Unit 2 Improving yourself Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit2 Improving Yourself Starting out &Understanding ideas Starting out In what areas do you think you can improve yourself? Physical quality? Social skill? Learning efficiency? Time management? …… Teaching objectives 1.find out and record some information about time management tips by watching a video. 2.conclude tips that we need to improve self-control by doing and analyzing a questionnaire. 3.express your ideas about how to make full use of your time to improve ourselves. Lead-in Watch the video and answer: What is the video about? The video is about time management tips for busy teenagers. Watch the video again and list the time management tips mentioned in the video: Create a schedule Set small goals Make the most of every second Identify your productive time Wear a watch Focus your efforts What other tips are there to make full use of your time? Some tips to make full use of your time: Understand how you’re currently spending your time(and where you’re losing it). Break large projects into small , actionable(可执行的）tasks. Take breaks at the right time. Build better habits and routines for long-term success. Do you think it is easy for you to do these things? Is your self-control good? What is self-control? What is self-control? Discipline Determination willpower Psychologists typically define self-control as: The ability to control behaviors in order to avoid temptations and achieve goals; The ability to delay gratification(满足）and resist unwanted behaviors or urges(冲动）. Are you a good person with good self-control? Time Food Emotion Living Now let’s complete a questionnaire and find out how good your self-control is. Pre-viewing Do you ever lose your temper with your family , friends , or classmates? A . Never B. Sometimes C. Always. Do you find it difficult to resist temptations such as junk food? A . Never B. Sometimes C. Always. Do you have any bad habits that you cannot break? None whatsoever B. Some C. Where do I start?! Do you sometimes fail to get work done because you cannot concerntrate? A. Never B. Sometimes C. Always. SELF-CONTROL Questionnaire Here is a quiz for you. Mostly “a” You are the captain of self-control , the ruler of self-regulation ! Be careful not to take everything so seriously though . Try to relax more and once in a while , do something impulsive. Mostly “c” Whilst you seem to have grasped the basics of self-management , there is still room for improvement ! Think about how you could be more focused on your goals and gain more control of your emotions. Far from being in control , it seems your emotional impulses and temptations are controlling you ! Find out what’s going wrong and draw up a plan of action. Try to stick with it! Mostly “b” Now find out your result. Discussion What’s your Opinion? Do you think self-control is important? How to build your self-control? Word and expressions lose your temper with… 1. 对……发脾气 resist temptation 2.抵住诱惑 fail to do 3.未做成某事 break bad habits 4.纠正坏习惯 offend people 5.冒犯别人 speak carelessly 6.胡言乱语 Unit 2 Improving yourself Understanding ideas Teaching objectives 1.collect some information about social media detox by reading the passage. 2.conclude personal reaction and results by reading and analyzing. 3.express your ideas about social media detox. On average , Chinese Internet user 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 , worsened eyesight , privacy and information security concerns , and reduced sleep time. Read and answer What conclusions can you draw from the facts? We can infer from the facts that Chinese Internet users spend a lot of time on social media , negatively affecting different aspects of their lives, and that the average age of social media users in China has risen during recent years. Predict Look at the title and picture and predict : what the passage is about? Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create , share , or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. detox : de-(off)+tox(poison) detox : a treatment given to stop people from being addicted to drugs or alcohol(脱瘾治疗） Let’s read the passage and check your prediction. Check your prediction What is the passage about? Para 1;2;8 A campaign for stopping using social media for seven days. Para 3-7 Five participants share their experience and reflection. Read and Think What’s the structure of the passage? Choose the benefits of the social media detox and find evidence to support your choices. Choose the benefits of the social media detox and find evidence to support your choices. It helps students learn how to best communicate using social media. It raised money for school sports equipment. It made students want to spend even more time on social media. It made students realize how much time they had been spending on social media. It encouraged students to find new ways to communicate and try new activities. Name Benefits from the detox(evidence) Devon Doing the detox meant…！It made me realize the value of feal contact that I had forgotten. Cindy Then, instead of messaging my friends,…from other people. It felt so good! George An hour’s sport each day…The detox made me healthier! Read to fill out the chart. Organizer Brenton High School aim To collect money for new sports equipment participant Over 100 students form In any form time Seven days content No messaging friends, no posting photos , no blogging-nothing Para 1&2 A moderator is someone whose job is to control a discussion by offering background information, asking question and making summaries. Read para. 3 to 7 and complete the summaries.(P16） Check the answers pick up: to start again; to continue. Anna (2days） It was more difficult than she had expected. She felt like 1.she had lost an arms! She can now see how much time had been taken up with checking her phone. She is now trying to spend more time 2.picking up her hobbies. Para 3 Check the answers Devon(4 days） when he saw a classmate on Monday ,he felt 3.really strange not to already know what his classmate had done at the weekend! They had to talk and explain what they were doing and thinking! It made him realize 4.the value of real contact that he had forgotten. Para 4 Check the answers Cindy (7 days） At first ,she felt 5.she was missing out . Without their phone , she and her friend 6.had a proper conversation.for over two hours. By the fifth day, she realized that she hadn’t been missing out on anything. Para 5 Check the answers Cindy (7 days） He didn’t find the detox too difficult, but he did give his phone to his dad to avoid 7.giving in . An hour’s sport each day left him tired out and ready for bed early. The detox made him 8.healthier. Para 6 Check the answers Max (less than 1 days） He 9.threw in the towel on the first day. He used his phone to check where a party was. He spend so much time using his phone to 10.catch up on news on social media, and he almost missed the party. Para 7 Read to answer the question: Para 8 What’s your understanding of “something” in the text? “something” here refers to awareness of our addiction to social media and awareness of the importance of other things like hobbies, real contact, etc. Post-reading Think and share 1.What is your understanding of “ something ” in “After reading the posts on this forum , it seems that something other than money has also been raised through the detox ”? 2.Do you think the detox was worthwhile? Why ? 3.What would you do if you had to give click up social media for a week? 4 Have you encountered any difficulties in understanding the main idea of this passage? Share them with the class and ask for advice. Post-reading Retell Today marks the last day of the Social Media Detox,1.which is a fundraising campaign for new sport 2.equipment(equip). At first, over 100 students 3.had been persuaded(persuade) to stop using social media , in ANY form , for seven days . Now, with the detox 4.finished(finish),they've switched on their devices and they are back online . In the campaign ,some students , who found the detox was difficult to tolerate 5.threw(throw)in the towel halfway, while others managed the whole week. 6.Faced(face)with the challenge , they found new ways to communicate with each other. They believe even if social media aren’t 7.accessible(access),they still can enjoy a colorful life. In my opinion, 8.what has been raised through the detox is not only money , but also the 9.awareness(aware)of how much we rely on social media. Now it’s time for us 10.to step(step)away from it and live a more meaningful life. Important sentence （1）我敢打赌你一定很想知道他们有多大的动力来坚持七天。 I bet you're as eager as I am to find out just how many have been motivated enough to last the full seven days! （1）我敢打赌我们都渴望知道这件事的结果。 I bet we all want to know the result of this matter. 句子仿写： Important sentence （2）到了第五天，我在想——我是不是错过了，于是不停地打电话看看别人在做什么。 By the fifth day, I wondered——was I really missing out by not constantly checking my phone to see what everyone else was up to？ 句子仿写： （2）如果我爸爸知道我在忙什么，他会生气的。 If my dad knew what I was up to , he would be angry. Important sentence (3)我哥哥认为我应该趁没有手机的时候充分利用时间，所以他带着我看了看我们本地的运动中心。 My brother thought I should make full use of the time without my phone , so he took me to check out our local sports center. 句子仿写： （3）通过充分利用我们的时间和资源，我们可以更高效地实现我们的目标。 By making full use of our time and resources, we can achieve our goals more Efficiently. Discussion Some students lasted the full seven days, but some gave up halfway. Max even threw in the towel on the first day. suggestions Self-control determination persistence …… How can we get rid of social media without giving up halfway? …… Homework Write a article about the text by using what’s been learned. THANK YOU! Lavf58.20.100 $$