M6 Unit 2 Project (1)

Teaching aims & demands:

2. Improve student's ability and provide practice.

3. Master and use some useful words and expressions.

1. Share opinions on happiness.

  

Everyone has different ideas about what makes them happy. Some people like to talk about and remember happy times in the past, and others like to imagine happy times in the future. How do you describe happiness?

HappinessHappiness is being surrounded by family and friends.

幸福就是有家人和朋友陪伴在自己身边。

Happiness means achieving

success in something, such as meeting a goal.

幸福意味着在某方面取得成功，比如说实现一个目标。

To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability,

happiness can simply mean

a day without pain or just being alive. 对那些受伤的人或是身体有残疾而行动不便的人来说，幸福可能仅仅意味着过一天没有疼痛的日子，或仅仅活着而已。

Fast reading

1. Is the writer old or young? How do

you know that?

2. What time does the writer consider to

be the happiest of his life? Why?

3. What does the writer think young

people can do while old people can’t?

Questions: 1. Is the writer old or young? How do

you know that?

The writer is old. He says "... to look b

ack on my school days" and " when I

was young", implying that he is not yo

ung any more.

Questions: 2. What time does the writer

consider to be the happiest

of his life?

His days at school were the

happiest of his life.

Questions:

3. Why does the writer think those days were

happy?

He didn't have any worries in life and coul

d spend all day outside playing with his frie

nds and talking about interesting things. Al

l he had to do was go to school and spend a

few hours studying after school ......

Questions:

4. What does the writer think young people c

an do while old people can't?

Young people are healthy, so they can stay

happy and cheerful. They never seem tired

and feel they can do everything. When peop

le get old, their bodies ache. Old people can

get tired easily and must be very careful no

t to hurt themselves.

Those golden days at school were the happiest of my life.

His happiest time of life in the past.

Good health is an important part of happiness.

I’ve had a wonderful life and I’m proud of my accomplishments.

It is nice to look back on my school days in the countryside in England when I had all my friends around me and the e___________ and g______ of my family. At that _____ in my life, I could have done anything or become anyone. I remember sometimes feeling in a r___ to grow up and be i___________.

ncouragement uidancepoint

ushndependent

Consolidation:

As an i_______ child, I didn’t have any w_____ about problems at work, or about i______ or about how to take care of a family. All I had to do was enjoy my a___________. I’ve had a wonderful life and I’m proud when I think about my a_____________. I’ve been happy about different things at different times during my life, but my most v_____and happiest m________ are those of school days.

nnocentorries

ncome

dolescence

ccomplishments

ividemories

The writer in Golden Days wrote the text mainly ________.

A. to explain to us what happiness means to him.B. to tell us about his happiest time of life in the past.C. to advise us to treasure our happy school days.

1. 在……的前面

2. 在那段时期

3. 恨不得立刻长大

4. 在阳光下

be ahead of…

at that point/during that period

feel in a rush to grow up

in the sunshine

Phrases:

1. golden days 黄金时光 / 黄金岁月golden a. 金的 ; 金色的；特别的，美好的 golden hair a golden opportunity golden weddinggolden ruleSilence is golden.gold n. 金子；黄金gold medal pure gold 金鱼 All that glitters is not gold.

良机金婚（结婚 50周年纪念日）

指导原则；成功之重要原则

金牌 纯金

金发

沉默是金。

发光的东西不都是金子。goldfish

Language points:

1. After trying hard, I got a job in a _____ mine.A. gold B. golden

2. She promised to help him and gave him three ____ apples.A. gold B. golden

3. She was looking for her _____ tooth.A. gold B. golden

4. I think those ____ days at school were the happiest of my life.A. gold B. golden

2. It is nice to look back on my school days in the countryside in England.

look back on

看到这些旧照片，他情不自禁地想起跟爷爷 一块儿度过的日子。When he saw the old photos, he couldn’t help _________________ the days he spent with his grandpa.

回首；回忆；回顾

looking back on

• We _______ _______ /_______ it ____ a promising project. ( 当作 , 看作 )

• _______ _______! There's a car coming.( 小心 )

• He has been ________ _______ ____going to England for a long time.( 期待 , 盼望 )

• We _________ _______ _______ him as a hero. ( 尊敬 )

look on upon as

Look out

looking forward to

look up to

(2010 安徽） 1. No matter how low you c

onsider yourself, there is always someone ____ you wishing they were that high.

A. looking back on B. looking back C. looking up to D. looking down upon

解析：无论你自己认为自己有多低微，总会有人仰望你仰望你 // 敬仰你敬仰你，他们希望也能像你一样高大 .

(2009 浙江） 2. We ____ the first night we had arrived.

A. looked back on B. looked back

C. looked up to D. looked down upon解析：我们回想起回想起到达后的第一晚 .

3. ---- ____ for the glass! ---- It's OK. I'm wearing shoes.

(2004 湖南） A. Look out B. Walk out C. Go out D. Get out

解析： look out for ... 当心；小心 ......

3. My whole life was still ahead of me.我整个的生活还都在前面等着我。

ahead of (⑴ 时间 、空间 ) 在……的前面 ⑵ earlier than sb./ sth. 早于 ⑶ 领先我们前面有三个人。 There are three men _____________. 他提前完成了作业。 He finished his homework ___________. 她总是遥遥领先班上的同学。 She is always ____________the rest of her class.

ahead of us

ahead of time

well ahead of

向前直走

前进；开始 ( 做某事 ) ：

ahead adv. 在前面；向前go straight ahead

go ahead

--- May I start now?

--- Go ahead.

---- May I open the window to let in some fresh air?

---- ____ . (2009 四川） A. Come on! B. Take care! C. Go ahead! D. Hold on!

解析： Go ahead 好吧！请吧！

4. At that point in my life, I could have done anything or become anyone.

at that point

那时，我不在乎你决定要做什么。

___ _____ _____, I did not care what you decided to do.

在那时，在那个阶段

At that point

在人生的那个阶段，我可以干任何事，成为任何人。

at/ on the point of 将近……的时候；接近；靠近1) 当我到达时，她正准备出门。 She was __________________leaving when I arrived. 2)They were on the point of giving up.

to the point __________ off the point __________There is no point in doing sth.

中肯 ,恰当 偏题 ,离题

他们当时几乎要放弃了。

on/ at the point of

做某事没意义

[Practice]

After graduation she reached a pointpoint in her career ______ she had to decide what to do.

A. which B. that C. where D. as

C

I like Mr Miner's speech; it was

clear and ____ the point. (2008 辽宁）

A. at B. on C. to D. of

解析： to the point 中肯 , 恰当

5. All I had to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying when I came home.

All I had to do was enjoy my adolescence.

go to school and spend, enjoy是动词不定式作表语 , 主语中含有实义动词 do,它前面的to可以省略。The first thing that I do when I get home every day is ____________(准备 ) supper.prepare

The only thing I can do is ____

you as much help as I can..

A. to give B. give C. giving D. given

解析：当主语中含有实义动词 实义动词 ddo o 的各种形式时，作表语的不定式通常省略“ to” 。

Discussion:

Set goals

smile more

learn to share

ready to help others

have a good sense of humor

maintain high confidence

money is not everything