Do you remember the stories “The emperor’s new clothes” and “The ugly duckling”?Andersen wrote the stories. He was a Danish writer. He wrote a lot of interesting fairy tales and stories. Children around the world enjoy reading his stories.
The stories “Snow White”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Cinderella” are from Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The Grimm brothers were German writers. They collected a lot of stories. Both adults and children like their stories.
Aesop’s Fables is another great book. Most stories in this book are about animals. The animals in the stories can talk. Some well-known stories are “The fox and the grapes”, “The farmer and the snake” and “The wind and the sun”. We can usually learn something from these stories
1. Who is Andersen?2. Which book is the story “Little Red Riding Hood” from?
3. What are the most stories in Aesop’s Fables about?
4. What’s your favourite story?
5. Who wrote this story?
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Snow White is a beautiful princess(公主). The king and the queen love her very much. People love her too. One day, the queen is ill and dies(死了) soon.
The king has a new queen. She does not like Snow White because she is beautiful. The queen asks a hunter(猎人) to kill Snow White. The hunter takes Snow White into a forest but lets her go.
Snow White finds a house in the forest. Seven dwarfs(小矮人) live in it. They help Snow White.
One day, the queen comes to the forest. She gives Snow White a poisonous(有毒的) apple. Snow White eats it and falls asleep.
A prince sees the sleeping Snow White. He helps her. Then Snow White wakes up.
1. Snow White is a beautiful princess.2. The king wants to kill Snow White because the queen doesn’t like her.
3. The hunter kills Snow White.
4. The seven dwarfs help Snow White.
5. The queen gives Snow White an apple because she wants to kill her.
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. It is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. People usually light lanterns at night and eat tangyuan at the festival. Why do we light lanterns? Here is a story about it.
A big, beautiful bird flies over a village(村庄). It is a pet of the Jade Emperor(玉皇大帝). Three men in the village see the bird and want to catch it. They run after the bird and hurt it. The bird can’t fly and falls into the mountains.
The Jade Emperor waits for his bird, but it doesn’t come back. He looks down and finds his bird. When he knows how the bird gets hurt, he becomes angry and decides to punish the three men. He calls his daughter and asks her to burn(烧毁)the village.
His daughter is kind. She goes to the village and says to the three men, "My father is angry and he will burn your village on the fifteenth day of this month."
The three men don’t know what to do. They ask a wise(智慧的) woman. The woman says, “You can light lanterns and fires. The village must be full of fire and noise(嗓音). The Jade Emperor will think the village is on fire.”
The three men do as the wise woman says. The Jade Emperor sees the fire and hears the noise. He thinks the village is destroyed(被破坏的). Then he forgets all about the village. The village is safe.
1. The big, beautiful bird is the _________ pet. ( )| A．three men’s | B．Jade Emperor’s | C．Jade Emperor’s daughter’s |
| A．奖励 | B．惩罚 | C．告诫 |
| A．the three men eat his pet |
| B．the three men hurt his pet |
| C．his daughter doesn’t listen to him |
| A．They run away. | B．They burn the village. | C．They light lanterns and fires. |
| A．The origin(起源)of the lanterns. |
| B．A story about the Jade Emperor. |
| C．Why we light lanterns at the Lantern Festival? |
A. One day, the fisherman catches a big fish. It’s a magic fish, but the man throws it into the sea.
B. The fisherman tells his wife about the magic fish. She’s angry. She wants a nice house.
C. The next day, the magic fish helps the fisherman. Now the fisherman’s house is a big castle.
D. But the next day, the wife wants to be the queen. She is wearing a crown (王冠).
E. And the next day, she wants to be the queen of the sun and the moon.
F. Finally, the fisherman’s wife gets nothing. There is only a small and old house in front of her.
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Now Cinderella is at the prince’s party.
Prince: Hello, may I have your name?
Cinderella:
Prince: Your shoes and dress are very nice.
Cinderella:
Prince: Where do you live?
Cinderella: No, it isn’t. It’s far from here.
Prince:
Cinderella: I take a carriage (马车).
(They dance together.)
Cinderella:
Prince: It’s five to twelve.
Cinderella: Oh!
Prince: Wait! Hey, your shoe!
| A．How do you come here? |
| B．Sorry, I have to go now. |
| C．Yes, please. |
| D．Is your home near my house? |
| E．I’m Cinderella. |
| F．Thank you. |
| G．What time is it now? |
| H．When is the party? |
There was a nice girl. Her name was Little Red-Cap. One day, her mother said to her. “Grandma is ill. Take the medicine and the cake to her and look after her.” “OK, Mum,” Little Red-Cap answered. Grandma lived in the forest. There were so many beautiful flowers in the forest. Little Red-Cap picked some flowers. She saw a wolf. She told the wolf that Grandma’s house is near here. The wolf went to the grandma’s house and ate grandma. Then the wolf acted her in the bed. Little Red-Cap came. She saw Grandma and said, “Grandma, why are your eyes so big? Why are your hands so big, too? They look much bigger than before!” The wolf ate the girl but a hunter came and killed (杀死) the wolf. He saved Little Red-Cap and her grandma. They were very grateful (感激的).
1. Mum asked Little Red-Cap to take the _________ to grandma. ( )| A．flowers and the cake | B．flowers and apples | C．cake and the medicine |
| A．ate the fruit | B．picked some flowers | C．picked some fruits |
| A．eyes and mouth | B．eyes and hands | C．hands and mouth |
| A．hunter | B．wolf | C．teacher |
| Then | Now | |
| Ms Chicken | She was | She has a |
| Ms Swan | She was ugly and grey. Her neck wasn’t | She is very |
Alice in Wonderland
Alice sees a white rabbit in the garden. The rabbit is wearing a coat! “How funny! What’s he doing here?” Alice thinks. Then she sees the rabbit take out a watch, have a look and run away. Alice runs after the rabbit.
The rabbit jumps into a big hole(洞). Alice jumps into the hole too. But she can’t see the rabbit! Alice finds a small door and a small key. She opens the small door with the key. “The rabbit runs through the door!” she thinks.
| A. She becomes small now. B. Alice eats the cake and become big. C. Alice goes through the door. D. Then she finds a small bottle on the table. E. She drinks the water in the bottle. F. Alice can’t get through the door. She is too big! |
Do you remember the stories “The kings new clothes” and “The ugly duckling”? Andersen wrote the stories. He was a Danish writer. He wrote a lot of interesting fairy tales and stories.
The stories “Snow White”, “Little Red Riding Hood”and “Cinderella” are from Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The Grimm brothers were German writers. They collect a lot of stories.
Aesop’s Fables is another great book.
The Monkey King and Nezha are Chinese stories. There are also many Chinese fables, like “The monkeys and the moon”, “Yu Gong moved the mountains away”.
| A．Both adults(成年人) and children like their stories. |
| B．Most stories in this book are about animals. |
| C．Children around the world enjoy reading his stories. |
| D．English children like to read the stories about princes. |
| E．Chinese children read these stories when they were very young. |
