Unit2 ColorsUnit2 Colors

Enjoy a song: Love is blue

Think about this question while listening:

In your opinion, what color can represent love?

sadness/harmonyrelaxedpurity calm and peaceful happy/ wisdom; joy/ warm and happy growth and new life / energetic;nature/envy

power / heat and strong feeling;

calm colors

warm colors

energetic color strong color

blue white

yelloworange

--- green

--- red

COLORS

Task 1 Make up a Task 1 Make up a conversation conversation

A: In your opinion, what color can represent love?

B: I think … because … How about you?

A: I prefer … because…

sadness/harmonyrelaxedpurity calm and peaceful happy/ wisdom; joy/ warm and happy growth and new life / energetic;nature/envy

power / heat and strong feeling;

calm colors

warm colors

energetic color strong color

blue white

yelloworange

--- green

--- red

COLORS

Choose the flowers you Choose the flowers you prefer.prefer.

1. 一些颜色使人感到平静和安宁；蓝色便是其一；蓝色也表示难过；感到难过的人可以说：“我感到忧伤”；2. 使人感到平静和安宁的另一种颜色是白色；白色代表纯洁；如果你感到压力大，就可以穿白色的衣服。

1.一些颜色能使你感到温暖；生活在寒冷气候里的人们，更喜欢用暖色来给他们的家一种温暖和舒服的感觉。2. 橙色是暖色之一，能给你带来成功，使你高兴；黄色是另一种暖色，是太阳的颜色，也是智慧之色。

Which colour can I use to paint my kitchen?

Which colour can I use to paint my bedroom?

Which colour can I use to paint my living room?

Which colour can I use to paint my study?

Task 2: I want to repaint my Task 2: I want to repaint my house, can you provide me house, can you provide me with some advice?with some advice?

KitchenKitchen I would rather use ______ than

_________ because ______ is the colour of _______ and it can help me ____________________

__________________________.

BedroomBedroom

red red whitewhitewhitewhite

redwhite red

powercook tasty meals

easily and quickly

blue bluegreengreen

Living roomLiving roomI prefer using ______ to using _______

because it represents __________ and can make me feel _______________________

__________________________.

StudyStudy

orange orange red red

orangeredjoy

happy and satisfied

after a day’s hard work

yellowyellow greengreen

play football

swim

Daniel talked about his idea about sports

I would rather play football than swim.

would rather…than

I like playing football.

I don’t like swimming.

I’d rather play football than swim.

Kitty likes to do some cooking. Kitty doesn’t like to do some cleaning.

Kitty would rather do some cooking than do some cleaning.

Kitty would rather do some cooking than cleaning.

A:What would you rather be

in the future?

B:I would rather be … than

…

be a lawyer be a teacher

Guanqian Street In City

Where would you rather shop?

A:Where would you rather go

shopping?

B:I would rather go … than …

We can express preference

using “would rather…

than…”. I, We,

You,

He,

She,

It,

They

1. would rather do A than do B

Summary

原形原形 2.would rather 和 than 之后的动词相同，且意思一致时 _________.

thanthan 之后的之后的动词可省。动词可省。

3. would rather 为助动词，需要和 _______ 一起构成句子的谓语，没有 ______ 和 ______ 的变化。 人称 时态人称 时态

动词动词

在 would rather 之后使用动词___

Which one

does Sandy

prefer?

Sandy prefers white clothes

to colourful clothes.

Daniel prefers staying at home to going shopping.

Which one does Daniel prefer?

A:Which one do you prefer as

a pet?

B:I prefer …to …

mouse dog

A:Which does Mary prefer,

doing some shopping or

doing some washing?

B: she prefers …to ….

Mary

We can express

preference using “prefer…to…”.

Summary

prefer + A+ to + B.prefer + doing A + to + doing B.

I, You, We, They prefer red

toblue

He, She. It preferswalking

jogging

* 在 prefer 和 to 之后既可以用 ______ 也可以用 ___________.

名词名词动名词动名词 (( 短短语语 ))

* 句子为一般现在时态时，若句子的主语为第三人称单数时 prefer 要变成 _______.句子为一般过去时态时，要变为 ________.

preferprefersspreferpreferrere

dd

More exercises:1---How about climbing the hill? --- I would rather ___ along the river than the hill. I am a bit tired. A. walk; climb B. walking; climbing C. walking; to climb D. walk; to climb

2. One of the difficulties we have ______English is how to remember new words and expressions.A. to learn B. in learning C. learn D. learned

3. When he was in the office, he ___________ （宁愿选择） being busy to doing nothing.

4. Walking on the beach makes you feel ________( 放松的 ).

preferred

relaxed

5. 这轻音乐使你想起了什么？

6. 在周末我宁愿看书也不愿看电视。

What does the soft music remind you of?

At the weekend, I would rather read books than watch TV.

At the weekend, I prefer reading books to watching TV.

Choose the right color to Choose the right color to wear wear 1. go to the party1. go to the party

2. take the exam2. take the exam

3. take part in the sports 3. take part in the sports meetingmeeting

Task 3: Writing

would rather…than…/prefer… to …

feel+adj the feeling of +n.represent+n. the color of +nremind sb of sthlook good on sb cheer sb uphave difficulty doing sthget stressed be in a … moodpeople with dark / pale skin

Some sentences you should use:

Some phrases you may use:

Homework:

Review all the useful phrases and sentences

in Unit 2.