Extra Mission

Group Effort

A.Pick one legend from above,divide the story among you and retell the story in turns.Make sure the story is connected smoothly from the beginning to the end.Use connectors such as"and","then","in addition to","as well",etc.

B.Prepare another Chinese mythological story to tell in class,for example,Kuafu Running After the Sun or Jingwei the Bird Filling up the Sea.Share the moral with each other.

C.Discuss in your group about which Chinese mythological story would most interest Westerners and what questions they might want to ask you about Chinese mythology.

Culture in Movies

Watch the movie The Treatment（《刮痧》）after class.Retell the plot in your own words and with some new vocabulary from the movie.Learn from the movie certain knowledge and information for a class discussion on the possible misunderstandings of Chinese culture by Westerners.