Warm-up

三国演义The Rising and Falling of Three Kingdoms

The Romance of Three kingdoms.

西游记Record of a Journey to the West

Journey to the West.

红楼梦The Dream of the Red Mansion

The Story of the Stone

水浒传All Men Are Brothers

Outlaws of the Marsh.

Water Margin

Robinson Cruise

adventure story

Identify the stories in the pictures:

biography

Sherlock Holmes Detective story

fairy taleSnow White

fantasyHarry Potter

The Rising and falling

of three kingdoms

Historical stories

Robin Hood

legend: story handed down from the past, but may not be true

myth

Record of a

Journey to

the West

myth: story that is originated in

ancient times, especially one dealing

with ideas or beliefs about the early

history of a race, or giving

explanation of natural events, such as

the seasons …

travel stories

science fiction horror story

love story humorous story

adventure story,

biography,

detective story,

fairy tale,

fantasy,

historical story,

horror story,

humorous story,

love story,

science fiction,

travel story,

true story

There are many other kinds of

stories. Let’s have a look at them

together. Use the words we have

learned to name them.

Adventure story

Fairy tale

Terminator 2

Science fiction

biography

Horror story

Ghost story

What kind of story do you like

most?adventure story, biography,

detective story, fairy tale, fantasy,

historical story, horror story,

humorous story, love story,

science fiction, travel story, true

story

I like love story best, and one of

my favorite books is written by

Qiong Yao.

Look at the four pictures on

Page 5.Can you recognize the

characters?

A) Sherlock Holmes

Detective story

B) “record of a journey to the west”

Myth

C) Robin Hood and Maid Marion

Legend

D) “all men are brothers”

Historical story

A monkeyA pig

A monsterA monk

robbed the rich to give to

the poorLu Zhishen beat Zheng Guanxi in drunkenness

Listen to the beginnings of different

kinds of stories. Write down What

kind of story it is.

1. horror story

2. science fiction

3. true story

4. detective story

5. fairy tale

1. It was a _______________ night. We drove and drove. At midnight, just as we thought we were lost, we saw a light behind some trees. As we got nearer, we could see a house. It looked ____________ . We _________________ _________. It opened slowly. A tall man _____________________ stood there. “Good evening,” he said ___________ ____________. “I’ve been expecting you.”

dark and foggy

abandoned knocked on the heavydoor

dressed entirely in blackin a slow,

deep voice

2. We were travelling through deep space __________________. Suddenly, the spaceship ____________ and immediately the system ____________ – a bright star with twenty or more planets. One of these would be our new home, five light years from our own planet.

at the speed of lightslowed downcame into view

3. One of my earliest memories is _______________________________ with our dog, Tess. I must have been about three years old. I remember the dog _________________ and ______________ into the river.

of my father running along the beach

jumping up on me knocking me over

4. The man ________________ next to a white truck. ________________ He was dead. I quickly looked in the pockets of his jacket – some money, a ____________ and a theatre ticket with a Chicago phone number_____________. Three murders in three weeks and the ___________ all killed in the same way.

5. ___________________, there lived a beautiful princess. She was ____________ and her father and mother , the king and queen, loved her very much. One day, an old woman came to the castle. When she saw the princess, she smiled and __________________________________.

lay on the groundThere was no doubt.

written on ithandkerchief

victims

Once upon a time

laughed in a strange and horrible way

an only child

Listen again and try to translate the following sentenc

es:

1. 那座房子看起来似乎没人居住。2. 我一直在期待你。3. 我们以光速在宇宙深处穿行。4. 宇宙飞船减速以后，我们立即看到了银河系。5. 我最早的记忆之一是父亲和我们的狗沿着海滩跑。6. 我还记得那条狗扑到我身上，把我撞到了河里。7. 三周以内发生了三次杀人案件，且死者以相同方

式被杀 。8. 很久很久以前那里住着一位漂亮的公主。

1. 那座房子看起来似乎没人居住。The house looked abandoned.

2. 我一直在期待你。I’ve been expecting you.

3. 我们以光速在宇宙深处穿行。We were travelling through deep space at the s

peed of light

4. 宇宙飞船减速以后，我们立即看到了银河系。The spaceship slowed down and immediately t

he system came into view.

5. 我最早的记忆之一是父亲和我们的狗沿着海滩跑。One of my earliest memory is of my father running al

ong the beach with our dog.

6. 我还记得那条狗扑到我身上，把我撞到了河里。I remember the dog jumping up on me and knocking me over into the water.

7. 三周以内发生了三次杀人案件，且死者以相同方式被杀 。There are three murders a week, and the victims are killed in the same way.

8. 很久很久以前那里住着一位漂亮的公主。Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess.

Name

Have a discussion with your group

members, and finish the survey:

Number of books he/she reads

a month

The last book he/she read

The best book he/she read

Books read in English

Name

Books/stories enjoyed as a child

His/her favourite legend