●     内容： 经典寓言故事《乌鸦与水罐》的精简版。

●     选材理由： 寓言故事叙事性强，能有效巩固一般过去时11。故事中因果关系清晰，如“因为…所以…”的逻辑链，为引导学生进行讨论并用英文表达观点提供了基础。

●     语法重点： 一般过去时。

●     拓展建议： 在读完故事后，组织学生讨论故事的寓意，并用英文发表自己的看法，实现MEXT大纲中“交流自己的思想与感受”的目标1。

课文：

Once upon a time, a crowwas very thirsty. It flew for a long time, but it could not find any water.Finally, it saw a big pitcher on the ground. The crow was very happy! It flewdown and looked inside. There was water, but the water level was very low. Thecrow’s beak was too short to reach it. The crow tried to tip the pitcher over,but it was too heavy. The crow was clever. It saw some small stones on theground. It picked up a stone and dropped it into the pitcher. Then it picked upanother one and another one. After a while, the water level rose. The crowdrank the water and flew away, very satisfied. The crow understood that a smallaction, when repeated many times, can solve a big problem.