Unit 2 Improving yourself Presentiog Ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 2 Improving yourself Now we have known the four jars and their aims. They make a difference in teenagers ' future lives. What impression have the four jars left on you? have no access to 无法获得 be at hand 即将可获得的 thanks to 幸亏，由于 be in control of 控制 be responsible for 对.....负责 after all 毕竟 the here and now 此时此刻 a vision for the future 对未来的愿景 involve doing sth. 包含做某事 put aside 存储，储蓄 invest in 投资 think more objectively 更客观地思考 be better equipped in 更能够胜任... make informed choices 做出明智的选择 Useful expressions ★switch v．(用开关)改变，转换，交换 n.开关；转换器；改变 switch on＝turn on　(用开关)开，打开；接通 switch off 关上(电灯、电视等) switch over 换频道；转变 switch to ... 变换/转换到…… at the flick of a switch 一按下开关就…… 单句语法填空/完成句子 ①When we turn on a light or switch a TV or a computer we use energy and we need water to produce this energy. ②Please switch your mobile phones! The meeting is about to begin. ③We'd take the train into the city center, then a bus, switching a taxi. ④It will be possible to change the colour of cars . 轻轻一按开关就将有可能改变汽车的颜色。 on off to at the flick of a switch ★motivate v．激发，激励 (1)motivate sb. to do sth.　　激励某人做某事；促使某人做某事 (2)motivated adj. 有积极性的；有目的的 motivation n. 动机，目的；动力 ⑤Competitions can more knowledge. 竞争能促使学生去追求更多的知识。 单句语法填空/完成句子 ①This article is going to motivate you (exercise) more. ②Creativity is the most important quality to keep students interested and (motivate)． ③Without (motivate), you can neither set a goal nor reach it. ④He ,_and expected nothing in return. to exercise motivated motivation 他的行动出于爱，不期望任何回报。 was motivated by love motivate a student to seek ★occupy v．占用，占去(时间),占领；使忙于 occupy sb./oneself (in) doing sth.使某人/自己忙于做某事 occupy sb./oneself with sth. 使某人/自己忙于某事 be occupied (in) doing sth. 忙于做某事 be occupied with sth. 忙于某事 (2)occupation n. 职业；工作；占领 单句语法填空 ①He would have attended your birthday party but he had occupied himself a very important experiment. ② (occupy) in making preparations for the coming exam, he couldn't afford any more time for the party. ③Please fill in the form stating your (occupy). with Occupied occupation 句式升级 　由于一整天都在做家务，所以她很累。 ⑤(普通表达)She all day so she was tired out. ⑥(高级表达) all day,she was tired out. (过去分词短语作状语) ⑦(高级表达) all day, she was tired out.(现在分词短语作状语) was occupied in/ occupied herself in doing housework Occupied in doing housework Occupying herself in doing housework ★access n. 接触的机会 v．访问；获取 (1)access to ...　接近……的机会；进入……的权利 have/get/gain access to ... 拥有或得到……的权利/机会；可以接近/进入 (2)accessible adj. 可进入的；可使用的；可接近的 be accessible to 易接近的；能进入的 单句语法填空/完成句子 ①He is occupied in going over his lessons and he thinks it is the only access his improvement. ②TKNOW makes complex ideas attractive and (access) to children. ③The database allows you to access the sales figures in a number of ways. to accessible 该数据库能让你以多种方式获取销售数字。 ★necessity n. 必需品 necessary adj.必要的，必需的 ★unprecedentedly adv. 空前地，史无前例地 adj.有先例的， n.先例,实例 precedented precedent ★invest v. 投资 n.投资 investment n.投资人 investor ★vision n.构想，设想 visual adj.视觉的 visible adj.看得见的 1 Why does the author use the example of Khloe Thompson? 2 How does the passage inspire you to improve your spending habits? Think & share The author uses the example to prove age is no barrier to making good use of money. Think more objectively about money.Understand the value of the valuable. Make informed choices. … 3 If you were given 1,000 yuan, how much money would you put in each jar? Give your reasons. 4 What methods of self-management have you learnt in the two reading passages in this unit? What else do you need to improve? Think & share Preview lose one's temper hammer pull out nails be able to do hold / control one's temper lead sb. to sp. in anger 发脾气 锤 拔出钉子 能够做 控制脾气 带领某人去某地 生气地 Read para.1 There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. 1. Why was the boy asked to hammer nails into the fence? A. To help him learn to control his bad temper. B. To learn to mend the fence. C. To make holes in the fence. D. To make him scared of bad temper. Read para.2 The first day, the boy hammered so many nails into the fence that his father had to give him a whole new bag. Over the next few weeks, as he learnt to control his anger, he hammered fewer and fewer nails into the fence each day. He had learnt that it was easier to hold his temper than to hammer nails into the fence. Finally, the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper all day, not even once. He told his father, who said that now the boy should pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. 2. What happened to the boy over the next few weeks? Read para.3 The days passed by and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son and led him to the fence. He said, “You‘ve done well, son, but look at all the holes in the fence! That fence will never be the same. When you say something in anger, it leaves a hole in someone’s heart, just like your nails have left holes in the fence. It doesn’t matter how many times you say sorry. The hole is still there.” Read the story and answer the questions. 1 What aspect of self-management is the passage about? 2 What message do you think the story conveys? The passage is about how to control one’s own temper. We should control our temper. Because when we say something in anger, it leaves a hole in someone’s heart, just like the nails have left holes in the fence. How to write a reflection What is a reflection? A reflection is about your feelings and thinking after you read a book or a story, and when you write it, you should first introduce the book or the story you read, and you can also introduce some unforgettable plots in it, then clarify your thoughts and what it brings you after reading. How to write a reflection A reflection consists of three elements: a summary of the story your thoughts after reading the story conclude your ideas Make notes Once there was a boy with a bad temper. His dad told him to hammer a nail into the fence every time he lost his temper. The boy learnt to control his temper because it was easier than hammering the nails into the fence. Then his dad asked him to pull one nail out every time he was able to hold his temper. When the boy pulled out all the nails, his dad showed him the holes in the fence, telling him his anger had left “scars” that would never heal, like the holes in the fence. Summary of the story Make notes According to the story, it is important to learn how to control your temper so that you do not do or say anything that will hurt other people. My thoughts Conclusion If we keep calm and stay optimistic, we can take control over our temper, which will benefit us throughout life. Work in groups. Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table. $$