高中英语 Unit 4 Behind beliefs SectionⅣ学案 牛津译林版选修9-牛津版高二选修9英语学案

Unit 4 Behind beliefsSection Ⅳ Writing外国友人不理解“揠苗助长”这个成语的含义，请你以“Pull the shoots up to help them grow higher”为题给他讲这个典故，并点明寓意。120 词左右。参考词汇：苗 shoot 溺爱 spoil 过分热心 excessive enthusiasm 客观规律 objective lawSuggested answer：Pull the shoots up to help them grow higherThere is an interesting story about the idiom.It's said that there was a farmer in the state of Song.He always felt that his shoots in the field were growing too slowly.He went to see them every day.The shoots never grew as fast as he wished.He went around the field heavyheartedly and thought about how to help them to grow faster.Finally，he got a good idea.He jumped into the field and pulled all the shoots up halfinch higher one by one.He worked all day and felt tired out.Having returned home，he told his son，“I have got a very good result today—I pulled all the shoots in the field a little higher.” Hearing this，his son went to the field immediately，but he saw dead shoots.Now we usually use the idiom to describe that one spoils things by excessive enthusiasm without considering the objective law.In other words，“Haste makes waste.”这是一个讲述故事性质的说明文，主要分为两段，第一段讲述这个故事，第二段则要阐述故事的寓意。文章应采用一般过去时和一般现在时来表达。1．It's said that there was a farmer in the state of Song.这是一个经典的 it 句型。2．Hearing this，his son went to the field immediately，but he saw dead shoots.用分词表原因，简洁生动。