Journey to the West (Chinese: 西游记) is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng’en. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
目标:
To learn about the Monkey King
To learn new words: object, hide, tail, magic, stick, excite, Western…
1. Which book is talked about?
Journey to the West.
2. Who is the main character?
The Monkey King, Sun Wukong.
3. What is he like?
He can change his shape and size, but he cannot turn himself into a person unless he can hide his tail. He is clever, and never gives up fighting to help the weak.
语点:
1. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick.
to fight: 动词不定式, 作目的状语,“为了……”
2. He cannot turn himself into a person.
turn (sb. / sth.) into… :(使某人/某物)变成 turn into:(通过魔法)变成…