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Section A
3a-3c
What can make you happy
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一直等她让我很生气。
我宁愿待在家里也不愿去公园。
3. 为什么不去看电影呢?
Revision
Waiting for her drove me angry.
I’d rather stay at home than go to the park.
Why don’t you/not go to the movies
4. 汶川在2008年发生了一场大地震。
5. 我们在一起越多,我们就越开心。
A big earthquake happened in Wenchuan in 2008.
The more we get together, the happier we are.
1. To understand the story
2. To understand the true meaning of happiness
3. To learn to use some words and phrases
prime minister, banker, fame, pale,
queen, feel like doing sth., call in, neither...nor...
The most well-known fables are perhaps those written by Aesop, an ancient Greek writer. Can you list any Aesop’s Fables
The Crow and the Pitcher
《乌鸦喝水》
The Tortoise and the Hare
《龟兔赛跑》
Some famous Aesop's fables:
The Fox and the Grapes
《狐狸与葡萄》
The fox and the Crow
《乌鸦和狐狸》
He is a king with power, money and fame.
Who is the man
Do you think he is happy
Let’s read the fable about the king and check your imagination.
What’s the main idea of the passage
A. The prime minister and the king
B. The meaning of happiness
C. A happy king
Skimming
Strategy:
1. Look through the passage quickly to find the main idea without having to read every word.
2. Pay attention to the first or the last sentence of each paragraph before you read the whole text.
Reading
( ) 1. The king slept badly and didn’t feel like eating because he was badly ill.
( ) 2. Medicine and rest could help the king.
( ) 3. The prime minister had a lot of power, but he was unhappy.
( ) 4. The banker was worried about
being followed by others.
Scanning
F
F
T
F
One day, a doctor was called in to examine the kind. What does “examine” mean
A. look after
B. look carefully at
C. look for
Read the story and answer the questions.
1. What’s wrong with the king
2. Can medicine help the king Why or
why not
He was unhappy.
3a
No. The doctor says there is nothing wrong with his body. The problem is in his mind and no medicine can help him.
Read Para. 3-5 and complete the blanks.
Who What made him unhappy Why
The prime minister He has _____________. He ________________ losing his power, many people are trying to _________________.
The _______ He has _____________. He _______________ losing his money. Someone tries to ____
___________________.
a lot of power
is worried about
take his position
banker
a lot of wealth
is worried about
steal
his money every day
Who What made him unhappy Why
The _______ _______ He __________ and everyone _____________. He is always worried about __________________
_______________.
palace singer
is famous
loves his songs
being followed by others
Read the last paragraph and answer the questions below.
Who would be taken into the palace by the king’s top general in your opinion
What can make you happy
It may be a person who has a simple and easy life. And he is satisfied with his life and happy.
Love, satisfaction, gifts...
Long long ago, there was an unhappy king who didn’t feel like ________. And he often cried for ___ ______. The doctor ________ the king and found ________ ______. And ______ medicine _____ rest can help him.
As for the prime minister, having a lot of ______ didn’t make him ______ for many people were trying to _____ _____ _______.
Fill in the blanks.
eating
no reason
examined
nothing
wrong
neither
nor
power
happy
take his position
The king’s banker was not happy, ______. Although he had a lot of ______, he was always worried about _______ his money.
The palace singer said that having a lot of fame made him be worried about _______ _______ ____ others.
either
wealth
losing
being
followed by
Find words or phrases from the story
with meanings similar to these phrases.
3b
1. did not want to eat _________________
2. was asked to come and help ___________
3. look carefully at _____________
4. becoming less important
__________________
5. get my job ________________
didn’t feel like eating
was called in
examine
take my position
losing … power
Role-play the story with your group.
3c
King
Prime Minister
Queen
banker
singer
doctor
I’m unhappy. I sleep badly and don’t feel like eating.
It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That’ll make him happy.
Although I have a lot of power, it doesn’t make me happy. I’m always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position.
Oh, I’m afraid I’m not happy either, I have a lot of wealth (n. 财富), but I’m always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day.
It’s true that I’m famous and everyone loves my songs. But I’m not happy because I’m always worried about being followed by others. I cannot be free!
feel like doing sth. 想要做某事
as pale as chalk 苍白
cry for no reason 无端哭泣
call in 召来;叫来
neither ... nor ... 既不……也不……
prime minister 首相;大臣
lose one’s power 失去权力
take one’s position 取代某人的位置
in three days’ time 三天之内
1. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear.
2. It’s true that I’m famous and everyone loves my songs.
Ⅰ. 根据句意及所给首字母提示,补全句中所缺单词。
1. Too many worries made her hair turn g______.
2. That old man is very rich. And he has a lot of w________.
3. You look rather p______. What’s wrong with you
rey
ealth
ale
4. Mario couldn’t sleep because the bed was so u______________.
5. He became an actor at a very young age but he gained (获得) f________ nearly 10 years later.
ncomfortable
ame
Ⅱ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示,写出句中所缺单词。
1. People made that young man _________(国王) of the country.
2. Linda’s father and Mary’s father are both _________(银行家).
king
bankers
3. When the telephone rang, the doctor was ____________(检查) her patient.
4. What do you know about the _________(王后) of that country
examining
queen
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思及括号内所给英文提示语,将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 埃里克(Eric)想立刻上床睡觉。 (feel like)
2. 我爸爸既不是医生也不是老师。 (neither ... nor ...)
3. 没有人能取代你在我心中的位置。 (take one’s position)
Eric feels like going to bed at once.
My father is neither a doctor nor a teacher.
Nobody can take your position in my heart.
4. 德普(Depp)先生三周之内会回来。 (in three weeks’ time)
5. 开始时天在下雨,但现在天晴了。 (to start with)
6. 今天上午老板叫来了警察处理这个问题。 (call in)
Mr. Depp will be back in three weeks’ time.
To start with, it was raining, but now it is sunny.
The boss called in the police to deal with the problem this morning.
1. Write an ending for the story.
2. Preview 4a-4b on page 84.