(共18张PPT)
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Unit 1
Knowing me,knowing you
1. To form the ability of watching and thinking.
2.To train the speaking skills by talking about problems with the social communication.
3. To strengthen students’ reading comprehension ability by skimming, scanning and summarizing to solve comprehensive problems
4. To think deeply and explore the meaning of the topic through understanding the main idea, understanding the details and open-ended questions and answers
Goals
1.steam___________________________
2.sink_____________________________
3.loose____________________________
4.fault____________________________
5.resolve__________________________
6.signal___________________________
7.breath___________________________
8.concern__________________________
9.知心阿姨________________________
10.发泄怒火_______________________
11.祸从口出_______________________
12.吸一口气_______________________
13.做好分内的_____________________
word storm
1.steam n. 蒸汽,水蒸气
2.sink v. 使(船)沉没
3.loose adj. 控制不严的,松散的
4.fault n.责任,过错
5.resolve v. 解决(问题、困难)
6.signal n. 信号,暗号
7.breath n. 呼出的气
8.concern n. 忧虑,担心
9.知心阿姨 agony aunt
10.发泄怒火 let off steam
11.祸从口出 loose lips sink ships
12.吸一口气 take a breath
13.做好分内的事 pull one’s weight
1).Look at the picture (on page 1)and describe what each person is doing.Talk about what kind of person they might be.(To describe some people’s behaviour in the picture and talk about their different characters.)(6 minutes)
Starting out
Behaviour and Characters
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
He is sitting alone.
He looks disappointed.
He may be a quiet person.
He is eager to have/eat food.
He may be hungry.
It seems that he loves eating.
He is quarrelling with another guy.
He looks angry.
He may be short-tempered
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
Behaviour and Characters
He is talking with some people excitedly.
He looks delighted.
He may be friendly/outgoing.
She is offering cakes to a guy happily.
She looks hospitable.
She may be a kind girl.
She has broken a cup.
She looks frightened.
She may be a careless girl.
Have students watch the video and answer the questions on Page 1.
1.What do the three conversation have in common
2.What would you do in similar situations
Discussion
Look at the problems you may face at school. Discuss which you think is the most difficult to overcome and why.
Now think about who you turn to for help when you face a problem.
Bad performance in a subject
Pressure to look good
Conflicts with classmates
Difficulties fitting in with others
…
Friends
Parents
Teachers
Online forums
No one – you prefer to keep things to yourself
Other:__________
Understanding ideas
1. To collect the problems the students may face at school such as conflicts with classmates, bad academic performance or difficulties fitting in with others.
2. Have students talk about what he or she often does when facing a problem at school.
Discussion
Dear Agony Aunt,
1.I'm in a total mess here - hope you can help me out!
2.Im 17, and a member of our school basketball team. I'm crazy about basketball, and pretty good at it too, which is probably why I was so mad when we lost our last match. We played well, but I felt the team were let down by one member, our point guard. The point guard is a key player, but it was like he wasn't even on the court! Disappointed by his behaviour, I said all this to my best friend. I was just letting off steam really, because I was so angry, but then my friend went and told everyone else what I'd said.
3.This is so totally awkward. I'm really angry with my friend - what should I say to him And should I say anything at all to my teammate
4.Embarrassed and ashamed, I can't concentrate on anything. Please help!
Ben
Fast Reading
Dear Ben,
1.There is an old American saying,"Loose lips sink ships." This means that if you speak too much about something, especially to people who you don't know so well, it'll cause all kinds of trouble.
2.The situation here is so much worse because the "loose lips" were your best friend's. Treated this way, you're sure to feel hurt - we should always be able to trust those closest to us, and it hurts even more when we find we can't.
3.But I have to say that it's partly your fault, isn't it You admit that you were "letting off steam." It is understandable in that situation, but we should always think before we speak.
4.Here's what you need to do. First, apologise to your teammate. If you ever want to win any more basketball games (and I'm sure you do!), you need to work together and that means communicating with each other clearly and resolving conflicts. So have a chat with your teammate. Tell him directly and honestly that you were talking without thinking.
5 Then, talk to your friend. Friendship should be one of the greatest things in the world, but sometimes it can be difficult. Again, your strategy is clear communication. Tell your friend you're angry with him for repeating what you said and making the situation worse, but that you want to move on. Approached in this way, your friendship will soon be repaired.
6 Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, think about your own behaviour. Don't say too much when you're angry! Filled with anger,you tend to say whatever comes to your mind. This gives people the wrong signal. Take a deep breath, calm down, and always remember: think first, speak later. If you feel one of your teammates isn't pulling their weight, then raise your concerns in a professional way with your team coach.
7 If you think about other people's feelings as well as your own, you'll soon find everything works out.
8 Good luck!
Finish exercise 3 on page 4
Choose the best summary of the two letters.
A. Ben said something bad about his friend, and Agony Aunt told him to apologize to his friend.
B. Ben was angry that his team was let down by some members, and Agony Aunt told him to take it easy.
C. Ben didn’t play well in the match, and Agony Aunt advised him to apologize to his teammate.
D. Ben was in an awkward situation, and Agony Aunt gave him suggestions as to how to deal with his problems.
Fast Reading
1. How did Ben feel when his team lost their last basketball match
A. He felt extremely mad. B. He was extremely crazy.
C. He felt extremely amazed.
2. What problem caused Ben to write a letter for help
A. He was caught in an awkward situation after a basketball match.
B. His best friend let out Ben’s secret to others.
C. Ben had bad academic performance at school.
3.. Whom does Ben turn to for help when he is in a mess at the moment
A. his teammate B. Agony Aunt C. his coach
To skim the two letters to find out some information about Ben’s problems and the suggestions Agony Aunt offered him quickly by doing the multiple choice test.
Careful Reading
1 the team were let down
2 to let off steam
3 went and told everyone else what I’d said
4 apologise to your teammate
5 communicating with each other clearly
6 resolving conflicts
7 repeating what you said
8 making the situation worse
9 say too much
10 think first, speak later
Suggestion 1 – Problem 1
Suggestion 2 – Problem 3
Suggestion 3 – Problem 2
4.Complete the sentences with expressions from the passage.
Now match the suggestions to Ben's problems.
the team were let down
to let off steam
went and told everyone else
what I’d said
apologise to your teammate
communicating with each other clearly
resolving conflicts
repeating what you said
making the situation worse
say too much
think first, speak later
Now match the suggestions to Ben's problems.
Task 1: What do you think of Agony's advice what other advice they would give to Ben
Task 2: What's your understanding of the saying “Loose lips sink ships”
Post- reading
Group work
Homework
To fill in the blanks with the following phrases in correct form.
calm down; take a breath; be crazy about; let down; apologize to; concentrate on; help out; walk out; communicate with; fit in with
1.I began to _______________English when I was a little girl.:
2. Hearing what Father had said, the crying child soon _________.
3.A swimmer can't swim under water very long, because he must____________.
4. _______________the good things about the Internet.
5. In my opinion, parents and children should _____________each other and show respect for each other
6. He's never done this type of work before; I'm not sure how he'll _________the other people
7. The famous actor keeps fit by _______________for an hour every morning
8. In all those years he never worked hard.,which_________ his parents_________
9.You must ___________your parents for being so rude
10.Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to_______________.
crazy about
calmed down
take a breath
Concentrate on
communicate with
fit in with
walking out
let
apologize to
help out
down
Bye-bye!