The Grasshopper and the Ant
The story of the lazy grasshopper and the hard-working ant who lived in a forest. As seasons changed, their actions and attitudes towards each other evolved, teaching important lessons about diligence and preparation for the future.
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grasshopper ant / r sh p (r)/ / nt/
Put the pictures into the correct order and think what will probably happen between the grasshopper and the ant.
What season was it? It was summer. What did the ant do? What did the grasshopper do? sat in the sun and sang happily made a house under the ground What do you think of them? hard-working lazy / le zi/ The grasshopper and the ant lived in a forest. The grasshopper was lazy and the ant was hard-working. All summer, the grasshopper sat in the sun and sang happily all the time. The ant made a house under the ground.
What season was it? What did the ant do? What did the grasshopper do? What do you think of them? It was autumn. Autumn came and the ant worked harder. He collected collected food and took it into his house laughed, sang and played food and took it into his house. Why do you work so hard? asked the grasshopper. Winter is coming soon. hard-working It ll be very cold and it ll snow, too. It ll be difficult to find any food, said the ant. Don t be silly, my friend, laughed the grasshopper. There will be plenty of food in the forest in winter. Let s sing and play.
What season was it? What did the ant do? What did the grasshopper do? How did they feel? It was winter. At last, winter came. The ant stayed in his warm house looked for food everywhere, but found nothing stayed in his warm house. He had a lot of food. The grasshopper cold, hungry and disappointed comfortable was outside in the snow. He looked / d s p nt d/ for food everywhere, but he found nothing. He felt cold, hungry and disappointed.
What season was it? What did the ant do? What did the grasshopper do? The ant heard the grasshopper and came out of his house. What s the matter, my friend? asked the ant. I m cold and hungry, answered the grasshopper sadly. Come into my house, said the ant. It s warm inside and I ve got enough food for both of us. The grasshopper thanked the ant and promised, When spring comes, I ll work hard like you. invited the grasshopper; shared food thanked and promised thankful helpful, kind, warm-hearted, generous
Fill in the blanks with verbs. lived was was sat sang made worked collected took came came stayed looked was had find felt could shared invited promised
The grasshopper and the ant lived in a forest. The grasshopper was lazy and the ant was hard-working. All summer, the grasshopper sat in the sun and sang happily all the time. The ant made a house under the ground. Why did the ant build the house under the ground? What do you think of the ant?
Autumn came and the ant worked harder. He collected food and took it into his house. Why do you work so hard? asked the grasshopper. Winter is coming soon. It ll be very cold and it ll snow, too. It ll be difficult to find any food, said the ant. Don t be silly, my friend, laughed the grasshopper. There will be plenty of food in the forest in winter. Let s sing and play. Why did the ant work harder? Why did the ant collect food after building the house? What do you think of the ant from its words? What do you think of the grasshopper from its words?
At last, winter came. The ant stayed in his warm house. He had a lot of food. The grasshopper was outside in the snow. He looked for food everywhere, but he found nothing. He felt cold, hungry and disappointed. Why was the grasshopper outside in the snow? Why did the grasshopper feel cold, hungry and disappointed?
The ant heard the grasshopper and came out of his house. Whats the matter, my friend? asked the ant. I m cold and hungry, answered the grasshopper sadly. Come into my house, said the ant. It s warm inside and I ve got enough food for both of us. The grasshopper thanked the ant and promised, When spring comes, I ll work hard like you. What do you think of the ant? How did the grasshopper feel when it made the promise? What do you think of the grasshopper?
What can you learn from the story? We should be well-planned for the future. We should be hard-working. No pains, no gains. We should be willing to admit and correct our mistakes.
Notes: 1. a hard-working ant a lazy grasshopper * hard-working adj. hard work adj.+n. work hard v.+adv. eg. The hard-working ant worked hard all day and collected lots of food with its hard work. 2. in the sun sing happily under the ground on the ground 3. collect vt. collect stamps collection n. 4. be coming eg. The Labor Day is coming soon. 5. It ll be difficult to find any food. It is + adj. + to do sth. 6. There will be plenty of food in the forest. There be 7. look for find-found-found eg. He looked for food everywhere, but he found nothing. 8. disappoint vt. disappointing adj. disappointed adj. eg. We felt disappointed after hearing the disappointing news./ The news disappointed us.
9. hear-heard-heard hear sb. doing sth. eg. It is enjoyable to hear birds singing in the morning. hear listen to sound eg. I couldn t hear the music. I like listening to music. The music sounds relaxing. 10. What s the matter = What s wrong? 11. both of us neither of us either of us 12. When spring comes, I ll work hard like you.
