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Unit 2
Improving yourself
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Understanding ideas
1. Students could learn some words and phrases.
2. Students could undestand the main idea of this passage.
3. Students could write some a passage about this topic.
Learning Aims:
What is your understanding of this passage?
Share you ideas with others
提升自己
Improving yourself
What do you see?
Before reading, please try to make a prediction the main idea of this passage.
Brainstorming:When reading this passage, what come to your mind?
1.prince
2.princess
Try to write your opinions
in your notebook!
Complete the questionnaire.
Do you ever lose your temper with your family, friends, or classmates?
a Never. b Sometimes. c Always.
2 Do you find it difficult to resist temptations such as junk food?
a Never. b Sometimes. c Always.
3 Do you have any bad habits that you cannot break?
a None whatsoever! b Some. c Where do I start?
What conclusions can you draw from the facts?
two hours a day on social media: a total of 730 hours each year.
• On average, Chinese Internet users each spend two hours a day on social media: a total of 730 hours each year.
• The average age of social media users in China in 2017 was 33.1 years old, as against 32.4 in 2016 and 31.2 in 2015.
• The top four negative aspects of social media as ranked by Chinese users are: reduced time for reading printed books, poorer eyesight, privacy and information security concerns, and reduced sleep time.
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
On average 平均的 ; 平均而言
Internet users 互联网用户
social media 社交网络媒介
a total of 共 ; 总数为
average age 平均年龄
printed books 印刷书籍
information security 信息 安全 ;
Guess the meaning of detox.
戒酒,戒毒,也可延伸脱瘾
Today marks the last day of the Social Media Detox, Brenton High’s fundraising campaign for new sports equipment. At the start of the detox, over 100 students had been persuaded to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. This meant no messaging friends, no posting photos, no blogging – nothing. They had been promised money by famil