Unit 2
What is happiness to you?
*Happiness is ___________
when dying of thirsty(渴死了).
*Happiness is ____________
when starving to death(快饿死了).
*Happiness is _____________
when find nothing tasty.
*Happiness is _____________
when taking the last breath(最后一口气).
a cup of water
a loaf of breada feel of hunger
a look of smile
Golden days
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
A. I had a wonderful life and I’m proud
when I think about my achievements.
B. Good health is an important part of
happiness.
C. Those golden days at school were the
happiest time of my life.
Match the paragraphs with the topic sentences.
Para 4 D. I didn’t have any worries in life.
B. It’s nice to think of my happiness
C. Technology will guarantee good
Para 1: Those golden days at school were the
happiest time of my life.
Para 2: I didn’t have any worries in life.
Para 3: Good health is an important part of
happiness.
Para 4: I had a wonderful life and I’m proud
when I think about my achievements.
golden days
worries
Good health
Opinions
on happiness
Descriptions of his
happiness
Conclusion
1.Is the writer a teenager or an adult? And how do you
know?
The writer is an adult.From the picture and the words he
used.Such as 'it is nice to look back all my school days in the
countryside in England.'
2What time does the writer consider the happiness in his
life?
para1
3.What did the writer do for entertainment at the weekends
when he was at school?
4.What is important part of happiness? why?
Good health is an important part of happiness because it's hard
to stay happy and cheerful when we are ill or when we are old
and our body aches.
para2-3
5.What makes the writer feel proud?
The writer feels proud when he thinks about his
achievements.
6.Why does the writer think school days were the happiest
time in his life?
Because he thinks his most vivid and happiest memories
are those of school days.
para4
T or F :( )1. He thinks the happiest of his life were the college days
in the countryside in England.
( )When the writer was a child, he could seldom spend all
day playing in the sunshine with his friends.
( )2. He was so eager to grow up that he had a lot to worry
about when he was young.
( )3. In the writer’s opinion, health plays an important
role in a person’s happy life.
( )4. He can stay cheerful because he can still play sport
when he was getting old.
F
F
Listening Golden days
T
F
F
L1
L7-8
L7
L15-16
L20-21
Phrases:
1.黄金岁月
2.回顾/回忆/回想…
3鼓励和指导
4.在…的前面
5.在那段时期
6匆忙地
7.独立的
8.无辜的,纯真的
9当心收入
10照顾
golden days L4
look back on L1
be ahead of…L3
at that point L3
in a rush L6
the most vivid and
happiest memories L25
enjoy my adolescence L14
independent L6
innocent L12
worry about income L13
take care of L14
ache L17
feel like L19
11.疼痛
12想要
13伤害自己
14.最鲜明,最快乐
的记忆
15.享受我的少年时
光
hurt myself L21
2. All I had to do was go to school and spend a few
hours studying when I came home. (L10)
All I had to do was enjoy my adolescence.(L14)
这两句中的I had to do是定语从句,前省略了定语从句
引导词that; 当主语中有do时,作表语的不定式可省略
to。
8.I wish I could still play sport .
I wish I ________ (be) a cloud.
___________ (fly) to the moon .
___________(see) the film star
yesterday.
动词过去式/ were
had done
were
could fly
had seen
could/would do
wish that
Language focuses: Blank-filling
1. It is nice to look back ____ my school days in the
countryside in English.
2. ____ that point in my life, I could have done
anything or become anyone.
3. I remember sometimes feeling ___ a rush to grow
up and be independent.
4. All I had to do was ____ (go) to school and spend
a few hours studying when I came home.
5. I wish I _____ (can) still play sport because that
made me very happy.
6. ... but my most vivid and happiest memories are
______ of school days, so I think that was the
happiest time in my life.
on
At
in
go/to go
could
those