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高二教案 第582期
发布时间:2014-12-29

New Year’s resolutions show hope (Page 4)
大连开发区八中 程国良
I. Warm-up
New Year is coming.
How will you celebrate it?
Reflecting on the past, what is your biggest wish? 
II. Skimming
Look through the article and find out
1.What's a New Year’s resolution?
A promise to yourself to get something done.
2.How did Samuel Johnson define it?
A “triumph of hope over experience”.
3. What‘s the Huffington Post’s definition of it?
New Year’s resolutions are all about hopefulness.
III. Reading
Read the article carefully and answer the following questions.
1.Which people usually expect to benefit from New Year’s resolutions?
Gym and bookstore owners.
2.What might make McDonald’s and KFC worried about losing money in the new year?
People will try to keep their weight loss resolutions.
3.What may happen to New Year’s resolutions a few months after they are made?
They may be forgotten or given up on.
4.How many of us actually keep them?
Only 12 percent of people, according to the article.
5.Why does the author quote Samuel Johnson and the Huffington Post’s definition?
The author is trying to explain why most New Year's resolutions are guaranteed to fail.
6.Why do people make New Year’s resolutions?
They are a way to reflect people’s good wishes and desire for change.
IV. Practice
Match the following with the correct word or phrase from the article.
create anew and make over - reinvent
famous, widely honored - renowned
keep to - stick with
change to the contrary - reverse
show by one's behavior - reflect
take the trouble to do something - bother
V. Practice
Translate the following using the correct word or phrase from the article.
1.我没必要自寻烦恼地为了帮助他们而伤害他们。
We shouldn’t bother to help them if they won’t help themselves.
2.他们的行动清楚地反映了他们的思想。
Their actions reflect their thoughts.
3.我愿尽力彻底改造自己的生活。
I will try my best to reinvent myself.
4.这个小镇以其古代建筑闻名。
The small town is renowned for its ancient buildings.
5.如果有份让你忙忙碌碌的工作,就要坚持做下去。
If you're in a job that keeps you busy, stick with it.
6.他们已经明确表示不会转变这一决定。
They have made it clear that they will not reverse the decision.
VI. Further thinking
Why do you think most New Year's Resolutions turn out to fail?
Tasting with your eyes (Page 5)
大连开发区八中 程国良
I. Warm-up
What's your favorite food or drink?
What do you think you use to taste food and drink?
II. Skimming
Look throught the article and find out
1.Which of the following does the article focus on?
A. smell and taste            B. smell and touch
C. touch and vision          D. color and taste
2.What does flavor depend on?
It depends on the parts of the brain that perceive taste, smell, touch and vision.
III. Reading
True or false, according to the article?
1.__Our perception of flavors tells us whether we like or dislike food and drink.
2.__Color can have great influence on how we taste food and drink.
3.__White light often makes wine taste sweeter.
4.__Drinking from a blue mug may make coffee taste bitter.
5.__People somehow associate the color brown with bitterness.
6.__People's emotions and past experiences have nothing to do with their perception of flavors.
IV. Reference
1. "The findings of a German study seem to back this up." What does "this" refer to in this sentence in Para. 4?
The proverb "The first bite is taken with the eye".
2. “The white mug may have affected the perceived brownness of the coffee and this, in turn, may have affected the perceived intensity of the coffee.” What does "this" refer to here?
The perceived brownness of the coffee.
V. Practice
Complete the following with a word or phrase from the article.
1.If you do everything with faith, it will ____  in success.
2.He has plenty of evidence to ______ his idea.
3.The famous singer _____ a big crowd to her concert.
4.I’m not just strong, I’m completely  ________.
5.Cigarette smoking has long been _______ with lung cancer.
6.People usually ________ the world and form decisions through words.
7.How did that experience ______ you?
VI. Exploration
There are seven basic colors, and they also represent many things and meanings at the same time. When it comes to mood and feelings, color is also best at giving them meaning.
Learn more about the relationship between color and emotions and share your findings with the class.
Help is at hand (Page 6)
青岛开发区一中 都海英
I. Group work:
Discuss in groups
What would you worry about if you had to move to a strange city?
Some suggested answers (many others are possible):
people
weather
food
language
jobs
II. Fast reading:
Read the story and answer the question:
What’s the story about?
The experience of a young Indian man in Auckland
III. Careful reading
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
1. What does the young man think of the city he moved to?
 He has found the city and the people there very nice and supportive.
2. Why did he want to find a job?
He wanted to get a job to supplement his living expenses.
3. How did he get the job in the end?
A stranger helped him get the job.
4.What did the stranger do to help the young man?
He encouraged the young man to remain confident; he took him to the Royal Oak area; he helped him make copies of his resume; he gave the young man tips on dressing and speaking.
IV. Sentence replacement
1. For weeks I did the same thing every day after college, going from door to door asking for jobs.
Answer: It became my routine every day after college for a few weeks to go from door to door and ask for jobs.
2. On the way I suddenly found I had no copies of my resume left.
Answer: While I was on my way there, I realized that I had run out of copies of my resume.
V. Discussion:
Suppose you were the young man in the story and you had the chance to meet the stranger who helped you again. What would you want to say to him?
 


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