2018-2019学年度第14期总第733期

Our own kind of cool (P4)

河北师大田家炳中学  赵乃平

 

I. Lead in

What is being cool?

being fashionable

full of personality 

 

II. Skimming  

Judging from the title "Our own kind of cool", what do you think will be talked about in the passage?

Many teenagers have their own way of being fashionable and showing their personalities. They don’t just follow the crowd.

 

Read the passage quickly and decide what kind of text it is.

A news report.

An exposition(说明文).

Argumentation(议论文).

 

Main idea of the passage

Many teenagers do not try to be cool by being r________. They just want to ______________their own lives.

 

How does the writer develop the passage?

Introduction (Para 1-3)

Cause (Para 4-5)

Ways (Para 6-7)

Conclusion (8-10)

 

III. Scanning  

Introduction (Para 1-3)

Many teenagers’ idea of being cool has _______.

Before:  drinking, smoking, skipping school  

         typically “_________”

Lately:…moving away from alcohol, cigarettes and drugs; ..avoiding massive hangovers

…getting on with their days; 

…achieving what they want to achieve.

 

Cause(why) (Para 4-5)

1. Why do many teenagers tend to rebel?

 Because adults try to control them.

2. What do teenagers want to do?

They want to establish their own personalities and places in the world.

 

Ways(how) (Para 6-7)

 

The internet:  Many teenagers rebel against that stereotype that because of the influence of the internet their behavior is problematic.

Idols: Many teenagers like cool, independent celebrities rather than sweet, doll-like ones. 

Attitude toward life: Some teenagers have a “Buddhist” attitude toward life rather than a focus on success 

Attitude toward shopping: Teenagers do not want to be  manipulated into buying products

 

Conclusion (Para 8-10)

True or False

1. Thanks to their parents, teenagers don’t behave wrongly.

2. In the writer’s opinion, teenagers are always rebellious.

3. Teenagers are eager to be independent.

 

IV. Summary

•Typical “rebellious teenagers” have bad habits like ______, ______ and ________ school. But recently, many teenagers want a different ______, achieving what they want to ________.

•But that doesn’t mean they are not ________. They are trying to establish their own __________.

•While their parents think using the internet will lead to many problems, they rebel against the ________. They have their own ideas about idols, _______ to life and shopping behaviors.

•In fact, they are not rebellious. They just want to ____________ their own life.

 

V. Deep thinking

When you spend  a lot of time on the internet, what is your parents’ response? How do you communicate with them?

VI. Language focus

VI. Language focus

Give proper forms of the following words

•person n.       adj. _______    n. _______    

•rebel v.         adj. _______    n. _______    

•problem n.     adj. _______                    

•depend v.      adj. _______     n. _______                     

                 (反义词)  adj. _______     n. _______    

                      

Translate the following expressions

 

• be associated with

• conform to

• expect sth. of sb.

• an attitude to/towards…

• be manipulated into doing…

• stay clear of…

• have control over…

• take control of…

 

Learn the following expressions

1. “Since there have been teenagers, there have been adults trying to control them,” she wrote.

分析：since在此处为连词，意为“既然”，引导原因状语从句。

Since this method doesn’t work, let’s try another.

since可以表示“自从”，为介词或连词，与现在完成时态连用。

Three months  _________ (pass) since the new term began.

 

2. While some are manipulated (摆布) into buying certain products, many teenagers stay clear of them.  

分析：while在此为连词，意为“虽然,尽管”，引导让步状语从句。

While he is in poor health, he works hard. 

while还可以做并列连词，意为“而”，表示对比关系。

I like singing while she likes dancing. 

 

3. I’d rather wake up in the morning and get on with my day and achieve what I want to achieve than wake up with a massive hangover (宿醉). 

分析：划线部分为what 引导的名词性从句做achieve的宾语。

would rather do… than do…      宁愿做……也不愿做…… 

释义：我宁愿早晨醒来过好每一天，去完成我想完成的事，也不愿宿醉一宿混沌地醒来。

 

4. And it’s not just unhealthy habits that teenagers have taken against. 

分析：It is… that…. 为强调句式，强调宾语。

非强调句为： Teenagers have taken against not just unhealthy habits. 

释义：他们不喜欢的不仅仅是不健康的习惯。

 

 

 

Does our kindness come from copying?  (P6)

河北省邯郸市第四中学     杜冬洋

 

I. Lead-in 

What will you do if you want to 

make a difference in the world？

 

Where does our kindness come from？

 

II. Fast reading

1.What’s the main idea of the text?

The text is about a study which argues that the power of ________ social influence can be used to spread_________.  

 

2. Matching

 

 

 

 

 

III. Careful Reading

Part I

How does the author start the passage?

She uses a question as a lead-in.

 

Part 2

What did the study find?

It was found that when people learned that the 

average donation was ___________ of the money they had been given, they tended to be more ________ (慷慨的). But when they found that people before them had only given__________ they tended to follow suit (效仿) and donated only _________ of their money.

 

Part 3

1. Why do “people value being on the same page as others.”?

When people follow others’ decisions, they may “feel more connected and not alone”, and being part of a group gives people a community feeling.

 

2. How do you understand “But that doesn’t mean conformity is always a force for good.”?

If people follow others in good things, conformity can lead to a positive influence.  

If people follow others in bad things, conformity can lead to disaster.  

 

 

IV. Post-reading 

Discussion 

Are your kind acts influenced others’ acts of kindness? What makes you want to help others?

 

V. Language Learning

Useful words and expressions

鼓励某人做某事

向慈善机构捐款

数据，人物

参与者

倾向于做某事

根据……

社区

依次，相应地

呈现

强调积极的标准

依靠，依赖

目击，见证

力量，武力

导致

灾难

努力做

事实上

 

Difficult and long sentences 

1. But before they made their donations, they saw what they believed was the average (平均的) donation made by the last 100 people in the study. 

这是一个主从复合句。主句是___________, 从句是由______引导的时间状语从句；主句中的宾语是由_____引导的名词性从句，_________ 作插入语，_________为过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰________。

 

2. It was found that when people learned that the average donation was three quarters of the money they had been given, they tended to be more generous (慷慨的). 

句中____为形式主语，其真正的主语是第一个that引导的从句， 在该从句中又含有一个由when引导的__________，第二个that引导_______，they had been given是_______，省略引导词________。

 

VI. Writing task

Write a composition with the title "My views on kindness in conformity"