Truth behind Smiley (P1)

吉林省吉林毓文中学 刘媛

 

Lead-in

1. Do you know what emojis are?

2. How do you use emojis?

 

Brainstorm

What are you expressing when you use the following emojis? Please use one sentence to describe each one.  

 

 

Pre-reading 

After reading the title “Truth behind smileys”, what do you think the article is about? 

 

While-reading

Analyse the structure of the passage

 

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.

1. Why did Harvey Ball create the smiley face?

He was asked by a company in the US to find a way to raise workers’ spirits. 

 

2. What message does World Smile Day convey?

Remember to smile every day. Smile to each other and smile to the world. 

 

3. When the smiley face is used today, does it still have its original meaning? How did it lose this meaning?

No. When people use the smiley face now, they usually use it in a sarcastic way. At the same time, the smiley face has evolved into other faces, which are also used sarcastically. 

 

4. What does the sentence “ happiness and smiling go both ways” mean? 

Sometimes, your joy is the source of your smile. But sometimes, your smile can be the source of your joy. 

 

Discussion

How do you think Harvey Ball would feel about the changing meaning of the smiley face? Do you think he would be happy about it?

 

Writing

Write a description of World Smile Day.

Date

Symbol

Message to express

 ……

One possible version

It is known that Harvey Ball created the smiley face to raise workers’ spirits. Soon, the smiley face was introduced to the world. Ball named the first Friday of every October as World Smile Day in 1999. It fell on October 5 this year. It is intended to remind people to smile every day. 

     

Language focus

1. … was invited by the company to find a solution to raise the workplace’s spirit.  

raise （vt.）

 

2. … as World Smile Day, which fell on Oct 5 this year.  

fall on   (生日、节日等)正当、适逢

eg. My birthday falls on a Saturday this year. 

 

3. Chances are when we use it, we often mean, “I’m just going to ignore you” ... 

(the) chances are +从句， “很可能，大概是”

eg. Chances are that he has already been arrested for theft.  

 

4. Indeed, in today’s world, we tend to react to many things with sarcasm instead of with a smile… 

tend to do  倾向于、易于

eg. He tends to get angry when people disagree with him. 

 

5. But we keep forgetting about the fact that happiness and smiling go both ways.  

that引导同位语从句,解释说明fact的具体内容

同位语从句位于某些抽象名词之后，对这些名词起解释说明的作用。常见的抽象名词有fact, hope, belief, idea, suggestion, news, doubt等。

eg. I’ve got a feeling that one day he’ll be famous. 

 

6. 总结文中出现的与“popular”相关的表达

… soon become part of …

be introduced to…

Sth reach everybody

… be made even louder

 

Homework

1. Summarize the passage in 30 words

2. Review useful expressions in the text. 

 

 

Orwell’s Impact on the World (P4)

邯郸市第一中学  王永仙

 

I. Pre-reading

Do you know George Orwell?

Have you ever read any of his works?

 

Background Information

  George Orwell was an English novelist, journalist and critic. Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works include The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), which documented working class life in northern England; and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experience in the Spanish Civil War. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

 

Which ideas from the novel entered everyday culture? Let’s find out.

“Big Brother”, for example, is a phrase from the book that refers to how authority is always looking over one’s shoulder.

Other phrases used in the novel, like “War is peace” and “Freedom is slavery” are also still used now.

 

UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme recently decided to include a collection of Orwell’s writings in its register (记录). 

 

A first look

Read the article and figure out what the book Nineteen Eighty-Four is about.

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell imagined a Britain of the future, modeled on the Soviet Union.

 

A closer look

Fill in the chart.

 

 

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell imagined a Britain of the future, _____ (model) on the Soviet Union.  Ideas from the novel soon entered everyday culture, and are still in use today. “Big Brother”, for example, is a phrase from the book ____ refers to ____ authority is always looking over one’s shoulder.

Other phrases used in the novel, like “War is Peace” and “Freedom is slavery” are also still used now.

Even today, Orwell remains an influential voice. It’s because of Orwell’s influence on popular thinking _____ UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme recently decided to include a ______ of Orwell’s writings in its register . 

Key: modeled, that, how, that, collection

 

1. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell imagined a Britain of the future, modeled on the Soviet Union. 

解析： 该句中modeled为过去分词作状语。

翻译：在小说《1984》中，奥威尔以苏联为模板假想了未来的英国社会。

 

2. “Big Brother”, for example, is a phrase from the book that refers to how authority is always looking over one’s shoulder.

解析： 该句子中含有1个定语从句以及1个宾语从句。

        looking over one’s shoulder意为监视，监控.

翻译：比如，“老大哥”是一个源自这本书的词组，它指的是政府是如何一直严密监控人们的。

 

3. It’s because of Orwell’s influence on popular thinking that UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme recently decided to include a collection of Orwell’s writings on its register (记录). 

解析： 该句子中含有一个 强调结构，结构为it is...that，被强调部分在句中做原因状语。

翻译：正是因为奥威尔对大众思维的影响，联合国教科文组织最近决定把他的作品集列入《世界记忆名录》当中。

 

III. Words & phrases

 

 

IV. Summary and discussion

1. Use what we have learned in the class to introduce Orwell to your partner . 

2. What do you think of Orwell?