Unit 2 Reading

Read each paragraph and complete the following charts. Calm colours It’s a ______ and ______ colour. It creates the feeling of ___, so wearing blue clothes or _______ is good for the mind and body. It also represents _______. It’s the colour of _____. It can help you when you are feeling ______.

Warm colours (They can give you a ______ feeling. ) It represents _____. It can bring you ___. It can ______ when you are feeling sad. It’s the colour of ____and ____. Some people like to use it when they ___.

Energetic colors It represents _____, so it can give you _____ when you feel tired or weak. It’s the colour of ____, but it’s also the colour of money and _____.

Strong colours It represents _______ and it’s also the colour of _________. When you need ____, red can help you. Wearing red can make it easier for you to ________.

colours feeling calm warm energetic strong blue white orange yellow green red calm and peaceful happy and satisfied, warm and comfortable energetic powerful colour

calm blue white represent warm orange yellow energeticgreen strong red sadnessharmony purity joysuccess sunwisdom new life and growth nature, envy, jealous power heat strong feelings

Language points 1.Did you know that colours can affect our moods? 1)affect vt. 影响、感动 The climate affected the amount of rainfall. Dark light can affect our eyes.

2. Colours can change our moods and make us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleepy. sleepy adj. 欲睡的、困乏的 在句子中可以作表语或定语。 I am too sleepy to watch the film. ( 表语 ) He always has a sleepy expression. ( 定语 )

比较 : asleep adj. 入睡的、睡着的 在句中作表语, 不可作定语。 I was very tired and soon fell asleep. ( 表语 ) 你会填吗？ Jim was so _______. He fell ______ when he was on bed. (sleep) asleepsleepy

3. It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful colour. calm adj. 镇静的、沉着的、 ( 天气 ) 无 风的、 ( 海洋等 ) 风平浪静的。 It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble. It was a calm, cloudless day. calm v. 使平静、镇静 calm down The sea calmed down.

4. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for mind and body because this coulor creates a feeling of harmony. 1) be good for 对 …… 有好处 Doing morning exercise is good for our health. 反义词组为 : be bad for “ 对 …… 有害 ” Eating too much is bad for our health.

2) create vt. 创造、造成、创作 Man creates himself. The news created some difficulties for me. Jay Zhou has created another new song. 注意 invent 与 create 的区别 invent 发明, 指创造出前所未有的东 西, 尤其是指科学技术上的发明创造

3) harmony n. 和谐、协调 live in harmony “ 和睦相处 ”

5. Some colours can make you feel warm. make 后面可以接 “ 宾语＋补足语 ” 的结构, 该 补足语可以由名词、形容词、动词不定式 ( 不带 to) 或过去分词充当。 We made him chairperson of our school. ( 名词 ) My father made the room beautiful. ( 形容词 ) What he said made us laugh happily. ( 动词不定式 )

特别提示 : 如果 make 用作被动语态, 动词不定式 to 不可以省去。 We made Mr Li sing an English song at the farewell party. Mr Li was made to sing an English song at the farewell party.

6. These colours give you a happy and satisfied felling. satisfied adj. 满足的、高兴的 (=contented) 在句中作表语或定语。 She always seems satisfied. He looks at me with a satisfied smile.

特别提示： be satisfied with… 意为 “ 对 …… 感 到满意 ” be pleased with … 意为 “ 对 …… 感 到满意 ”

7. It can bring you success and cheer you up when you are feeling sad. cheer (up) vt. 使振奋、使高兴 The good news cheered (up) everybody who heard it. cheer (up) vi. 感到振奋、感到高兴 Bob cheered up when his father promised to buy a computer.

8. Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm, sunny day. remind vt. 使 …… 想起 常见搭配 (1) remind sb. of (doing) sth. (2) remind +that 从句 (3) remind sb. to do sth

The photo on the wall reminded me of the wonderful trip in Nanjing. You reminded me of my mother. The letter reminded me that I must write an to him.

9. For example, they may use yellow stationery. for example 例如 一般只举同类人或物中的一个为例。 可以放在句首、句中或句末。

For example, Nanjing is a city with a long history. Tom, for example, is my brother's classmate. I know many famous people in the USA---Lincoln, for example.

特别提示 such as 也有 “ 例如 ” 之意, 用来列举同类 人或物。但所列举的同类人或物中的几 个 ( 不是全部 ), 常放在被列举的事物之前, 并且后面不加逗号。 I know lots of colours, such as yellow, black, purple and indigo.

10. However, it is also the colour of envy. envy n. 嫉妒、羡慕 the envy 意思为 “ 令人羡慕的人或东西 ”, 后面常跟 of 连用。 Our swimming pool is the envy of our neighbours. Ann is the envy of the girls in her class.

12. This can help you when you are having difficulty making a decision. have difficulty (in) doing sth 在做某事方面有困难 Do you have any difficulty (in) doing your homework? make a decision 做出决定、下决心 After the discussion, we made a decision to go to Xuan Wu Lake.

What colour do you need if you have the following feeling? 1. If you are tired, you need ____ to help you relax yourself. 2. If you have difficulty, you may like to wear ____ clothes. 3. If you want to get a higher mark, you can use ______ stationery to help you. blue red yellow

4. If you often feel tired or weak, you should wear _____ clothes. 5. If you feel stressed, wearing _____ clothes can help you. 6. When you feel sad, you may say “ I’m feeling ____. ”At this time, you can use ______ to cheer you up. green white blue orange

black tea red letter day blue Monday blue films white elephant green hand brown paper white lie 红茶 纪念日 倒霉的星期一 黄色电影 徒劳的 新手 牛皮纸 善意的谎言 Do you know these idioms about colors:

例如 宁愿 … … 而不 … … 做出决定 影响情绪 感到放松 和谐感受 带给你成功 释放能量 for example prefer…to… make a decision affect moods feel relaxed the feeling of harmony bring you success give energy Phrases

Exercises 1. Blue can make us feel p_______. 2. Orange can make us feel w_____. 3. Green can make us feel e_______, because it represents new life. arm eaceful nergetic

4. I like to use yellow stationary when I study for exam, because it’s the colour of w______. 5. Bob is too weak, he needs too much p______ training. isdom hysical

1. --Bob, what about going out for a picnic? -- Sorry, I’d rather ____ than go out. A. to stay at home B. stayed at home C. stay at home D. to staying at home There’s ____ wrong with my watch. It can work well. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything

3. Listen to me carefully. Don’t ____ the window. A. look out B. take out C. look out of Why don’t read today’s newspaper? --- Because there’s ____ in it. A. nothing interesting B. anything interesting C. interesting something D. interesting anything

5. I ____ living in the country to the city. A. liked B. enjoyed C. loved D. would rather 6. “I am feeling blue.” means I am ____. A. sad B. relaxed C. happy D. unhappiness

7. Do you have any difficulties ___ the work in two days? A. to finish B. finishes C. finished D. finishing 8. When I saw the photo, it ____ me of the wonderful trip in Nanjing. A. called B. asked C. recommend D. remind

9. Joe looked ____ when he saw in the sofa watching TV. A. happily B. relaxed C. exciting D. sadly