(共16张PPT)
Unit 1 Knowing me, knowing you
Section A Starting out & Understanding ideas
Pre-class
embarrassed
puzzle, bewilder, confuse, embarrass, perplex, baffle, confound, distract
这些动词均有"使困惑,迷惑,糊涂,伤脑筋"之意。
puzzle: 侧重使人难于理解、困惑、伤脑筋。
bewilder: 语气强烈,指因迷不解或惊愕而慌乱,不知所措,无法清醒地思考。
confuse: 语气较弱,指由于混淆、混乱而糊涂。
embarrass: 常指因处境或困难问题而感到窘迫、局促不安或焦急而不知所措。
perplex: 除困惑外,还含焦虑或缺乏把握之意,因而难于作出决定,无从下手处理。
baffle: 语气最强,多指遇见奇怪情景或复杂困难情况时所产生的惶恐困惑心理。
confound: 常指人惊慌失措和狼狈不堪。
distract: 主要用于注意力分散、思想矛盾或过分激动时产生的昏乱。
练习:Its statistics look ______.
embarrassing
ashamed
词性:_________ 意思:________
同义词辨析
ashamed, shameful
这两个形容词均含"羞愧的"之意。
ashamed:用于人,指因干了错事、坏事或傻事等而感到羞愧。
shameful:指人或人的行为本身不光彩、不道德。
练习:I'm_____ to say that I lied to her.
ashamed
concentrate
词性:_________ 意思:________
同义词辨析
concentrate, focus
这两个动词均有"集中,聚集"之意。
concentrate: 指把人或物集中在一起,也可指把精力或注意力集中于某一事物上。
focus: 侧重指把光、热、射线等集中于一点,也可指把思想或精力等集中于某人或某事情上。
concentrate on…集中注意力于……
常见搭配
concentrate one's mind/attention/energy on…集中某人的注意力/精力于……
练习:_____ on food while eating.
Concentrate
approach
词性:_________ 意思:________
with the approach of… 随着……的临近/来临
an approach to… ……的方法;通往……
练习:The club has made an _____ to a local
company for sponsorship.
approach
Activity 1
Look at the problems you may face at school. Discuss which you think is the most difficult to overcome and why.
bad performance in a subject
pressure to look good
conflict with classmates
difficulties fitting in with others
While-class
Agony Aunt
An agony aunt is a British advice columnist who gives advice to people who send in personal problems to the advice column of a newspaper or a magazine. The image presented was originally of an older woman offering comforting advice and maternal wisdom.
Nowadays, the advisor is not necessarily female.
It may turn out to be a male (Agony Uncle) or even a team. In American English, “advice columnist" is used.
Activity 2
Read the letters and find out what kind of problems Ben has and who he turns to for help.
Ben believed one of his teammates let down the whole team and told it to his best friend. But then his friend told everyone else what Ben had said. Now Ben is at a loss for what to do, and he turns to Agony Aunt for help.
Activity 3
1 Ben said something bad about his best friend, and Agony Aunt told him to apologise to his friend.
2 Ben was angry that his team was let down by some members, and Agony Aunt told him to take it easy.
3 Ben didn't play well in the match, and Agony Aunt advised him to apologise to his teammate.
4 Ben was in an awkward situation, and Agony Aunt gave him suggestions as to how to deal with his problems.
Activity 4
Ben's problems
I was disappointed with my teammate because I felt 1________________________ by him
I told my best friend that my teammate was to blame, just 2______________________.
My best friend 3 ___________________________. I don't know what to do.
the team were let down
to let off steam
went and told everyone else what I'd said
Agony Aunt's suggestions
You should 4 _______________________. You need to work together, and that means 5 ___________________ and 6 ______________________.
Tell your best friend you're angry with him for 7 __________________and 8_____________________, but that you want to move on.
Don't 9 ________________________ when you're angry. Always remember: 10 _________________________.
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
After-class
Think & Share
Discuss
1 What do you think of Agony Aunt's advice What other advice would you give to Ben
2 What is your understanding of the saying "Loose lips sink ships" Do you know any similar sayings in Chinese