Unit 2 Improving Yourself Understanding ideas+Grammar 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

In what areas do you think you can improve yourself? time management physical quality learning efficiency social skills academic... achievement personal qualities personal finance ... Starting out Watch the video and answer the questions. What are the six time management tips? focus your efforts create a schedule set small goals make the most of every second identify your productive time wear a watch What other tips are there to make full use of time? Share your ideas with the class. 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 tasks. Take breaks at the right time. Build better habits and routines for long-term success. Complete the questionnaire and find out how good your self-control is. (P17) Turn to Page 110-111 to find out your result. Results of the questionnaire You are the captain of self-control, the ruler of self-regulation! Not only are you conscientious and in control of your emotions, it also seems you can resist temptation. Be careful not to take everything so seriously though. Try to relax more and once in a while, do something impulsive. Mostly “a” Hmm… whilst you seem to have grasped the basics of self-management, there is still room for improvement! Take a step back and think about how you could be more focused on your goals and gain more control of your emotions. Mostly “b” Far from being in control, it seems your emotional impulses and temptations are controlling you! Don’t just sit back and let things happen. Assess and find out what’s going wrong and draw up a plan of action. Try to stick with it! Mostly “c” map out overwhelmed make the most of every minute turn up keep an eye on identify (v.) productive (adj.) lose one’s temper resist temptation break bad habits offend (v.) take something seriously once in a while draw up a plan fail to get work done Smart Expressions 计划；筹划 不知所措的 充分利用每一分钟 调小声；出现 留意 确定 高效的 和某人发脾气 抵制诱惑 改掉坏习惯 冒犯 严肃对待某事 偶尔 制定一份计划 没能完成工作 Unit 2 Understanding ideas Read the facts and answer the questions. What conclusions can you draw from the facts? Chinese Internet users spend a lot of time on social media. The average age of social media users in China has risen during recent years. Social media negatively affect different aspects of people’s lives. How are you addicted to social media？ How are they affecting you? What does the title mean? Read the introduction paragraph and find out the meaning of “social media detox”. = stop using social media detox: de- (off) + tox (poison) detox: special treatment to help people stop drinking  alcohol or taking drugs  What is the text about? A moderator is someone whose job is to control a discussion by offering background information, asking questions and making summaries. What is the text about? Read the text and check whether your prediction is right she had lost an arm picking up her hobbies really strange the value of real contact that he had forgotten she was missing out had a proper conversation giving in healthier threw in the towel catch up on news throw in the towel: to stop trying to do something because you think you cannot win  catch up on: to spend time finding out what has been happening while you have been away or during the time you have not seen someone What does “something” here refer to? “Something” here refers to awareness of our addiction to social media and awareness of the importance of other things like hobbies, real contact, etc. Choose the benefits of the social media detox and find evidence to support your choice. (Activity 3) —Moderator But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied with checking my phone. (Anna) I’m now trying to spend less time online and more time picking up my hobbies. (Anna) It made me realize the value of real contact that I had forgotten ———Devon 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 distracted by messages from other people. It felt so good! Then I decided to visit a different friend every day. ——— Cindy My brother thought I should make full use of the time without my phone, so he took me to check out our local sports centre. The detox made me healthier! ———George Think and Share Do you think the detox was worthwhile? Why? What would you do if you had to give up social media for a week? Choose the person that you most identify with and give advice on what they should do next. (Try to involve words/phrases from the passage in your answers.) 平均;一般地 总计 平均年龄 与……相对照; 和……相比较 视力差 on average a total of an average age as against poor eyesight Smart Expressions 今天是…的最后一天 ……的筹款活动 意味着不能发短信 随着戒手机活动的结束 用开关；开;打开 Today marks the last day of … a fundraising campaign for means no messaging with the detox finished switch / turn on Smart Expressions 容忍 经过仔细的思考 忙于做某事 重拾兴趣爱好 tolerate tolerant on reflection be occupied with doing sth pick up one's hobbies 不知道他做了啥，这种感觉真奇怪 错过 探访 因...分心 正在做 It felt strange not to know what he … miss out go round (to) be distracted by be up to (因……有趣或吸引人而)看一下 使某人精疲力竭 很难堪地做某事 认输 没有获得/使用……的权利/机会 忍不住做某事 快速浏览…… 占据（时间或空间)﹔开始从事 认同某人;与某人有同感 check out tire sb out be embarrassed to do throw in the towel without access to can't resist doing have a quick look at take up identify with sb Grammar 31 Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentence (a) is from the reading passage. a. At the start of the detox, over 100 students had been persuaded to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. b. At the start of the detox, people had persuaded over 100 students to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. Exploring the rules a. At the start of the detox, over 100 students had been persuaded to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. b. At the start of the detox, people had persuaded over 100 students to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. Were the students in sentence (a) persuaded before the detox started, or afterwards? a. At the start of the detox, over 100 students had been persuaded to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. b. At the start of the detox, people had persuaded over 100 students to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days. What is the difference between sentences (a) and (b)? Sentence (a) uses the passive voice of the past perfect tense, while sentence (b) uses the active voice of the past perfect tense. Why does the author choose to use a passive form instead of an active form? The passive voice can be used to emphasise the acceptor of an action. They had been promised money by family and friends for each day spent without using social media. But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied with checking my phone. Now look for more sentences with the past perfect passive in the reading passage, and summarize its use in your own words. The past perfect tense is used to tell an activity done before something in the past. So it is used in a background of past. present future past past perfect past perfect tense Working out the rules Explore the rules: 1. action before “过去动作” The vegetables didn’t taste good. They had been cooked for too long. 2. action before “过去时间” (by the end of+过去时间) By the time of last year, the man had got his promotion. find out “过去起点” 3.常与for, since引导的时间状语连用。 e.g. It was reported that the money had been raised for weeks. 4. 用在主句动词是过去式时的宾语从句中。 e.g. He wanted to know if the result had been announced He told us that the project had been completed. 5. It was the first time he had been bitten by a dog. Complete Jack's blog post with the correct form of the verbs. You should read the passage in a whole and know clearly about what had happened. List the actions in a timeline so that you can find out the order of the things. It is helpful for you to decide what tense and form you should use. Applying the rules Before I turned over a new leaf, I had always been a very lazy student. I was careless about handing in my homework, and none of my assignment deadlines _____________ (meet). Indeed, I would deliberately “lose” my homework in my incredibly messy room, so that I could put off ___________ (do) it! had been met doing My parents soon worked out this trick, though, and one day I came home to find that my room _______________ (clean), and my homework _______________ (put) right in the centre of a spotlessly clean desk! A present ___________ (leave) on the desk, too ( I think Mum did that): a book called The Art of Procrastination. had been put had been left had been cleaned The author, John Perry, said that procrastination was about ______________ (avoid) the hardest and most important tasks. So, ___________ (make) sure you do your homework, put it second or third on your to-do list, not at the top. Then put one or two really hard things you don’t want to do at the top of the list. You will procrastinate to avoid the hard stuff －by doing your homework! Posted by Jack at 13:34 avoiding to make Describe the pictures using the past perfect passive. Jack started the habit of cleaning his room last week. This is what his room looked like yesterday morning. clean, tidy, in order... messy, disorder ... Jack started the habit of cleaning his room last week. This is what his room looked like yesterday morning. The floor was clean. The sheet was laid flat on the bed. All the books and clothes were placed neatly and tidily. The pictures on the wall were straight. But two weeks ago, Jack’s room had been an awful mess. His clothes had been thrown everywhere, the pictures had not been hung straight, and all the drawers had been opened. It had been a very disorderly sort of room, with books and papers lying around everywhere. Talk about what had happened before you started a new habit of your own. Use the past perfect passive. You can make a list of the bad habits that you once had; Mark when you changed the bad habits; Write down what you had done before you changed with past perfect tense, using its passive if necessary. 用括号内动词的正确形式完成下面短文。 To support a sports programme for disadvantaged youth in Hong Kong, an annual charity golf tournament was held on Friday, 23 April 2021. By the end of that year, HK$5 million 1. ____________________ (raise) in spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to the organisers. Liang Hongzheng, the club captain, said he was deeply moved when he saw what 2. ____________________ (achieve). “When people had been raised               had been achieved heard that a charity golf tournament 3. ___________________ (plan) during those days, they were eager to participate.” The raised money came from entry fees, raffle ticket (彩票) sales and cash donations. Some funds also came from corporate sponsorships. By the time this report was finished, HK $1 million 4. ____________________ (give) to the Home of Loving Faithfulness, which has been providing lifelong care for children and adults with physical and mental disabilities since 1965. The tournament is one of the most important events on the city's sporting calendar and has welcomed international players since 1959. had been given was being planned $$