新加坡3B unit9A(1).pdf

。ReadingTales to Tell特One day,Mr Ahmad told the class a folk tale based onan old Chinese sayingNever Ride a TigerLong ago in China,there lived a foolish man.He was big and strong and likedto walk in the part of the forest where tigers lived.“Dont go there,.”people warned him.“Its dangerous.There are tigersabout.”The foolish man took no notice.I dont care!he replied.Im so big andstrong.Im not afraid of tigers.One day,however,he met a ferocious tiger.The foolish man looked at its big,sharp teeth and long,fierce claws.Then,the tiger roared.The foolish man wasvery frightened.He shivered and shook.He ran out of the forest as fast as histwo legs would carry him.However,the foolish man soon got tired.He puffed and panted.The tiger wasclose behind him.It roared excitedly,thinking of the delicious meal it couldhave.The foolish man saw a coconut tree.Up the tree he scrambled,as fast ashe could.The tiger prowled around the tree.I will wait for that foolish man to get tiredand fall,it thought.It licked its lips,thinking about how tasty the man wouldbe.Sure enough,the foolish man soon felt tired.His arms no longer had thestrength to hold on to the tree.He fell down,down,down,right onto thetigers back.18Text TypeReadingThe foolish man knew that the moment he got off the tiger,it would surely eathim.He wrapped his legs tightly around the tigers body.He wrapped his armstightly around its neck.The tiger tried its hardest to shake off the man but it hadno luck.People gathered to watch as the tiger galloped past.What a brave man!they exclaimed.He is daring enough to ride a tiger!Help!Help!shouted the man.I am not really brave.Help me down,please!hepleaded.However,the wind blew away his words.Nobody heard them.Off thetiger galloped into the sunset,with the foolish man clinging to its back.Does the mandeserve to be calledfoolish？Give reasonsfor your answer.Never Ride a Tigeris a folk tale from China.It teachesus a lesson about foolishness.The man in the story isfoolish because he didnt listen to the villagerswarningsand instead,pretended to be brave.As a result,when hewas in trouble,nobody realised that he needed help.Theythought he was being brave.We learn that we shouldThink of one way inpay attention to what others say and not pretend to bewhich folk tales aresomething that we are not.similar to fables.Think ofone way in which theyare different.Some folk tales teach us a lesson or talk aboutgood and bad behaviour.Do you know a folk tale from your own culture?Share it with your classmates.Worksheets 1&2,pages 22-2519GrammarVocabularyThat is such an interesting story,said Liming.I wonderhow writers make their stories so interesting.Well,said Mr Ahmad,Once a writer has decided whyhe is writing the story,who the story is for and what it isabout,he chooses his words very carefully.Writers usedifferent verbs to make their stories more interesting.Writers use verbs to talk about what happens in the storyand what the characters in the story do,say,think andfeel.Read the folktale The Red Hill.Take note of theTHE RED HILLwords in colounMany years ago,wild swordfish filled the sea aroundSingapore.The people were very afraid of these fiercefish.They attacked the fishermen out at sea and scaredpeople away from the beaches.Raja Iskandar,the ruler of Singapore,decided thatsomething must be done.Kill the swordfish!the Rajaordered his soldiers.The soldiers tried to stab the fish with their sharp spears.But the swordfishdefeated them.They killed and injured many brave soldiers.The Raja walked sadly back up the beach.What can I do to stop these dreadfulswordfish?he exclaimed aloud.I have an idea,whispered a little voice.The Raja turnedaround and saw a young boy sitting on a rock.Build awall of banana stems in the water,suggested the littleboy.Then,when the fish come in on the tide,their sharpswords will pierce the soft stems and they will be trapped.20）Unit9:Tales to TellGrammarVocabularyWhat a great idea,the Raja thought.So,he ordered his soldiers to cut downall the banana trees they could find.Then,they built a long wall of bananastems along the beach.At high tide,the fish swam towards the shoreand their swords stuck fast to the sticky stems ofthe banana trees.The soldiers quickly killed thetrapped fish.What a feast of fish the peoplehad that day!No soldiers had died and noswordfish remained to frighten them.Thepeople felt safe and happy again.The Raja,however,felt uneasy.That little boy is too clever,he told hisCaptain.I fear he will be more powerful than me one day.The Captain thought the Raja wanted him to get rid of the boy.The next night,he ordered four men to kill the little boy.They crept up the hill to the boys hutand kicked the door open.To their surprise,they found a strange old woman with long white hair there.The boy was nowhere to be seen.You wicked men!she screamed.The boyhelped you and yet you want to kill him.I will not let the world forget howungrateful you are!The terrified soldiers fled at once.Suddenly,a hole opened up in the ground beforethem!Thick red blood gushed from it andstreamed down the hill after them.It stainedthe ground red.From thatday on,the hill has beencalled Red Hill orWhy do youBukit Merah.think people toldthis folk tale?Worksheets 3&4,pages 26-3021