Unit 2

Reading

Read each paragraph and complete the

following charts.

Calm colours

It’s a ______ and ______ colour.It creates the feeling of ___, so wearing blue clothes or _______ is good for the mind and body.It also represents _______.

It’s the colour of _____.It can help you when you are feeling ______.

Warm colours

(They can give you a ______ feeling. )

It represents _____.

It can bring you ___.

It can ______ when you are feeling sad.It’s the colour of ____and ____.

Some people like to use it when they ___.

Energetic colors

It represents _____, so

it can give you _____

when you feel tired or

weak.

It’s the colour of ____,

but it’s also the colour

of money and _____.

Strong colours

It represents _______

and it’s also the colo

ur of _________.

When you need ____,

red can help you.

Wearing red can ma

ke it easier for you to

________.

colours

feeling

calm

warm

energetic

strong

blue

white

orange

yellow

green

red

calm and peaceful

happy and satisfied, warm and comfortable

energetic

powerful

colour

calmblue

white

represent

warmorange

yellow

energetic green

strong red

sadness harmony

purityjoy success

sun wisdom

new life and growth

nature, envy, jealous

power heat

strong feelings

Language points

1. Did you know that colours can affect our

moods?

1)affect vt. 影响、感动 The climate affected the amount of

rainfall.

Dark light can affect our eyes.

2. Colours can change our moods and m

ake us feel happy or sad, energetic or s

leepy.

sleepy adj. 欲睡的、困乏的 在句子中可以作表语或定语。 I am too sleepy to watch the film. ( 表语 )

He always has a sleepy expression. ( 定语 )

比较 : asleep adj. 入睡的、睡着的 在句中作表语 , 不可作定语。 I was very tired and soon fell asleep.

( 表语 )

你会填吗？ Jim was so _______. He fell ______ w

hen he was on bed. (sleep)

asleepsleepy

3. It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful colour.

calm adj. 镇静的、沉着的、 ( 天气 )无风的、 ( 海洋等 ) 风平浪静的。

It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble. It was a calm, cloudless day.

calm v. 使平静、镇静 calm down

The sea calmed down.

4. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for mind and body because this coulor creates a feeling of harmony.

1) be good for 对……有好处 Doing morning exercise is good for ou

r health. 反义词组为 : be bad for “ 对……有

害” Eating too much is bad for our health.

2) create vt. 创造、造成、创作 Man creates himself.

The news created some difficulties

for me.

Jay Zhou has created another new

song.注意 invent 与 create 的区别 invent 发明 , 指创造出前所未有的

东西 , 尤其是指科学技术上的发明创造

3) harmony n. 和谐、协调 live in harmony “ 和睦相处”

5. Some colours can make you feel warm.

make 后面可以接“宾语＋补足语”的结构 , 该补足语可以由名词、形容词、动词不定式 ( 不带 to) 或过去分词充当。

We made him chairperson of our school.

( 名词 )

My father made the room beautiful.

( 形容词 )

What he said made us laugh happily.

( 动词不定式 )

特别提示 :

如果 make 用作被动语态 , 动词不定式to 不可以省去。 We made Mr Li sing an English song at

the farewell party.

Mr Li was made to sing an English

song at the farewell party.

6. These colours give you a happy and sat

isfied felling.

satisfied adj. 满足的、高兴的 (=conten

ted) 在句中作表语或定语。 She always seems satisfied.

He looks at me with a satisfied smile.

特别提示：be satisfied with… 意为“对……感到满意”be pleased with … 意为“对……感到满意”

7. It can bring you success and cheer you

up when you are feeling sad.

cheer (up) vt. 使振奋、使高兴 The good news cheered (up) everybody

who heard it.

cheer (up) vi. 感到振奋、感到高兴 Bob cheered up when his father

promised to buy a computer.

8. Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it ca

n remind you of a warm, sunny day.

remind vt. 使……想起 常见搭配 (1) remind sb. of (doing) st

h.

(2) remind +that 从句 (3) remind sb. to do sth

The photo on the wall reminded me of the

wonderful trip in Nanjing.

You reminded me of my mother.

The letter reminded me that I must write

an email to him.

9. For example, they may use yellow stati

onery.

for example 例如 一般只举同类人或物中的一个为例。

可以放在句首、句中或句末。

For example, Nanjing is a city with

a long history.

Tom, for example, is my brother's

classmate.

I know many famous people in the

USA---Lincoln, for example.

特别提示such as 也有“例如”之意 , 用来列举同类人或物。但所列举的同类人或物中的几个 ( 不是全部 ), 常放在被列举的事物之前 , 并且后面不加逗号。I know lots of colours, such as yellow, bl

ack, purple and indigo.

10. However, it is also the colour of envy.

envy n. 嫉妒、羡慕 the envy 意思为“令人羡慕的人或东

西” , 后面常跟 of 连用。 Our swimming pool is the envy of our

neighbours.

Ann is the envy of the girls in her class.

12. This can help you when you are having

difficulty making a decision.

have difficulty (in) doing sth

在做某事方面有困难 Do you have any difficulty (in) doing

your homework?

make a decision 做出决定、下决心 After the discussion, we made a

decision to go to Xuan Wu Lake.

What colour do you need if you have

the following feeling?

1. If you are tired, you need ____ to help

you relax yourself.

2. If you have difficulty, you may like to

wear ____ clothes.

3. If you want to get a higher mark, you

can use ______ stationery to help you.

blue

red

yellow

4. If you often feel tired or weak, you

should wear _____ clothes.

5. If you feel stressed, wearing _____

clothes can help you.

6. When you feel sad, you may say “ I’m

feeling ____. ”At this time, you can use

______ to cheer you up.

green

white

blueorange

black tea

red letter day

blue Monday

blue films

white elephant

green hand

brown paper

white lie

红茶纪念日倒霉的星期一黄色电影徒劳的新手牛皮纸善意的谎言

Do you know these idioms about colors:

例如宁愿… …而不… …做出决定影响情绪感到放松和谐感受带给你成功释放能量

for example

prefer…to…

make a decision

affect moods

feel relaxed

the feeling of harmony

bring you success

give energy

Phrases

Exercises

1. Blue can make us feel p_______.

2. Orange can make us feel w_____.

3. Green can make us feel e_______,

because it represents new life.

arm

eaceful

nergetic

4. I like to use yellow stationary when

I study for exam, because it’s the co

lour of w______.

5. Bob is too weak, he needs too much

p______ training.

isdom

hysical

1. --Bob, what about going out for a

picnic? -- Sorry, I’d rather ____ than go

out. A. to stay at home B. stayed at

home C. stay at home D. to

staying at home

2. --- There’s ____ wrong with my watch.

It can work well.

A. anything B. nothing

C. something D. everything

3. Listen to me carefully. Don’t ____ the window. A. look out B. take out C. look out of

4. ---Why don’t read today’s newspaper? --- Because there’s ____ in it. A. nothing interesting B. anything interesting C. interesting something D. interesting anything

5. I ____ living in the country to the city.

A. liked B. enjoyed

C. loved D. would rather

6. “I am feeling blue.” means I am ____.

A. sad B. relaxed

C. happy D. unhappiness

7. Do you have any difficulties ___ the

work in two days?

A. to finish B. finishes

C. finished D. finishing

8. When I saw the photo, it ____ me of t

he wonderful trip in Nanjing. A.

called B. asked C.

recommend D. remind

9. Joe looked ____ when he saw in

the sofa watching TV.

A. happily B. relaxed

C. exciting D. sadly