1、Section B 2a-2e阅读阅读 Go for it人教版 八年级上 Unit 6 Im going to study computer science. Warming-up Lets watch a video. Revision What is a resolution? Why do people make resolutions? Lets review and talk about resolutions. Its a kind of promise. n.承诺承诺 Resolutions are like plans. Resolutions can be about st
2、udy, health, hobby, job, friendship. People hope that they can improve their lives. v.改善，提高改善，提高 Lead-in drink less eat healthier exercise a lot(regularly) to keep fit(healthy) learn something new lose weight quit(give up) smoking read more spend more time with family save money study English Top 10
3、 Lets make a list about the resolutions in the video. Survey Name Resolution How Tom keep healthy get more exercise Whats your resolution? How are you going to do that ? Report: In my group, Toms resolution is to keep healthy. He is going to get more exercise. Did you make any resolutions last year?
4、 Yes, I did. We made the soccer team. / No, I didt. Were you able to keep them? Why or why not? Sure. Because I practiced soccer really hard. And we made our soccer team. / No , I wasnt. Because I forgot them. 2a Discuss the following questions with a partner. be able to do sth 能够做某事能够做某事 Reading ta
5、sk Listen to the passage and find out the the New Years resolutions the article mentions. start an exercise program eat less fast food take up a hobby like painting or taking photos learn to play the guitar make a weekly plan for schoolwork take up 开始，从事开始，从事 weekly adj.每每 周的周的 schoolwork n.学业学业 pro
6、gram n. 程序，安排程序，安排 Reading task Read the passage quickly and find out the answer to the question. Q:Why do you think resolutions may be difficult to keep? Paragraph 3 Line 3 5 Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep. Sometimes people just forget about them. 2b Read the passage and mat
7、ch each paragraph 1- 3with its main purpose in the box. Underline the words and phrases that helped you decide. (P 45) _ To question the idea of making resolutions _ To give the meaning of resolution _ To discuss the different kinds of resolutions P3 P1 P2 Para. 1：Its a kind of promise. However, pro
8、mises you make to yourself are resolutions. Para. 2：different kinds of resolutions; some; some resolutions Para. 3：hardly ever keep them. the best resolution is to have no resolutions! 1. First, read the four sentences and get the meaning.阅阅 读这四个句子，掌握其意思。读这四个句子，掌握其意思。 2. Pay attention to the sentenc
9、es before and after the blanks.注意注意每个空格前后句子的意思。每个空格前后句子的意思。 3. Choose the right one according to the context.根据上根据上 下文意思来确定空格处应填的句子。下文意思来确定空格处应填的句子。 2c Read the whole passage and put the sentences A-D in the correct places in the passage. A. These are about making yourself a better person. B. For ex
10、ample, 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. D B A C Reading task Read para.1 and finish the tasks. Do you know what a resolution is? Its a kind of promise. Most of the time, we make promise
11、s to other people. (Mom, I promise Im going to tidy my room when I get back from school.) However, promises you make to yourself are resolutions, and the most common kind is New Years resolutions. The start of a year is often a time for making resolutions. When we make resolutions at the beginning o
12、f the year, we hope that we are going to improve our lives. Some people write down their resolutions and plans for the coming year. This helps them to remember their resolutions. Others tell their family and friends about their wishes and plans. 1. Resolutions are promises that you make to _. A. you
13、r teacher B. your parents C. yourself 2. We often make resolutions _. A. at the beginning of the year B. at the end of the year 3. How do people make resolutions? A. Write down their resolutions B. Tell their family and friends C. A and B Read Para.1 carefully and choose the right answer. What? When
14、? How? What are the resolutions about? 1.Whats a resolution? 2. When do people usually make resolutions? 3.Why do people usually make resolutions? 4.How can people remember their resolutions? At the beginning of the year. They hope that they are going to improve their lives. Answer the questions. So
15、me people write down their resolutions and plans for the coming year. Its a kind of promise. There are different kinds of resolutions. Some are about physical health. For example, some people promise themselves they are going to start an exercise program or eat less fast food. Many resolutions have
16、to do with self-improvement. These are about making yourself a better person. Some people might say they are going to take up a hobby like painting or taking photos, or learn to play the guitar. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, like making a weekly plan for schoolwork. For example,
17、a student may have to find more time to study. Read para.2 and complete the chart. Reading task What are they How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? physical health self-improvement better planning How are they going to keep it? they are going to start an exercise program or eat l
18、ess fast food some people might say they are going to take up a hobby like painting or taking photos, or learn to play the guitar like making a weekly plan for schoolwork Three. Although there are differences, most resolutions have one thing in common. People hardly ever keep them! There are good re
19、asons for this. 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 to have no resolutions! How about you will you make any next year? Read para.3 and finish the task. Reading task Why do people hard
20、ly ever keep resolutions? Sometimes the resolutions may be _ Sometimes people just _ For this reason, some people say the best resolution is to have no resolutions. too difficult to keep. forget about them. topic reasons conclusion Do you agree? Discussion 1.Why do you think resolutions may be diffi
21、cult to keep? 2. Do you think the best resolutions is to have no resolutions? Why or why not? Possible answers: 2. Yes. The resolutions are very hard to keep, so the best resolutions is to have no resolutions. We should make smaller goals and then achieve them step by step. 1. Sometimes people are l
22、azy, impatient Read the passage again and discuss the questions in your group. 2d 1.What is a resolution? 2. When do people usually make resolutions? 3. Why do people usually make resolutions? Its a kind of promise that you make to yourself. People often make resolutions at the beginning of the year
23、. They hope that they are going to improve their lives. The writer talks about three different kinds of resolutions: physical health, self-improvement (which includes taking up a hobby) and better planning. 4. How can people remember their resolutions? 5. How many kinds of resolutions does the write
24、r talk about? Some people write down their resolutions and plans. Some people tell their family and friends about their wishes and plans. 1. Some people write down their resolution and plans for the coming year. write down由由动词动词+副词副词构成，意为构成，意为写下；记写下；记 下下。当。当write down后接名词作宾语时，名词可位后接名词作宾语时，名词可位 于于dow
25、n之后，也可位于之后，也可位于write 和和down之间；当之间；当 write down后接代词作宾语时，代词通常位于后接代词作宾语时，代词通常位于 write 和和down之间。之间。 Language points eg：Please write down your name on the paper. The telephone number is very important. You should write it down. 2.Some resolutions have to do with better planning, 有些决定与合理的时间规划相关，有些决定与合理的时间
26、规划相关， 1）have to do with与与相关；与相关；与有关联有关联 或有关系或有关系。 2）better planning“合理规划”。此句中的“合理规划”。此句中的 planning为名词为名词, 表示“计划；规划”等意思，表示“计划；规划”等意思， 如：如：city planning（城市规划）等。（城市规划）等。 What does this problem have to do with what were learning today? 这道题跟我们今天所学的内容有什这道题跟我们今天所学的内容有什 么关系？么关系？ Harry said he didnt want to
27、have anything to do with the new comer. 哈利说他不想与那新来的扯上哈利说他不想与那新来的扯上 关系关系 3. 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。有时这些决定可能会太难而无法实现。 tooto是一种固定结构，表示“太是一种固定结构，表示“太而不能而不能 ”, too后通常接形容词或副词的原级，后通常接形容词或副词的原级，to后后 接动词原形。接动词原形。 “too . to .”结构可用“”结构可用“so . that .”结构改写。也可用“”结
28、构改写。也可用“not . enough to .”结构”结构(不够不够而不能而不能)改写，但改写，但enough 前面的形容词或副词与“前面的形容词或副词与“too . to .” 结构中的结构中的 形容词或副词互为反义词。形容词或副词互为反义词。 Im too busy to go out with you. 我太忙没空和你出去。我太忙没空和你出去。 = Im so busy that I cant go out with you. Jim is too short to reach the book. = Jim is not tall enough to reach the book.
29、 4. Some people might say they are going to take up a hobby take up （尤指为消遣）学着做；开始做。还可（尤指为消遣）学着做；开始做。还可 意为“拿起；接受；继续；占据”意为“拿起；接受；继续；占据” 等。等。 Id be happy to take up a new hobby. 我很乐意开始一种新嗜好。我很乐意开始一种新嗜好。 I wont take up much of your time. 我不想多占用你的时间。我不想多占用你的时间。 She took up the receiver and began to dial
30、the number. 她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。 在在开始开始 能够做某事能够做某事 由于这个原因由于这个原因 上大学上大学 关于；与关于；与有关系有关系 下决心下决心 不同种类的不同种类的 向某人许下诺言向某人许下诺言 at the beginning of be able to do sth. for this reason go to college / university have to do with make resolutions different kinds of make promises to sb. Phrases summary 听起来像
31、听起来像 一年的开始一年的开始 身体健康身体健康 改善我们的生活改善我们的生活 培养一种兴趣爱好培养一种兴趣爱好 写下；记录下写下；记录下 有相同特征；有相同特征；(想法、想法、 兴趣等方面兴趣等方面)相同相同 太太而不能而不能 sounds like the start of the year physical health improve our lives take up a hobby write down have . in common too . to . 2e Underline the following phrases in the passage. Write your
32、own sentences or questions using the phrases. have to do with _ make promises _ have in common _ write down _ for this reason _ take up _ Please make sentences by yourselves and check with each other. we make resolutions _ Resolution Its a kind of _. we hope that we are going to_ promise at the begi
33、nning of the year improve our lives Three kinds of resolutions Physical health Self-improvement Better planning The resolutions may be _ _. People just _ them. too difficult to keep. forget about People hardly ever keep resolutions. Summay Summarize and complete. Consolidation Fill in the blanks to
34、retell the text. Resolution is a kind of _. Promises you make to yourself are resolutions, and the most common kind is _. When we make resolutions at the _ of the year, we hope that we are going to _ our lives. There are different kinds of resolutions. Some are about _ health. Some have to do with _
35、. Some are about better planning, like making a _ plan for school work.Although there are differences, most resolutions _. People hardly ever keep them! improve promise beginning New Years resolutions have one thing in common physical self-improvement weekly Groupwork Design your groups resolution paper.Everyone should write down your resolution and things you will do for your resolution. Structures you may use: 1. I am going to. 2. To keep my resolution, I promise. 3. I will. 4. I plan to. 5. I want to. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成！有志者事竟成！
