1、Celebrating Me!,Unit 8,Lesson 45 Be Yourself!,What are your strong points and weak points? Did you ever write to a doctor or another person for help?,To learn to have a correct attitude toward weak points and strong points To learn to use the new words and expressions,Objectives,Expressions: strong/

2、weak points learn from smile at in ones own way,Words: stupid smart impossible weak average mirror,Words,average stupid smart impossible weak mirror,adj. 一般的；平均的,adj. 愚蠢的,adj. 聰明的,adj. 不可能的,adj. 弱的，無氣力的,n. 鏡子,犯錯(cuò)誤 強(qiáng)/弱項(xiàng) 從中學(xué)到 對微笑,make mistakes strong/weak points learn sth. from smile at ,Task 3: Transl

3、ate the following phrases into English.,對.嚴(yán)厲、苛刻,be hard on,Listen to the tape, follow the tape and sing along. Practice the song until you can sing it well.,Be confident in yourself, Be proud of who you are, Strive to be the best you can be! Were unique You are you and I am me!,Be yourself and celeb

4、rate How no one is quite like you! Be yourself and celebrate You are special through and through!,1. We should be confident in _. A. we B. ourselves C. ourself D. us 2. You should be proud of _. A. what you are B. where you are C. which you are D. who you are 3. You should be yourself and celebrate

5、because _. A. no one is quite like you B. youre very clever C. you are a good student D. you have many talents,Answer the questions according to the song.,Task 1: Read the lesson and tick the things that are mentioned in the lesson.,1. What are the girls problems? A. She thinks she looks very common

6、. B. She doesnt do well in English. C. Sometimes she makes stupid mistakes. D. She doesnt have any friends. 2. What are Sues suggestions? A. Talk to your parents or teacher. B. Smile at yourself every day. C. Make plans for your dreams. D. Go to a doctor. E. Make a list of your strong points and rea

7、d it every morning.,Task 2: Read the lesson and answer the questions.,1. What does Sad Girl think her weak points are? 2. What does Sad Girl think her strong points are? 3. What advice does Sue give Sad Girl?,Check your answers.,What does Sad Girl think her weak points are? 2. What does Sad Girl thi

8、nk her strong points are?,She looks very common. She gets average grades in most of her subjects. Sometimes she makes stupid mistakes.,She is good at English.,Nobody is perfect. Think about your strong points. Make a list and read it every morning. Dont be too hard on yourself for making mistakes. L

9、ook in the mirror and smile at yourself every day. You are a special person and unique in your own way.,3. What advice does Sue give Sad Girl?,1 2,3,Task 4: Complete the passage and try to retell.,Sad Girl thinks she is a very common girl. She gets _ grades in all of his subjects _ English, but some

10、times she makes _ mistakes. She feels bad about herself. She writes to Sue for some advice. Sue tells her nobody is _ in this world. Dont be too hard _ yourself for making mistakes. The important thing is to _ your mistakes.,average,learn from,on,perfect,stupid,except,Listen to some pieces of advice

11、 and number them in the correct order.,5,1,2,4,3,Now read this letter to Sue and Sues response to it. Fill in the blanks with proper pronouns.,Dear Sue, Im a high school boy. Im good at all my subjects, but I dont like _. I dont have any friends. The boys in my class enjoy _ after class. They talk a

12、nd laugh, but no one speaks to me. I dont know how to speak to _. I feel very lonely. Lonely Boy from Ottawa,myself,themselves,them,Dear Lonely Boy, Teenage years are wonderful but also difficult. Its common that many middle school students dont like _. Be proud of _. You are doing so well in school

13、. After school you can read the news and share interesting stories with _ classmates. Think about your interests and find a new hobby. Maybe you can join a club and make more friends. Soon you will begin to enjoy _!,themselves,yourself,your,yourself,Language points,1. I get average grades in all of

14、my subjects except English, but sometimes I make stupid mistakes. 除了英語，我其他學(xué)科的成績很平常，而有時(shí)我會犯愚蠢的錯(cuò)誤。 Everyone is here except Jenny. 除了詹妮都來了。 There is nothing but a card. 除了卡片什么也沒有。 He also knows Japanese besides English. 除了懂英語，他也懂日語。,except/but(除了)的區(qū)別：except常用于肯定句中，but常用于否定句中。,besides介詞，“除之外(尚有)”。,2. We

15、all have our strong points and weak points. 我們每個(gè)人都有強(qiáng)項(xiàng)和弱項(xiàng)。 He was weak in math, but good at English. 他數(shù)學(xué)差，但英語好。 She is still weak after her long illness. 久病之后她仍很虛弱。,weak作形容詞，在本句中表示“（能力等）弱的，差的”，后接at/in sth.,表示“在方面比較薄弱”，同義詞組是be bad at/in,反義詞組是be good at/in。,weak還可以表示“弱的,虛弱的,衰弱的”。,3. The important thing

16、 is to learn from your mistakes. 最重要的事情是要從錯(cuò)誤當(dāng)中有所得。 You can learn French from him. 你可以向他學(xué)習(xí)法語。 We ought to learn from advanced educational systems. 我們應(yīng)該效法先進(jìn)的教育制度。,learn from也可以表示為learn sth. from,意思是“向?qū)W習(xí)；從中學(xué)到”。,4. Look in the mirror and smile at yourself every day. 每天照鏡子并對自己微笑。 Everyone stopped to look

17、 and smile at us. 大家都停下來，微笑地看著我們。 5. You are a special person and unique in your own way! 你是個(gè)特別的人，你有自己的特點(diǎn)。 Id like to handle things in my own way. 我喜歡按照我自己的方式處理問題 。,smile at 對微笑,in ones own way 用某人自己的方法；有自己的特征,注：另附word文檔，點(diǎn)此鏈接,I. 根據(jù)句意及漢語提示寫單詞。 1. How can I stop making _(愚蠢的) mistakes? 2. It is _(不可能的

18、) to finish the work in an hour. 3. Margaret is combing her hair in front of the _(鏡子). 4. Tom looks _(弱的) but actually he often plays sports. 5. All of us think Alice is a _(機(jī)敏的) girl.,stupid,impossible,mirror,weak,smart,II. 根據(jù)漢語提示用正確的短語完成句子，每空一詞。 1. Please tell me your _ _(優(yōu)點(diǎn)). 2. You should _ _(從中吸取教訓(xùn)) your mistakes. 3. What can you see _ _ _ (在鏡子里)? 4. The teacher shouldnt be too _ _ (對嚴(yán)厲) the students when they _ _(犯錯(cuò)誤). 5. Im not good at science. It is my _ _(弱項(xiàng)).,