1、Unit 2 I know that you will be better at maths.,Module,8,My future life,be better at sth. 擅長某事,How soon will you leave school?,Warming up,Will you have a school-leavers party? Where will you hold the school-leavers party?,How will you decorate the place where youll hold the party? Will you be happy

2、or sad at that moment?,Who will you say thanks to at that time?,Words review,rose laugh at kindness give up try ones best disappointed,n. 玫瑰；薔薇 嘲笑；對(duì).一笑置之 n. 善舉；好意 放棄（努力） 盡某人最大的努力 adj. 失望的；沮喪的,1. Look at the picture and choose the answers to the questions. There may be more than one answer.,Now read

3、the passage and check.,Listen to Part 3 and answer the questions.,1. How many roses does the speaker has? 2. Did the speakers father buy a violin?,Three.,Yes, he did.,Watch and read,Read the passage and answer the questions.,Dear head teacher, teachers, parents and fellow students, Im very proud tha

4、t you have chosen me to speak to you today. I have three roses here: a red one, a yellow one and a white one. These roses are to thank three groups of people for the three most important things that I have learnt. These three things are friendship, effort and trust. I give the red rose to my friends

5、. When I started school here, my Chinese was not good,fellow students 同學(xué) fellow 同伴;男子,be proud that 感到自豪 be proud of 自豪，高興,choose sb. to do sth. 選擇某人做某事,one 在這里指代rose,be to do sth.表示按計(jì)劃或安排要做的事,give sth. to sb. 給某人某物,and some of my mistakes were very funny. I once tried to sayxiexie, but I saidxiaxia

6、 instead. Of course some people laughed, and I felt quite silly. But they were not laughing at me. They taught me to say many things in Chinese and kindly invited me to join them. Today, thanks to their kindness, my Chinese is much better, and we have become friends. So, let me say xiexie again to a

7、ll of you for your help. I give the white rose to my teachers, who have taught me that there is no success without effort. When I started running in the 800 meters, I always finished last and I just wanted to give up.,try to do sth. 試圖做某事,sillysliadj 愚蠢的,teach sb. to do sth.叫某人做某事 teach sb.sth.=teac

8、h sth. to sb. 叫某人某物,But the PE teacher, Ms Huang, helped me. She ran along with me, and she said, You only really lose if you give up! I still cant run fast enough, but Ive learnt to try my best, not only with running but with whatever else I do. I give the yellow rose to my parents for teaching me

9、that love is about trust. When I wanted to learn the violin, my father told me that I should work harder at maths. I was disappointed. Then, on the morning of my birthday, I woke up to find a beautiful violin at my bedside. There was a note from my father:Iam sure you will be good at music. I,ran al

10、ong with me 和我一起跑,wake up 醒來,be sure 確信,be good at 擅長,know that you will be better at maths. Im sure that you all have your own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thanks for it, so lets all stand up and say, Thank you, friends, teachers, and parents

11、! We love you!,stand up 起立,2. Find sentences which show:,1. the three things the speaker has learnt These three things are friendship, effort and trust. 2. the three groups of people the speaker wants to thank I give the red rose to my friends. I give the white rose to my teachers. I give the yellow

12、 rose to myparents.,3. what the speaker has learnt from each group of people But they were not laughing at me. They taught me to say many things in Chinese and kindly invited me to join them. I give the white rose to my teachers, who have taught me that there is no success without effort. I give the

13、 yellow rose to my parents for teaching me that love is about trust.,1. Which sentence in Paragraph 4 means “You have to work hard to succeed”? “You only really lose if you give up!” 2. “You only really lose if you give up!” What does the sentence mean? 只要你堅(jiān)持下去，跑完全程，那么即使你最后一個(gè)到達(dá)終點(diǎn)，你也不是一個(gè)失敗者。,3. Answe

14、r the questions.,3. “Im sure you will be good at music. I know that you will be better at maths.” What did Bettys father want her to do? He wanted her to study maths harder. 4. How do you think Betty would write to her father in reply? Thanks for your gift, and Ill do better in maths as well as musi

15、c.,5. “Im sure that you all have your own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thank for it” What does it mean? Let all the students say thanks to their friends, teachers and parents.,1. Which words can you use to describe the speech in Activity 1? ca

16、reful excited moving polite silly troubled warm worried,4. Check () the answers to the questions. There may be more than one answer.,2. Which sentence(s) will you probably find in speeches at a school-leavers party? a) Thank you, friends, teachers and parents! b) Well always stay in touch. c) Im pro

17、ud to be chosen to speak to you. d) Lets all stand up and say ,Learning to learn,You may have to make speeches on the first day at your senior high. Try to plan ahead what you are going to say, but do not write the speech in fulljust make notes. When you make your speech using the notes, you will so

18、und much more natural.,1. But they were not laughing at me. laugh at sb. 嘲笑，對(duì)一笑置之 e.g. We shouldnt laugh at the person who is disabled. 我們不應(yīng)該嘲笑殘疾人。,Language points,2. Today, thanks to their kindness, my Chinese is much better, and we become friends. 今天，因?yàn)樗麄兊纳屏?，我的漢語比前更好，而且我們成為了朋友。 thanks to +名詞/v-ing

19、 多虧，由于 表示原因，在句中作狀語，可以置于句首或句末。 e.g. Thanks to his help, we found the hospital. kindness n. 善舉，好意 是不可數(shù)名詞,3. I always finished last and I just wanted to give up. give up 放棄 e.g. Smoking is bad for you, so give up smoking right now. 吸煙對(duì)你有害，所以馬上戒煙 吧。,常見的含give的短語有： give back 還給，歸還；恢復(fù)（健康 等）。 give in 交進(jìn)來；認(rèn)輸

20、，投降； 讓步，勉強(qiáng)同意。 give out 散發(fā)；停止運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)；被用 完，耗盡；發(fā)出，散發(fā)出。 give away 送給人，分發(fā)；背棄，出 賣；泄露。,4. I give the white rose to my teachers, who have taught me that there is no success without effort. 我將白，玫瑰獻(xiàn)給我的老師們，他們教會(huì)了我不努力就不會(huì)成功的道理。 who have taught me that there is no success without effort是一個(gè)非限制性定語從句，對(duì)前面的先行詞teachers進(jìn)行信息的補(bǔ)

21、充，而不是限定性描述。與限定性定語從句不同，非限定性定語從句前面通常加逗號(hào)，從句部分即使被省略也不會(huì)造成主句意義上的不完整。,非限定性定語從句中的關(guān)系代詞不能省略。此句中還包含有一個(gè)賓語從句that there is no success without effort, 作have taught的賓語。 no/not without 表示“沒有就不”。 e.g. We cant achieve anything without you. 沒有你（們）我們將一事無成。,5. I still cant run fast enough, but Ive learnt to try my best,

22、not only with running but with whatever else I do. 我還是跑不快，但是我學(xué)會(huì)了無論做什么事都要盡最大的努力，不僅在跑步上。 try ones best 盡某人最大努力 其后常接帶to的動(dòng)詞不定式，即try ones best to do sth.，表示“盡力做某事”。 e.g. Try your best to do whatever you do. 無論你做什么事都要盡力去做。,6. I was disappointed. disappointed adj. 失望的 e.g. I felt disappointed when he gave

23、up studying.,not only but . 不但而且 e.g. The girl is not only clever but hardworking. 這個(gè)姑娘不僅聰明而且還很努力。,拓展,1. be disappointed with/in sb. 對(duì)某人失望。 2.be disappointed at/about sth. 對(duì)某事失望。 3. be disappointed to do sth. 失望做某事。,The teacher was disappointed with/in us! 老師對(duì)我們很失望。 We are disappointed at/ about the

24、 test result. 我們對(duì)測(cè)試結(jié)果很失望。 He is disappointed to hear the news. 聽到這個(gè)消息他很失望。,7. I woke up to find a beautiful violin at my bedside. 我醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)床邊放著一把漂亮的小提琴。 bedside表示“床邊，床頭”。 句中的to find a beautiful violin at my bedside是一個(gè)不定式結(jié)構(gòu)，表示行為的結(jié)果。 e.g. He arrived at the station to find the train gone. 他到車站時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)火車已經(jīng)開走了。,5. Write a speech you might give at your school-leavers party.,Start your speech by