Unit 2 Improving yourself 课件（共41张）-2025-2026学年外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

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Unit 2
Improve yourself
Part 1
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Cultural awareness: Guide students to learn and understand effective money management methods, enhance their self-control ability, learn to further express their own opinions, truly realize that effective money management will have a profound impact on life, and cultivate a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.
Language ability: Guide students to understand the content of the text and learn to explain their own viewpoints in English, enhance their logical thinking ability, learn to view the value of money with a rational and objective attitude, and cultivate their awareness of financial management.
Learning Objectives
Learning ability: Guide students to understand the importance of emotion management through learning model essays and summarizing and reflecting, deepen their understanding of the significance of the unit's theme, and thus actively and proactively attempt self-management from different perspectives.
Thinking quality: Guide students to clarify the structure of the text through reading, obtain the main viewpoints and information of the text, and experience and understand the writing of word games.
Part 2
Lead-in
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What is the approximate content of this video
This video introduces four rules that can be used to help people manage their money.
Part 3
Reading
pre-reading
Look at the chart and answer the questions.
1.What are the top three things students from
this school spend their money on
2.What else do you think students often spend
their money on
Books and magazines, school supplies, clothes.
pre-reading
Read the passage and find out the meaning of the title.
Learn to learn
Wordplay uses the sounds and meanings of similar words in an amusing or clever way, for example: / was trying to discover how lightning worked, and then it struck me! It can also be used to reinforce the meanings of themes: in the title The Importance of Being Earnest, "Earnest" is an adjective as well as a character's name.
The title means that the valuable concept of managing money can help us make good use of money and make a big difference to our life.
Spending jar
while-reading
INTENSIVE READING
Organise information from the passage and complete the summaries.
You are responsible for
1_________________. Money gives you independence 2__________________________________________________. and 2
Saving jar
It gives you a vision for 3_____________. This could involve
saving for university or saving for 4_______________________________________________________.
your own happiness
the opportunity to buy something you like
the future
that special something
you’ve seen in the stores
Investing jar
while-reading
INTENSIVE READING
Organise information from the passage and complete the summaries.
It represents a vision for the future and the opportunity to 5__________________________.
In addition to putting money aside for university education, it also means 6__________________________. and 2
Giving jar
It is all about 7__________________________.
Whoever or whatever the recipient, it's your money to give to 8_______________________________.
build for the future
investing in yourself
kindness and helping
whatever cause you believe in
while-reading
Think & Share
1.Why does the author use the example of Khloe Thompson
2.How does the passage inspire you to improve your spending habits
The author uses the example to prove age is no barrier to making good use of money.
Think more objectively about money.Understand the value of the valuable. Make informed choices. …
while-reading
Think & Share
3.If you were given 1,000 yuan, how much money would you put in each jar
Give your reasons.
4.What methods of self-management have you learnt in the two reading passages in
this unit What else do you need to improve
while-reading
INTENSIVE READING
Work in groups. Give a talk about your understanding of the values represented by the four jars.
1.Read the passage again and think about which jar you believe is the most important.
2.Organise your ideas by completing the notes.
3.Share your ideas with the group.
4.Choose a group member to summarise your group’s opinions to the class.
while-reading
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day, the boy hammered so many nails into the fence that his father had to give him a whole new bag. Over the next few weeks, as he learnt to control his anger, he hammered fewer and fewer nails into the fence each day. He had learnt that it was easier to hold his temper than to hammer nails into the fence. Finally, the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper all day, not even once. He told his father, who said that now the boy should pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
while-reading
The days passed by and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son and led him to the fence. He said, “You’ve done well, son, but look at all the holes in the fence! That fence will never be the same. When you say something in anger, it leaves a hole in someone’s heart, just like your nails have left holes in the fence. It doesn’t matter how many times you say sorry. The hole is still there.”
while-reading
Read the story and answer the questions.
1.What aspect of self-management is the passage about
2.What message do you think the story conveys
The passage is about how to control one’s own temper.
We should control our temper. Because when we say something in anger, it leaves a hole in someone’s heart, just like the nails have left holes in the fence.
while-reading
Make notes about the story in Activity 5.
Summary of the story
Once there was a boy with a bad temper. His dad told him to hammer a nail into the fence every time he lost his temper. The boy learnt to control his temper because it was easier than hammering the nails into the fence. Then his dad asked him to pull one nail out every time he was able to hold his temper.
while-reading
Make notes about the story in Activity 5.
My thought
It is important to learn how to control your temper so that you do not do or say anything that will hurt other people.
Conclusion
If we keep calm and stay optimistic, we can take control over our temper, which will benefit us throughout life.
post-reading
拓展：
What is a reflection
A reflection is about your feelings and thinking after you read a book or a story, and when you write it, you should first introduce the book or the story you read, and you can also introduce some unforgettable plots in it, then clarify your thoughts and what it brings you after reading.
post-reading
How to write a reflection
A reflection consists of three elements:
a summary of the story
your thoughts after reading the story
conclude your ideas
Work in groups.
Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table.
The superior man must be watchful over himself when he is alone.
Zengzi
君子必慎其独也。
曾子
a
Work in groups.
Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table.
b
Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.
Christopher Parker
拖延症就像一张信用卡：在你结账之前，你会觉得很有趣。
克里斯托弗·派克
Work in groups.
Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table.
c
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus
不能主宰自己的人是不自由的。
爱比克泰德
Work in groups.
Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table.
d
Change your thoughts, and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
改变你的思想，你就改变了你的世界。
诺曼·文森特·皮尔
e
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, ...
Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
H. Jackson Brown Jr
不要说你时间不够。你每天拥有的时间和海伦·凯勒、巴斯德、米开朗基罗……列奥纳多·达·芬奇，托马斯·杰斐逊和阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦一样多。
小杰克逊·布朗
Work in groups.
Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table.
Work in groups.
Talk about the meanings of the quotes and complete the table.
Quotes Meanings
a
b
c
d
e
Someone who is truly virtuous will behave properly even when no one is watching.
Procrastination may let you feel pleased at the time, but it causes unpleasant problems later on.
People who can't control themselves are not truly free.
Your attitude alone determines whether you
will succeed or be happy.
Proper time management can help you to achieve great things; it is not true that you don't have enough time to achieve anything.
Vocabulary
1. value
be of great value(=be very valuable)很重要，很有用；很值钱
be of little/no value to sb.对某人没什么/毫无帮助
valued adj.有价值的，受重视的
valuable adj.贵重的，很有用的
invaluable adj.极有价值的，非常宝贵的
valueless adj.没有价值的，不值钱的
练习：It is helpful to discuss our problems with our parents, who can offer
_________ (value) advice.
valuable
Vocabulary
2. require
require sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事
require doing/require to be done 需要做
require that... 要求……
requirement n.所需的东西；必要条件
meet/satisfy one's requirements 满足某人的需要
meet/fulfill/satisfy the requirements 满足/符合条件
练习：Her bike required ________________________ (repair).
She required that the work ________________ (finish) in ten minutes.
repairing/ to be repaired
(should) be finished
Vocabulary
2. require
(l) require(需要)后可接v-ing的主动形式和不定式的被动形式作宾语。构成v-ing/不定式的动词与主语为动宾关系。有类似用法的动词还有deserve（值得），need/want（需要）。
(2) require（要求）后的宾语从句以及与requirement（必要条件）相关的名词性从句要用虚拟语气，即从句谓语动词用“(should+) 动词原形”的形式。
Vocabulary
3. in control of
be/get out of control 无法管理，失去控制
be under control 被控制住，处于控制之下
keep/get/bring sb./sth. under control 抑制住/控制住……
have control over/of sth. 对……有控制权
in the control of... 由……控制
lose control(of...) 失去（对……的）控制
练习：It is said that he is the manager of the company. In other words, the company is _____________ him.
in the control of
Part 4
Exercise
Exercise
单词拼写（用本部分所学单词）
1.Fire destroyed several stores in the business （区域）and almost nothing remained afterwards.
2.As he couldn't accompany her to the shop, he wrote a list of （商品）for her.
3.—How is your new program getting along
—A business owner agreed to （投资），but somehow, he has changed his mind.
4.We had a discussion yesterday and everyone spoke out their （设想）for our school in the future.
district
items
invest
vision
Exercise
在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
1.It is worth mentioning that the newly-built teaching building has been with advanced audio-visual (equip).
2 Once we see an improvement in the company's performance, we will think about further (invest).
3.Upon (hear) that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, "The honour is not just mine."
4.David was out of breath at the finishing line, saying, "It is owing to your encouragement I can overcome my panic to challenge myself in the cross-country running."
5.The students are looking forward to having a chance (explore ) society for real-life experience.
equipped
equipment
investment
hearing
that
to explore
Exercise
用方框内短语的适当形式填空（有两项为多余选项）
at hand if you like put aside max out
in contrast to in control of a barrier to
1. other students, our monitor has more experience in organizing varied activities, so he is more suitable for the position.
2.I recommend you your bonus as a rainy-day fund for the future.
3.It's unwise to your credit card for an expensive but not essential item.
4.By setting goals you are your life. It's like having a map showing you where you want to go.
5.When he writes, he always keeps a dictionary .
In contrast to
put aside
max out
in control of
at hand
Exercise
单项选择
1.A teacher’s job is not to tell the students what to believe or value, but to ________ them to develop a worldview for themselves.
A.urge B.equip C.persuade D.rank
2.Nobody wanted to matters for him though everyone knew that he was blameless.
A.solve B.clarify C.handle D.set about
3._____the shortage of time, the chairman decided that each candidate should finish the speech within five minutes.
A.In contrast to B.In response to C.In terms of D.In view of
Exercise
单项选择
4.A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the environment, is ________ conditions or events.
A.in response to B.in favor of C.in contrast to D.in excess of
5.His election campaigns were infamous for their cruelty — he often made sure that those who did not vote for him would never vote again — but the ________ of his involvement has never been clear.
A.vision B.vulnerability C.depth D.misconception
6.People ________with reading sometimes will be lost in the stories.
A.obsessed B.compared C.equipped D.concerned
Exercise
单项选择
7.The stock lost 60 pence a share, ________ last year when it gained 21 pence.
A.instead of B.in return for C.in contrast to D.rather than
8._________ with excellent communication skills and fluent English, I will be _________ the job.
A.Being equipped; up to B.Equipping; up for
C.To equip; right to D.Equipped; up to
9.The rural life, in Tao Yuanming’s eyes, was peaceful and calm, ______ the depressive court life, over which he often felt conflicted.
A.in response to B.in return for C.in contrast to D.in terms of
Part 5
Homework
1.完成课后习题
2.以Make a financial plan为题，写一篇作文
3.预习第三单元第33-37页
Homework
See you next class!