Language Arts: Aesop's Fables 伊索寓言
基礎大獅子放走小老鼠，小老鼠後來救回大獅子——伊索寓言教你施恩莫望報、小人物也有大力量。
- 伊索寓言：小故事大道理——fable 是有教訓的故事。
- 故事骨架：相遇→放生→落網→相救。
- 金句：No act of kindness is ever wasted.
文體小知識：Language Arts——伊索寓言：短故事大道理，學英文同時學做人——The Lion and the Mouse 教你施恩莫望報。
§課文原文 Passage
1One day, a big lion was sleeping. A little mouse ran over his nose and woke him up. The lion caught the mouse with his big paw. 「Please let me go!」cried the mouse. 「One day I may help you.」The lion laughed. 「You are so small——how can you help me?」But he let the mouse go.
2A few days later, the lion fell into a hunter's net. He roared and pulled, but the ropes were too strong. The little mouse heard him and ran to help. 「I will help you,」she said. She bit the ropes with her small teeth, one by one, until the net fell open. The lion was free!
3The lion said, 「Thank you, little mouse. I was wrong to laugh at you.」The mouse smiled: 「You laughed at me because you thought I was too small. But even the smallest friend can be a great friend.」The lesson of this fable: no act of kindness is ever wasted——a small friend today may be a big helper tomorrow.
1重點摘要 Summary
大獅子放走小老鼠，小老鼠後來救回大獅子——伊索寓言教你施恩莫望報、小人物也有大力量。
2生字卡 Vocabulary
有教訓意義的短故事——伊索寓言最有名。
獅子的大手掌——捉住老鼠的部位。
獅子的吼叫——lion roared and pulled。
獵人的網——獅子被困在網中。
繩——老鼠逐條咬斷的繩。
咬——老鼠用細牙咬斷繩索。
放走——獅子放走老鼠。
善意的行為——施恩莫望報。
3逐步講解 Steps
- Step 1：聽故事抓五個關鍵字聽 The Lion and the Mouse 時抓五個關鍵字：lion、mouse、paw、net、bite，五個字就是故事骨架：相遇、捉住、放走、被困、相救。一邊聽一邊圈出關鍵字，故事的結構就會浮現。易錯位：paw 是動物的腳掌，不是人的手；net 是獵人的網，這兩個字串起故事最重要的轉折。
- Step 2：對白朗讀兩種聲線讀對白要換聲線：獅子的句子大聲而傲慢，例如 You are so small!；老鼠的句子細小而勇敢，例如 I will help you! 兩種聲線一換，角色立即分明，朗讀不是讀書，而是表演。易錯位：感嘆號要讀出語氣；will 表示決心，I will help you 要讀得堅定有力。
- Step 3：故事結構三段寓言分三段：第一段相遇與放生，獅子放了老鼠；第二段反轉，獅子被困，老鼠出現；第三段救援與教訓，老鼠咬斷繩網，再帶出寓意。起、轉、結的三段結構與其他故事相通。易錯位：複述時三段各抓一句重點就好，不要平均用力，第二段的反轉是最關鍵的一段。
- Step 4：寓意句式寓言的教訓有固定句式：No act of kindness is ever wasted，善行永不會白費。學會句式就能遷移使用：No effort is ever wasted，努力永不會白費。no 開頭，加名詞，再加 is ever 加過去分詞，語氣鄭重。易錯位：ever 帶出永遠的意味，不能省略；句首的 No 表示沒有任何，後面的名詞用單數。
- Step 5：複述故事框架用自己的文字複述四步：大獅子捉住小老鼠，老鼠求饒，獅子放生，後來獅子落網，老鼠咬網相救。複述時全用過去式：was、ran、caught、bit，這正是故事時態的練習場。易錯位：caught 是 catch 的過去式，bit 是 bite 的過去式，兩個不規則變化要在複述中用得準確。
- Step 6：對比另一則伊索寓言再讀 The Ant and the Grasshopper：螞蟻勤勞儲糧，蚱蜢只顧玩樂，冬天來時結局各異。這則寓言和 The Lion and the Mouse 一樣，都是用動物演出做人的道理。多讀一則，寓意句式自然熟練。易錯位：比較兩則寓言時，各自說出教訓句，練習用 The moral is 加句子收尾。
5例題示範 Example
示範：以「The Lion and the Mouse」為題，寫一段故事大意（story summary）。
- 第一步：開頭講主角和事件——A big lion caught a little mouse, and the mouse begged to be set free.
- 第二步：講反轉——Days later, the lion fell into a hunter's net.
- 第三步：講救援——The little mouse came and bit through the ropes to set him free.
- 第四步：講教訓——The lion learned that even the smallest friend can be a great friend.
- 答案：範例大意：A big lion caught a little mouse and let it go. Days later, the lion fell into a hunter's net. The little mouse came and bit through the ropes to set him free. The lion learned that even the smallest friend can be a great friend.——四句講完一個寓言：人物＋事件＋反轉＋教訓。
6常見錯誤 Mistakes
75 題快測 Quick check
Q1獅子最初捉住老鼠後做了什麼？
Q2獅子為何被困？
Q3老鼠怎樣救獅子？
Q4這個寓言的教訓是？
Q5故事哪句講出真友誼？
8重點回顧 Recap
- 伊索寓言：小故事大道理——fable 是有教訓的故事。
- 故事骨架：相遇→放生→落網→相救。
- 金句：No act of kindness is ever wasted.
- 故事時態：was, caught, ran, bit——過去式。
- 複述四句：人物＋事件＋反轉＋教訓。