Unit 9 Show Time!
2.Listen to and read the story.
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
One day the City Mouse came to visit the Country Mouse.
The Country Mouse slept under a log in a nest of dry grass.
He ate cereal and a little fruit.
The City Mouse thought life in the country was very dull.
He missed the rich food and the exciting life of the city.
So he invited the Country Mouse to visit him in the city.
Late that night the mice entered the house of the City Mouse
through a hole in the wall.
On the dining room table,they found food left from a big meal.
The Country Mouse thought the food was delicious!He ate and ate.
Suddenly a cat jumped onto the table.
As the mice ran to the hole,the cat almost caught the Country Mouse.
The frightened Country Mouse decided city life was just too dangerous.
He went back to the country,where life was dull but safe.
4.Listen.Circle the answer.
5.Listen.Read.
Act 1
Country Mouse:Please come into my home.
City Mouse:Is this tiny grass nest really your home?I live in big house.
Country Mouse:Would you like some cereal and fruit?
City Mouse:Don't you have any cheese or cake?
Country Mouse:No,all I have is cereal and fruit.
City Mouse:That's terrible!Let's go to the city.I can show you my house.
There are all kinds of foods there.And city life is exciting!
Country Mouse:Thanks.I'd like to go to the city with you.
City Mouse:Here's a delicious dinner.The people in my house left it.
Let's eat.(The mice eat and eat.)
Country Mouse:This is wonderful!I never had such good food.
City Mouse:Run!Go to the hole!
Country Mouse:I'm really scared.Life in the city is awful!
I'm going home where it's safe.I don't have to worry about any cats there!
6.Listen to and read an African tale.
Anansi and Turtle
One day Turtle stopped to rest at the house of Anansi the Spider.
Turtle was tired and hungry.
It was dinner time,but Anansi didn't want to share his food.
Anansi saw that Turtle had dirty feet,
so he sent him to the lake to wash before dinner.
Anansi then ate all the food.
When Turtle returned,there was no food left for him.
Turtle was hungry as he left.But he invited Anansi to visit him some day.
Months later,Anansi came to see Turtle.
Turtle invited Anansi to dinner.
He then went to his underwater home to make the meal.
Anansi put rocks in his coat to make himself heavier.
He jumped into the water and swam down to Turtle's home.
Turtle asked Anansi to take off his coat before he ate.
When Anansi took off the coat,he floated up to the top of the lake.
Turtle smiled and ate all of the food.
The Rabbit and the Turtle
Retold by Robert Newell
That rabbit! What a character!He was proud of his long ears.
He was proud of his long feet.
And he was very proud of how fast he ran.
"No one can catch me,"Rabbit said."I'm wonderful.Wonderful!"
"He is terrible,"said Mouse.
"Awful!"said Spider."But what can we do?""I know what to do,"said Turtle.
"Would you like to have a race?"Turtle asked Rabbit."Let's race to Big Rock."
"Do I want to race?With you?"Rabbit laughed.
"You are a dirty,dull turle.A SLOW turtle."
Turtle smiled."I can win,"he said.Rabbit stopped laughing.
"Let's go!"he said.They ran.
That rabbit was fast.He left Turle behind in no time.
Then he saw a restaurant."I'm hungry,"he thought.
"And that turtle is slow.I have time for dinner."Rabbit ate a delicious meal of fruit,cheese,and cake.
Turtle went past the restaurant.He didn't stop.
But Rabbit caught up with him later and left him behind again.
Rabbit felt a little tired then.He found a log.
He decided to crawl in.He slept.Turtle did not stop.He went past the log.
He was slow,but he ran and he ran.
Suddenly Rabbit opened his eyes.He jumped up.He ran faster than before.
But he was too late.That turle was slow.But he did not stop.
He did not give up.And he won!