Listen to the song and choose one word that best describes your feelings about it.

excited touched

worried sorrowful

cheerful interested

nothing special

Listen to the song again and choose the statement that best describes the song.

The song ____________ .

A. shows a boy’s fear of the magic dragon.

B. shows a big fight between an evil dragon and a

hero.

C. shows the great friendship between Jackie and

the magic dragon.

D. is about the sadness that the magic dragon has

about the present life.

Listen to the first two paragraphs of the song

and fill in the blanks with the expressions

below.mist travel lookout wax gigantic sail fancy bow

Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea, and frolicked i

n the autumn ____ in a land called Honahlee.*

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal puff, and brought h

im strings and sealing ____ and other ____ stuff!

Together they would _____ On a boat with billowed

___. And Jackie kept a ______ perched on puff’s ______

tail. Noble kings and princes would ____ whenever they

came. Pirate ships would lower their flags when puff

roared out his name! (Repeat *~*)

mist

lookout

travel

bow

fancywax

sail gigantic

A dragon ____ (live) forever, but not so little boys. _

____ (paint) wings and giant rings make way for other toys.

One gray night it _______ (happen), Jackie Paper came n

o more. And Puff, that mighty dragon. He _____ (cease) hi

s fearless roar. (Repeat *~*)

His head was ____ (bend)in sorrow, Green scales _____

(fall) like rain.Puff no longer went to play along the cherry l

ane. Without his life-long friends, Puff could not be brave.

So Puff, that mighty dragon, Sadly _____ (slip) in his cave.

(Repeat *~*)

Listen to the last paragraph and fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words.

lived

painted

happened

ceased

bent

fell

slipped

Read the whole lyrics as quickly as possible and

then tick the correct statements about the song.

• There are two persons in this song. One is Jackie Paper, the other is Puff.

• Puff is a real dragon. Jackie Paper is his best friend.

• Jackie Paper and Puff have traveled to a lot of countries on a boat.

• Jackie Paper and Puff are so powerful ( 强大的 ) that even the kings and princes will bow before them.

• Jackie Paper and Puff are brave warriors ( 战士 ) at sea.

• Jackie Paper and Puff are good friends but they break

up ( 关系破裂 ) years later. After that, Jackie no longer

( 不再 ) plays with Puff.

• The experiences of Jackie and Puff are not real. They

are just Jackie’s innocent ( 天真的 ) imagination ( 想象 )

when he plays with his toy dragon.

• Puff is a toy dragon. It gives Jackie a sweet memory of

childhood.

• Jackie Paper like to play with his toy dragon Puff when

he is a little boy. But when he’s grown up, he does not.

Look at the sentence “a dragon lives forever but not so little boy”. Please complete this multiple choice.

What is the correct ( 正确的 ) understanding of “A drag

on lives forever, but not so little boys”?

a)  He has a magic ( 神奇的 ) power and he will never die. But J

ackie Paper is just a normal ( 普通的 ) person. He can’t live fore

ver.

b)  The dragon is a toy. It is lifeless ( 无生命的 ). But the boy wi

ll die someday.

c)  Because the dragon is just a toy. It remains ( 保持 )

the same forever. But as the boy grows up, he will be attracted ( 吸引 ) by more interesting or complicated ( 复杂的 ) things.

Please retell the whole story with the help of key words and pictures.

lived by the sea frolicked

Little Jackie Paper strings and sealing wax

sail bow

lower their flags came no more

bent in sorrow slipped into his cave

1. Read after me the lyrics. Pay attention to the p

ronunciation skills.

3. Sing after me without looking at the lyrics.

4. Two groups carry out a singing competition.

2. Sing with the tape twice or more. Try to

imitate the singer’s pronunciation and

memorize the words.

Homework1. Review the new vocabulary we learned in

this song.

2. Practicing singing Puff, the Magic Dragon.

3. Puff was sad about losing his best friend----

Jackie. Who is your best friend? Did you have

good time when you stay together? How do you

think about the friendship between you and your

best friend? Please write a composition about

friendship.