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
mist in a land called Honahlee.*
in the autumn ____
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal puff, and brought
wax and other fancy
him strings and sealing ____
____ stuff!
Together they would _____
travel On a boat with billowed ___.
sail
gigantic
And Jackie kept a ______
perched on puff’s ______
tail.
lookout
Noble kings and princes would ____bow
whenever they came.
Pirate ships would lower their flags when puff roared out
his name! (Repeat *~*)
Listen to the last paragraph and fill in the
blanks with the right forms of the words.
lived (live) forever, but not so little boys.
A dragon ____
_____ (paint) wings and giant rings make way for other
painted
toys. One gray night it _______
happened (happen), Jackie Paper
came no more. And Puff, that mighty dragon. He ceased
_____
(cease) his fearless roar. (Repeat *~*)
bent (bend)in sorrow, Green scales
His head was ____
_____(fall)
like rain.Puff no longer went to play along the
fell
cherry lane. Without his life-long friends, Puff could not be
brave. So Puff, that mighty dragon, Sadly slipped
_____ (slip) in
his cave. (Repeat *~*)
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
dragon lives forever, but not so little boys”?
a) He has a magic (神奇的) power and he will never die. But
Jackie Paper is just a normal (普通的) person. He can’t live
forever.
b) The dragon is a toy. It is lifeless (无生命的). But the boy will
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
Little Jackie Paper
sail
frolicked
strings and sealing wax
bow
lower their flags
came no more
bent in sorrow
slipped into his
cave
1. Read after me the lyrics. Pay attention to the
pronunciation skills.
2. Sing with the tape twice or more. Try to
imitate the singer’s pronunciation and
memorize the words.
3. Sing after me without looking at the lyrics.
4. Two groups carry out a singing competition.
Homework
1. 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.