miércoles, 2 de octubre de 2013

MORALITY

TEXT 3
Morality is the concept of doing the right thing. Morals are basic guidelines for living. Many people have written about ways of choosing what the right thing is. Some believe that there is an objective (true even if you do not agree with it) morality, often thinking it was set out by God or another similar being; others think that morality is subjective (that what is good or bad is your choice).
People can learn morals from religion, parents, friends, school, or reading a book.
It can also be a lesson that someone learns in a book or story. It is usually one line at the end of the story ("The moral of this story is....."). Fables are stories with a moral.
The opposites of "moral" is "immoral", meaning the wrong thing to do. "Amoral" means something that is not related to morality, or has no morally good or bad aspect to it. It is the same as "morally neutral".

ACTIVITY (individually)

Give an example of a moral value that you learnt from:

  • religion

  • your parents

  • your friends

  • your school (teachers)

  • a book or a film that you liked

14 comentarios:

  1. Hello everybody!
    I have written in my notebook the fable that I have found and its moral value.
    If you want to read it in Internet, I put the link here:
    http://www.moralstories.org/the-lion-and-the-mouse/
    I hope you like it and I will read it in class next day.

    See you tomorrow!!

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  2. Hi class!

    The fable I wrote in my notebook was one my family told me when I was a child. It's a bit long, so I'll tell it next day in class.

    See you! :)

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  3. Hello everybody!

    I read An's fable, and it's very good! And I hope also read Rafa's fable tomorrow in class.

    My fable is this:

    "In a house, mouses were scared of a cat and they wanted to know when the cat came to can flee of it. Mouses organised an assambly to decide what can they do. When the assambly finished, they decided to put a rattle to the cat. All mouses though that it was a good idea. When they wanted to put the rattle to the cat, they didn't know how do they put the rattle to the cat.

    The moral value of my fable is that:

    You must to think before you act"

    Good bye people!

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    1. Yes.you must think before act. It 's a good piece of advice for having as less problems as possible

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  4. Hello!

    I wrote the fable in my notebook, I found this fable in one of my book of fables that I read when I was young, I would like to read it next day in class.

    Bye :)

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  5. Hello! I found this fable, I think that almost all the people have listened it:

    In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
    "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
    "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."
    "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "We have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
    When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger - while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of need.

    Bye;)

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    1. This fable is very common to be commented at school. It is very known.

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  6. Hello class!

    I have written the fable in my computer.I found it in internet and I like it.
    I will tell you next day because it is too long


    Bye!

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  7. Hello everybody I found a fable in the internet that my mother told me when I was young. See you tomorrow
    Bye!

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  8. For all of you who want listen fables follow this link:

    http://www.aesopfables.com/aesop3.html

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  9. I have chosen the lion and the mouse' fable. this is the link to read it: http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_fables_lionmouse.html.
    The moral of this fable is you should to give a chance to anyone ask for it to you.

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  10. This is my fable:

    The eagle and the fox:

    One day, a man hunted an eagle. He cut his wings and put it with his chickens. A man saw the eagle and bought it. He tookcare of it and make his wings grew back. Then he set the eagle free. Some days later the eagle give a death bunny to his helper as a gift. A fox saw it and said to the eagle: "Don't make gifts to the good people because they're good by their own. Make gifts to the bad people to make them good.

    The moral value is:

    The good people is good because they want to, not for a reward. The bad people can be good if you do good things for them.

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  11. HELLO!

    THE LAMB AND THE WOLF:
    A lamb was grazing with a flock of sheep one day. She soon found some sweet grass at the edge of the field. Farther and farther she went, away from the others.

    She was enjoying herself so much that she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when it pounced on her, she was quick to start pleading, “Please, please don’t eat me yet. My stomach is full of grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better.”

    The wolf thought that was a good idea, so he sat down and waited. After a while, the lamb said, “If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested faster.” Again the wolf agreed.

    While the lamb was dancing, she had a new idea. She said, “Please take the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance even faster.”

    The wolf took the bell and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd heard the bell ringing and quickly sent his dogs to find the missing lamb. The barking dogs frightened the wolf away and saved the lamb’s life.

    The moral value is:
    You can't to scare nobody for your aspect. because someone can be bigger than you.

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  12. Hello!

    This is my fable:

    The Monkey and the Camel

    The beasts of the forest gave a splendid entertainment at which the Monkey stood up and danced. Having vastly delighted the assembly, he sat down amidst universal applause. The Camel, envious of the praises bestowed on the Monkey and desiring to divert to himself the favor of the guests, proposed to stand up in his turn and dance for their amusement. He moved about in so utterly ridiculous a manner that the Beasts, in a fit of indignation, set upon him with clubs and drove him out of the assembly.

    It is absurd to ape our betters.



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