木偶奇遇记

Photo courtesy: Walt Disney

Dear Students,

Homework for this week:
1. Watch the following short video in Chinese. Tell me what are some differences you have noticed between the video and the story in our book. Write at least 3 sentences in CHINESE CHARACTERS in the "comment" area. Please call me or email me if you don't know how to do this one.  Use the translation I give you at the bottom of this post.

2. Retell the story at Voicethread. Remember you have to use ALL the words given. Please practice to your parents or yourself for a couple of times BEFORE you do the recording.

3. Study the new words for a quiz next week.

Translation

I like a fairy tale very much, and it’s called “The Adventure of A Puppet”.

In the story, an old man called Geppetto made a puppet. The puppet is very special because he can open his eyes to look at things, and can open his mouth to talk and sing, and also can move his legs to walk. The old man named him Pinocchio. He made him clothes, and sent him to school. But Pinocchio loves to play. As soon as he gets to the street, he goes where crowds are in the Grand Puppet Theater with other kids. At the theater, he makes trouble, and is almost thrown into the fire to be burnt. He doesn’t like to study, and wants to play in the Toyland all day long. Once, he was changed to donkey in the Toyland. A circus bought him, and pulled him away in a cart. He suffered a lot on the way, and in the end, he ran into Geppetto in the ocean. Geppetto brought him home. Since then, Pinocchio dropped all his bad habits, and learned to work. He now also knows how to study hard, and look after his papa. One day, Pinocchio woke up to find that he is no longer a puppet, but has changed into a pretty child.