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Unit 2 Reading(2)
The power of colours
Warm
colours
Energetic colours
Strong
colours
Represent
Feelings
blue
white
calm, peace,sadness
calm, purity
calm
relaxed
orange
yellow
joy
wisdom,success
warm
comfortable
green
energy, nature,
new life, envy
red
strength, heat ,
power, strong feelings
Calm
colours
energetic
strong
powerful
s
u
m
m
a
r
y
colours
你知道吗?关于颜色的习语
1.black sheep:
2.white lie :
3.yellow dog:
4.black and blue :
5.in the pink :
6.black tea :
7.black and white :
8.a green hand :
9. black leg :
10.White coffee:
害群之马,败家子
善意的谎言
忘恩负义之徒 ,卑鄙小人
遍体鳞伤,青一块紫一块
非常健康
红茶
生手,新手
骗子
白纸黑字
牛奶咖啡
Task1:
Colours can influence our moods. They can make us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleepy.
influence
v. influence sb/sth. 影响某人 /某事
influenced him very much
n. 影响: have an influence on sb./sth.
have a strong/great/important/no influence on...
eg: 你说的话对他影响很大。
What you said_________________________.
被… 影响 be influenced by….
1. What can colours do to our moods?
He was influenced very much by what you said.
Colours and moods
Colours can influence our moods. They can make us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleepy.
2. make sb. do sth 使某人做某事
eg:他让所有人都笑了。He made________________.
everyone laugh.
Passive voice:
Everyone was made to laugh by him.
feel sleepy
fall asleep
go to sleep
eg. Tom suddenly started to feel_________.
He lay down the sofa and soon_________.
Did you________ well last night?
fell asleep
sleepy
sleep
Characteristics and functions
Blue represents ______________.
calm and sadness
It can ________.
make people feel relaxed.
It can also __________________.
bring peace to our mind
and body.
3. calm: adj. keep calm a calm day
v. calm down calm sb.
n. the calm before the storm
∙It is another________ colour.
. It’s also the colour of _______.
∙ Many women like to wear white on their _______ day.
purity
wedding
Task 2 : Characteristics and functions
calm
Orange represents ________.
Can make you _________.
It can ______ us ______ when you are feeling sad.
orange
joy
cheer up
yellow
Yellow is the colour of ______.
It can _______ us ___ a warm, sunny day.
Yellow is also the colour of__________.
the sun
remind of
warm
wisdom
Task 2 : Characteristics and functions
1) remind sb. of sth.
4. remind vt. 提醒
使某人想起某事
e.g The picture_______________(让我想起) my father.
reminds me of
2) remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事
e.g 记得提醒我带伞。
Remember to remind me to take an umbrella.
5. How to express preferences(偏爱、喜好)
like .... better
prefer…
prefer to do sth.
=would rather do sth.
Of the two fruits, which do you like better?
/prefer?
/prefer to eat?
Of the two sports, which do you like better/ prefer/prefer to do?
How to express preferences(偏爱、喜好)
I like apples better than oranges.
= I prefer apples to oranges.
= I prefer eating apples to eating oranges.
= I prefer to eat apples rather than eat oranges.
=I would rather eat apples than eat oranges.
like ... better than…
prefer A to B
prefer doing A to doing B
= prefer to do A rather than do B
=would rather do A than do B
I’d rather wear orange than wear red in the past.
= I _________wearing orange _____ wearing red in the past.
=I ______ _____ wear orange ______ ____wear red in the past.
preferred to
rather than
preferred
to
比起…更愿…(有两个比较对象)
prefer sth to sth
prefer doing … to doing …
= would rather do…than do…
= prefer to do… rather than do…
更喜欢... (只有一个对象)
prefer sth/ prefer to do sth./ would rather do sth.
她宁愿读书也不看电视。
She prefers reading books to watching TV.
She prefers to read books rather than watch TV.
She would rather read books than watch TV.
Task 2 : Characteristics and functions
It is the colour of___________ and represents___________.
It can give you_______________.
It is also the colour of _________
nature
new life
energy
envy
green with envy
Task 2 : Characteristics and functions
It’s the colour of ______.
It may be of some help to you, if you require _______ in either body or mind.
It represents _______ and ________.
Wearing red can also make it _________ to take action .
heat
strength
power
strong feelings
easier
6. If you require strength in either body or mind, red may be of some help to you.
be of some help to you = be helpful to you 对你有些帮助
be + of + n. = be + adj.
be + of no/little + n. = be not + adj. 此处名词通常是抽象名词
Practice:
1. 健康对于每个人都很重要。
____________________________________________
= ____________________________________________
Health is very important to everybody.
Health is of great importance to everybody.
be of importance= be important
be of value=be valuable
be of use= be useful
be of interest= be interesting
7. If you require strength in either body or mind, red may be of some help to you. ( lines 24-25)
1) My pet________ a lot of care and attention. (require)
2) This bicycle required _________________________(repaire).
3) It’s hard to meet your _________________. (require)
requires
repairing / to be repaired
sth. require doing = sth. require to be done
requirement(s)
中考链接
1. The general manager requires all the workers __________ (work) without talking all day long.
2. There is something wrong with my computer.
It requires_______________.(fix)
3. The teacher’s desk is so dirty. So the teacher requires Chen Jipeng ___________ (clean) it.
to work
fixing/to be fixed
to clean
Task 2 : Characteristics and functions
8. This may help you when you are having difficulty making a decision.
make a decision to do sth.
= decide to do sth.
= make up one’s mind to do sth.
决定做某事
e.g He _____________(做决定) study hard.
decides to
makes a decision to
makes up his mind to
sad--- sadness
happy--- happiness
careless--- carelessness
ill--- illness
dark—darkness
blind—blindness
Kind--kindness
More suffixes of nouns
--- ment
--- ion
decide-- decision
10. sadness
-ness 名词后缀
strength 力量
strength (n.) ---strong (adj.)
形容词/动词+后缀th可以变成名词:
long- deep- wide-
grow- young-
Red is the colour of heat.
heat
heat (n.) --- hot (adj.)
We need to drink more water on such a _______ day.
The fire can give us light and ________.
hot
heat
If you require strength in either body or mind, red may be of some help to you.
depth
width
length
growth
youth
Thank you
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