The second lesson of "Waiting for the Rabbit"

1. Review: new words. Note: the writing of farming and releasing.

2. Read the text aloud by yourself. Watch for pauses.

3. Use illustrations and annotations to understand the text and think: Why were farmers laughed at by people in the Song Dynasty? Underline the dots as you read.

4. Try to answer the following questions in the original text:

Who is the protagonist of the story? ——People in the Song Dynasty had cultivators.

Where does the story take place? ——There is a plant in the field.

Why should he wait and see? ——A rabbit walks and touches a plant, breaks its neck and dies. (Note: "Walk" means to run. Expand the idiom: to watch flowers on horseback, to tell each other running)

(Why does the rabbit run so fast? Use your imagination. - Maybe it is being chased by a tiger or a hunter. The rabbit "broke its neck and died", this is an "accidental" event)

Which sentence in the article refers to the content of the illustration? ——Because he released his weeds and guarded the plant, hoping to get the rabbit again.

(Expansion: In spring, the fields are covered with weeds; in summer, the scorching sun causes the seedlings to wither; in autumn...winter...the farmer still "keeps the plants to release the grass, hoping to find rabbits again.")

How does the story end? ——The rabbit cannot be recovered, but it is the song of Song Dynasty that laughs. ("Wei" means to be, pronounced in the second tone.)

5. Translation:

There was a farmer in the Song Dynasty, and there was a tree stump in the field. One day, a rabbit hit a tree stump while running, broke its neck and died. So the farmer put down his farm tools and stood by the tree stump every day, hoping to get another rabbit. It was impossible to get the rabbit again, so the farmer was laughed at by the people of Song.

6. After-class exercises: Why were farmers made fun of by people in Song Dynasty?

Answer: Because he regards things that happen occasionally as inevitable things that will happen every day. I always have a luck mentality and just want to get something for nothing and get rabbits every day. In the end, the rabbit was not obtained and the field became barren.

7. Use your own words to persuade the farmers.

8. Tell the story to parents in your own words.

9. Memorize the text.

10. Fable is a mirror of life, which can reflect many principles of life. Tell us about a similar situation you have noticed in your life.

Answer: In the news, someone won a lottery once and bought lottery tickets every day, always hoping to win.

11. What does this story tell us?

Answer: Don’t take things that happen by chance as inevitable, and don’t take chances and always want to get something for nothing.

12. Extended reading: "Going in the wrong direction".

Tell us what?

Answer: If goals and actions are inconsistent, the goal will never be achieved.

13. Recommended reading list: "Ancient Chinese Fables".

14. Summary:

Fable: a small story with big principles.

How to read classical Chinese: with the help of notes and illustrations.

Tell me what you learned from the two fables.

15. Homework: Memorize the text and tell the story "Waiting for the Rabbit" to your family.