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Things I wish I’d known when I was younger
Last week I retired from the company in which I had worked for many years, so finally I have the time to reflect on the mistakes I have made in my life. People tend to think that mistakes are “put” there to make us learn, to make our life richer or more interesting, but I am not willing to accept it. I just wish I had known more when I was younger and could have avoided the mistakes, especially those truly count for a happy life.
I once tried to please all the people around me but ended in failure. No matter what efforts I made, most of them would dislike, belittle or ignore me most of the time. Now I see. One can never really know what others do want, so a good deal of whatever you do will certainly be wasted. Besides, not everyone is worth the pains you take. Some people are simply stupid. You can rarely, if ever, please or change a stupid person. The best thing you can do is to stay away from them. Being a stupid person is an infectious disease. The more time you spend around one, the more likely you are to catch it and become one too. On the other hand, those who love you will probably always love you. They are the ones whose opinions are worth caring about.
I would feel sad or angry when those who I had trusted turned out to be gossips or even liars. As we know, the quickest and simplest way to ruin any relationship is to listen to gossip and trust liars. But due to my faith in them, I spent my time believing them and even spreading more, ruining more friendship. Now I understand time spent getting angry over them is time wasted, because these gossips and liars are not friends at all. What’s more, people are not likely to change or to be changed. Liars usually tell lies. Cheaters cheat whenever it suits them, while a loyal friend will stay loyal under all conditions.
I used to follow the latest fashion both in work and in life as I was too eager to be and remain successful. I failed to realize that one can only be a cheap imitation of the ideal of the moment, and lose the choice of being a unique individual meanwhile. However, now I know every winner is destined to be a loser finally. It’s great to be up on the winner’s platform, but just don’t imagine you can stay there for ever. I also get it that however hard you try, you can’t avoid being yourself. You can act and pretend, but the person acting and pretending is still you. If you won’t accept yourself, how could you expect others to accept you Furthermore, when people complain that you’re too fond of going your own way, you must be on the right way, for everybody in power just wants you to follow their orders. They don’t want you to have the freedom to be yourself and cause them troubles.
Finally I find I actually misunderstood the aim of work like most people. I were confused by those people, such as artists and musicians, whose “work” fills their life. But today I recognize it isn’t work. It’s who they are. It’s powerful love that allows them to earn a living while doing their “work”. Therefore, unless you have such passion, remember that work should be a means to an aim: living an enjoyable life. Spend as little time on the means as possible to achieve the aim. Only idiots live to work. If you make your work your life, you’re making your life into hard work.
Today I am over sixty already. Looking back upon these mistakes I’ve made, strangely, I feel relaxed instead of sad or regretful. Most people learn over time and so do I. However, from today on, I’d like to learn from the mistakes I made when I was younger and lead a more enjoyable life.
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教学设计
通过改写，我们把所提供的材料改成一篇阅读文章。根据新课程“以人为本”， “以学生为主体”的指导思想，我以“任务型”教学为主线，采用启发式教学方法，坚持知识性，趣味性，交际性和创造性原则来设计我的教案。
一、教材分析
1. 教学内容
本篇课文主要关于一位老人如何通过对年轻时候所犯错误的反思，重新认识对人、对名利、对工作等应有的态度。通过四十分钟的教学，期望学生通过阅读、思考、讨论，在语言知识、语言能力、情感态度等方面有所提高。
2. 教学目标
（1）知识目标
让学生能够基本掌握、理解并运用以下词汇和短语：
reflect on, count, belittle, infectious, care about, rarely, suit, imitation, platform, be destined to, passion, regretful, ideal, idiot
让学生能够掌握，理解和运用以下重点句式：
as…as; no matter what …; the more …the better，things I wish I’d known (虚拟语气)
（2）能力目标
通过skimming 和scanning 阅读策略，继续培养学生的阅读技能，养成良好的阅读习惯。
通过careful reading，进一步提高学生捕捉信息、理解信息与运用信息解决问题的能力。
通过discussion，巩固所学知识（language, knowledge, idea），并进一步提高学生以语篇形式运用所学知识进行表达的能力。
（3）情感目标
结合反复阅读与讨论，引导学生对课文涉及的几个方面能进行思考，以利于他们形成正确的人与社会，人与自我等方面的正确态度。
3. 教学重点和难点
本课为阅读课，因此其教学重点是学生阅读能力及如何通过阅读获得知识、运用知识的能力。
因为课文较长，内容较为深奥，如何引导学生真正理解课文会有一定的难度。另外在有限的时间内，如何在以阅读为主的教学过程中引导学生学习语言知识并运用这些知识，将成为本课的又一个难点。
二、教学方法
根据教学内容和高二学生的实际，我将采用以下教学方法。
1. 任务型教学
在教学过程中，根据教学的内容与性质，设计相关的活动，希望学生通过亲身参与，感悟和体验，发展语言技能，进而逐步获得语言综合运用能力。
2. 启发式教学
英语教学的焦点不是教师如何教，而是学生如何学。在整个教学过程中，我将始终把自己定位为启发与引导者的角色，启发与引导学生自主学习、自主处理信息、自主完成任务。
3. 多媒体辅助教学
多媒体能直观，形象地呈现教学内容。本课的教学主线将以ppt课件展示，但对重点的词汇、句式将以板书展示。
三、教学过程
1. Warming up: 通过一组“笑脸”的呈现，教师引导学生意识到生活并不仅仅是“笑脸”，由此与课文主题相联，引出课文，导入阅读。同时，激活学生相应的知识（生活、语言），并处理课文中一些相关的生词。
2. Skimming: 给学生两分钟的略读时间，了解课文主旨大意。
(1) what is the main idea of the article
(2) What is the purpose of the article
3. Scanning: 通过寻读，了解各段的中心思想。
4. Careful reading: 在这个环节中，通过完成一张表格及教师穿插的问题，让学生了解和获得全文的细节，并对一些关键点进行理解。
5. Discussion: 承接careful reading，以小组讨论、语篇表达的方式，总结、巩固本堂课所学知识，并进一步提升语言运用能力，努力实现从输入到输出的完整过程。
6. Homework: 请学生把讨论结果以书面表达的形式完成。
绍兴诸暨中学 俞淑华
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If there were no ______, our life would be more peaceful.
If we had cared more about each other, we would ______.
3. If ______, our life would be more enjoyable.
4. If we hadn’t made so many mistakes, we would be smiling as brightly as them.
Things I wish I’d known
when I was younger
What does this article mainly talk about
What’s the purpose of the article
His new attitude to :
nature
friends
people surrounding him
himself
failure and success
family
fame and fortune
work
What mistakes did he make in the past
Why were they regarded as mistakes
What would he do now
What mistakes Why
tried to please all…
One can never know…
Not everyone is worth…
trusted… and spread…
It will ruin…
used to follow fashion…
He’ll be ....
Every winner is …
lived to work…
The aim of work is…
What mistakes What would he do
tried to please all…
trusted… and spread…
used to follow fashion…
lived to work…
Never try to…
Keep away from…
Care about …
Work to live…
Don’t trust and spread…
Never get angry…
Don’t try to change…
Don’t try to…
Accept yourself…
What do you think we should do in our daily life to lead an enjoyable life
About:
friendship;
failure and success;
study;
…
Things I will do now
Happy life is what everyone desires. But the problem is how we can make it. Here are some aspects worth our consideration.
(1) study
(2) friendship
(3) failure and success
…
