MODULE 6 A famous story Unit 1 She was sitting by the river.

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Look at the following picture and tell us the story. One day Alice was sitting by the river with a book, but she wasn’t reading it. Suddenly a white rabbit ran past her. It was looking at its watch. Because it was going to a tea party. Then Alice fell down a rabbit hole and went into their strange world. Teacher’s tip:

过去进行时 the Past Continuous Tense: 动词的过去进行时表示在过去某一时刻或 某一时间内正在进行或发生的动作。 was /were + v. – ing

Fill in the blanks according to the following pictures: Time: 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon dance play football fish She at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. They at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. were dancing was playing football was fishing

Write notes about what the people in Activity 2 were doing. the Mad Hatter and the March Hare having a tea party the White Rabbit the Cheshire Cat the Red King the Red Queen Alice looking at its watch sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone sitting on the grass playing in the garden sitting by the river with a book

Find words and expressions in the box.  cat, fall, garden, grass, hole, king, queen, mouse rabbit, smile, strange, suddenly, tea party, watch three animals: two important people: a place outside the home: a meal in the afternoon: cat rabbit mouse King, queen garden tea party

Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 1. is short, green and in a garden. You can walk on it. 2. Something is not usual or you don’t know it. 3. You with your mouth when you like someone or something. 4. You can carry a. It tells you the time. 5. A rabbit is a place where rabbits live. 6. You when you go quickly to the ground by mistake. 7. When something happens, you don’t know it’s going to happen. Grass strange smile watch hole fall suddenly  cat, fall, garden, grass, hole, king, queen, mouse rabbit, smile, strange, suddenly, tea party, watch

Ask and answer.  Was Alice sitting by the river?  Was she reading her book?  Was the White Rabbit looking at its watch?  Was the Cheshire Cat sitting on the grass? Yes, she was. Yes, it was. No, she wasn’t. No, it wasn’t.

at 6:00 a.m. get up at 10:10 a.m. work in my office at 11:20 a.m. have lunch in the dining-room at 3:30 p.m. teach English at 5:15 p.m. cook supper at 6:45 p.m. sweep the floor What was I doing at _____ yesterday?

My answer:  I was sweeping the floor at 6:45 p.m. yesterday.  I was getting up at 6:00 a.m. yesterday.  I was working in my office at 10:10 a.m. yesterday.  I was teaching English at 3:30 p.m. yesterday.  I was cooking supper at 5:15 p.m. yesterday.  I was having lunch in the dining-room at 11:20 a.m. yesterday.

Oral work: Say several sentences about what you were doing last Sunday morning.

Unit 2 The white rabbit was looking at its watch. 1. Vocabulary 2. Text understanding 3. Ask and answer 4. Exercises MODULE 6 A famous story

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Vocabulary 2 daisy across by underhedge chain

I believe that it is very strange. Because the rabbit says, “Oh dear! I’ll be late!” Then it took a watch out of its pocket and looked it. Teacher’s tip:

Look for was /were doing sentences: 1. Alice was getting very tired. 2. She was sitting with her sister by the river and her sister was reading a book. 3. She was thinking of making a daisy chain when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran by her. Let’s look for them together ：

Read the start of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and answer the questions. 1. How was Alice feeling? 2. Where were Alice and her sister? 3. What was her sister doing? 4. Why didn’t Alice like her sister’s book? 5. What was Alice thinking of doing? 6. What happened next? She was getting very tired. Her sister was reading a book. By the river. Because the book had no pictures or conversation in it. She was thinking of making a daisy chain. She found that a rabbit ran by her.

Read the start of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and answer the questions. 7. What did the rabbit say? 8. What did the rabbit do with its watch? 9. Why did Alice get up? 10. Where did the rabbit go? 11. What did Alice do? 12. How was she going to get out again? “Oh dear! Oh dear! I’ll be late.” She was surprised. It took it out of its pocket and looked it. Because the book had no pictures or conversation in it. She ran across the field after it. She never thought about it.

Match the notes about Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell with the questions. 1. What was Lewis Carroll’s real name? e. Lewis Carroll’s real name was Charles Dodgson. 2. What was he doing at the University of Oxford, England? 3. Who did Dongson see in a garden? 4. What was Alice doing with her sisters? 5. What did they ask him to do? 6. What did Dodgson become with the Liddell children? 7. What were they doing by the river? 8. What did he tell them? 9. What did Alice ask Dodgson to write? 10. What did Dodgson write? 11. What happened to the real Alice? 12. When did Alice’s adventures with Lewis Carroll end? c. He was teaching maths at the University of Oxford, England. k. He saw Alice Liddell in a garden. d. Alice was playing with her sisters. f. They asked him to take their photos. l. Dodgson became good friend with the Liddell children. a. They were having a picnic by the river. j. He told them lots of stories. b. Alice asked Dodgson to write the stories in a book. i. He wrote Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. h. The real Alice grew up. g. Alice’s adventures with Lewis Carroll ended when she grew up.

Try it yourself. Write the story of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell. Join some sentences with “ One day…Then… Finally... ” Lewis Carroll’s real name was Charles Dodgson. He was teaching maths at the University of Oxford, England. One day he saw Alice in a garden… Teacher’s tip:

Unit 3 Language in use 1. Vocabulary 2. Grammar 3. Exercises 4. Practice MODULE 6 A famous story

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Review the sentences (“was /were + doing”) that we have studied in Unit 1 and Unit 2. Teacher’s tip: One day she was sitting by the river with a book, but she wasn’t reading it. Why was it running? Where was it going? A cat was sitting in a tree.

1. Last night, I saw /was seeing my friend John. It was his birthday and he was having a party. Choose the correct form of the verbs. 2. At five o’clock, my sister and I watched /were watching TV. There was a very good programme on. 3. Suddenly, all the lights in my house were going off /went off. There was a big storm outside. 4. I wasn’t knowing /didn’t know Mary until she started going to my school. 5. What did you do /were you doing at ten o’clock last night? saw were watching went off. didn’t know were you doing

Read and choose the correct answers. 1. Last night, I. a) Knew there was something wrong b) Was knowing there was something wrong 2. It was half past ten, and. a) I was lying in bed reading b) I read in bed 3. Suddenly, I. a) was hearing something under my bed b) heard something under my bed 4. So I. a) jumped out of bed and screamed b) was jumping out of bed and screaming 5. But it was only my cat! He. a) played with a ball under the bed b) was playing with a ball under the bed a) b) a) b)

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box. cat, hole, king, queen, rabbit, smile, strange, tea party, watch Alice met some strange people when she went to Wonderland. She was sitting near the river feeling tired when she saw a (1) looking at its (2). When jumped up and when the rabbit went down a, she followed it. Then Alice came to a garden, and found a cat. When she spoke to the (4), she saw it was (5). When she met the Mad Hatter and the March Hare they were having a (6). Finally, she met a (7) and a (8). rabbit watch hole cat smiling tea party king queen

Match 1-4 with a-d.  1. A rabbit was running across…  2. I was thinking about…  3. The King looked into…  4. She smiled at everyone, because…  A. …how to perform the story in class.  B. …she was given a gold ring by the Queen.  C. …the hall and found many people dancing there.  D. …the field and a girl was following it.

Bill and Tom. A cat on the road. Bob the window. Ann something on the book. Kate a book. Sally and Tessa were good friends. They. Dave coffee with his friend Diana. Andy and Tony. Gary at the notice board. Fill in the blanks. (In the picture, it was 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon.) were playing basketball was sleeping was cleaning was writing was reading were talking was drinking were playing chess was looking

Oral work: Write a short story about your past experience. Attention: A: Make note. Think about: What was happening at that time? What were you doing? What happened? What happened next? What happened finally. B: Use your notes to write this story.