Do you like gardens?
What kind of gardens do you like?
Have you ever grown your own garden? If so, what kinds of plants did you grow?
Do you like laws?
What laws do you like/dislike the most?
Antonym Matching
Good took
Work play
Gave evil
Orders ignorance
Knowledge life
Death pleas
Synonym and Phrase Matching
To do work similar
Take care of exist
Take of look after
To be labor
By himself grab
Like himself alone
One Garden, One Law
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him…
Listening Blank Fill
And ______ Lord God took the man and put him in the ___________ of Eden to do work in it and ______________ of it.
And the Lord God gave the man orders, ___________, You may freely take of the fruit of every ________ of the garden: But of the ________ of the tree of the knowledge of good and ________ you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to _______.
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a _________ to him…
Fill in the Blank with a b c or d.
And the Lord God 1( ) the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work 2( ) it and take care of it. ¶
And the Lord God gave the man 3( ), saying, You may freely take of the fruit of 4( ) tree of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you 5( ) not take; for on the day when you take of it, death 6( ) certainly come to you. ¶
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by 7( ): I will make one like himself as a help to him…
1. a. taking b. take c. takes d. took 2. a. at b. in c. beside d. over
3. a. suggestions b. orders c. suggestion d. order 4. a. every b. all c. whole d. everyone
5. a. Container b. May c. may d. can 6. a. possibly b. might c. may d. will
7. a. himself b. only c. hisself d. alone
Pair Work Discussion Questions
A:
1. Do you think gardening would be a good job? Why or why not?
2. If you could get rid of one law, what law would you abolish?
3. What is your favorite fruit?
4. Do you think the one order in this story was difficult to keep?
5. Is there any reason the man might choose to eat the fruit despite the warning?
B:
6. Do you think your country has too many or too few laws?
7. If you could make one law for your country, what law would you make?
8. What is your least favorite fruit?
9. Do you think the God of this story is difficult or good?
10. Why is it not good for a man to be alone?
Key Vocabulary:
Lord God shang di 44
Garden yuan 2
Orders fen fu 14
Saying shuo 1
Knowledge liao jie 33
Good shan 4
Evil e 4
May keyi 33
Certainly wu yi 22
By himself gu du 12
Exercise Answers
Antonym Matching Good-->evil / work-->play / gave-->took / orders-->pleas / knowledge-->ignorance / death-->life
Synonym and Phrase Matching To do work-->labor / take care of-->look after / take of-->grab / to be-->exist / by himself-->alone / like himself-->similar
Listening Blank Fill the, garden, take care, saying, tree, fruit, evil, you, help
Fill in the Blank. 1.d. took / 2.b. in / 3.b. orders / 4.a. every / 5.c. may / 6.d. will / 7.a. himself