(共33张PPT)
Unit 2
Colours
Reading2
1. To know the relationship between colours and moods
2. To learn to talk about your favourite colours
3. To learn the new words and expressions
The world is full of colours !
We all know colors can change our moods.
Different colors can represent different things.
calm colours
blue
white
Moods
warm colours
orange
yellow
energetic colours
green
strong colours
red
calm, peace, sadness
calm, purity
joy, warmth
warmth, wisdom, success
energy
nature
Colours
new life
envy
strength, heat, power, strong feelings
A: Hello, ….
B: Hello,….:
A: What is your favorite color
B: Why do you like it
A: I like it because it represents… (and it
can also….)
B: Oh, it’s a wonderful colour. My favorite color is …. I like it because ….
Discuss your favourite colours and your own characteristics.
Simple writing
My favourite colour is blue.
It represents calm and peace.
I like it because the sky is blue. I feel calm and peaceful when I see the colour blue. It brings peace to my mind and body.
I am peaceful and do not get angry easily. I am also friendly and modest.
What colours can help
1.Tom can’t decide anything. He feels sad about it.
Mary can’t sleep every night. She feels stressed.
Millie needs to practice dancing for 3 hours every day. She is very tired and weak.
(red)
(blue)
(green)
What colours can help
4. This term John has failed many times in exams. He wants to succeed very much.
5. Mr. Zhu is very angry because many students leave their homework at home.
(orange)
(blue)
Language points
Some people believe that colours can
influence our moods…
influence vt.影响, 感化
influence所表达的影响可以是好的影响也可以是坏的影响。
作动词的搭配就
influence sb 影响某人
influence sth 影响某事
Don't let me influence your decision.
不要让我影响你的决定
My teacher influenced my decision to study science.
我的老师对我学理科的决定起了影响作用。
affect指“影响”时,多指不好的好的影响。如果宾语是health或身体某部位时,那影响基本是不好的。
吸烟影响健康。
Smoking affects health.
气候的变化可能影响你的健康.
The change in climate may affect your healty(be bad for you).
他们的意见不会影响我的决定.
Their opinion will not affect my decision.
2. In fact, colours can change our moods and make us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleepy.
change 在这里是动词“变化,改变”的意思,如:change your name/ job/ clothes/ mind…
change也可以作名词用。
大家猜猜看以下短语或句子中change的意思:
a change in the weather
a change of temperature
change for better/worse
变化,改变
Excuse me, have you got
change for ten yuan
零钱,硬币
loose change, small change
a change of government
change from city life to
living in the countryside
替换,更换
(2) sleepy 用作形容词,意为“欲睡的”、“困乏的”,在句子中可以作表语或定语。
I am too sleepy to continue doing my homework. (表语)
Tom is a sleepy head. (定语)
(3) asleep 是形容词,意为“入睡的”、“睡着的”,表示一种状态,在句中作表语,不
可以放在被修饰名词前作定语。
They were attacked when they were asleep.
Jim was so _______. He fell ______ when
he was on bed.
asleep
sleepy
sleepy VS asleep
3. Blue is a calm colour.
(1) calm 作为形容词,意为“镇静的”、 “沉着的”、“(天气)无风的”、“(海洋等) 风平浪静”。
It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble.
It was a calm, cloudless day.
(2) calm 作为动词,意为“使平静”、“镇静”, 常见搭配为: calm down
Try to calm down when you meet an emergency (紧急事件).
The sea calmed down.
(3) calm 作为名词,意为“平静”、“镇定”
It is the calm of the countryside that
he loves so much.
4. Some colours, such as orange and yellow, can make you feel warm.
make 后面可以接“宾语+补足语”的结构,该补足语可以由名词、形容词、动词不定式(不带to) 或过去分词充当。
We made him the chairperson of our school. (名词)
My mother made the room beautiful. (形容词)
What he said made us laugh happily.
(省略to的动词不定式)
特别提示:
如果make用作被动语态,动词不定式to不可以省去。
我们让 Mr. Li 在欢送会上唱英文歌。
Mr Li was made to sing an English song
at the farewell. = We made Mr. Li sing
an English song at the farewell party.
5. It can cheer you up when you are feeling sad.
cheer up cheer sb. /sth. up
“(使)振奋”、“(使)高兴”
The good news cheered (up) everybody who heard it.
Cheer up! I'm sure you'll feel better tomorrow.
6. Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm, sunny day.
remind 及物动词,意为“使……想起”。
常见搭配为 (1) remind sb. of sth.
(2) remind + that 从句
The photo on the wall reminded me of the wonderful trip in Beijing.
You reminded me of my mother.
His message reminded me that I must write an email to him.
7. However, it is also the colour of envy.
(1) however adv.表转折, 意为“可是”, “仍
然”等。可放在句首、句中或句末,通常
用标点符号与句子其他成分隔开。如:
My father, however, did not agree.
My room is small; however, it’s warm.
He said that it was so; he was mistaken,
however.
(2) envy 用作名词,意思是“嫉妒”、“羡
慕”。the envy意思为“令人羡慕的人或
东西”,后面常跟of连用。
Our swimming pool is the envy of our
neighbours.
Ann is the envy of the girls in her class.
8. Wearing red can also make it easier for you to take action.
take action 意为“采取行动”
If we don’t take action to protect wild animals, there will be no animals in the future.
If you take action to change your lifestyle, your health will be better and better.
9. This may help when you are having difficulty making a decision.
(1) have difficulty (in) doing sth. 意为“在做某事方面有困难”。短语中的
difficulty通常用作不可数名词;短语
中的in可以省去不写。
Do you have any difficulty (in) doing
your homework
(2) make a decision 意为“做出决定”、
“下决心”
After the discussion, we made a
decision to go to the Summer Palace.
I don’t want to put pressure on you
to make a decision, but we haven't
much time left.
Read the passage again and find out the problems which you can’t understand.