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Unit 2
Morals and Virtues
Opening page & Listening and speaking
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Opening
page
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Opening page Quote
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
---William Wordsworth
n. part
The best part of a person’s life is the small things that he/she does for other people.
How do you understand the quote?
Can you translate it into Chinese?
Look at the picture and have a discussion.
1. What do you think the teenagers are doing?
2. What qualities do you think are most important when people are doing teamwork.
I think generosity, kindness, giving,friendship, hope , responsibility...
I think the teenagers are meeting together in the school library to start a project. They have just agreed on a plan for the project, and are now joining hands to show that they are committed to team spirit.(致力于团队精神)
generosity, friendship, hope, giving, kindness, caring, thankfulness, helpfulness, trust, honest, responsibility
where are they?
what are they doing?
why do they hold their hands together?
Virtues
n. 美德
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Listening and speaking
Talking about
moral dilemmas
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Dilemma
Moral
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If a friend ask you to cheat on the College Entrance Examination. You knew that you should not tell him the answer,but if you did not,he would no longer be your friend.
Dilemma
Moral
What is a dilemma?
A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.
What about a moral dilemma?
Moral dilemma is a situation in which you have two or more difficult choices to make. If you choose one, you might get in trouble for not choosing the other.
Before listening
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Choice 1: He stops to help her.
Choice 2: He ignores her and goes to school.
If he stops to help her, he might be late for the examination.
If he does’t help her, the old woman will be in danger.
1.What are the two possible choices that the boy could make?
1. Look