1、英语译林牛津版选修6 Unit 2同步系列教案（6）（Project01）Project Making a happiness handbookPart A1. At the beginning of this class, lets appreciate two poems. After reading, try to say something about them.What is happiness(1) Thursday, 14. September 2006, 09:55:30 by MoonriverHappinessIs the momentWhen I happen to ki
2、ss the forehead of angel cloud so graciousSaid the windHappinessIs the instantWhen I drench a thirsty heart by coincidenceSaid the rainHappinessLies in the secondWhen rainbow paints me with colorful clothes so generousSaid the skyFor meHappiness fallsThe moment you perch in my heart so zealousAnd re
3、nder it smile(2) 2006-9-14 18:34:49 By troublemakerl:Happiness is a cup of water when dying of thirsty.Happiness is a loaf of bread when starving to death.Happiness is a feel of hunger when find nothing tasty.Happiness is a look of smile when taking the last breath.Happiness is the sweet smile bloom
4、ing on the childs face for a tiresome motherHappiness is the oasis in the desert for an exhausted traveller Happiness is the warm feeling dancing in the heart of loverHappiness is an unchanged melody that never alterOk. From the two poems, we can find they are both about the theme HAPPINESS. We dare
5、 say different people have different ideas of happiness and the idea of what is happiness lies in people themselves. -1-Today well read two essays on the theme of “the happiest days of your life” and then you will write an essay about your ideas of happiness and make your own happiness handbooks.2.
6、Come to Part A. Read the essay GOLDEN DAYS by yourselves and then try to answer some questions.1) Is the writer old or young? How do you know that?2) What time does the writer consider to be the happiest of his life?3) Why does the writer think those days were happy?4) What does the writer think you
7、ng people can do while old people cant?Answers1) The writer is old, because he says “when I was young”, suggesting that he is not young any more.2) His school days were his happiest of his life.3) He didnt have any worries in life. He had all his friends around him, with whom he played in the sunshi
8、ne and talked about interesting things. He had the encouragement and guidance of his family. His parents took good care of him and he had no problems at work to think about, no problem of income to worry about or no problem of taking care of his family. All he had to do was enjoy his school life and
9、 his adolescence.4) Young people are healthy, so they can stay happy and cheerful. They seem never tired and feel they can do anything. When people get old, they can get tired easily and their bodies often ache. 3. Read the second essay and then judge whether the following statements are right or wr
10、ong.1) The writer is a teenager because she will be an adult in the future.2) She thinks her happiest days will be in the future with new technology and without war, pollution or hunger.3) The writer thinks that teenagers cant do things like adults because they have to work hard at school, doing or
11、learning things.4) The writer feels very nice each time she thinks of her happiest days ahead of her.5) From the essay, we can conclude that the writer is a hardworking girl, because she is always motivated to work hard for her future life by herself.Answers1.T 2.T 3.T 4.T 5.T4. Have a discussion ab
12、out the advantages and disadvantages of teenagers and old people.-2-Advantages of being young: active, full of energy, creative, strong, modern, easy to keep up with the times, easy and eager to learn new thingsDisadvantages of being young: impatient, immature, inexperiencedAdvantages of being old:
13、experienced, mature, patientDisadvantages of being old: lack of energy, stubborn, easy to be tired or to fall ill5. Do Parts B1 and B2 on page 109 in workbook to practise using some words and phrases in this section.AnswersB 11. encouragement 2. independent 3. assist 4. motivation 5. accomplishmentB
14、2 1. look back upon 2. stay 3. ached 4. imagine 5. allowing 6. simplify 7. focus on 8. fix Part BYou are asked to make a handbook about happiness of each group. Work in groups and follow the outline below to design a handbook.PlanningEach group divide different tasks and decide who will check the En
15、glish in the essays, who will illustrate the handbook, who will put all the essays together and make the cover of the handbook.PreparingReview what weve learned about happiness in this unit and then discuss the following questions on page 31.Each one should come up with the idea of happiness of your
16、 own.ProducingMake a draft, get the approval of the group and finalize the handbook.PresentingPresent your group work to others and wait to be judged.任务型读写The family sphere used to be defined by its isolation from the public realm. There was the public male realm of “rational accomplishment” and cru
17、el competition，and the private female and childrearing sphere of home, intuition and emotion.The private realm was supposed to be isolated from the realities of adult life.For both better and worse，television and other electronic media tend to break down the difference between those two worlds.The m
18、embrane around the family sphere is much more permeable(可渗透的)TV takes public events and transforms them into dramas that are played out in the privacy of our living rooms，kitchens and bedrooms.Parents used to be the channel through which children learned about the outside world.They could decide wha
19、t to tell their children and when to tell it to them.Since children learn to read in stages，books provide a kind of natural screening process，where adults can decide what to tell and not to tell children of different reading abilities.Television destroyed the system that separated adult from child k
20、nowledge and separated information into yearbyyear slices for children of different ages.Instead，it presents the same information directly to children of all ages，without going through adult filters. So television presents a real challenge to adults.While a parent can read a newspaper without sharin
21、g it with children in the same room，television is accessible to everyone in that space.And unlike books，television doesnt allow us to flip(翻转) through it and see whats coming up.We may think were giving our children a lesson in science by having them watch the Challenger take off，and then suddenly t
22、hey learn about death，disaster and adult mistakes.Books allow adults to discuss privately what to tell or not to tell children.This also allows parents to keep adult material secret from children and keep their secret keeping secret.Take that same material and put it on The Today Show and you have 8
23、00,000 children hearing the very things the adults are trying to keep from them.“Television takes our kids across the globe before parents give them permission to cross the street.”More importantly，children gradually learn that adults are worried and anxious about being parents.Actually，television h
24、as also placed families under a lot of stress.Title：How Television Changes ChildhoodMain comparisonsContextsDistance between 1._ and the outside.Homes used to be isolated from the 2._ realm.Homes nowadays are 3._ to the outside world.Media through which children can obtain informationIn the past，chi
25、ldren might learn 4._ about the outside world with the help of parents and 5._.More information is got directly through TV and other electronic media，which breaks down the 6._ between the adult world and the child world.7._ of the information children getTraditionally, kids could only knew what they
26、 should learn at their age，carefully 8._ by their parents.Everything can possibly be known by children, including many aspects of 9._ life.Effects on family educationParental instructionFamilies are now under greater stress than before.Adults are anxious about being parents and faced with new 10._.【参考答案】任务型阅读1homes2.public3.connected4.indirectly 5books6.difference7.Content8.decided/chosen9.adult10.challenges
