小学英语阅读教学中的故事拓展(7)

　　2、选取材料后要进行改编，使其紧扣该单元内容或要复习的内容

　　如果故事的内容与该单元或者要复习的内容毫不相干，甚至风马牛不相及，那么这个故事拓展就属于无效拓展。如有的老师在五年级上册Unit 3 What's your favourite food? 进行了如下拓展，尽管故事很生动，但没有紧扣这个单元的教学内容，对语言应用没有达到预定的效果。但如果把它放到五年级下册Unit 4 What can you do?来拓展，效果就会更好一些。

　　Can a Horse Eat a Fish?

　　Mr. White was riding a horse in the rain all the afternoon. When he reached a restaurant, he was all wet and cold. He saw a fire in the restaurant and many people sitting around it. He couldn't get a seat near the fire. He thought hard and soon he had an idea. He called out to the waiter. "Bring some fish to my horse!" the waiter answered, "Horses don't eat fish." Mr. White said, "But my horse eats fish." The waiter did as Mr. White told him. The people in the restaurant felt very strange and ran out after the waiter. When all the people went out, Mr. White sat down at the table near the fire. When the waiter and the people came back, they said, "Your horse doesn't want to eat the fish." Mr. White answered, "Put the fish on the table if my horse doesn't want it. I'll eat it as soon as I warm up and dry out." （朱祥慧，2004）