Unit 8 HappinessPart One Listening ComprehensionTask I Listening practice--listen to the word.1.Guide Ss to read the six phonetic symbols: /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /j/, /dʒ/, /r/, /l/2.Let Ss take turns to read one group of words respectively, and correct the pronunciation if necessary. (10')3.Write down the vowels on the blackboard, and let Ss read after the teacher. (3')4.Listen to the tape and tick the word you hear. (5')5.Play the recording once again and check the answers one by one.(5')Task I Listening practice--listen to the conversations.1.Guide Ss to read the choice items so as to get known something of the conversation. (3')2.Play it once again and let Ss repeat it sentence by sentence. The teacher repeat and explain some difficulty points to make Ss know the contents of the conversation.(5')3.Play the tape once again sentence by sentence, trigger Ss to repeat the sentences so as to get the exact meaning of the conversations. (3')If I were you…如果我是你Instead of... （用…）代替…，（是…）而不是…，（用…）而不用…...be ready for... 为……准备好，做好了……的准备Single–child policy 独生子女政策In search of... 搜查，寻找，寻找，寻求，追求Task II Topic-related listening1.Let Ss listen to the tape of two conversations and do the exercises.(8')2.Check their answers without correcting their wrong answers. (12')3.Listen to the tape once again and then check their answers one more times to see if they can understand the conversations better.(5')4.Guide Ss to compare the choices so as to focus their attention on certain part of the recording and then listen to the long conversations. Repeat the sentences when necessary. (6')5.Check the answers and explain the difficult parts. Play the recording of the passage once again. (5')Part Two ReadingLeading-in1. What is your definition of happiness?2. Do you feel happy about your life? Why?3. When is your happiest moment in your life? Why?Task I Reading Comprehension—Passage One1.Give Ss time to read the two passages and do the multiple choices.Tell Ss to actively read the passage and analyze the text organization while reading.Try to guess what will be told in the following part will be interesting for you to read.2.Explain the difficult sentences.Task I Reading Comprehension—Passage Two1.Read through the passage and do the exercise. (15')Apply the tips the teacher just told them into the reading.2. Check the answers in the fast reading. (5')Task II Fast Reading—The Source of Happiness and the Happy Door1.Tell Ss they are going to read an interesting story about hobbies.2.Ask Ss to finish the exercises on P.180.Remind them to make full use of the same words appearing in the passage and the questions and takea guess. And tell them nearly all the answers can be found in the passage.3.Give Ss time to read the passage and get prepared to tell the story in English.4.Guide Ss to recall the story together.Part Three Intensive ReadingLeading-in1. Starting Ss talking about happiness.2. Starting Ss thinking about the importance of happiness.3. Familiarizing Ss with the topics in the text.New words and expressions1. Let Ss read the new words by themselves. While reading, try to get familiar with their meaningand usage. (8')2. Let Ss read after the teacher and guide Ss to remember the words. (15') Overwhelmingly: very large or greater, more important etc. than any other.They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal.The evidence is overwhelmingly to the contrary.Response: a spoken or written answer, a reaction to sth. that has happened or been said. She made no response.They waited for his response.Universally: by everyone or in every case.They believed these principles to be universally true.The new teacher was universally disliked.In search of: looking for.Workers move from country to country in search of work.Too many Americans in search of treatment cannot get it.Seek: to try to find or obtain sth.You should seek advice from your lawyer.Many young people went to seek their fortune abroad.A variety of: number or range of different things.She made the children glad in a variety of ways.This shop sells a variety of toys.Turn to sb./sth. : to go to ab./sth. for help, advice, etc.She felt she had no one to turn to.Maybe you'd better turn to Tom, he will help you.Untold: too many or too much to be counted or measured.She has done untold damage to our chances.Their lives were filled with untold suffering.Possess—possessionExotic: seeming exciting and unusual because it is connected with foreign countries. There are some exotic words in English language.We should correctly understand the exotic culture.Lasting: continuing for a long time.She left a lasting impression on him.I hope you will strike up a lasting friendship.Evade: to get or keep out of the way of sb./sth.He tried to evade the embarrassing question.You needn't evade the question.Promotion--promotePresuppose: to assume sth. to be true beforehand.Let us presuppose that he wins the game.I presuppose that you have done your work.Stimulus: sth. that produces a reaction in a human, an animal or a plant. Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.Praise is a stimulus for better work.Opposite: a person or thing that is as different as possible; entirely different. The result was quite opposite to what we had expected.He's the opposite of his brother.Tend to do sth. : be likely to do sth.Women tend to live longer than men.We tend to make mistakes when we do things in a hurry. Conscious—consciousnessMiserable—miseryShe looked rather miserable.Frustrated—frustrate—frustrationIt's very easy to get frustrated in this job.Above ground: being alive.I will find her as long as she was above ground.This family could hardly keep their heads above ground.In succession: one after another (without a break)The teacher explained twice in succession.It has rained for five days in succession.Text—Happiness Is a Choice1.Skim the text quickly and find out the main idea of the text, then finish the exercise for main idea.(5')2.Scan the text again and figure out the text organization, then finish the exercise for textorganization. (5')3.When Ss finish the Ex, check all the answers. (10')4.Explain the text in detail.(45')1) Put heart/efforts/soul/ into sth.: 把心思放在……上She put her heart and soul into the work.He put a lot of efforts into arranging the concert.2）For reasons: 由于……原因For reasons of health and family he was not able to fight.The road has been closed for reasons of safety.3) Overwhelmingly：不可抵抗地；以压倒优势地4) Universally：普遍地；一般地5) Unfortunately：不幸地，遗憾地Part Four Oral Practice1.Let Ss read the useful expressions and try to remember some that they are likely to use one day in the future. (15')2.Read the poem of Activity One to Ss, and explain some difficult sentence. (15')3.Ask Ss to check out the sources of happiness shown in each picture. (10')Friendship, victory, love, fortune, family, good health.4.Ask some students one by one about the questions in Activity Three. (15')(1) Are you happy now? Why or why not?(2) What is your happiest memory about your childhood?(3) There is a saying that you are the only one who can make yourself happy. What do you think about this saying?5. Divide the class into 2-person group with the same amount of students, ask Ss to rank the situations from 1 to 8 in Activity Four. (15')Part Five Grammar—Attributive Clause1. Give Ss an overview of the usage of attributive clause. (30')定语从句（Attributive Clauses）通常皆放在它所修饰的名、代词之后，这种名、代词就叫做先行词。