Unit2ImprovingyourselfDevelopingideasBYMICHELLEDoyouhavepocketmoney?Howdoyouusuallyspendyourpocketmoney?LeadinDoyoumanageyourpersonalfinances?Doyouknowtheimportanceoffinancialmanagement?Lookatthechartandanswerthequestions.1Whatarethetopthreethingsstudentsfromthisschoolspendtheirmoneyon?2Whatelsedoyouthinkstudentsoftenspendtheirmoneyon?Booksandmagazines,schoolsupplies,clothes.Sports,snacks,computergames,presentsandfilms.Nowthinkaboutwhatyouspendyourmoneyon.Drawacharttoshowyourspendinghabitsandshareitwiththeclass.My

pocket

money

is

from

the

red

packets

during

the

Spring

Festival.Total:

125

RMB/weekLunch,

drinks

&

snacks,

stationarySaving:

10—15RMB/weekLookatthepictureandthink:1.Isyourspendinghabitreasonable/valuable?2.Whatcouldbetalkedaboutinthepassage?Pre-readingSomevaluesabouthowtospendmoneywisely?While-readingReadthepassageandfindoutthemeaningofthetitle.Valuablevaluesideasaboutwhat’srightorwhat’simportantinlifemostimportant/concerned/usefulthingsthatyouthinkmostimportantinyourlifeThewordsusedinthetitlearedifferentformsofthesameword.Howdoesthetitleattractyou?ValuablevaluesThetitlemeansthatthevaluableconceptofmanagingmoneycanhelpusmakegooduseofmoneyandmakeabigdifferencetoourlife.Wordplayusesthesoundsandmeaningofsimilarwordsinanamusingorcleverway,forexample:Iwastryingtodiscoverhowlightningworked,andthenitstruckme!Itcanalsobeusedtoreinforcethemeaningsofthemes:inthetitleTheimportanceofBeingEarnest.“Earnest”isanadjectiveaswellasacharacter’sname.What’sthetypeofthepassage?A.NarrationB.ExplanationC.ArgumentationWhat’sthemainideaofthepassage?Howwecanmakegooduseofmoneyandmakeabigdifferencetoourlife.Howdoesthewriterdevelopthepassage?(Para._____)(Para._____)(Para._____)(Para._____)Part1Part2Part3Part4123-89WhattodowiththemoneyKhloeThompson’sKareBagsSpendingjarSavingjarGivingjarInvestingjarConclusionRaisingthequestionAnexampletomakegooduseofmoneyFourjarstoteachteenagershowtospendmoneywiselyConclusionthekeypointsweshouldreadcarefullythepurposeofthefourjarsthedetailinformationaboutthefourjarsthesignificanceofthefourjarsRead

para.1-2

and

fillintheblanks.

What

to

do

with

the

money?Some

handled

money

terribly:More

and

more

teens

_____________

their

parents’

credit

card.Some

prove

that

age

is

_____________

making

good

use

of

money:

Khloe

Thompson

made

and

gave

away

“Kare

Bags”

including

_____________,

which

were

bought

with

her

pocket

money

and

_______________.

no

barrier

tonecessitiescrowd

fundingmaxed

outReadpara.3-4andanswerthequestions.Whatdo17statesoftheUSrequirehighschoolstudentstodo?WhydidJerrygivefourjarstohisgrandchildrenastheirbirthdaypresents?Highschoolstudentsarerequiredtotakecoursesinpersonalfinances.Togivethem

opportunity

tolearnlifelongvalues:

spending

their

money

wisely.Readpara.5-8andcompletethediagram.yourownhappinesstheopportunitytobuysomethingyoulikethefuturethatspecialsomethingyou’veseeninthestoresbuildforthefutureinvestinginyourselfkindnessandhelpingwhatevercausesyoubelieveinReadpara.9andanswerthequestion.Whichofthefollowingisnottheaimsofthejars?Toinspireteenagerstoevaluatemoneyobjectively.B.Tomaketeenagersunderstandthevalueofmoney.C.Tohelpteenagerstochoosetousethemoneywisely.D.Tomaketeenagerssavemoneyasmuchaspossible.SavingInvestingGivingSpendingWhydoestheauthorusetheexampleofKhloeThompson?Howdoesthepassageinspireyoutoimproveyourspendinghabits?Theauthorusestheexampletoproveageisnobarriertomakinggooduseofmoney.Ifyouweregiven1,000yuan,howmuchmoneywouldyouputineachjar?Giveyourreasons.Whatmethodsofself-managementhaveyoulearntinthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?Whatelsedoyouneedtoimprove?Post-readingWorkingroups.Giveatalkaboutyourunderstandingofthevaluesrepresentedbythefourjars.1.Readthepassageagainandthinkaboutwhichjaryoubelieveisthemostimportant.Gooverthepurposeofeachjaranddecideyourchoice.2.Organiseyourideasbycompletingthenotes.Chooseagroupmembertosummariseyourgroup'sopinionstotheclass.Shareyourideaswiththegroup.NowthinkaboutthemethodJerryWitkovskyusedtogiveadvice.Howdidithelpyoutobetterunderstandthetopic?Jarsarefamiliartoteenagerssotheycanhaveavividimpressiononhowtheymanagemoneyintheirpresentlifeandevenfuturelife.Indeed,thesmallchangeinsideourjarscouldmeanabigchangeinhowwemanageourmoney.LanguagepointsRecentheadlineshaveseenmoreandmoreteensmaxingouttheirparents’creditcards...最近的新聞頭條中報道了越來越多的青少年刷爆了父母的信用卡……無生命名詞作主語（1）基本結(jié)構(gòu)：無生命名詞+謂語動詞（2）該結(jié)構(gòu)中的無生命名詞一般是表示時間、地點、自然現(xiàn)象、情感以及情景的詞。謂語動詞常用see，witness，find等。Thisuniversityhaswitnessedquiteafewchangesovertheyears.July,1994foundmeworkinginamiddleschoolinthecountryside.◆完成句子（1）21世紀(jì)初中國經(jīng)濟迅速發(fā)展。

therapiddevelopmentofChina’seconomy.（2）到目前為止，這個街道的拐角已經(jīng)發(fā)生了一系列交通事故。

aseriesofaccidentssofarthisyear.（3）黎明時分他們剛剛走到一半路。

justonthehalfway.Theearly21stcenturywitnessed/saw

Thestreetcornerhaswitnessed/seen

Dawnfoundthem

LanguagepointsIncontrasttothesebigspenders，therearealsoteensthatproveageisnobarriertomakinggooduseofmoney.與這些花錢大手大腳的人相比，也有一些青少年證明了年齡并非善于利用金錢的障礙。incontrastto/with與……形成對比【歸納拓展】bycontrast相比之下 contrastwith與……形成對照contrastAwith/andB把A和B進行對比◆單句語法填空（1）John’sfriendlinesswasinmarkedcontrast

hisbrother’srudebehaviour.（2）Thesnowwasicyandwhite,

（contrast）withthebrilliantbluesky.（3）Myhaircut,

contrast,seemsold-fashioned.to/with

contrasting

by

LanguagepointsInsidethebagsarenecessitiessuchastoothpaste，soapandsocks...包里面裝著一些生活必需品，比如牙膏、肥皂和襪子……完全倒裝

完全倒裝就是將謂語動詞全部置于主語之前。（1）表示地點的介詞短語放在句首，謂語動詞是不及物動詞如lie，stand，sit，exist等或系動詞be，且主語是名詞時，要用完全倒裝。Inthecentreofthecitystandsasculpture.市中心有一尊雕像。（2）當(dāng)副詞here，there，now，then，out，in，up，down，off，away等置于句首，謂語動詞是表示位置移動的動詞come，go，run，rush，fly等，且主語是名詞時，要用完全倒裝。這種情況常用一般現(xiàn)在時或一般過去時。Herecomesthebus. Nowcomesyourturn. Languagepoints（3）therebe/lie/stand/appear/remain...結(jié)構(gòu)。Thereliesaricefieldoutsidethevillage.村外有片稻田。【注意】（1）若句子的主語是代詞，則主謂不倒裝。Outsherushed.她沖了出去。（2）完全倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)中，謂語動詞的數(shù)要與后面主語的數(shù)一致。Infrontofthehousestandtwotrees.房前有兩棵樹?！魡尉湔Z法填空（1）—Iseveryonehere?—Notyet...Look,there

（come）therestofourguests!（2）Look,here

（come）thebusheiswaitingfor.（3）There

（stand）atalltreeinfrontofourhouse.（4）Insidehisbag

（be）somebooksandpaper.◆完成句子（5）Anoldladyappearedatfirst.

（接著來了）anoldmanwithgreyhair.（6）Johnopenedthedoor.

（站在那里）agirlhehadneverseenbefore.（7）

（教室里面坐著）morethanfiftystudents.（8）

（有許多問題）remainingtobesettled. come

comes

stands

are

ThencameTherestood

Insidetheclassroomsit

Therearemanyproblems

LanguagepointsOnreceivingaKareBag，onewomansaid，“Youmakemefeellikeahumanbeing.”在收到“愛心包包”時，一位女士說：“你讓我覺得自己活得像個人?！眔n/upondoing一……就……，當(dāng)……時【歸納拓展】“一……就……”的表達方式：（1）連詞：assoonas，nosooner...than...，hardly/scarcely...when...；（2）連詞化副詞：immediately，directly，instantly；（3）連詞化名詞：themoment，theminute，thesecond，theinstant；（4）介詞短語：on/upon+n./doing（如onone’sarrival，uponhearingthenews）?！魡尉湔Z法填空（1）On

（finish）hisstudies,hestartedtravellinginChina.（2）Upon

（graduate）fromtheuniversity,heoccupiedhimselfinteaching.（3）

enteringtheclassroom,hesatdownandbegantoreadEnglishloudly.（4）On

（inform）theflightwouldbedelayed,wemadeotherarrangement.（5）Pleasereporttoreceptionon

（arrive）.finishing

graduating

On/Upon

beinginformed

arrival

LanguagepointsItwasfromthenonthathisgrandchildrenstartedtobeincontrolofwhattodowiththemoneytheyreceive...從那時起，他的孫子孫女們就開始自己掌控如何處理所得的錢……incontrolof控制，掌管【歸納拓展】be/get/runoutofcontrol失去控制beundercontrol被控制住 bring...undercontrol把……控制住 takecontrolof取得對……的控制losecontrolof失去對……的控制havecontrolover/of能控制……beyond（one’s）control（某人）無法控制【注意】beincontrolof控制著，掌管著（表主動）beinthecontrolof在……的控制/掌管下（表被動）◆單句語法填空（1）Thegovernmentis

controlofthewholesituation.（2）Thefirefighterstriedtheirbesttobringtheburningdistrict__________control.（3）Itissaidthatthecompanyis

thecontrolofanAmerican.（4）Shedoesn’thaveanycontrol

thatchild—it’sembarrassing. ◆完成句子（5）Therehasbeensomeviolenceafterthematch,

butthepolicearenow__________________（控制）thesituation.（6）Weareencouragedto

（控制）ourownlearning,ratherthanjustdependingonourteachers.（7）Therewasnothingwecoulddoaboutit—thesituationwas__________________________

（失控）.in

under

in

takecontrolof

incontrolofoutofcontrol/beyond（our）control

over/of

LanguagepointsWhetheryouwanttohelpoutafriend，givemoneytoananimalcharityortochildreninanothercountry，it’syourmoneytogivetowhatevercauseyoubelievein.無論你是想要接濟朋友，為動物慈善機構(gòu)捐款，或是救助另一個國家的孩子，這都是你的錢，你可以把它捐給任何你相信的事業(yè)。whether...(or...)引導(dǎo)的從句（1）引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，意為“無論……（還是……）”。Ishallgo,whetheryoucomewithmeorstayathome.（2）引導(dǎo)表語從句、賓語從句、主語從句和同位語從句，意為“是不是……，是……還是……”?！練w納拓展】whether...ornot/whetherornot...是否……；不管……與否I’llseewhetherornotIcanpersuadehimtoacceptit.【注意】可以說if...ornot，但不能說ifornot...。◆單句語法填空（1）Thiscanhappen

thechildrenareinatwo-parentoraone-parentfamily.（2）Totellthetruth,Idon’tcare

hewillcomeornot.◆完成句子（3）Hehasn’tmadehisdecision

hewillsticktohispresentjob

（是……還是……）switchtoanotherone.（4）Weacceptstudentsofallages,

（不管你年輕還是年老）.（5）I’dappreciateitifyoucouldletmeknowinadvance

（是否）youwillcome.whether

whether

whetherwhetheryouareyoungorold

whetherornotor

LanguagepointsInthisway，theywillbebetterequippedintheiradultlivestomakeinformedchoicesabouthowtheyusethemoneytheyhave.這樣，他們在步入成人社會時才會更加得心應(yīng)手，并且能夠?qū)θ绾喂芾斫疱X做出明智的選擇。equip

v.使有知識和技能，使能夠勝任；裝備，配備 equipsb.forsth.使某人能勝任某事（beequippedfor） equipsb./sth.withsth.用某物裝備某人/某物（beequippedwith）【單詞積累】equipmentn.［U］設(shè)備，器材；裝備，配備apieceofequipment一件設(shè)備◆單句語法填空（1）Allclassroomsofhisschool

withmodernteaching

.（equip）

（2）Themorewelearn,themoreequippedwewillbe

ourfuture.（3）Relativepoverty,however,didnotpreventMartinfromequippinghimself

anexcellenteducation.◆完成句子（4）

（給自己裝備）apairofcomfortableshoesandenoughwaterwhenyougoclimbing.（5）They

（已經(jīng)做好……的準(zhǔn)備）theadvertisingcampaign.areequippedequipment

for

with

Equipyourselfwith

haveequippedthemselvesfor/havebeenequippedfor

WritingareflectionReflectionisanideaoropinionbasedoncarefulthought.Weshouldreadthematerialcarefullyandthinkcarefullyaboutthecaseinit,forexample,itspurpose,itstarget,anditsinfluenceetc.Thenexpressyourownopiniononthetopic.Readthestoryandanswerthequestions.Theholeisstillthere.losetemperhammeranailholdtemperpulloutanailWhataspectofself-managementisthepassageabout?Whatmessagedoyouthinkthestoryconveys?Thepassageisaboutcontrollingone’sowntemper.Weshouldcontrolourtemper.Becausewhenwesaysomethinginanger,itleavesaholeinsomeone’sheart,justlikethenailshaveleftholesinthefence.Makenotesaboutthestory.Summaryofthestory:Mythoughts:Conclusion:Nowwriteyourreflection.Thenovel,titled...,waswrittenby...andwasfirstpublishedin...Thebookispartlybasedon...Thecharactercreatedby...was...Theheroofthebookis......isaclassicalmasterpiecewhichattractedmeverymuch.Ittellsthestoryof...who...Itdescribesthelegendaryexperienceof...Itisfamousforitslovelydetailsanditsexpressionof...Ireallylearnedalotfromthehero’sstory....givesmesomeinspiration....wassokindthathemoved/shockedmegreatly.Ittellsusthat......hastaughtmethat...Workinpairs.Makeimprovementstoeachother'sreflectionsandsharethemwiththeclass.1.Hasthewriterincludedsummaryofthestory,andhisorherthoughts?2.Doesthewriterendwithashortconclusion?3.Grammar,wordsorexpressions,punctuation,handwriting.Onepossibleversion:Oncetherewasaboywithabadtemper.Hisdadtoldhimtohammeranailintothefenceeverytimehelosthistemper.Theboylearnttocontrolhistemperbecauseitwaseasierthanhammeringthenailsintothefence.Thenhisdadaskedhimtopullonenailouteverytimehewasabletoholdhistemper.Whentheboypulledoutallthenails,hisdadshowedhimtheholesinthefence,tellinghimhisangerhadleft“scars”thatwouldneverheal,liketheholesinthefence.Accordingtothestory,itisimportanttolearnhowtocontrolyourtempersothatyoudonotdoorsayanythingthatwillhurtotherpeople.Sohowcanwecontrolourtemper?First,wecantalktosomeonewetrustabouthowwefeel.Thisisagoodwayoflettingourangeroutwithouthurtingothers.Second,wecangooutdoorsandplayteamsportswithourfriends,becausephysicalexerciseprovidesaneffectivewaytocalmdown.Third,wecanshiftourattentiontootherthingssuchasreadingabookorwatchingafilm.Focusingonsomethingelsehelpsustoforgetouranger.Ifwekeepcalmandstayoptimistic,wecantakecontroloverourtemper,whichwillbenefitusthroughoutlife.PresentingideasaThesuperiormanmustbewatchfuloverhimselfwhenheisalone.ZengZi

君子必