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第3课时
教学内容 | 教学步骤 | 时间分配 |
Warming up | 1. Assignment check Invite some students to present what experiences they have about “garbage dumping”. | 5 min |
2. Lead- in Explore the topic of positive attitude by asking questions: 1)What’s your interpretation of the phrase “positive attitude”? (Positive attitude is an optimistic attitude toward our life and toward ourselves.) 2)Illustrate the importance of being positive. (It helps us look to the future with hope, anticipate the brightness of life. More significantly, it can really get us somewhere.) | 5 min | |
Reading | 1. Pre-reading Demonstrate the correct pronunciation of the new words and expressions, and briefly explain them. | 3 min |
2. While-Reading Step 1 Read the passage quickly for the first time to get the general idea and answer the questions. 1) What’s the main idea of this passage? (President Roosevelt’s house was once broken into and lots of things were stolen. He didn’t get frustrated, instead, he found three reasons to be very grateful.) 2) List the three reasons Roosevelt found to be grateful when he suffered being stolen.(Firstly, the thief only stole things from him but didn’t hurt him at all; secondly, the thief only stole some things instead of all his things; thirdly, most luckily for him, it was that man rather than Roosevelt who became a thief.) 3) What do you learn from President Roosevelt’s story? (One should manage to see the positive side of things, which may not be always going great. A positive choice stems from a positive attitude.) Step 2 Read the passage again carefully and complete the sentences on page 17 with the words or expressions in the box. Key: 1. immediately 2. attitude 3. broke into 4. made a difference 5. benefits 6. has stemmed from Step 3 Text analysis Para. 1: Introduce the topic of what life means to different people. Para. 2-3: Take President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill as examples to illustrate some famous people’s positive attitude toward life. Para. 4: State the importance of positive attitude in life. Step 4 Help the students read the passage intensively with focus on the new vocabulary and comprehension of some difficult sentences. If necessary, analyze the difficult sentence structures and ask students to translate them based on their understanding. | 20 min | |
3. Post-reading Step 1 Ask students to read the passage aloud sentence by sentence in turns to practice their pronunciation. Step 2 (Pair work) 1)Work with your partner and guess the meanings of the quotes in exercise 4. Choose one you like best and tell the reason. ①乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到它的刺。 An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist a calamity in every opportunity. ②悲观主义者在每个机会里看到困难。乐观主义者在每个困难里看到机会。 An active person sees positive side while a passive person sees negative side.
③微笑就像太阳,从人们的脸上融化冬季的寒冷. Laughter can make people forget their problems and make them feel happy. ④有了希望和信心没有什么完成不了。 You can achieve anything with hope and confidence. ⑤人生最大的荣耀不在于从不跌倒，而在于每一次跌倒后都能爬起来。 Life may knock you down a few times, but it’s an honor that you always get up. ⑥也许不是每一天都那么美好,但每一天都会有一些美好的东西存在。 When one door closes another opens.
| 10 min | |
Assignment | There are several famous sayings of famous persons about positive attitude mentioned in the passage. Try to find more and share with your group. | 2 min |
Supplementary materials
1. Background information
President Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, or “Teddy Roosevelt”, (27 October 1858 – 6 January 1919) is the 26th President of the United States. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, an accomplished author, hunter, explorer, Teddy Roosevelt mastered many arts during his lifetime. Few presidents were so beloved while they were in office. Even fewer make for as interesting a study as Teddy Roosevelt does nearly 100 years after he left the office. Teddy Roosevelt also left American people with numerous gifts to remember him by—several of the national parks.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British prime minister and statesman who led the country to victory against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers in World War II. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
2. Word attack
1) break into get into by force 闯入
eg. There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house.
2) rob v. to take money or property illegally from a place, organization, or person, often using violence 抢劫；掠夺；盗取
eg. My wallet’s gone! I’ve been robbed!
3) grateful adj. showing or expressing thanks, especially to another person 感激的；感谢的
eg. I’m so grateful (to you) for all that you’ve done.
4) attitude n. a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this 态度；看法
eg. Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.
5) make a difference have an important effect on a thing or a situation 有影响；起（重要）作用
eg. The rain didn’t make much difference to the sports meet.
6) positive adj. hopeful and confident, or giving cause for hope and confidence积极的；肯定的；怀有希望的
eg. I think there are many positive aspects to being an exchange student.
7) stem from to start or develop as the result of something 源自；由……造成
eg. Her problems stem from her difficult childhood.
8) benefit n. a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help利益，好处；优势
eg. I didn’t get (much) benefit from the project although it’s a time-consuming one.
9) unfortunate adj. unlucky or having badeffects 不幸的；倒霉的
eg. We will do our best to help those unfortunate people.
3. Difficult sentence structures
• President Roosevelt’s house was once broken into and lots of things were stolen.
Difficulty: Passive voice
• Hearing about this, one of Roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to heart too much.
Difficulty: present participle used as adverbials
• Being a student is just one role in your life.
Learning to be positive as a student can help you to be more positive in the other roles you take on.
Difficulty: present participle used as subject.
4. Attitude Quotes
1) When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
当生活给你一百个理由哭泣时，你就拿出一千个理由笑给它看。
2) No matter how long the rain lasts, there will be a rainbow in the end. No matter how sad you may be, believe that happiness is waiting.
无论下多久的雨，最后都会有彩虹；无论你多么悲伤，都要相信幸福在前方等候。
3) Whether happiness and sorrow in life would finally become memories. Why not face them with smile？
一生中无论快乐与悲伤，到最后都将成为回忆，不妨学着一笑置之的胸怀。
4) Each day is full of endless possibilities! Start it with a smile. You are in control of your attitude every morning, keep it optimistic and expectant.
每一天都充满无限可能！从微笑开始吧，每天早晨你都把握着你的态度，要满怀乐观，充满期待。
5) Before entering, please shuck off your trouble; when returning, bring back your happiness.
进门前，请脱去烦恼；回家时，请带快乐进屋。
6) To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
学会看到事物积极的一面，让自己成为一个真正乐观的人。
7）Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude
你的态度，不是天资，将决定你的高度。
8）If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.
如果你不喜欢某件事，去改变它。如果你不能改变它，那就改变你的态度。不要抱怨。
5. Extensive reading materials
Positive thinking stories
https://www.the-benefits-of-positive-thinking.com/positive-thinking-stories.html#VisitorPages
Famous attitude quotes
https://www.career-success-for-newbies.com/attitude-quotes.html
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