Unit 1 Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading-【步步高】2023-2024学年高二英语选修第三册（译林版2020）

人与自我——自我管理

Good habits are like good managers who can manage themselves well.好习惯就像好的经理人，能把自己经营好。

 

SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX

Moderator1

Today marks the last day of the Social Media Detox2, Brenton High’s fundraising3 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 family and friends for each day spent without using social media. They were excited. They were nervous. But could they do it?

With the detox now finished, they’ve switched4 on their devices and they’re back online. I bet you’re as eager as I am to find out just how many have been motivated5 enough to last the full seven days！And what, if anything, has been learnt from the experience?

Anna 17

I lasted two days. The detox was more difficult to tolerate than I had expected. I felt like I had lost an arm！Not eating for two days would have been easier！But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied6 with checking my phone. I’m now trying to spend less time online and more time picking up my hobbies.

Devon 16

I lasted four days. On Monday, my classmate and I spoke about what we did at the weekend—it felt really strange not to already know what he had done. We would usually have posted pictures and updated our profiles7. Doing the detox meant we had to talk and explain what we were doing and thinking！It made me realise the value of real contact that I had forgotten.

Cindy 18

I managed the whole week！At first, I really felt I was missing out. Then, instead of messaging my friend, I went round to her house. Without our phones, we had a proper conversation

for over two hours, without being distracted8 by messages from other people. It felt so good！Then I decided to visit a different friend every day. By the fifth day, I wondered—was I really missing out by not constantly9 checking my phone to see what everyone else was up to?

(节选自外研版新教材选择性必修第二册　Unit 2)

词汇积累

1.moderator/'mɒdəreɪtə/n.主持人

2．detox/'diːtɒks/n.脱瘾

3．fundraising/'fʌndˌreIzɪŋ/n.募捐，筹款

4．switch/swɪtʃ/v.(用开关)改变，转换

switch on(用开关)开，打开

5．motivate/'məʊtɪveɪt/v.激发，激励

6．occupy/'ɒkjʊpaɪ/v.占用，占去(时间)

7．profile/'prəʊfaɪl/n.概况

8．distract/dɪ'strækt/v.分散(注意力)，使分心

9．constantly/'kɒnstəntli/adv.持续不断地；经常地

Period 1　Welcome to the unit & Reading

Ⅰ.匹配单词

1．punctual　　 A．very great；extremely good

2．destiny   B．full of things that happen，especially exciting，important or dangerous

 things

3．tremendous   C．happening or doing sth at the arranged or correct time

4．eventful   D．controlling a situation by making things happen rather than waiting for

 things to happen and then reacting to them

5．proactive   E．what happens to sb or what will happen to them in the future，especially

 things that they cannot change or avoid

答案　1.C　2.E　3.A　4.B　5.D

Ⅱ.选词填空

1．Just now，I counted and found there were at least 50 kinds of snacks.

2．It took me a while to search out the book on the bookshelf.

3．I have something about the eventful night to tell you，but you must keep it from others.

4．We have to put off holding the class meeting because our monitor is absent.

5．The wife sat down to reflect on what had been going on with her spouse during the interval.

1．Where does the writer disagree with Horace Mann?

A．Habits are like a cable.

B．Habits are quick fixes.

C．We weave a strand of it every day.

D．Habits cannot be broken.

答案　D

2．Which habit doesn’t violate principles of human effectiveness?

A．Criticalness.   B．Selfishness.

C．Procrastination.   D．Patience.

答案　D

3．What is the motivation of habit according to the writer?

A．Desire.   B．Knowledge.

C．Skill.   D．Gravity.

答案　A

4．What is the main idea of paragraphs 11－12?

A．We can define a habit as the intersection of three dimensions.

B．Habits allow us to move in an upward spiral of growth.

C．Creating a habit requires listening.

D．Habits are powerful factors in our lives.

答案　B

5．What does the word “sacrifice” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Break through.   B．Increase.

C．Give up.   D．Strengthen.

答案　C

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is 1.a bestseller written by Stephen Covey.As is known，habits are 2.consistent(consist)，often unconscious patterns，expressing our character and