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Unit 1 The secrets of happiness
Developing ideas
Reading for writing
Love
Staying positive
What are the secrets of happiness?
Let’s review
1. Where is the person in the picture?
In a barber’s shop
2. What is the barber doing?
The barber is cutting the hair short.
3. Is the person a boy or a girl?
Look and answer
Is the person a boy or a girl?
The person is a boy.
Why did he keep his hair long?
Why did he cut it short?
While-reading
Divide the story into 3 parts.
1 The wind was strong. Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved
in the air. He heard a voice behind him: "Is that a boy or a girl?" He
shook his head. "Just one more month!" he said to himself.
2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes
they laughed at him. But he never felt any shame.
3 Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. Day after day, hope
grew together with his hair.
4 Finally, the time came. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers were very surprised. "Please cut it short and give me
the hair," he said. The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office.
5 A week later, he received a letter:
6 Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror. He remembered the words of Plato: "Happiness springs from doing good and helping others." He smiled and said to himself, "It's
time to grow happiness again."
Para. ________: Facing problems about his long hair.
Para. ________: Growing and donating (捐赠) hair to help kids.
Para. ________: Feeling happy by helping others.
1~2
3~4
5~6
Facing problems about his long hair
Growing and donating (捐赠) hair to help kids.
Feeling happy by helping others.
While-reading
What did Zhou Jian do with his hair?
1
2
3
Zhou Jian kept his hair for ___________.
Finally, he walked into ____________.
He asked the barber to ____________.
He put the hair into
a bag and went to _____________.
over two years
cut the hair short
the post office
a barber’s shop
Read and complete
1
2
3
4
Zhou Jian kept his hair for ___________.
Finally, he walked into ____________.
He asked the barber to ____________.
He sent the hair to __________.
He put the hair into
a bag and went to _____________.
over two years
cut the hair short
the post office
the hospital
a barber’s shop
5
People will use the hair to make ____ to help kids with ______.
wigs
cancer
What did Zhou Jian do with his hair?
Read and complete
How did people react(反应)?
1
2
Zhou Jian kept his hair for _____________.
Finally, he walked into ____________.
He asked the barber to ____________.
over two years
cut the hair short
a barber’s shop
· People often talked about his long hair behind his back.
· Sometimes they laughed at him.
· People were surprised.
Read and complete
1. How did Zhou Jian feel when people laughed at him?
2. How did he feel after he received the letter?
He never felt any shame.
He felt very happy.
feel shame
Why did he feel happy?
Read and answer
Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.
Plato
=come from
Will Zhou Jian grow his hair long again?
Yes, he will.
Because by growing hair, he can _____.
Read and think
Growing hair =
________________
Will Zhou Jian grow his hair long next?
Yes, he will.
Because by growing hair, he can _____.
Read and think
What did Zhou Jian do with his hair?
Zhou Jian kept his hair for _____________.
Finally, he ____ the hair to the hospital to help _________________.
Then, he __________ at a barber’s shop.
over two years
the kids with cancer
cut his hair
sent
Review
What challenges(挑战) did he face?
· People often ____________ his long hair behind his back.
· Sometimes they _________ him.
talked about
laughed at
How did he react(反应) to the challenges?
He never _____________.
felt any shame
How did he feel at last? What’s his opinion about happiness?
He felt _____ because he thinks happiness springs from _____________
_____________.
happy
doing good and
helping others
Review
What did he do?
kept his hair for…
Finally, sent… to help…
Then, cut his hair at…
Challenges(挑战)
· talked about...
· laughed at…
Reaction(反应) to the challenges
never felt…
Feeling and opinion
felt … because he thinks ...
Retell
Translate the following expressions into English.
10.脱下
11.走向
12.一周后
13.收到一封信
14.因……而感谢你
15. 患有癌症的孩子
16.看
17.来自
18.是该干……的时候。
吹掉
在空中
摇头
自言自语
谈论
嘲笑
感到羞愧
超过两年
日复一日
blow (blew) off
in the air
shake (shook) one’s head
talk about
say (said) to oneself
feel (felt) shamed
walk to ...
laugh at
day after day
take off
for over two years
a week later
receive a letter
thank you for ...
kids with cancer
look at
spring (come) from
It’s time to do ...
Write a short story about feeling happy through helping other.
It was a strong windy day. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop, cut his hair short, and sent it to the hospital.
Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. People often talked about it behind his back and sometimes laughed at him, but he never felt ashamed.
A week later, he received a letter saying the hair was enough for three wigs for kids with cancer. He felt happy and realized happiness comes from doing good. He decided to grow happiness again.
Writing
What did Lingling do?
Everyone seeks happiness in
different ways. For Lingling, it
lies in helping the poor children.
Last weekend, she ...
picked up…
Then, … sold… to…
Finally , … gave… to…
Look and say
Challenges(挑战)
· talked about...
· laughed at…
Reaction(反应) to the challenges
never felt…
Feeling and opinion
felt … because she thinks ...
Look and say
· What did Lingling do?
· What challenges(挑战) did she face?
· How did she react(反应) to the challenges?
· How did she feel?
· What’s her opinion about happiness?
Everyone seeks happiness in different ways. For Lingling, it lies in helping the poor children.
Last weekend, she ...
写一篇文章,介绍Lingling通过帮助他人获得快乐的故事。要求:
①包含以下要点,可适当扩充; ②运用过去时;
③词数60词以上,开头已给出,不计入总词数。
Read and complete
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