for him,but he must give them silk and gold.The brothers were bad people.They kept all the silk and gold for themselves.They told the emperor the clothes they made was 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 said the clothes were beautiful.Then he walked around the city in his new clothes until one boy shouted,'The emperor isn't wearing any clothes!' 翻译：很久以前，有一皇帝。他喜欢看衣服买衣服。有一天，有两个兄弟来到这座城市。他们对皇帝说他们能为他做漂亮的衣服，但是他必须给他们丝绸和黄金。这两兄弟是坏人。他们把所有的丝绸和黄金都留给自己。还对皇帝说他们做的衣服很特别，因为只有聪明人才能看到。当皇帝穿上（他们做的）衣服时，他能看到的只有他的内衬衣服。但是他不想让别人认为他很愚蠢，所以他说衣服很漂亮。接着他穿着他的新衣服在游行，直到有个男孩喊道：“这个皇帝没有穿衣服！”