ReadingforWritingShareyouropinionsaboutamoralstory

Unit2MoralsandVirtues

1.Togetthemainideaandtheimpliedmeaningofthefable“TheStoneIntheRoad”.2.Toknowthestructureofareviewandwriteareviewofthefable.3.Togetinspiredbythevirtueofthecharactersinthestoryandhaveabetterunderstandingofmorality.Afterthisclass,youwillbeableto...LearningobjectivesLeadin

Readthetextcarefullyanddothefollowingexercises.Q1:Whatisthemainideaofthisfable?A:

Itisabout___________whowantedtoteach__________alessonbyhiding______underthe______inthestreet.akingvillagersgoldstoneSkimming

Part1(Para1-2)Part2(Para3-7)Part3(Para8-9)Thekinghad_________.Differentpeople’s__________and_________tothestoneintheroad.Theyounggirl_______awaythestoneand_____thegold.Mainideaofeachpart

emotionsresponsesmovedgotanidea

ReadformainideaandstructureSkimming

①Whatwasking’sideaforteachinganimportantlessontohispeople?Heputahugestoneinthemiddleoftheroadtoseeifanyonewouldmoveit.②Whatwastheresponsefrommostofthe

people?

Mostofpeoplejustgotupsetthatthestone

wasintheirway.③Whatdidyounggirlthinkanddowhen

shesawthecoins?

Shethoughtthecoinsbelongedtosomeoneelseandthattheyshouldbereturned.Whatwastheresponsefromdifferentpeople?PersonExperienceEmotionResponsemilkman

womanwithwaterothervillagersyounggirlangrywentawaysadlimpedawayintearsupsetnobodyattemptedtomovethestonecrashedintothestonetrippedoverthestonecomplainedabout

thestonewantedtofindtheownerofthegoldtired,

worried,surprisedsucceededinmovingthestoneDetailed-reading

Whatdoes“stone”refertoinlife?Whatkindofpeopledo“milkman”,“woman”and“girl”refertoinlife?Whichkindofpeopleareyou?Whichkindofpeoplewillyoube?Doyouthinkthekingiswise?Whyorwhynot?Difficulties/Challengesmilkman,woman:passive,indifferent...girl:responsible,positive,caring...Apersonwhoisresponsibleandconsiderate（考慮周到的）willdeserve（值得）helporsuccess,otherwise（否則）,onewillmissthechancetogethelporsucceed.Discussion

Whenwemeettheproblemslikethestoneintheroad.WeshouldratherthanfacetheproblemhandletheproblemsolvetheproblemcomplainabouttheproblemavoidtheproblemignoretheproblemDiscussion

Paragraph1Basicinformationaboutthestory●Whatisthetitle

of

thestory?●Whatkindofstoryisit?●Whatisthemainideaofthestory?Paragraph2Youranalysisofthestory●Whatistheauthor’spurpose?●Werethedetailsofthestoryclear?●Doyouthinkthestoryachieveditspurpose?Paragraph3Youropinionaboutthestory●Whatdidyoulikeaboutthestory?●Whatdidyounotlikeaboutthestory?●Wouldyourecommendthisstorytoothers?Writeareviewofthefable.Usetheoutlinebelowtohelpyou.ToreadwithoutreflectingislikeeatingwithoutdigestingThestoryisabout...Theauthorwritesabout...Theauthorisusingthestoryto...Theauthortriesto...but...Theauthorhasdoneagoodjobin.....Whatimpresses/strikesmemostisthat...Iwouldlovetosharethestorywith...Ilikethestorybecause...I’mnotsurewhether...but...Writing

Paragraph1:BasicinformationaboutthestoryParagraph2:YouranalysisofthestoryParagraph3:YouropinionaboutthestoryWhat’sthetitleofthestory?Whatkindofstoryisit?What'sthemainideaofthestory?What’stheauthor'spurpose?Werethedetailsofthestoryclear?Doyouthinkthestoryachieveditspurpose?Whatdoyouthinkofthestory?

Wouldyourecommendittoothers?Titleisa類型about....Theauthorisusingthestoryto...Theauthortriesto...but...ThemoralofthestoryisTheauthorhasdoneagoodjobin....Whatimpresses/strikesmemostisthat...I’dlovetosharethestorywith...Structure

“TheStoneintheRoad”isanoldfable

aboutakingwhothinkshis

people

arelazy,soheputsalargestoneinthe

middleoftheroadandhidesandwaits

toseeifanyonewilltrytomoveit.

Theauthorusedthisstorytoimpress

uponreaderstheneedtotakepersonal

responsibilityforproblemsinthe

community.Thestorywasquite

successfulinachievingits

purpose,and

Ilikeditbecauseithadaclearmoral.

However,whilethemoralofthestory

isclear,theactionsofthekingseemed

pointlesstome,becausenoneofthe

charactersinthestorylearntanything.

Forthisreason,Ithinktherearebetter

storiesthatcanbeusedtoimpress

upon

peopletheneedforpersonal

responsibility.Paragraph1BasicinformationaboutthestoryParagraph2YouranalysisofthestoryParagraph3YouropinionaboutthestoryAReviewofTheStoneInTheRoad

TheoldfabletitledTheStoneInTheRoadisamoralstoryinwhichakingplacedalargestonetoblocktheroad,waitingtoseeifanyonewilltrytomoveit.

Thefableismeanttotellweshouldholdpositiveattitudetosolveproblems,notcomplainingorexpectingotherstotakeac