1、Unit6 Im going to study computer science. Reading 2a-2e Its. 1010 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 20202020 20212021 What do people usually do What do people usually do when the new year is coming?when the new year is coming? Lets count down. Make resolutions.Make resolutions. What is a resolutio
2、n?What is a resolution? Its a kind of promise.Its a kind of promise. Most of the time, we make Most of the time, we make promises to other people.promises to other people. . . Lets watch a video.Lets watch a video. Whats a New Years resolution?Whats a New Years resolution? After watching the video p
3、lease answer the question. New Years resolution is something that you do new, something better that you do to improve you life, to improve yourself, to make yourself a better person. What is your new yearsresolution?What is your new yearsresolution? I am going to . I am going to learn. I want to. I
4、hope to. I plan to. I expect to. What should you do if you have What should you do if you have New Years resolutions?New Years resolutions? Are you able to keep it/them?Are you able to keep it/them? 你能实现它（们）吗？ Is it Is it easyeasy or or difficultdifficult to keep them?to keep them? Lets read the art
5、icle and and try totry to find the answer.find the answer. Fast-reading Read the passage and match each paragraph1-3 with its main purpose below. Underline the words and phrases that helpled you decide. To question the idea of making resolutions To give the meaning of resolution To discuss the diffe
6、rent kinds of resolutions Para1Para1 Para2Para2 Para3Para3 Reading tips: 找段落大意一定 要抓住每一段的 第一句戒者最后 一句。 Careful-reading Read the Paragraph1. Put the sentences(A-D) in the correct places. Do you know what a resolution is? Its a kind of promise. Most of the time, we make promises to other people.(“Mom, I
7、 promise Im going to tidy my room when I get back from school.”) However, promises you make to yourself are resolutions, and the most kind is New Years resolutions._ When we make resolutions at the beginning of the year, we hope that we are going to improve our lives. Some people write down their re
8、solutions and plans for the coming year. This helps them to remember their resolutions. Others tell their family and friends about their wishes and plans. A. These are about making yourself a better person. B. For example, a student may have to find more time to study. C. These are good reasons for
9、this. D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. D Reading tips: 正确答案与文本正确答案与文本 有有同义替换的关系 resolutionresolution What is it? What is the most commom kind of resolution? When to make the New Years resolution? Why? How? at the beginning of a year Read the Paragrah 1 again and fill
10、in the mind map. Careful-reading Read the Paragraph2. Put the sentences(A-D) in the correct places. There are different kinds of resolutions. Some are about physical health. For example, some people promise themselves they are going to start an execrise program or eat less fast food. Many resolution
11、s have to do with self- improvement._ Some people might say they are going to take up a hobby like paining or taking photos, or learn to play the guitar. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, like making a weekly plan for schoolwork._ A. These are about making yourself a better person. B
12、. For example, a student may have to find more time to study. C. These are good reasons for this. D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. A B improvement是是 improve的名词形式。的名词形式。 Careful-reading How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? start an exercise program
13、start an exercise program eat less fast foodeat less fast food take up a hobbytake up a hobby ThreeThree ResoultionsResoultions physical health self- improvemet better planning make a weekly planmake a weekly plan Careful-reading Read the Paragraph 3. Put the sentences(A-D) in the correct places. Al
14、though there are differences, most resolutions have one thing in common. People hardly ever keep them! _ Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep. Sometimes people just forget about them. For this reason, some people say the best resolution is have no resolutions! How about you-will yo
15、u make any next year? A. These are about making yourself a better person. B. For example, a student may have to find more time to study. C. These are good reasons for this. D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. C People hardly ever keep them! Do you know the reasons? Concl
16、usion结论 Careful-reading Reason1 These resolutions are too difficult to keep. Reason2 People just forget about them Some people say the best resolution is to have no resolutions! Discuss: Do you think the best resolution is to have no resolutions? Post-reading: Yes, I think so. Because . No, I dont t
17、hink so. Because . I dont think . I think . I think . . I think so.I think so. Because Because plans always plans always fall behind fall behind changes.changes. Do you think the best resolution is to have no resolutions? I dont think so.I dont think so. Because a Because a resolution is resolution
18、is like a kind of like a kind of hope.hope. Do you think the best resolution is to have no resolutions? Should we Should we keep resolutions?keep resolutions? Yes!Yes! How should we should we keep resolutions?keep resolutions? 1. Make an easier resolution to keep. 2. Remind yourself of it somehow. 3
19、. Give a prize when you make it. 4. Ask your best friend for help when you get in trouble. 5. Believe in yourself! Lets watch a video. The little girl can help us. It probably wont happen in one big moment. It ll happen in thousands of little moments. 改变绝不是在某一个瞬间发生的，它只会在某个细微的瞬 间改变你。 keep your resolu
20、tions but go easy on yourself. 坚持你的计划，放轻松，慢慢来。 Every time when you choose to Each little moment that you choose whats right instead of wahts easy. 去做正确的事情而不 是容易的事情。 forgive or slow down or be grateful or stay clam, 当你选择原谅或放慢生活的步伐，或心怀感激又 或保持冷静， faith instead of doubt, 去信任而非怀疑， love instead of hate, l
21、ove instead of hate, 去爱而非恨， Youre got thousands of more little momnets ahead of you. Youll get better. 你还有很多机会。你会变得更好的。 Even if you fail one or two, or thirty times, it is OK! 即使你失败了一两次或者失败了很多次，没关系。 Its easier said Its easier said than done!than done! 说起来容易做起来难！ Everything will be fine!Everything wi
22、ll be fine! Summary What When Why at the beginning of the year a kind of promise write down improve our lives Resolutions Kinds physical health self-improvemnet take up a hobby Reasons two reasons You will get better! Please try to follow the tape.Please try to follow the tape. Language Point 1 1. p
23、romise (v/n) 做名词（承诺，诺言），常见的词组有 make promises 许愿 break promises违背诺言 keep promises 遵守诺言 例如：Its a kind of promise. We make promises to other people. Please try to keep promises. 做动词(许诺，承诺) promise sb Eg: I promise you. (口语中更多用You have my word.) promise sb to do sth Eg: I promise you to come back on tim
24、e. promise+that从句 Eg: Some people promise themselves they are going to start an exercise program or eat less fast food. 2 2. beginning(n) 开头，开端 beginning是begin的名词形式，常见的词组搭配at the beginning of the year/month/week. 而反义词词组是at the end of . begin(V) 开始 begin to do sth(=begin doing sth) 开始做某事 Eg: I begin
25、to make resolutions when 2021 is coming. = I begin making resolutions when 2021 is coming. (此处的begin可以和start互换) begin with. 以.开始 Eg: The story begins with their marriage. 故事以他们的婚姻开始。 begin (开始） Summer vacation begins on July. 3 3. improve 提高；改善 improve(提高) Eg: I dont know how to improve my English.
26、Eg: I try to improve my memory by reading aloud. The restaurant needs to improve its service. improve (改善) Most people has been always trying to improve(也可以译为提高) their lives. It is very important to improve our enivornment. We should snatch(抓住) at every chance to improve our work. improvement(n) sel
27、f-improvement ment名词后缀 类似的动词变名词的单词有： govern-government develop-development argue- argument 4. Some resolutions have to do with better plan4. Some resolutions have to do with better plann ning,.ing,. 有些决定与合理的规划相关. 1) 此句中的planning为名词，表示“计划；规划”等意思，如city planning(城市规划)等。英语中better planning类似汉语中的“合理规 划”，指
28、通过制定计划更有效地达到目的。例如： We should make better planning to improve our environment. 2) have to do with表示“与.相关；与.有关联戒有关系”。例如： What does this problem have to do with what were learning today? 这道题跟我们今天学习的内容有什么关系？ What does it have to do with you? 与你何干？ 5. Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to kee
29、p.5. Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep. 有时这些决定可能会太难而无法实现。 1) 此处情态动词may表示推测，相当于汉语的“可能；戒许；大概”乊意。 又如：You may be right this time, but Im not sure. 2) too.to.是一种固定结构，表示“太.而不能够.”。又如： The kid is too young to play the game. 这个孩子太小，不能玩这个游戏。 Mulans father is too old to join the army. 木兰的父
30、亲年级太大不能去参军。 3) 本句中的keep意为“履行（诺言）；遵守（惯例）”，这是keep常见的用 法乊一。类似的句子还有： People hardly ever keep them! keep a promise(信守诺言). keep ones word(遵守承诺，说话算数)等。 如：We always keep our word. 我们说话是算数的。 Key Key words words andand PhrasesPhrases 能够做某事 许愿，承诺 一年的开始 提高生活 写下 下一年 告诉某人某事 身体健康 少吃快餐 与.有关联 养成一个爱好 有相同的地方 太.而不能. be
31、 able to do sth make promises at the beginning of the year be able to do sth write down the coming year/next year tell sb about sth physical health eat less fast food have to do with take up a hooby have one thing in commom too.to. Exercise A: What do you _ to be when you grow up? B: I want _ a scie
32、ntist. A: Wow! That sounds cool. But its also difficult. _ are you _ to do that? B: After I finish high school, Im _ to go to university. A: _ are you _ to study? B: In Hefei. Im _ to study there for four years. A: I think I want _ a teacher. Im _ to teach in Wuhan. 1. Fill in the blanks in the conv
33、ersation. 1. Fill in the blanks in the conversation. want to be How going going Where going going to be going 2. Translation. 2. Translation. 1. Are you going to be a _ (飞行员)? 2. Whats your _ (爱好) now? 3. His parents want to give him best _(教育). 4. Jim wants to be a _(计算机程序员). 5. His father is a/an
34、_(工程师). 6. I want to be a doctor when I _(长大). pilot hobby education computer programmer engineer grow up Homework Homework Level A Try to write down at least 3 plans. Recite the passage 1 Level B Try to write down at least 2 plans. Remeber the key words and phrases 2 Level C Try to talk abour your plans （at least 3） Read the passage as fluently as possible 3 Level C Try to write down at least 2 plans Remeber the key words and phrases (at least 8 ) 4 Thank you!
