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Unit 1 The secrets of happiness
Developing ideas
Listening and speaking
look on the bright side of life
look on the dark side of life
People often have different opinions about the same thing.
views / ideas
They believe bad things will happen.
They expect good things will happen.
Free talk
Who looks on the bright side of life?
Free talk
Predict
A glass of water.
The glass is full.
The glass is empty.
Is the glass half full or half empty?
Is the glass of water half full or half empty?
Maybe ___ thinks the glass is half full/half empty, because he looks on the ____ side of life.
Predict
A. the boy on the left
B. the boy on the right
Is the glass of water half full or half empty?
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survey
Predict
Listen to the radio programme and choose the main idea.
1
a The glass survey shows people's view on life.
b An American middle school has 200 students.
c There are different ways to fill a glass with water.
Listen and choose
Survey report
Instructions
Results
Step 1: Show _______ students half a glass of water.
Step 2: Ask them a question: “Is the _______ half full or half empty?”.
Step 3: Study their answers.
______% said the glass was half full.
______% said the glass was half empty.
glass
200
70
30
Conclusion
The “glass half-full” people usually look on the _________ side of life. The “glass half-empty” people often believe that _____________ will happen.
bright
bad things
How many parts are there in the survey report?
操作指南
结果
结论
Listen and complete
· Who is the speaker?
· What’s the main topic?
· What’s the example?
· Who share their ideas?
· What does Dr Zheng do at last?
Kate and Mike.
He gives advice.
Look and say
Speaker: Dr Zheng Main Topic: Sometimes we meet 1_________.
What should we do?
Example — two students both missed their school bus:
“glass half-empty” person- Kate:
I had to run all the way to school. It made me 2 ________! And I missed the presentation. I felt very 3________. What a bad 3 ________.
“glass half-full” person-Mike:
I ran all the way to school. It was a 5_______ way to exercise! I was late
for the music class. I 6_______ to say sorry. It was a 7_________ morning.
Dr Zheng’s advice: It’s 8__________ to look on the bright side of life. Let’s choose to see the glass as 9_________.
problems
wonderful
unhappy
day
great
sang a song
important
half-full
so tired
1. How does Dr Zheng give examples in his talk?
By using “take ... for example”
Giving
examples
take ... for example
such as
like
★Examples can help people understand you well.
★Examples can make your writing and speech more interesting.
Think and share
Work in pairs. Share If you are a “glass half empty” person or a
“glass half full” person. Give specific examples.
Post -listening
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Share your advice for leading a positive life. Give specific examples. Use the useful expressions to help you.
Examples:
A. I think I'm a “glass half-full” person. For example, I failed a test last month. At first I felt sad, but then I saw it as a chance to improve (提高), I studied harder and did much better the next time.
B. I think I'm a “glass half-full” person. For example, last weekend it rained and I forgot to bring my umbrella. Instead of feeling unhappy, I decided to enjoy the rain. So I walked home happily. It was actually quite refreshing (让人提神的,使人清爽的).
写一段话:
I think I’m a __________ (glass half-full / glass half-empty) person. For example, _________________ (a story in your life).
Work in pairs
3.半杯水
4.一半满
5.一半空
6.遇到困难
7.去某地的路
8.多么糟糕的一天啊!
9.迟到
10.选择做某事
Translate the following expressions into English.
1.往好的一面看,往好处想
2.做某事的方法
look on the bright side of
half a glass of water
half full
half empty
meet problems
all the way to +地点
be late for
choose to do
What a bad day!
... way(s) to do / of doing
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