Unit 3 Growing Up Section B (1a- reading plus)课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“如何保持积极心态”展开，涵盖情绪管理策略、习语学习、感谢信写作及笑对健康的主题。课堂导入通过“Stop, think, act”等策略引导学生认识情绪管理，随后以故事“You Can’t Win Them All”为载体，结合习语识别、角色扮演等活动搭建从理解到应用的学习支架，逐步过渡到词汇练习、写作实践及项目合作。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质的培养，如通过故事语境学习“long face”“pull together”等习语，结合替换练习提升语言运用能力。项目活动让学生分组讨论青少年问题并提出建议，培养问题解决与合作思维。拓展阅读“Laughter Is the Best Medicine”结合科学知识，辅以思维导图梳理笑的益处，增强学习兴趣。学生能在实践中提升语言技能与积极心态，教师可通过结构化活动高效开展教学。

Unit lighter is the best medicine. Do you often love with friends? Do you pickle at jokes? If you do, that is great. Because just as the same goes, love ter is the best medicine. People start laughing from a Young age, had around three months old, baby, learn to laugh. Even babies that cannot see or here can laugh. Laughter is a natural part of life. But why is that so important? First of all, laughter is good for our body. When we love somebody takes more oxygen. A report of our body needs oxygen to work well, loved, or also makes our body work out our heart, summer and even our shoulders work hard when we love but after like our muscles feel more relax, a good laugh can help you feel relax for up to forty five minutes over time. Doctor helps our body to get stronger, fight off more diseases, and even create special chemicals to help us feel less pain, love or also has many benefits for our mood. When we love, he makes us feel less stress or anxious, and things will not seem so bad. Laughing also causes our brain to release chemicals that make us feel calm and happy. Scientists even think that smiling often is enough to increase these chemicals in our brain. But IT is not always easy to laugh on our own. We are thirty times more likely to laugh when we are around others. According to some scientist, laughter control others that we want to be close to them. Monkeys clean one another, the first to show friendship. But people laugh so that others will know that they are being friendly. Some people even join loving groups, although they force themselves to laugh at first, how to hear other people laugh, their laughter becomes real. Before long, the whole group of people is laughing hard. The next time you feel unhappy, try thinking about something funny. Although you might not want to laugh when you are sad, doing so can make you feel Better. 当前，美国社会内忧外患十分严重，我们过去的视频常说美国社会这种衰退是全方位的，试问上世纪六七十年代，美国社会有这样大规模的流浪汉，大规模的青少年暴力事件，有这样大规模毒品泛滥问题吗？这本质上是美国政府社会治理失败的产物。美国妇女协防中心列出了一个数据，全美国美9秒钟就有一个妇女被丈夫或同居者殴打。每年全国受家庭暴力伤害的妇女有400万，被家庭暴力摧残致死的妇女有六千多人。在家暴环境下，使得越来越多的年轻子女染上暴力问题。而在11至20岁的青少年行凶致死案件中，65%是因为这些男孩因母亲挨打而泣。不过，像施暴者行凶玩命，男人酗酒、吸毒、赌博是产生家庭暴力的温床，枪支泛滥成为美国家庭暴力的隐患。这些暴力问题具有很强的家庭传承性，这使得越来越多的青少年有了暴力倾向。而现在美国年轻群体的巨大问题，让很多美国学者开始担忧未来会出现一个更加混乱的美国。今年2月份，美国疾病控制和预防中心发布的新报告显示，2011年至2021年间，美国青少年心理健康状况呈现恶化趋势，有过自杀念头和行为的青少年比例显著上升。由于家庭经济问题、社会前景和个人前景的不明朗，抑郁、焦虑在青少年群体中大规模蔓延。不仅是心理问题，美国青少年的身体健康问题也十分严重。美国华尔街日报就曾刊文说，美国陆军在2022年制完成了征兵计划的75%。更严重的问题在于，美国适龄征兵青年群体中参军意愿不断下滑，而且征兵体检合格率也在不断降低。美国华尔街的调查表明，77%的美国年轻人因健康原不适合服役，这就让美军征兵难度不断提高。美国年轻人健康问题的背后是阿片类药物的滥用和沉迷。2022年全美超过10.6万人死于阿片类药物过量。其次是肥胖问题，2022年美国成年人肥胖比例超过40%，这些肥胖问题的人都不适合服兵役。更值得美国警惕的是在符合服兵役资格的美国年轻人中，仅9%愿意参军，这个参军意愿是近15年来最低的，背后是美军内部贪腐和治理混乱问题。五角大楼2022年9月发布的一份报告显示，陆军性侵案在2021财年增加了25.6%，自杀人数比五年前增加了35%。2008年至2020年的13年间，美国军人自杀率上升了70%，而且美国当前通胀严重。但是美国军事的住房补贴薪酬增长却没有能及时跟上，这导致美国军人的待遇下滑。而且当前的美国军人普遍存在一个困扰，他们认为他们并不是为美国而战，而更多是为军工复合体而战。总的来说，美国青年群体的危机折射整个美国社会的危机。Important to follow your heart, because if you don't do what you really want to do, you won't be happy. Learn as much as you can. If you don't have money just to travel, then you are still probably alternatively good position. I mean, I don't know, try to find ways to spend less money on your daily life, maybe tried to find some more work you really want to travel, and then you will have to make sacrifices in order to to be able to afford that, or or find some place cheap to travelled to. That's also an option. Go to your job and talking with your friend is all very good if you annoyed because this hard, I do IT. I do this. Well, I just got a relationship in a couple of months ago, so it's good question. You just get to let IT go because I think if you don't focus on love, IT will eventually find you. So if you are like, I don't know, twenty years old, and you still haven't decided what what you want to do with them, but still fine, you have plenty of time to figure that out. I would say if it's possible for you try to do as many things as possible and and try to find what you are like everything I found. oh, the first you can do to starting and healthier maybe yeah . just trying to say . to say around people that are positive and unnecessary. You have friends that are negative or people are talked to negative, just block them out, block them on social media. And you know, social mea can be very, be very dangerous now. And a lot of people attacking anyone, social media, because some of the people, they're unhappy themselves, so that people attacked me on social media. Being of logger and IT just goes with the territory. There's always going to be people that don't like you, and there's always going to people that like you. So you just got to do with those people and just do your bags, you know. And you can always improve yourself, work on improving yourself, eating Better, maybe starting to exercise, walking, exercise, whatever you do that makes you active, that they can make you feel Better and probably get Better physical shape. 大家好，今天我们来聊聊新加坡如何破解青年代际焦虑。当全球青年都在为比不上父母而焦虑，甚至选择躺平时，新加坡却用三重保障给出了答案，第一重保障，爬得上去。新加坡打破起跑疾病终身的固化壁垒，让青年保留充足的上升通道。教育曾是阶层流动的重要跳板，但随着竞争加剧，部分家庭背景普通的青年开始面临教育投入与回报失衡的焦虑。为此，新加坡扩大技能创前程计划覆盖范围，让非学术路线的青年也能通过职业技能培训获得优质就业机会。同时，高校招生增加多元评估指标，不再单一依赖考试成绩，而是结合社会实践、特长能力等综合考量，为不同禀赋的青年提供公平竞争的平台。这种不拘一格降人才的调整，让青年相信努力就能有收获。新加坡的三重保障不仅是对本土青年诉求的回应，更是为避免陷入全球青年困境开出的药方。他告诉我们，青年发展不是一句空话，而是需要实实在在的制度设计和政策支持。那么面对青年焦虑，我们又能做些什么呢？ Lead in Three simple strategies of managing our feeling: 1. Stop, think, act; 2. The anchor view — A: Acknowledge(承认), accept, and allow (锚定视角) B: Bringing balance C: Seeing what is needed 3. The child view — Freshly, curiosity(好奇), openness Others: Journaling Unit3: Growing Up 八下英语RJ 第4-6课时: Section B (1a- reading plus) How can we stay positive? Think and share Will we stay positive all the time? How can we stay positive? Pre-reading Read the idioms. Underline the ones that are negative. Do you know other idioms that describe feelings? 1a 心旷神怡/心情沉重 郁郁寡欢/欢天喜地 愁眉苦脸/笑容满面 情绪低落/兴高采烈 1. a light heart / a heavy heart 2. feel blue / feel on top of the world 3. have a long face / be all smiles 4. in low spirits / in high spirits have butterflies in one’s stomach (紧张不安); see red (火冒三丈); cry one’s eyes out(痛哭不止) ; over the moon (欣喜若狂); on cloud nine (极度快乐) Pre-reading Look at the picture and the title, can you guess what the passage is about? It may be related to (与……有关) a basketball game. You Can't Win Them All Fast Reading You Can't Win Them All While-reading Read the passage quickly and fill in the table: 1b Who? What? Where? Matt & Tom — They are best friends and teammates on the school basketball team. Matt made a mistake at Saturday night’s basketball game and felt really sorry about that. Tom came to comfort him. In the classroom While-reading 1b Fast Reading He pushed the other team’s player by accident. The referee gave the other team two free throws. Read the story. What mistake did Matt make at the basketball game? You Can't Win Them All When the bell rang, Matt entered the classroom with a heavy heart. “Hey, Matt,” his best friend Tom greeted him. He and Tom were in the school’s basketball team. “Why the long face? Are you still feeling blue about Saturday night’s game?” Tom asked. “Of course I am,” Matt said quietly. He didn’t dare to look at Tom as he spoke. “I’m really sorry about letting everybody down. The other team got those points because of me.” “Don’t be too hard on yourself!” Tom said. “Although you pushed their player, it was just an accident. Everyone knows that!” Tom was a good friend. But Matt knew the referee didn’t share Tom’s opinion. When the referee saw Matt push another player, he gave the other team two free throws. Matt was as shocked as anyone else when the accident happened, but it was too late. He couldn’t take it back. While-reading 1b Text analysis You Can't Win Them All ring的过去式 =got into 进入 是一个轻松幽默的常用口语，用来询问对方为何看起来闷闷不乐或沮丧。是“Why do you have the long face？”的省略句 v. 敢于 dare to do sth 敢做某事 let down 使失望 let sb down = disappoint sb 使某人失望 because of 因为后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式 n. 裁判 v. ①有同样的感情（或想法、经历等） ②分享；合用；分担 share... with... 与……分享…… 罚球 take back 撤回；收回 as+形容词/副词原级+as... 像……一样…… 其否定结构为“not as/so... as...”，意为“不如……那样……” “I guess we have to respect his decision,” Matt said after a while. “But we had a good chance to win until I made that mistake. Why wasn’t I more careful?” “Listen, Matt,” said Tom, “try to look on the bright side. The other team is the best in our area, but our scores were really close. I’m proud of us, and I know our coach and everyone else in our school are as well.” Matt felt a bit better. “Thanks，Tom. I guess it’s just hard to lose.” “Hey, you can’t win them all,” said Tom. “It’s more important to learn from your mistakes so that you don’t repeat them in future. We’ll keep working together as a team. One for all, and all for one, right?” “You’re right. If we pull together, we should win next time,” Matt smiled. He was lucky to have a friend like Tom! While-reading 1b Text analysis You Can't Win Them All n. 决定 have a chance to do sth 有机会做某事 n. 得分；比分 v. 得分 n. 教练 adj. 骄傲的；自豪的 adv. 其他的；别的通常修饰不定代词或疑问词，且放在其后 n. 有点儿；稍微 =a little 有点儿；稍微 常修饰形容词或副词原级或比较级 ①（形容词）难以忍受的；困难的；硬的 ②（副词）努力地 ◇ work hard 努力工作 从……中学习；向……学习 v. 重复 so that引导的目的状语从句，说明主句动作的目的 keep doing sth 继续做某事 =work together 齐心协力；通力合作 While-reading 1c The title “You Can’t Win Them All” is an idiom (习语). What does it mean in the context (上下文)? It means that no one can win every competition or game, and it is important to accept failure peacefully and learn from it rather than feeling discouraged (心灰意冷的，泄气的). While-reading 1c Careful reading Complete the problems and solutions. PROBLEM(问题) SOLUTION(解决方案) Matt felt sorry about letting his team down. Tom advised Matt not to be too on himself. Matt felt shocked when the referee gave the other team . Matt tried to the referee’s decision. Matt felt bad about not being more . Tom helped Matt to realize that everyone was still of their team. Matt found it hard to . Tom told him that he couldn’t always win, and that they would keep working . hard respect two free throws proud together careful lose 1d Careful reading Post-reading Read again and answer the questions. 1. How did Tom know that Matt was sad when he saw him? 2. Why did Tom feel proud of their team even though they lost? He found that Matt had a long face. Because the other team was the best in the area, but their scores were very close. 1d Careful reading Post-reading Read again and answer the questions. 3. What did Tom say to make Matt feel better? 4. What can you learn from Matt’s story? Don’t be too hard on yourself and try to look on the bright side. From the story we can learn that everyone may make mistakes, and more importantly, we should learn from mistakes and avoid repeating them in future. Careful reading 1e Post-reading Replace the underlined words with the idioms from the story. 1. Edward noticed that his friend had a sad expression. 2. The musician apologized for disappointing everyone when he fell sick and couldn’t attend the show. 3. When something goes wrong, it’s easy to get angry. But if you think about the good things in that bad situation, you’ll feel better. 4. Even if you try your best, you can’t always succeed or win. 5. When you work together as a group, you can achieve great things. long face 愁眉苦脸 letting everybody down 让大家失望 Recognizing idioms Idioms can make a text more powerful. The meaning of idioms differs from their literal meaning, but the words that make up these expressions provide valuable clues. 识别习语 习语可以使文本更具说服力。成语的意义与其字面意义不同，但构成这些表达的词语提供了宝贵的线索。 look on the bright side 试着从好的方面想 you can’t win them all 你不可能一帆风顺 pull together 齐心协力；通力合作 1f Post-reading Role-play a conversation between Matt and his coach. Pair Work Imagine you were Matt or the basketball team’s coach, what would you like to say to each other? Useful sentences A: I’m sorry I made a mistake on Saturday, Coach. B: It’s OK. I was disappointed, but I know you didn’t mean to do it. A: … Tip: Be positive in content. 内容要积极向上 1f Role-play a conversation between Matt and his coach. Pair Work For example I’m sorry I made a mistake on Saturday, Coach. It’s OK. I was disappointed, but I know you didn’t mean to do it. I could just kick myself for causing the team to lose. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Learn from the mistakes so that you avoid repeating them in future. If we pull together, we’ll win next time. 基础巩固 Exercises I. 将左侧情绪短语与右侧的释义连线 1.be all smiles A. 懊悔不已 2. in low spirits B. 保持乐观 3. kick oneself C. 笑容满面 4.look on the bright side D. 情绪低落 II. 单句语法填空 1. The referee's (decide) made the crowd angry. 2. Though tired, the volunteers (pull) together to help the victims. 3. Lucy's mother has been proud her since she started helping with housework. 4. the maths problem is difficult, I will try my best to work it out. 5. Can you think of a good (solve) to deal with the traffic problem near our school? decision pulled of Though/Although solution ( )1. After the team lost, the coach said," ! We'll do better next time." A. Kick yourselves B. Look on the bright side C. Shut away ( )2. The players after their hard work paid off with a victory. A. felt blue B. let down C. felt on top of the world ( )3. "Don't your teammates when they need you," the captain warned. A. be hard on B.let down C.take back ( )4. The final of the basketball game was 82:78. Our class won! A. score B.solution C.pride D.ring ( )5. It was hot in the classroom two of the windows at the back had been opened. A. because B.so C.even though D. as soon as III. 单项选择 基础巩固 B C B A C Exercises Practise 1f Role-play a conversation between Matt and his coach. Pair Work Think of a time when a friend helped you feel better after a failure. How did they do it? When I failed a math test, my friend helped me go over the mistakes. He told me that we could learn from mistakes and avoid repeating them in future. He comforted me and made me feel better. Vocabulary in use 2a Put the words in the box into the correct groups. joyful angry shocked stressed worried hurtful thankful upset excited lonely afraid shy proud calm Positive Negative joyful angry shocked stressed worried hurtful thankful upset excited lonely afraid shy proud calm Vocabulary in use 2b Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. 1. A: What should I do if I feel after moving to a new city? B: Try to make new friends. A sense of belonging can help you to fight the feeling of . (lonely) 2. A: Did you hear the news? I was to hear about the fight yesterday. B: It was a to me too. We should say no to bullying. (shock) 3. A: I’m sorry I shouted at you just now. I was just feeling . B: I know you didn’t mean to do that. People can behave differently under . (stress) 4. A: I’m really that I’ll be late for the physics class. I lay awake most of the night because my neighbour’s baby was crying. I woke up late this morning and missed the bus. B: Don’t . Ms Wood will understand if you tell her what happened. (worry) lonely loneliness shocked shock 一种……的感觉 shout at sb（多因为生气、愤怒）冲某人喊叫 stressed stress n. 物理；物理学 worried worry Vocabulary in use 2c Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words in the box. decision hurt anger relaxed bit negative Although it is normal to get mad at others from time to time, we should always try our best to control our anger instead of expressing it in bad ways. When we’re mad, we might shout at other people or say mean things to them. After all, anger is like a fire. It can make you hurt others or yourself! Luckily, there are a few simple things you can do to stay calm. For example, try taking a deep breath. That gives you an opportunity to calm down and become a little less angry. You can also take a walk, go for a run, or write about your feelings. Getting angry is normal, but what you choose to do with your anger is up to you! Mad Angry Stressed Not OK Calm be/get mad at/with sb 生某人的气 =once in a while 不时；偶尔 negative angry hurtful relaxed take a deep breath 深呼吸 bit go for a/an+名词外出进行某项休闲或锻炼活动 decide Homework Review the language points in this lesson. Read the passage fluently and try to retell it by yourself. Do some related exercises. Let's review Recall and answer the questions. What problems did Matt meet at the basketball game? How did Tom help Matt stay positive? Pre-writing Read the text in 3a and answer the questions. (1) What type is the text? (2) Who wrote the letter? (3) What is the letter about? It’s a letter. Kelly Smith. Kelly Smith showed thanks to Mrs Thompson. While-reading Text analysis Dear Mrs Thompson, I want to thank you for being my teacher. You took the time to help me, although you were so busy. Your classes always made me happy. l used to think that science was boring and difficult, and I did badly in class. I never liked science until took your class. You encouraged me and made science lessons fun, and slowly, I grew more confident. I also want to thank you for being kind to me. You helped me a lot, especially after my grandmother passed away. I couldn’t talk about my feelings to anybody until you sat with me during lunch that day. You listened to me and talked with me so that I felt much better. That day will always remain in my mind. Thank you so much for being not only my teacher but also my friend. Sincerely, Kelly Smith thank sb for (doing) sth 因（做）某事感谢某人 grow+形容词变得…… pass away 去世（委婉说法） v. 继续存在；保持不变 remain in one’s mind 留在某人脑海里；铭记在心 不但……而且…… While-reading Careful reading Read Kelly’s thank-you letter to her teacher. Why is Kelly thankful? 3a Mrs Thompson took time to help her. Mrs Thompson encouraged her and made science lessons fun, which helped her grow more confident in the subject. Mrs Thompson was kind to her—especially after her grandmother passed away—by listening to her and talking with her. Mrs Thompson was not only a good teacher but also a friend to her. Pre-writing Read again and analyze how Kelly wrote the thank-you letter. Greeting Signature Beginning (Introduction) Body (Specific examples) Closing (Thanks again) 注意书信书写格式 称呼签名全部顶格写。 正文可以顶格写，也可以开头空四个字母。 正文是信件的主体，要求中心明确、层次清晰。 Pre-writing Summarize what can be mentioned when writing a thank-you letter. While-writing 3b Who would you like to thank the most? Make notes. My mum I didn’t know how to ride a bike by myself. I failed English test and felt sad. She spent time teaching me. She helped me find the mistakes and encouraged me. While-writing 3c Write your own thank-you letter. You can use your notes in 3b and the expressions below to help you. Thank you for helping me to… Thank you very much for your… On that day, I…, and you helped me to… I am very thankful because… I didn’t/couldn’t…, but you… When I…, you were there to… While-writing Expansion Beginning Express your thanks and explain the reason I am writing to express my sincere thanks for... I would like to express my deepest thanks to you for… I am writing this letter to show/express my thanks to… Body Specific examples about how he/ she helped you It was nice/kind/thoughtful of you to… Without your help, I couldn’t… I once wanted to give up..., but your support inspired me to keep trying. You took a walk with me around the school, listening patiently as I shared my sadness about the failure. Closing Show thanks again Thanks again for your help. Because of you, I no longer feel sad about the failure. Thanks to your help, I am now confident enough to... Thank you so much for being such a great friend. For example While-writing Dear Mum, I want to thank you more than words can say. I didn’t know how to make ride a bike before, but you spent hours teaching me step by step. I once failed the English test and felt so sad, and you helped me to find my mistakes patiently. When I cried at night because of stress, you were there to hold me and encouraged me. Thank you for helping me to be brave and never give up. I am very thankful because you always understand me and give me warm support. Thank you so much for being not only my mother but also my best friend. I love you forever. Yours sincerely， Li Hua Post-writing Share and evaluate Category (类别) Criteria (标准) Content & Theme 1. Clearly state who to thank and specific reasons 2. Include true, touching stories between you and the person. 3. Convey (表达) sincere gratitude Structure & Organization 1. Follow the letter format: greeting, beginning, body, closing, signature 2. Logical flow: introduction → specific stories → concluding thanks 3. Natural transitions between paragraphs Language Expression 1. Use the provided expressions appropriately (e.g. Thank you for helping me to…, When I…, you were there to…) 2. Smooth sentences with no grammar/spelling errors 3. Accurate and vivid words. Tone & Sincerity 1. Warm and genuine tone (真诚的语气) 2. Show personal feelings rather than being formal or empty 基础巩固 Exercises ( )1. --- I am very for all your help. --- You're welcome. A. thankful B. joyful C. negative D. normal ( )2. When I saw my son fighting with others, I him. A. shouted at B. looked at C. laughed at D. proud of ( )3. You should learn to control your feelings. Don't be easily. A.awake B.mad C.mean D.deep ( )4. The doctor told him to before he took the medicine. A. take a deep breath B. pass away C. go through D. stand out ( )5. She is not only good at English good at physics. A.and B.or C. but also D. as well I. 单项选择 A A A B C 1. We should teach children not to others at school. 2. You should well in public places. 3. She sees problems from others. 4. I still miss my old friends though we haven't seen each other for a long time. 5. There isn't in the classroom. Everyone is on the playground. different from time to time bully behaviour anybody lI. 从方框中选择词汇并用其适当形式填空 bully 基础巩固 Exercises behave differently from time to time anybody Homework Revise your draft and hand in your letter next time. Read another passage about thanking people who helped you, and collect useful expressions from it. Fun time Project 4a Think about a problem that makes you worried or upset. Write it on a piece of paper. Do not include your name. Share and solve problems Some teenage problems too much stress poor relationships worries about the future school bullying 校园霸凌 Tip: 保护好个人隐私 Project 4b Collect all the pieces of paper and put them in a box. Project 4c Work in groups. Take one piece of paper from the box each time. Discuss the problem and provide your suggestions. I find it hard to make friends. I'm afraid to talk to others, although I want to get to know them better. Tip: 建议要具有合理性和可实施性 Project 4d Present the problem and your suggestions to the class. The problem our group received is: “l find it hard to make friends.” Here are some of our suggestions for this friend. First, you can join a sports club. lf you are afraid to talk to others, you could focus on the sport first. You can work together with a team and get to know more people later. Second, you could ... Tip: 使用 first, second… 等连接词会使我们的语言更具条理性 Reflecting 1. Can you talk about positive and negative emotions? 2. Can you understand and use clauses with although, until, and so that? 3. What support or advice can you give others when they are angry, upset, or stressed? 4. What can you do to manage your own emotions and stay positive? A problem shared is a problem halved. 心事有人知，重担减半挑。 Reading Plus Laughter Is the Best Medicine Do you often laugh with friends? Do you giggle at jokes? If you do, that is great, because just as the saying goes: Laughter is the best medicine! People start laughing from a young age. At around three months old, babies learn to laugh. Even babies that cannot see or hear can laugh. Laughter is a natural part of life! But why is it so important? First of all, laughter is good for our body. When we laugh, our body takes in more oxygen. Every part of our body needs oxygen to work well. Laughter also makes our body work out. Our heart, stomach, and even our shoulders work hard when we laugh! But after we laugh, our muscles feel more relaxed. A good laugh can help you feel relaxed for up to 45 minutes. Over time, laughter helps our body to get stronger, fight off more diseases, and even create special chemicals to help us feel less pain! Laughter also has many benefits for our mood. When we laugh, it makes us feel less stressed or anxious, and things will not seem so bad. Laughing also causes our brain to release chemicals that make us feel calm and happy. Scientists even think that smiling often is enough to increase these chemicals in our brain. But it is not always easy to laugh on our own. We are 30 times more likely to laugh when we are around others. According to some scientists, laughter can show others that we want to be close to them. Monkeys clean one another’s fur to show friendship. But people laugh so that others will know that they are being friendly. Some people even join laughing groups. Although they force themselves to laugh at first, after hearing other people laugh, their laughter becomes real! Before long, the whole group of people is laughing hard. The next time you feel unhappy, try thinking about something funny. Although you might not want to laugh when you are sad, doing so can make you feel better! Reading Plus Laughter Is the Best Medicine Do you often laugh with friends? Do you giggle at jokes? If you do, that is great, because just as the saying goes: Laughter is the best medicine! People start laughing from a young age. At around three months old, babies learn to laugh. Even babies that cannot see or hear can laugh. Laughter is a natural part of life! But why is it so important? First of all, laughter is good for our body. When we laugh, our body takes in more oxygen. Every part of our body needs oxygen to work well. Laughter also makes our body work out. Our heart, stomach, and even our shoulders work hard when we laugh! But after we laugh, our muscles feel more relaxed. A good laugh can help you feel relaxed for up to 45 minutes. Over time, laughter helps our body to get stronger, fight off more diseases, and even create special chemicals to help us feel less pain! Reading Plus Text analysis n. 笑；笑声 正如俗话所说 =about 大约 that引导的定语从句，修饰babies v. 咯咯地笑；傻笑 giggle at/about sb/sth 对着某人/某物咯咯笑 首先 take in 吸入 n. 氧；氧气 锻炼 随着时间的推移 抵抗；击退 n. 化学制品；化学品 Laughter also has many benefits for our mood. When we laugh, it makes us feel less stressed or anxious, and things will not seem so bad. Laughing also causes our brain to release chemicals that make us feel calm and happy. Scientists even think that smiling often is enough to increase these chemicals in our brain. But it is not always easy to laugh on our own. We are 30 times more likely to laugh when we are around others. According to some scientists, laughter can show others that we want to be close to them. Monkeys clean one another’s fur to show friendship. But people laugh so that others will know that they are being friendly. Some people even join laughing groups. Although they force themselves to laugh at first, after hearing other people laugh, their laughter becomes real! Before long, the whole group of people is laughing hard. The next time you feel unhappy, try thinking about something funny. Although you might not want to laugh when you are sad, doing so can make you feel better! Reading Plus Text analysis n.情绪；心情 adj.焦虑不安；心力交瘁 adj.焦虑；忧虑；担心 v.释放；放出 that引导的定语从句，修饰chemicals v.使增长，增多；增加 on one’s own 独自地 =by oneself adj.可能的 be likely to do sth 可能做某事 根据；依照 be/get close to 靠近；接近 =each other 互相；彼此 以便；为了 引导目的状语从句 force sb to do sth 强迫某人做某事 起初；最初 不久；很快 try doing sth 试着做某事 拓展：try to do sth 尽力/设法做某事 Reading Plus Read the text and complete the mind map. 1 Body Mood Benefits of Laughter feel less stressed or 4 get stronger, fight off more , and create chemicals to reduce over time 3 Our heart, , and get a workout. Our muscles become after we laugh. 2 take in more to help it work well 1 feel calm and because of the chemicals our releases 5 oxygen stomach shoulders more relaxed diseases pain anxious happy brain Reading Plus 2 Discuss the questions. 1. What do you think is the most important benefit of laughter? 2. What makes you laugh? Share your experiences. I think the most important benefit is that it reduces stress and makes us feel happy and relaxed. Watching funny videos makes me laugh. When I feel sad or stressed, I often watch funny videos, which can make me feel better. Homework Share your problems with your friends and find solutions together. Review the language points in this unit. Do some related exercises. Goodbye Lavf60.16.100 Lavf60.16.100 Lavf60.16.100 null 174742.3 $Emotion management isn't about suppressing your feelings, rather, that involves skillfully recognizing and utilizing our emotions, which strengths are resilience and shield us from undesirable situations. The first step is to pinpoint any negative emotions we might be experiencing. By identifying and labelling these emotions, we become less acceptable to being overwhelmed by external chAllenges, thereby conserving our mental energy. Now we're going to learn how to manage our feelings using three simple strategies. Whether you're feeling angry, disappointed or hurt. These tools can help you find peace and understanding. Strategy one, stop, think, act. Let's assume a time when you got angry in a game because you believe the game wasn't being played fairly. First stop. You take a pause and take a breath since there is no chance of demonstrating good emotional control if we're acting on impulse. So you stop to focus on being angry now, then think, state the problem, what's happening right now that is causing your anger. Think about a solution or an alternative. What's the best way to resolve the issue? Finally, act, try out the best plan. Maybe calmly discuss the rules with your friends if you're not sure what the best strategy is. The best action is to communicate that to someone else in the environment. Sometimes the best emotional control is to say, I need help right now. Let's see another example. Think about a situation in which you feel disappointed for getting a low score on a test to navigate through your negative emotions. You first stop intensifying your disappointed feelings. Next you think about what might have gone wrong and what you can learn. And then you act by asking your teacher for help to understand the mistakes. In the last example, let's you are feeling hurt by a friends comments. First you stop taking the comments and stop hitting your friend. Next you think about why IT hurt you and what your friends motivation is for saying those comments. And then you act by expressing your feelings to your friend and expLoring deeper conversations. Strategy to the anchor view. IT is about finding stability in the storm of our emotions, much like grabbing hold of an anchor turbulent seas. Using the easy to remember acronym abc, a is for acknowledge, except and allow. B means bringing baLance into your brain and see stands for seeing what is needed. Let's use the same examples. Imagine you are feeling unfairness in your game, and your surroundings echo a stormy ocean. First, you start by acknowledging your feelings, giving yourself permission to feel upset, which reduces the intensity of your emotions. Then you focus your breath to bring baLance. You breathe deep and even smoothing the rough waves of your anger. Having calm your mind, you can now see what needs to be done. You might choose to discuss the game rules calmly with your friends to promote fairness and understanding. Another example is when you feel disappointed with your low test score, you are surrounded by stormy seas that symbolize your negative emotions. First, you admit your disappointment and take a moment to anchor yourself. You can say quietly to yourself. I noticed that i'm feeling really let down by this score. This helps you not to get overwhelmed by emotions. Next, you breathe deeply, each in hail and x hail, slow and steady, to bring baLance to yourself in the emotional storm. Finally, with a clear remind, you see your options more clearly. You might decide to ask for feedback and dedicate more time to study, turning your disappointment into a plan for improvement. In the final example, assume you feel upset by your friend's comments, just like in a stormy sea setting, you first anchor yourself by acknowledging the pain you might say to yourself. I noticed that i'm really hurt by what was said. This is tough for me. Then you bring baLance by focusing on your breathing, each breath helping to sue the your nervous system, easing you out of survival mode, and with a steady your mind, you can see your needs more clearly. You decide a Better action is to express how you feel to your friend, Fostering understanding and healing strategy. Three, the child view. Imagine how a child, these things freshly with curiosity and openness. This approaches a great practice for emotions that aren't too intense, like daily stress, frustration or irritation. IT involves three key steps, stop, drop and get curious, let's say, in a scenario that you feel a rush of emotions as your friends play without you, first you stop. You pause, right where you are acknowledging the storm of feelings brewing inside you. Then you drop your awareness from your busy mind down into your body. You take a moment to explore what's happening inside. You notice your heart racing and your hands clenching. You can explore these physical expressions of your emotions, feeling how they pulse through your body. Finally, you get curious about your emotions. What are they trying to tell you? You can imagine your nervous system as a guardian, maybe gearing up to protect you. You might try to embrace your emotions, to feel how these emotions want you to respond, and you might be able to connect to yourself and others more deeply. Besides these three strategies, journ is also in evidence based way to improve our emotion management capability. In the long run, you can check out more detailed methods and their rational in the journal section on our website. Emotion management is a profound journey, not just a destination. It's about engaging with our feelings to cultivate resilience and well being, embrace your feelings, explore their depth and emerge stronger. Remember to make up your future emotion management plan and set up the notification for your assessment. See you in the next video.