2. Try to remember the new words.

Step 4 Listening

1. T: Tell Ss they will hear a great Chinese traditional story.

Listen and check (√) the facts you hear. Which story are Anna and Wang Ming talking about?

Key: They are talking about Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.

3. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up.

4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check the facts they hear.

5. Check the answers.

　____ The two mountains were very high and big.

　____ A very old man tried to move the mountains.

　____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.

　Keys: ____ The two mountains were very high and big.

____ A very old man tried to move the mountains.

Step 5 Pair work

1. Read the questions in the box in 1c.

2. Ss discuss the questions with their partners.

3. Let some pairs ask and answer the questions.

　1) How does the story begin?

　2) What happened next?

　3) Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?

Keys: Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side.

The old man told his family that they should all help him to move the mountains.

Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it's big enough

to hold everything.

Step 6 Listening

Work on 2a:

T: Let's continue to listen to the story.

1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen