1、 1.Read the passage on page 45 and finish the activities 2. Improve reading skills by fast and careful reading 3. Have a good habit of making resolutions Lead-in Next year, Im going to exercise at least 20 Minutes every day. But I didnt keep it. Lead-in Did you make any resolutions last year? Were y
2、ou able to keep them? Why or why not? 2a Discuss the questions with your partner. 1.Did you make any resolution last year? No , I didnt. 2.Were you able to keep them? Why or why not? No , I wasnt. Because I forgot them. be able to 会；能够会；能够 2a 2b Read the passage and match each paragraph (1-3) with i
3、ts main purpose in the box. Underline the words and phrases that helped you decide. _ To question the idea of making resolutions _ To discuss the different kinds of resolutions _ To give the meaning of resolution Read the passage. Put the sentences A-D in the correct places. Skimming A: These are ab
4、out making yourself a better person. B: For example, a student may have to find more time to study. C. There are good reasons for this. D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. Read the passage. Put the sentences A-D in the correct places. Skimming A: These are about making y
5、ourself a better person. B: For example, a student may have to find more time to study. C. There are good reasons for this. D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. Answers: D A B C (A)To question the idea of making resolutions (B)To give the meaning of resolution (C)To discu
6、ss the different kinds of resolutions Para1 Para2 Para3 Task 1: Skim and match. Underline the sentences that helped you decide. (1) v.v.质疑质疑 (meaning) Key sentences (中心句中心句)- help you get the main idea quickly. Para 1: Para 2: Do you know what a resolution is? Its a kind of promise. There are differ
7、ent kinds of resolutions. Para 3: Some people say the best resolution is to have no resolutions! How about you will you make any next year? (kinds) (question) Para 1 They hope to improve their lives. They can write down or tell their family and friends. 1. Why do people usually make resolutions? 2.
8、How can people remember their resolutions? _ kinds 3 Self- improvement Better planning Physical health Para 2 How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? Whatre they? Para 3 People hardly ever keep them. Whats the common thing in resolutions? Which paragraph in the passage do you think
9、 each sentence goes in? Write the letters A-D in the correct places in the passage. A.These are about making yourself a better person. B.For example, a student may have to find more time to study. C. There are good reasons for this. D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. 2c
10、 Answer the questions with short sentences. 1. What is a resolution? _ 2. When do people make resolutions? _ 3. Why do people usually make resolutions? _ _ Its a kind of promise. They hope that they can improve their lives. At the beginning of the year. 2d 4. How can people remember their resolution
11、s? _ Some people write them down or tell their family and friends. 5. How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? _ Three kinds. Physical health, self-improvement and better planning 6. Why do you think resolutions may be difficult to keep? _ _ _ 7. Do you think the best resolution is
12、to have no resolutions? Why or why not? _ _ _ Sometimes they may be difficult to keep or sometimes people just forget about them. Because resolutions can help us try our best. No, I dont. Find these phrases in the passage. Then write your own sentences with them. have to do with make promises have i
13、n common write down For this reason take up 2e 本课句型 yourself 1. Learn some new words and phrases. eg, improve, physcial, take up self-improvement, hobby 2. Read the passage about resolutions. 3. How to write my own resolutions 1. 在在的开端的开端 _ 2. 写下；记录下写下；记录下 _ 3. 关于；与关于；与.有关系有关系 _ 4. 学着做；开始做学着做；开始做 _
14、5. 有相同之处有相同之处 _ 6. 太太而不能而不能 _ 7. 向某人许诺向某人许诺 _ at the beginning of write down have to do with take up too to make promises to sb. have something in common 1.Do you often make a _ (week) plan for the schoolwork? 2.At the _ (begin) of the class, Miss Zhou sang a song for us. 3.Do you know the _ (mean)
15、of “resolution”? （二）用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（二）用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。 weekly beginning meaning （三）三）选择题选择题 ( )1 .We all make some resolutions _ the year. Aat beginning of Bthe beginning of Cin the beginning of Dat the beginning of ( )2.Let me _your telephone number and Ill call you next time. Awrite down Bturn down
16、 Clook down Dcut down ( )3.The old man is _ the work. A Avery old to do Btoo old to finish Ctoo old on Dvery old to finish D A B 当堂检测当堂检测 1.Im not sure about the _ of the word. Youd better look it up in a dictionary. A. mean B. meanning C. meaning 2. They _ to win the game after years training(训练训练)
17、. A. promise B. make C. succeed 3. Let me _ your phone number and Ill call you when Im free. A. cut down B. write down C. turn down C A B 4. Many projects(项目项目) have to do _ the environment(环境环境). A. for B. in C. with 5. They had a _ this news. A. discuss about B. discussion about C. about 5. 玛丽太小，搬
18、不动这个口袋。玛丽太小，搬不动这个口袋。 Mary is _ young _ carry the bag. 6. 我没有时间和你讨论这个问题。我没有时间和你讨论这个问题。 I have no time _ the problem _ you. B B too to to discuss with New Years Resolutions Next year is coming, what are you going to do next year? I am going to 1. learn to play tennis 2. get up early 3. travel to Beijing/Yunnan 4. save some money 5. read more books 6. work harder 7. make many friends 8. help mom and dad 1.watch too much TV 2. play too much computer games I am not going to
