Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry. SectionB 1a-2e Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry. SectionB 1a-2e

Section B

Look at the possible endings to the story about the unhappy king. Do you think any of these is the right one? If so, which one? a.The general cannot find a happy person and the king remains unhappy forever. b. The general finds a happy person with power, money and fame. c. The general realizes he is a happy person and gives his shirt to the king to wear. d. The king suddenly becomes happy without the shirt of a happy person. 1a1a 1b1b What are some other possible endings to the story? Discuss your ideas with your partner.

_ The general searched for three days and found a happy person. _The general could not find a happy person _The general saw a poor man on the street. _The poor man was a happy man. _The poor man gave the general his shirt. ∨ ∨ ∨ Check ( ∨ ) the things

Answer the questions 1. How long did it take the general to find the happy man? 1d Three days._____ 2. What was the poor man doing on the street? Eating and singing happily to himself.

3.What made the poor man so happy even though he had no power, money or fame? He have everything he wants and he don’t want what he can’t have. 4.Do you think the general will return to the king with the poor man’s shirt? Why or why not? No, because the poor man don’t have a shirt.

Do you agree with the poor man’s thoughts about happiness? Discuss your ideas with your group. Then role-play the rest of the story. 1e1e

2a Have you ever made a mistake? How did it make you feel? Talk to your partner about what happened. 旨在激活相关知识背景， 熟悉词汇。

2b Read the story and number the events in the corrects order. 3. Peter got home and went into his room. 5. Peter talked to his teammates. 1. Peter missed a goal. 4. Peter’s father gave him advice. 2. Peter realized that he was worried for no reason.

2c Read the story again and answer the questions. 1.Why did Peter feel angry and worried? 2.What kind of advice did Peter’s father offer to his son? 3.Do you agree with Peter’ s father? Why or not? 4.What happened after Peter told his teammates that he was sorry? 5.Why did Peter think that he was on a winning team even though they lost the last game?

2d Find idioms or phrases from the story to replace the underlined parts of these sentences. 1.He could not believe that he did not get the ball into the basket. 2.She was worried because she disappointed her parents. 3.Tony was sad that he was asked to leave the team. 4.You should learn to relax and not put so much pressure on yourself. 5.The teacher told the students to work hard together and not give up.

2e Role-play a converation between Peter and his father. Father: What’s wrong, Peter? You look sad. Peter: I missed scoring a goal. I made my team lose the game.

1. He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders. 他感觉肩上有着沉重的重量。 语句详解： (1) feel like 如果后面接动词可用 doing 。 (2) 本句是一个复合句， feel like 后是陈 述句的宾语从句，中间省略了 that 。

2. How could he have missed scoring that goal? 他怎么能错失进那个球？ （ 1 ） miss doing sth 错失干某事 （ 2 ） score 此处是动词词性，意为 “ 进球 ” 。

3. He was really worried that his coach might kick him off the team. 他担心教练可能会把他从队里开除。 （ 1 ） kick off 开除，接代词时，代 词要放中间。 eg:kick him off

4. As soon as he walked through the door. (1) as soon as 一 …. 就 ….. (2) through 为介词，指空间上的穿过 eg ： through the door through the window through the forest

5. He went into his room without any word. 他没有说一句话就进入了房间。 without 是一个介词，如果后面接动词， 应该接 doing 形式。

6. Whatever it was, don't be too hard on yourself. 不管结果怎么样，不要对自己要求太 苛刻。 to be hard on somebody 是一个常用短语， 表示 “ 过于严格地要求某人，对某人严厉 ” 。

7. The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart. 第二天，彼得并没有害怕，而是勇敢 地去参加足球训练。 rather than 意思是 “ 并非，而不是 ” eg: I, rather than you, should do the work. 应该做这项工作的是我，而不是你。

8. But I think if we continue to pull together, we’re going to win the next one. 但我想只要我们继续团结一致，我们就会 赢得下一场比赛。 pull together 是一个常用短语，意思 是 “ 齐心协力，通力合作 ” 。

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