WisdomcountsUnit6TherearemanygreatancientandwisestoriesinChina.LotsofChineseidioms(成語(yǔ))haveastorybehindthem.Whatidiom(s)canyouthinkof?臥薪嘗膽三顧茅廬草船借箭Whatdoestheidiommean?What'sthestoryofit?

NotesRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsisaclassicalnovelwrittenbyLuoGuanzhong.ThenovelstartsattheendoftheHandynasty,andittellsthestoryofthewarsbetweenthekingdomsofCaoWei,ShuHanandSunWu.ReadastoryfromRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsandfindoutthewisdombehindit.Task1Whatcharactersarethereinthisstory?ZhugeLiang,ZhouYu,andCaoCao.AstoryabouttwowisemenZhugeLianggotmorethan100,000arrows.ZhouYugaveZhugeLianganimpossibletask.HowdidZhugeLianggetarrows?Divideitintofourparts.Matchthemainideawitheachpart.introductionbeginningmiddleendingTask2Readparagraph2andanswerthequestions.1.WhattaskdidZhouYugiveZhugeLiang?2.WhatdidZhugeLianganswer?ZhouYuaskedZhugeLiangtomake100,000arrowswithintendays.ZhugeLiangsaidhewouldbringZhouYu100,000arrowsinthreedays.十天之內(nèi)三天之內(nèi)Task3Readparagraphs3-5andfillinthetables.ZhugeLiangaskedhissoldiers_____20largeboats_______________________whenintheearlymorningof___________whatZhugeLiang'ssoldiers______theboats________thecamps

ofCaoCao'sarmyand_______and_______________loudly.CaoCaowhyTheythoughttheywere____________.However,theycouldnotsee___________________ontheriver.whatCaoCaoorderedhissoldiers______________towardsthesoundsofthedrumsandtheshouting.tofillwithmanystrawmenthethirddaysailedtowardsshoutedbeattheirdrumsunderattackthroughthethickfogtoshootarrowsTask4能夠做……fillsthwithsth用……填滿……在……的另一邊ordersbtodo命令某人做……Readparagraph6andanswerthequestions.1.WhatcanweinferaboutZhugeLiangfromthestory?ZhugeLiangwasverycleverandstrategic.HeusedthethickfogandthesoundstotrickCaoCaoandsuccessfullygotalargenumberofarrows.2.HowdoyouthinkCaoCaofeltafterrealizingwhathappened?Why?CaoCaomightfeelangryandannoyed.BecausehewastrickedbyZhugeLiangandlostalargenumberofarrows.Task5turnstharound將……掉頭；使……好轉(zhuǎn)TranslatethefollowingexpressionsintoEnglish.Task9withintendaysinthreedaysbeabletodosthfillin...with...ontheothersideof...ordersbtodosthturnstharound1.十天之內(nèi)2.三天之內(nèi)3.能夠做……4.用……填滿……5.在……的另一邊6.命令某人做……7.將……掉頭；使……好轉(zhuǎn)Findthewordsinthestoryandmatchthemwiththeirmeanings.P95

3Task8ZhugeLiang:Wise,calm,goodatusingstrategiesWorkingroupsandanswerthequestion.Task6Whatarethecharacterslikeinthestory?ZhouYu:Jealous,wantstosetadifficulttaskforZhugeLiangCaoCao:Commandssoldiers,actscautiouslyinthefogTrytoretellthestory.KeyPlotSteps1.ZhouYu’sSchemeZhouYu,jealousofZhugeLiang,ordershimtomake100,000arrowsin10days.ZhugeLiangboldlyshortensthetimeto3days.2.ZhugeLiang’sCarefulpreparationof"strawboats"Forthefirsttwodays,hedoesnothing.Onthe3rdmorning,hefills20largeboatswithstrawmenandsailstowardCaoCao’scamp.Soldiersshoutandbeatdrumstosimulateanattack.3.CaoCao’sResponseInthethickfog,CaoCao’ssoldierscan’tseeclearly.Theyshootarrowsatthe“attacking”boats.StrawmenonZhugeLiang’sboatsgetcoveredwitharrows.4.Successful“Borrowing”ZhugeLiang’ssoldiersturntheboats,collectover100,000arrows,andreturntogivethemtoZhouYu.OneofCaoCao’ssoldierstoldthestorytohisfamily.Completehisstorybelowwiththeinformationfromthestoryonpage94.P95

2Task7Intheearlymorningthatday,mostofusweresleepinginourcamps.Suddenlyweheardsomeloudnoisesfromtheriver.Wequicklygotupandwenttolook.Wesawmanyboatssailingtowardsourcamps.Thesoldiersontheboatswereshoutingandbeatingdrumsloudly.Ourleader,CaoCao,thoughtwewereunderattack.Sinceitwasfoggyandhardtoseeclearly,heorderedustoshootarrowstowardsthesounds.Soon,theboatswerefullofarrows.Thentheboatsturnedaround,andthesoldiersonthemshouted,"Thankyouforyourarrows,CaoCao."Afterthat,theysailedawayquickly.Wethenrealizedwehadbeentricked,butitwastoolate.GroupdiscussionWhathelpedZhugeLianggetarrowsfromCaoCao?(weather,time,heknewCaoCaowell...)1.Whatdoyoulearnfromthestory?2.DoyouknowanyotherstoriesaboutZhugeLiang?Whatarethey?3.Doyouknowanyotherstoriesfullofwisdom(智慧)?Whatarethey?Knowtheenemyandknowyourself,andyoucanfightahundredbattleswithnodangerofdefeat.(Theanswerisvary)Empty-citystratagem(空城計(jì));ThreeVisitstotheHut(三顧茅廬)…CaoChongWeighstheElephant(曹沖稱象);SimaGuangsmashedthecylinder(司馬光砸缸)…......Yourideas(1)DoyouknowanyotherstoriesfromRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms?Selectoneandretellittoyourclassmates.(2)WhichcharacterfromRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsdoyoulikebest?Why?Tolearnmoreaboutfamousstoriesfromtheancientworld,youcanreadstoriesfromChina’sFourGreatClassicalNovels:WaterMargin,RomanceoftheThreeKingdoms,JourneytotheWest,andTheDreamoftheRedChamber.1.CanyouretellThestoryof100,000arrows?2.Canyoutellanyotherstorie