1、UNIT 1LIFE CHOICESLESSON 2 UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH STRESSACTIVATE AND SHAREACTIVATE AND SHARE1 Look at the diagram.Do you find these situations stressful 1 Look at the diagram.Do you find these situations stressful or or relaxing relaxing?Can Can you think of other similar you think of other s
2、imilar situations?situations?Stressful or relaxing?Study/Work taking exams Social Situations meeting a friend in a caf downtown Leisure Activitiesdoing exerciseExampleI find waiting for exam results very stressful.LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDINGLISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING2 2You are going to listen to a radio
3、interview about stress You are going to listen to a radio interview about stress .Tick .Tick（）the the information you think will be discussed.information you think will be discussed.causes of stress kinds of people suffering from stress different levels of stress stress and success ways to reduce st
4、ress _ Skill BuilderMaking Predictions Making a prediction is guessing whatis going to be mentioned.Before you listen，look at the title，pictures and key words to guess the types of information you will hear.Use your general knowledge and personal experience to help you.LISTEN LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDIN
5、GFOR UNDERSTANDING3 Listen to the interview.Check your predictions.Write the aspects mentioned in the left column.4 Listen again.Take notes with detailed information in the right column.Then compare your notes with your partner.What kind of people suffer from stress?What causes stress?What can peopl
6、e do to reduce stress?Everyone suffers from stress at some time in their lifeteachers，doctors，factory workers，newspaper editors.However，police officers and soldiers suffer more.Shy people may easily suffer from social pressure.We students also suffer a lot.Work or study，even the homework or your cha
7、racter.Organise your work or studies（make a list and do all the important things fi rst）；eat well and exercise often；talk toother people about your problems；seek professional help.LISTEN LISTEN FOR FOR UNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING5 Listen again.Answer the questions.1When do students suffer from stress
8、?2What situations can be difficult for shy people?3What is a good way to organise your work or studies?When they have lots of homework to do.Social situations like going to parties.Make a list and do all the important things first.6Complete the summary with words from the interview.suffers fromDr.Ki
9、ng is an expert on stress.In his talk,he believes everyone 1_ stress at some point in their lives,from teachers,doctors and factory workers to 2_.However,some jobs may be more stressful than others,like some 3_ in the police or the 4_.Dr.King thinks there are different causes of 5_.But more often th
10、an not,its 6_ pressure from work or study.Students with lots of homework can feel 7_ when they dont have enough time to finish everything.Dr.King also discusses social pressure and how to some 8_ it can also cause stress.In particular,shy people can find social situations very stressfullike going to
11、 parties.Dr.King also suggests some ways to 9_ stress and 10_,for example,you can 11_ your work or studies,you must eat well and exercise often and you can also talk to people about your problems.Dr.King ends his talk by advising people who become too stressed and cant 12_ properly to seek 13_ help.
12、newspaper editors positions military stress due to very stressed extent reduce tension organise function professionalFOCUS FOCUS ON FUNCTION:EXPRESSING LIKES AND ON FUNCTION:EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKESDISLIKES7 7Listen Listen to a student talking about stress.Complete the tableto a student talking
13、 about stress.Complete the table.doing exams;going to parties;talking in front of the class in French lessonstalking to friends；listening tomusic；reading；sitting around and doing nothing at all8 8Listen Listen and imitate.Complete the Talk Builderand imitate.Complete the Talk Builder.Expressing Expr
14、essing Likes and Likes and DislikesDislikes hatelove like enjoyquite likedont minddont likecant standhate1 I really _ doing exams.2 I _ going to parties very much.3 I _ meeting people in small groups.4 I _ talking in front of the class.5 I _ talking to my friends.6 I _ listening to music.7 I _ readi
15、ng.8 I _ sitting around and doing nothing!dont like dont mind cant stand love enjoy like quite likeSPEAK 9Pair Work Tell each other the kinds of stress you often suffer from.Then,share your experiences and the activities you like or dislike in coping with those stresses.Language points核心核心词汇词汇教材原句p.
16、12 UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH STRESS 理解和应对压力1 stress n.&vt.（1）n.压力；忧虑；紧张；强调，重要性搭配搭配:under stress 在压力下cause/reduce stress 引起/减轻压力suffer from/deal with stress 承受/应对压力lay/put/place stress on sth 强调某事 Marys been under a lot of stress since her mother fell ill.自从母亲生病以来，玛丽压力一直很大。题组练领悟方法People find diff
17、erent ways of dealing with stress.人们找到各种不同方法来应对压力。Our Chinese teacher lays great stress on reading over and over again.我们语文老师反复强调阅读的重要性。（2）vt.使紧张；强调，着重I will avoid many of the things that used to stress me before.我将避开许多以前使我紧张的事。He stressed the importance of a healthy lifestyle.他强调了健康生活方式的重要性。词汇复现 单句
18、语法填空单句语法填空（1）词汇复现When feeling （stress），most people tend to breathe short，shallow breaths.（2）Moving to a new house is a very （stress）experience.（3）词汇复现She has been a lot of stress since her sons injury in his right leg.（4）The manager lays great stress the importance of good communication.完成句子完成句子（5）O
19、ne of the most effective ways to （减轻压力）is to talk about feelings with someone you trust.（6）The teacher （强调）the importance of not leaving out any important details while retelling the story.（7）You should learn how to （应对压力）in your work and life.stressedstressful under onreduce stress lays/puts/places
20、 stress on deal with stress 教材原句p.12 kinds of people suffering from stress 遭受压力的人2 suffer vi.&vt.（1）vi.（因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等）受苦，受难，受折磨搭配：搭配：suffer from a bad back 背疼suffer from a bad cold 患重感冒suffer from ill health 身体不好suffer from a headache/toothache 头疼/牙疼The volunteer suffered from a bad cold，but still volu
21、nteered to help the elderly.那位志愿者患了重感冒，但仍自愿帮助老人。词汇复现（2）vt.遭受，蒙受搭配：搭配：suffer pain/hardship 经历痛苦/困难 suffer a defeat/a loss/damage/punishment 遭受挫败/损失/损害/惩罚 We may suffer endless hardship before we achieve our aim.我们可能经历无数的困难之后才能实现我们的目标。词汇复现【学法点拨学法点拨】suffer from 的宾语一般是痛苦的原因，表示“因而受苦”；suffer 的宾语往往是非疾病类的词语
22、，如失败、损失、惩罚、困难等。单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）（suffer）such heavy pollution already，it may now be too late to clean up the river.（2）Mary is suffering ill health at the moment.（3）Though （suffer）such a heavy loss，the boss didnt lose the courage to go on with his business.（4）I am not feeling well and suffering a bad he
23、adache today.完成句子完成句子（5）Even if he （经历许多困难），he never gave in.（6）He burst into tears when he knew that his company （蒙受了巨大损失）in the financial crisis.Having suffered fromsuffering fromsuffered a lot of difficulties suffered huge losses 教材原句p.12 ways to reduce stress 减轻压力的方法3 reduce vt.减少；降低；缩小搭配搭配:redu
24、ce to.减少到（to 表示结果）reduce by.减少了（by 表示幅度）The expenses have been reduced to 1，000 yuan a month.每月的费用已减少到 1 000 元。Costs have been reduced by 20%over the past year.在过去的一年里，成本已经减少了 20%。【归纳拓展归纳拓展】rise/increase to 增加到 rise/increase by 增加了 单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）Her weight has been reduced ten kilos by going on a d
25、iet.（2）As he asked for two days leave last month，his pay was reduced 5%2，000 dollars.（3）If their marketing plans succeed，they will increase their sales 20 percent.完成句子完成句子（4）The number of the bikes they produce （已经减少到）100，000 this year.by byto by has reduced to教材原句p.101 Well，to be frank，everyone suf
26、fers from stress at some time in their life.嗯，坦白说，每个人在生活中都会有压力 4 to be frank 坦白说，坦率地说（=frankly，在句中作独立成分）To be frank，I think that he is not suitable for this position.坦率地说，我认为他不适合这个职位。词汇复现【归纳拓展归纳拓展】一些不定式短语可在句中作独立成分，说明说话人的态度。to begin/start with 首先 to sum up 总之to tell the truth 说实话，老实说to be brief 简言之to
27、 be sure 不能否认，诚然 to conclude 总之to be honest 说实话，老实说 to be exact 确切地说to make matters worse 更糟的是单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）词汇复现（be）frank，I am afraid I cant finish the report on schedule.（2）词汇复现（frank），it is not convenient for me to pick you up at the airport.完成句子完成句子（3）词汇复现 （坦率地说），it will be a long time before yo
28、u recover.（4）词汇复现 （老实说），the hardware I bought from your shop is of poor quality.To be Frankly To be frank/Frankly To be honest/To tell the truth 教材原句p.101 We cant remove stress from our lives entirely.我们不能完全消除生活中的压力。5 remove vt.（1）移走，搬走搭配：搭配：remove.from.从搬走 remove.to.把搬到 The waitress removed the dis
29、hes from the table.女服务员拿走了桌子上的餐具。She removed the painting to another wall.她把画移到了另一面墙上。（2）去掉，清除，使消失（=get rid of）What he should do first is remove his pressure from the coming exam.他首先应该做的是消除即将到来的考试带来的压力。词汇复现（3）脱下（衣服等）；摘下（=take off）I didnt recognise him until he removed his sunglasses.直到他摘下太阳镜我才认出他来。（
30、4）免除的职务，开除 搭配搭配：remove sb from sth 免除某人的职务 He was removed from the position because he broke the rules of the company.他因为违反公司规定而被免职了。单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）Three children were removed the school for bad behaviour.（2）Students removed several desks another classroom.（3）Youd better have the old furniture （remo
31、ve）.（4）Once formed，the bad habits are hard （remove）.（5）词汇复现It is beyond our expectations that the President was removed office.写出下列句中写出下列句中remove 的含义的含义（6）The news removed their doubts about the companys future.（7）Just before the flood came，some furniture and blankets in his house were removed to a
32、higher place.（8）I am sorry to tell you that she has been removed by our company.from to removedto remove from消除搬走，移走开除6 entirely adv.完全地，彻底地The beauty of the West Lake is entirely beyond expression.西湖的美是完全无法用语言形容的。Our situation is entirely different.我们的处境完全不同。【归纳拓展归纳拓展】完全地，彻底地 entirely totally compl
33、etely absolutely 单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）The dark，rainy evening，the wind，the thundering clouds held me （entire）in their power.（2）Qian Xuesen devoted himself （entire）to science.（3）Hed （complete）changedI didnt recognise him.entirelyentirely completely教材原句p.101 But more often than not，its due to pressure from w
34、ork or study.但往往是由于工作或学习产生的压力。7 due to 因为，由于He quit his previous job due to the tight schedule.他因日程太紧辞去了先前的工作。词汇复现 Your headache is due to stress.你的头痛是由压力造成的。词汇复现【学法点拨学法点拨】due to.可作表语和状语，一般不放在句首；owing to.可作表语和状语；because of.一般作状语，作表语时主语是指一个事实，而不是一个名词；thanks to.通常作状语，常指好的方面。【归纳拓展归纳拓展】be due to do sth
35、预计要做某事The boat is due to arrive at 12 oclock.船预计在 12 点钟到达。单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）词汇复现At last，his scholarship was not approved due various reasons.（2）The bill is due to （pay）by the end of this month.（3）Thanks the professors encouragement，he has more confidence in himself.（4）Owing the heavy traffic，it was alr
36、eady time for lunch break when she got to her office.完成句子完成句子（5）The next meeting （预计召开）in three months time.（6）David said that it was （由于）his strong interest in computers that he chose the course.to be paid to to is due to be helddue to/owing to/because of 教材原句p.101 Absolutely!当然！8 absolutely adv.（1
37、）正是，当然（强调同意或允许）Its worrying，isnt it?这让人担忧，不是吗？Absolutely.确实是。Was it any good?那有什么好处吗？No，absolutely not.绝对没有。（2）绝对地，完全地（强调真实无误）Im absolutely against such a tight schedule.我完全反对这么紧的时间安排。词汇复现【词语积累词语积累】absolute adj.绝对的；完全的 in absolute terms 从绝对意义上说单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）I was （absolute）excited when hearing the
38、news that you would come to China.（2）Lucy is （absolute）devoted to her career and has been appointed as chief manager.（3）It is what parents say and do that really matters in childrens character training.（absolute）!完成句子完成句子（4）Its （根本不可能）to work with all this noise.（5）Do you agree that he takes up the
39、challenge?（当然不）.absolutely absolutely Absolutely absolutely impossible Absolutely not 教材原句p.101 You can organise your work or studies.你可以筹划你的工作或学习。9 organise vt.组织，筹划The official news says that the presidents busy schedule has already been organised.官方消息说，总统紧张的日程已经安排好了。词汇复现 He volunteered to organis
40、e the meeting.他自愿组织这次会议。词汇复现She is not a very organised person and she always arrives late at meetings.她不是个有条不紊的人，开会总是迟到。单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）In my view，Londons not as expensive in price as Tokyo but Tokyo is more （organise）in traffic.（2）Group activities will （organise）after class to help children develop
41、 team spirit.（3）词汇复现The aim of the voluntary （organise）is to help more people.完成句子完成句子（4）They （组织了一系列课外活动）to make their life at school more colourful.organised be organised organisation organised a wide range of after-class activities 教材原句p.101 In other words，you can make a list and do all the impor
42、tant things rst.换句话说，你可以列一个清单，先做所有重要的事情。10 in other words 换句话说（=that is to say）He was economical with the truthin other words，he was lying.他没讲多少实话换言之，他在撒谎。【归纳拓展归纳拓展】in a word 总之，简言之in words 用语言 keep ones word 遵守诺言break ones word 食言，违背诺言 完成句子完成句子（1）The boss asked him to leave （换句话说），he was fired.（2）I
43、t is unnecessary to （跟吵架）Tom.It is typical of him to （食言）.（3）Death is universal，but life is not.（换句话说），everyone dies，but not everyone really lives.（4）词汇复现Mary （履行诺言）and paid a visit to Johns parents from time to time.（5）Ms Shen is friendly and enthusiastic.（简言之），she is a good teacher.in other words
44、have words withbreak his word In other words kept her word In a word 教材原句p.101.you should seek professional help.你应该寻求专业帮助。11 seek vt.（sought，sought）寻求，请求；寻找；设法搭配搭配:seek ones fortune 寻找发财机会seek（ones）advice 征求（某人的）意见seek（ones）help/assistance 请求（某人的）帮助/援助seek to do sth 设法做某事I think you need to seek pr
45、ofessional advice.我认为你需要寻求专业建议。词汇复现 She managed to calm him down and seek help from a neighbour.她设法使他平静下来，然后向一位邻居求助。“Are you actively seeking jobs?”she asked.“你在积极地找工作吗？”她问。They are seeking to reduce costs of various aspects.他们在设法降低各方面的成本。词汇复现单句语法填空单句语法填空（1）The government has （seek）the advice of sci
46、entists，who have done research into the bird flu virus.（2）词汇复现He sought （surf）the Internet to know more about the background of this poet.（3）Legal advice should （seek）before you take any further action.完成句子完成句子（4）In the early 1920s，thousands of people went to Australia to （寻找发财机会）.（5）Youd better （向寻求建议）your director on this matter.sought to surf be sought seek their fortuneseek advice from Thank you!
