Unit 2 Colours –Reading II
【学习目标】
1.熟练应用和使用新单词和词组。
2.掌握颜色和情绪的关系。
3.掌握本节课的重要语法点。
【学习过程】
Step 1: 自主学习----明确目标 自学文本
任务一:请同学们课前上平台阅读思考本节预习案,明确本节课的学习任务和目标。
任务二:通过Unit 2 Colours词汇预习课件预习本部分的生词。
要求:根据录音及单词音标,首先会读单词接着边读边写记单词,注意中英文的转换,最后默写单词。
任务三:自学教材
① 背诵Reading的课文。
Step 2: 自学检测----在线测学 质疑思学
自学检测
Fill in the blanks
Did you know that colours can _________ our moods Did you know what the different colours _________ For example, blue can help you feel _______. However, it can also mean ________.
I prefer warm colours such as orange.
Orange represents _____ and can ___________ if you are feeling sad. Do you like green Green can give you _______; it also represents envy. _____ can help you when you are having _________ making a ________. What is your favourite colour
【知识探究】
1. Some people believe that colours can influence our moods.
influence v.& n. 影响
influence可用作动词,其后接名词或动词不定式的复合结构。
influence可用作名词,常用于have / has an influence on ...或be an influence on ...结构。
e.g. Lu Xun’s works have strongly influenced millions of people.
鲁迅的小说影响了数以万计的人。
What influenced Mike to make that decision
什么影响了迈克,让他做出了那个决定?
Cellphones / The Internet have / has an important influence on our life.
手机/ 互联网对我们的生活影响很大。
Their mother is a good influence on their habits.
他们的母亲对他们的习惯有好的影响。
请根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子。
1) 老师对学生有很大的影响。
Teachers _________ a great ___________ students.
2) 受父母的影响,李梅成为了一名医生。
Li Mei’s parents __________ her ______ a doctor.
3) 他的成功影响了其他的工人。
His success ______________________.
4) 谁对你的人生有重大影响?
Who _______________________ on your life
2. You may wonder whether it is true. 你可能会想知道这是否正确
whether conj. 是否;无论;不管
whether it is true 为wonder 的宾语从 句;
whether常与or连用,表示一种选择,意为 “是……还是……;不管是……还是……”
e.g. Whether it rains or not makes no difference to me.
下不下雨对我来说都一样。
John doesn’t know whether to go to college or not.
约翰不知道是否应该上大学。
whether可引导宾语从句,表示“是否”,
可与if互换使用。
e.g. I don’t know whether / if my sister will catch the early bus.
我不知道我的姐姐是否能赶上早班车。
I wonder whether I can get some advice from you.
我想知道你是否能给我一些建议。
whether可引导表语从句
e.g. The problem is whether Tom will get good grades in such a short time.
问题是在如此短的时间汤姆能否取得 好成绩。
whether还可引导同位语从句。
e.g. Mrs. Wang has answered the question whether Linda can join the club.
王先生回答了琳达是否能加入俱乐部的问题。
请根据汉语意思写出相应的英语句子。
1. 汤姆不知道是否要留在这儿。
2. 不管你同不同意,我明天都要去北京。
3. This article explains what colours can do and what characteristics they represent.
句中的what colours can do和what characteristics they represent并列作explain的宾语。
e.g. I don’t know when they will leave
for Paris and how they will go there.
我不知道他们什么时候动身去巴黎
以及他们怎样去那儿。
4. Have you ever walked into a room and felt relaxed
relaxed adj. 放松的;轻松的;自在的,常用来描述人的感受。
e.g. You look relaxed. 你看起来很放松。
relaxed作形容词,还可意为“宽松的”。
e.g. Do you think your school rules are
relaxed 你认为你的校规宽松吗?
relaxing也是形容词,意为“令人放松的;轻松的”,常用来形容事物的特征。
e.g. The movie is really relaxing.这电影让人很放松。
根据句意,选用relaxed或relaxing填空。
1. I felt _______ lying in the sun.
2. Sam’s family rules are _______.
3. I think swimming is ________. I like it very much.
5. It could be because the walls were painted blue.
were painted 结构表示句子使用的是“被动语态”。被动语态的结构形式为:be + 动词过去分词。句子的主语通常为动作的承受者,施动者可以在句末由by引出。
e.g. The classroom was cleaned by the students.
教室被学生们打扫干净了。
6. Blue is a calm colour.
calm adj. 镇静的、沉着的、(天气)无风的、(海洋等) 风平浪静的。
e.g. It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble.
当你处于困境时最重要的是保持冷静。
It was a calm, cloudless day.
今天是个无风的晴朗天。
calm可作及物动词,使平静,后接名词作宾语。
e.g. She calmed the boy for a while.
她让男孩很快就平静下来。
calm也可作不及物动词,calm down连用构成短语动词,表示“(使)镇
定,(使)平静”。
e.g. Calm down, Judy. Everything will be OK.
冷静,朱迪。一切都会好的。
The sea calmed down as soon as the wind stopped.
风一停大海就平静下来了。
7. Many women like to wear white on their wedding day.
短语on their wedding day 意思是“在她们婚礼那天”。
e.g. Her husband gave her a big surprise on their wedding day.
他们婚礼那天,她丈夫给了她一个大惊喜。
8. People in cold areas prefer warm colours in their homes to create a warm and comfortable feeling.
1) prefer vt. 宁愿选择;更喜欢,后可
接名词或动词不定式。
e.g. I prefer the white bag.
我更喜欢白书包。
Tony prefers to stay at home on weekends.
托尼更喜欢周末呆在家。
prefer还可用于句型“prefer ... to ...”中,意为“喜欢……而不喜欢(胜过)……”。
e.g. Linda prefers apples to pears.
与梨相比,琳达更喜欢苹果。
I prefer reading books to watching TV.
我喜欢读书胜于看电视。
根据英文提示,将句子翻译成英语。
1. 我更喜欢住在乡村。
2. 我妈妈更喜欢听古典音乐。
3. 与听音乐相比, Jack更喜欢阅读。
2) create vt. 创造、造成、创作
e.g. Some people believe that God created the world.
有些人相信上帝创造了世界。
Jay Zhou has created another new song.
周杰伦又创作了一首新歌。
invent 与create的区别
invent 发明, 指创造出前所未有的东西, 尤其是指科学技术上的发明创造。
e.g. China was the first country to invent paper.
中国是发明纸的第一个国家。
to create a warm and comfortable feeling 意为“创造一种温暖舒适的感觉”,此处动词不定式为目的状语。
e.g. He got up early to catch the early bus.
他起床很早为了能赶上早班车。
用所给词的适当形式填空。
1) They stayed up late ________ (watch) football matches on TV last night.
2) He is a bookworm so he prefers ________ (read) books to doing some exercise.
9. It can cheer you up when you are feeling sad.
cheer (up) vt. 使振奋、使高兴
vi. 感到振奋、感到高兴
如果其宾语是名词,名词放在cheer和up之间或up之后均可;如果其宾语是代词,代词须放在cheer和up之间。
e.g. When you feel lonely, do you like to have someone to cheer you up
当你孤独的时候,你希望有人使你高兴起来吗?
We should come up with a good idea to cheer Susan up / cheer up Susan.
我们必须想个好主意帮苏珊振作起来。
10. Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm sunny day.
remind vt. 提醒;使想起
remind sb. of ...意为“使某人想起……”。
e.g. The film reminds him of his past life.
这部电影让他想起他过去的生活。
remind sb. to do sth.意为“提醒某人做某事”。
e.g. Please remind me to call my friend before I go out.
请提醒我在我出去时给我朋友打个电话。
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1) 这则感人的故事让他想起了他的父母。
The moving story ________ him ___ his parents.
2) 当我们回来时,请提醒我买些蔬菜。
Please _______ me ______ some vegetables when we come back.
3) 我必须提醒他时间就是金钱。
I must ______________ time is money.
11. However, it is also the colour of envy...
envy n. 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。
e.g. His new house was the envy of all his friends.
他的新居成了所有朋友羡慕的对象。
green with envy 妒忌的,眼红的
12. If you require strength in either body or mind, red may be of some help to you.
be of some help 意为“有帮助的”,相当于helpful。
“(be)+of+名词”结构中的名词是抽象名词时,相当于其中名词所对应的形容词的意思,说明被修饰词具有某种特征或属性。
e.g. I don’t want to hear what you are saying. It is of no interest to me.
(of no interest=not interesting)
我不想听你说,我对此不感兴趣。
13. Wearing red can also make it easier to take action.
句中的wearing red是动词-ing形式,用作主语。it为形式宾语,指代真正的宾语to take action, easier是宾语补足语。
e.g. Speaking loudly can make it
easier to listen carefully.
大声讲话能使人更容易听清。
【随堂检测】
(Unit 2-Reading II随堂检测)
单项填空。
1. Now more and more people prefer _____ to _____ in order to reduce the air pollution.
A. to walk, driving B. walking, drive
C. walking, driving D. to walk, drive
2. When Daniel is in a bad mood he likes wearing orange to _____.
A. wake himself up B. cheer himself up
C. give himself up D. pick himself up
3. Jane’ s mother preferred _____ TV at home to _____ to the concert.
A. to watch; go B. watching; going
C. watching; go D. to watch; going
用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. We all had a fantastic time on Sandy’ s ________ (wed) day.
2. White represents ______ (pure) and it can make you feel calm and peaceful.
3. Many students have difficulties _______ (learn) English ,especially the grammar.
4. They finally ________ (decision) to watch a film at the weekend.
5. Although they have much time, but they don’t have enough money _________ (travel).
6. Animals have the same _______ (feel) as humans.
参考答案
自学检测
1.influence 2. represent 3. peaceful 4. sadness 5. joy 6. cheer you up 7. energy 8. Red
9. difficulty 10. decision
知识探究
1. have/are, influence on, influenced, to be , influenced other workers, has an important influence
2. Tom doesn’t know whether to stay here or not.,
I’ll go to Beijing tomorrow, whether you agree or not.
4. relaxed, relaxed, relaxing
8. I prefer to live in the countryside.
My mom prefers to listen to classical music.
Jack prefers reading to listening to music.
to watch, reading
10. reminds of, remind to buy, remind him that
随堂检测
1-3 CBB
1. wedding 2. purity 3. learning 4. decided 5. to travel 6. feelings