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Unit 4
Aesop’s Fables
Deborah Soong
Teaching Activities
Index
Teaching Activities
1st period
2nd period
3rd period
4th period
1. Warm-up
2. The Vocabulary, and Idioms &
Phrases within Paragraphs 1-2
3. Reading – Paragraphs 1-2
1. The Vocabulary, and Idioms &
Phrases within Paragraphs 3-11
2. Reading - Paragraphs 3-11
3. Post-reading
1. Word File
2. Sentence Patterns
3. Expansion
4. Writing Practice
Review: Oral & Listening – Unit 1-3
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3
Warm-up
Vocabulary
Idioms & Phrases
Reading
-Paragraphs 1-2
Warm-up
1.(
A
)
Morals:
(A)Persuasion is
better than
force.
(B)Please all, and
you will please
none.
(C)Not everything
you see is what
it appears to
be.
(D)There is no
believing a liar,
even when he
speaks the truth.
2.(
D
)
Morals:
(A)Persuasion is
better than
force.
(B)Please all, and
you will please
none.
(C)Not everything
you see is what
it appears to
be.
(D)There is no
believing a liar,
even when he
speaks the truth.
3. (
C
)
Morals:
(A)Persuasion is
better than
force.
(B)Please all, and
you will please
none.
(C)Not everything
you see is what
it appears to
be.
(D)There is no
believing a liar,
even when he
speaks the truth.
Back 4.(
B
)
Morals:
(A)Persuasion is
better than
force.
(B)Please all, and
you will please
none.
(C)Not everything
you see is what
it appears to
be.
(D)There is no
believing a liar,
even when he
speaks the truth.
Listen to paragraphs 1- 2.
Skip
Now,
answer the
following
questions.
____
A Aesop is a person ______.
(A) who had insight into
human nature
(B) of whom we know a great
deal
(C) who studied animal
behavior
(D) who wrote about the
kinds of trouble we often
experience
____
B When the fox found the
grapes, he ______.
(A) thought they were sour
(B) decided to get some
(C) knew he couldn't reach
them
(D) was dying of hunger
Little is known about
Aesop.
little置於倒裝句句首，為加強語氣用，
常與動詞know, think, care, dream,
imagine或expect等動詞連用。例：
• Little did I know that he was ill.
• Little did I dream that Helen accepted
my invitation.
The Introduction of Aesop
The Introduction of Aesop
Aesop was a marvelous storyteller and lived
long ago in Greece. Legends say that he was
an ugly man, perhaps deformed. But he had a
brilliant mind, and he enjoyed telling stories
in which animals acted like human beings. In
those days, stories were shared mostly by
word of mouth. Aesop's stories were not
written down until at least 200 years after he
died. Since then, they have been translated
from Greek into almost every language in the
world.
Little is known about Aesop.
Little is known about Aesop.
→ We know very little about Aesop.
He seems to have lived and
died in Greece some five
hundred years before the birth
of Christ.
some : about 大約(後接數詞)
• In the past three years, Mark has read
some hundred books.
• Some thirty of our class came to the
party.
• There are some twenty
Next
houses along the street.
He seems to have lived and
died in Greece some five
hundred years before the birth
of Christ.
before the birth of Christ
→ before Jesus Christ was born
簡寫為B.C.，表「西元前」之意。
Rome was begun in 753 B.C.
Aesop’s fables always use
animals to tell their stories.
原句＝
Aesop uses animals to tell stories
(and teaches lessons about human
nature).
此種寫作技巧稱為
personalization: Personalization allows
writers to give human characteristics to
animals and to nonliving things.
Sometimes the fables also
have human characters.
Whether the characters in
a fable are animals or humans,
they have a weakness or a
temptation that gets them into
trouble.
原句＝
Whether a fable uses animals or
human beings to tell its story, the
characters in it always have a weak
point or a feeling to do something
that causes them trouble.
Next
In “The Fox and the Grapes,” the temptation
is the bunch of purple grapes. In “The Frog
and the Ox,” overreaching herself could be
the weakness of the mother frog.
其他表「不自量力」(overreach oneself)的
用語尚有：
• Not measure one's own strength.
• Go beyond one's depth.
• Bite off more than one can chew.
• Throw straws against the wind.
• Kick against the pricks.
（相當於中文成語「螳臂擋車」）
Reading about their troubles,
we gain wisdom and insight into
human nature.
gain/have/get an insight into...
洞察…，深刻了解…
• Julian seems to have a special
insight into people.
原句＝
→ When we read about their troubles,
we become wise and have a better
understanding of human nature.
→ Reading their troubles makes it
possible for us to become wise and
understand human nature better.
Here are two of Aesop’s
fables. What morals are
they trying to teach us?
The Fox and the Grapes
One hot dry summer’s day,
a fox was passing through a large
orchard, lined with vines loaded
with ripe, juicy grapes.
原句＝
→ a large orchard which was lined with
vines that were loaded with ripe,
juicy grapes
→ loaded with ripe, juicy grapes, vines
lined up in a large orchard
→ vines lined up in a large orchard and
they bore ripe, juicy grapes
As the fox passed under one
of the vines, he spied a beautiful
bunch of purple grapes hanging
from it.
spy/notice/see + O + V-ing
• I spied/noticed/saw a shiny object
flying across the sky.
原句＝
he noticed/saw a beautiful bunch of
purple grapes that hung from the
vine
The fox was very thirsty,
and he thought how good a few
sweet grapes would taste just then.
how + Adj + S +V 感嘆句句型
• How delicious the pizza looks!
• How difficult the test was!
原句＝
Since the fox was very thirsty, he
thought that some sweet grapes
would taste great just at that time.
Although the grapes were
out of the fox’s reach, he was
determined to get those grapes
one way or another.
原句＝
Although the grapes were beyond
the fox's reach/in the place where the
fox couldn't get, he made up his
mind/decided to get them in every
possible way/by any means.
The fox walked a little way
from the vine.
a little way : a little distance一小段距離
• It is a long way to the village.
• He can swim quite a way. （游很遠）
• My uncle lives a little way off.
• Christmas is a long way off. （還早）
He turned toward the vine
and ran as fast as he could until
he was almost directly under the
grapes; then he leaped into the
air—just missing the bunch.
directly : exactly ; straight 正 表“地方”
• The sun was almost directly overhead.
directly : immediately ; shortly 立刻
表 “時間”
• Please have a seat. She
Next
will be here directly.
He turned toward the vine
and ran as fast as he could until
he was almost directly under the
grapes; then he leaped into the
air—just missing the bunch.
he leaped into the air just missing the
bunch
→ he jumped up and almost got the
bunch of grapes, but he just missed it
The fox landed with a loud
crash.
crash : v. (飛機)墜毀，(汽車)相撞，
發出巨響
＊The lightning flashed and
thunder crashed.
n. (飛機)墜毀，(汽車)相撞跌落聲，
重擊聲，爆裂聲
＊a crash of thunder
the crash of breaking
glass
Next
The fox landed with a loud
crash. He got up and tried to run
and jump for the grapes again—
and again—and again—each time
with no success.
The fox landed with a loud crash.
→ The fox fell down to the ground with
a sudden loud noise.
with no success
→ not succeeding in reaching the grapes
→ failing to get the grapes
The juicy fruit hung safely
out of his reach. Finally, the fox
had to give it up, and as he walked
away with his nose in the air, he
was heard to say, “You are too
sour. I wouldn’t eat you
even if you fell right into
my mouth.
with his nose in the air高傲地
• Jack has been walking with
his nose in the air
since he won the
Next
prize.
含nose的有趣用語：
count noses
數人數
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
一時氣憤而做出對自己不利的事
follow one‘s nose
直走；憑直覺行事
have (got) one‘s nose in
認真地讀…
keep one‘s nose clean
不惹事生非
lead a person by the nose
使某人依著自己的意志行事，牽著某人的鼻子走
look down one‘s nose at
鄙視
thumb one's nose at
鄙視，嘲笑
The juicy fruit hung safely
out of his reach. Finally, the fox
had to give it up, and as he walked
away with his nose in the air, he
was heard to say, “You are too
sour. I wouldn’t eat you
even if you fell right into
my mouth.
he was heard to say
→ people heard him say
Next
The juicy fruit hung safely
out of his reach. Finally, the fox
had to give it up, and as he walked
away with his nose in the air, he
was heard to say, “You are too
sour. I wouldn’t eat you
even if you fell right into
my mouth.
原句＝
You do not fall into my
mouth. Even if you fell
right into my mouth, I
wouldn't eat you.
Who cares for sour grapes?”
care for 有三意義 :
1. 表「想要，喜歡」之意，用於否定
句、疑問句或條件句。
Who cares for sour grapes?”
2. 表「照料，照顧」之意。
The girl cared for her sick mother.
3.表「在乎」之意。
He cares little for my advice.
原句＝
Nobody wants to/likes to
eat sour grapes.
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