1、Project M6 U2 Whats happiness to youLearning aims:1. To describe their own ways to stay happy2. To write an essay on happiness and design their own handbook.3. Get a clear understanding of handbookStep 1 Warming upEnjoy some proverbs related to happiness, e.g.1. Happiness is nothing more than good h
2、ealth and a bad memory.2. The great essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.3. Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.4. Happiness in not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in
3、the thrill of creative effort. 5. There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved.6. To fill the hour - that is happiness.Step 2 ListeningGolden daysT or F :( )1. He thinks the happiest of his life were the college days in the countryside in England.( )2. He was so eager to grow up that
4、 he had a lot to worry about when he was young. ( )3. In the writers opinion, health plays an important role in a persons happy life.( )4. He can stay cheerful because he can still play sport when he was getting old.Step 3 Answer the questions: My future happinessQ1: What will guarantee peoples heal
5、th and happiness in the future?A1: It is technology that will guarantee peoples health and happiness in the future.Q2: In the future it will take less time to do housework and we will be able to have more time to enjoy staying together with your family. Why?A2: Because there will be automatic kitche
6、ns to cook instant meals for us in the future.Q3: What else makes the author think that she will enjoy a happy life in the future?A3: That she will be an adult then makes her think she will enjoy a happy life in the future.Step 4 Language points:1.look back on (upon) / look back to 回顾；回首（往事）；回忆My gr
7、andparents often look back on their bitter life in the old society. 我的爷爷奶奶总是回忆他们在旧社会的痛苦生活。知识链接： look up 向上看；尊敬，仰视； 好转（尤用于市场上表示价格上升、市场活跃）；（在词典、参考书等中）查寻look down 向下看，俯视；look down on /upon sb. 看不起某人，轻视某人look for 寻找；期望； look forward to 盼望 look into 调查2.ahead of1） (时间、空间)在前面 There is a bright future ahea
8、d of us.2) 早于I finished the work several days ahead of the deadline.我在最后期限的前几天完成了工作。 3）领先She was always well ahead of the rest of the class.她总是遥遥领先于班上的同学。3.could have done 1）“本来可以” 表示对过去可以但未实现的事You could have made greater progress你的进步是可以更大一些的。(但事实上并没有取得更大的进步）2）“可能已经” 用于表示对过去某事的猜测。Where could he have
9、 gone?他能到哪儿去了呢？4. All I had to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying when I came home.All I had to do was enjoy my adolescence.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。因此，完整的句子是： All (that I had to do )was to go to All that I had to do was to enjoy5. stay “保持，继续是” 作系
10、动词，其后加形容词。He never stays angry for long.他生气时间从来不会长。Step 5 Translation Passage one:1. 我身边尽是朋友，不乏家人的鼓励和指导。（line2）2. 我的整个生活还在前面等着我。（line3）3. 我记得有时候有一种恨不得一下子就长大并独立的冲动。（line6）4. 我要做的就是享受我的少年时光。（line14）5. 很难感到开心幸福。（line16）6. 我觉得自己什么都能做。（line19）7. 我必须小心翼翼，避免自己受伤。（line21）8. 在我人生中，不同阶段我所做的不同的事情都令我开心，但在我脑海里印象
11、最鲜明，记忆最幸福的时光还是我求学的那些日子，所以我觉得那是我一生中最幸福的时光。（line24-27）Passage two:1. 当我想像自己的未来时，我看到的是自己工作成功，家人围绕身边的情景。（line1-2）2. 我预料将会有让人更加长寿，更加健康的新技术。（line3-4）3. 人类将学会解决目前还困扰着我们的问题。（line8-9）4. 未来的技术将保证所有的人都能拥有健康和幸福。（line10-11）5. 我们将有灵巧的机器人和电脑帮我们处理那些枯燥无味的事情。（line13-14）6. 这样，每个家庭就可以最大限度地将其宝贵的时间用于享受家人相伴，而花最少的时间来做家务。（line15-17）7. 青少年时期你很难专注于幸福。（line18-19）8. 当我们试图抽空放松一下时，总有人告诉我们应该做个，应该学那个。（line20-21）9. 我会有一份自己喜欢的稳定工作，我会因为工作成功而找到幸福。（line22-23）10. 这样一想，我就有了现在刻苦学习以享受未来生活的动力。（line24-25）Step 6 HomeworkWrite an essay about your idea of happiness with the questions on Page 31.
