1、Unit 2Attitude to LifeLearn from yesterday,live for today,hope for tomorrow.(学习昨天，活在今天，希冀明天。）Period 1Getting ReadyLearning goals:Talk about positive attitude toward lifeEnlarge your vocabulary related to feelingsPratise expressing willingness orallyStep 1 Work in pairs to make sentences orally with
2、some of the words below by following the example.fearful scared lonely angry ashamed disappointed confident madcheerful painful nervous excited regretful overjoyed sorrowful hopefulExample:I usually feel nervous when/whenever I stay in a room on my own.Step2 Work in groups to discuss what you usuall
3、y do when something extremely good or bad happens to you.Give examples if you have any.Step 3 How many characters in these pictures?an old man a young man a mare a Mongolian stallionStep 3Can you make your own story according to these pictures and words?come home overjoyedgood fortuneran awaythrown
4、frommisfortuneStep 2 while reading Scan the text and complete the followingchart with the information you get.Step 2 while reading EventsThe young man The neighboursThe fatherThe young farmers favorite mare_was _ him over lossJust _The mare _ with a stallion.was _came to _ his good fortuneShook his
5、head _ran awayextremely sorrowfulsympathized withsmiledcame homeoverjoyedshare insadlyEventsThe young man The neighbours The fatherThe young man was _ the stallions backs.Had his left thigh _came to sympathize over_sat back _Result:While many young men went off to fight and died,the young man_Life p
6、hilosophy:_thrown frombrokenhis misfortunelooking contentstayed at home in comfort and safetyIts the good in the bad,and the bad in the good.Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.1)each time something good or bad took place,his father always said,“we must wait and see.”What do t
7、he words suggest?These words suggest that when something good happens,dont be smug;when something bad happens,dont be too disappointed.We should know that good and bad can be interchanged.Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.2)What kind of person is the young farmers father?Why
8、 do you think so?The young farmers father is very wise.Because he is very clear that blessing may come from misfortune and blessing may also result in misfortune.3)When the young man has become a father,he would say,“Its the good in the bad,and the bad in the good.”How do you understand what he says
9、?When he became old,he learned from his life experience that what his father believed was true.That is:good in bad,bad in good.4)When something extremely bad happens to you,will you say to yourself“I must wait and see”?Why or why not?Step 3 Post reading work in groups to translate the following prov
10、erbs into Chinese.Then invent a fable by using one of them as the moral and share it in class.Step 3 Post reading The proverbs1)Danger is the next neighbour to security.2)Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise.3)Luck and misfortune comes in turn.Your translation1.危险是安全的近邻。2.塞翁失马，焉知非福。3.祸兮福之所倚，福兮祸之
11、所伏。Your fable:乐中必有苦。有备无患。有得必有失。A.Every pleasure has a pain.B.Good watch prevents misfortune.C.Every advantages has its disadvantage.D.Good in bad,bad in good.福祸相依。Step 3 Post reading Retell the story together with your partner,using the information in Activity 1.Homework Review the new words in the reading text by yourself.
