2. Project Making a happiness handbook Project

3. Discussion 1. What is happiness to you? 2. Do you think happiness lies in the past or in the future?

4. T 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 he had a lot to worry about when he was young. F F Read the essay “Golden days” and answer. school still very happy even sometimes he felt in a rush to grow up and be independent.

5. ( )3. In the writer’s opinion, health plays an important role in a person’s happy life. ( )4. He can stay cheerful because he can still play sport when he was getting old. T F thinks it is hard to stay happy and cheerful when you are ill or old and your body aches.

6. 1. What will guarantee people’s health and happiness in the future? Read the essay “My future happiness” and answer. It is technology that will guarantee people’s health and happiness in the future.

7. 2. 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? Because there will be automatic kitchens to cook instant meals for us in the future.

8. 3. What does she think an adult can do while a teenager can’t? An adult can make his/her own decisions and do things he/she enjoys. They can have a job that they like and find happiness in being successful at it. Teenagers have to work hard at school and should always be doing or learning things, so they don’t have time to relax.

9. 4. Why does she think it is nice to think the happiest days are still ahead of them? It gives her the motivation to work hard now.

10. Fill in the table. TeenagersOld people Advantages Disadvantages

11. Write an essay about your idea of happiness. Then make a happiness handbook together with your classmates. Writing

12. set goals How to stay happy?

13. smile more

14. ready to help others

15. have a young heart

16. harmony with all kinds

17. have a good sense of humor

18. get online during free time

19. maintain high confidence

20. finally, money is not everything

21. 1. My whole life was still ahead of me. ahead of 1) ( 时间、空间 ) 在 …… 前面 There is a bright future ahead of us. 2) 早于 I finished the work several days ahead of the deadline. Language points

22. 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。 Why?

23. 2. …I could have done anything…. could have done 1) “ 本来可以 ”, 过去可以但未实现的事 e.g. You could have made greater progress. ( 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 gone? 他能到哪儿去了呢？

24. 3. 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.

25. 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 enjoy…

26. 4. …enjoying each other’s company… company [c] n. 公司 [u] n. 陪伴, 交往 e.g. to form a new company We will be glad with your company. in company (with) ( 和 ……) 一起 He came in company with a group of boys.

27. keep company (with) 和 …… 要好, 伴随 e.g. Never keep company with dishonest persons. I’ll keep company with you as far as London Bridge.

28. 拓展： accompany v. 陪伴, 陪同 e.g. On the first day of the new term, his father accompanied him to school. companion n. 同伴, 伴侣 e.g. a close companion

29. 难句解析 1. I have been happy about different things at different times during my life, but my most vivid and happiest memories are those of school days, so I think that was the happiest time in my life. (P30)

30. [ 分析 ] 1) 句子结构分析 [ 分析 ] 1) 句子结构分析：此句为 but 连接的 并列句。第一个并列分句 I have been happy about different things at different times during my life 是简单句。 第二个并列分句是复合句： my most vivid and happiest memories are those of school days 是主句， so I think that was the happiest time in my life 是结果状语从句；

31. 在从句中， I think 是主句， that was the happiest time in my life 是 think 的宾语。 2 ） 语言知识分析： 2 ） 语言知识分析：句子中的 those 为指 示代词，指代本句前面的 memories ，意 为 “ 记忆 ” ；同样宾语从句中的主语 that 也 是指示代词，指代主句中的 school days 。

32. 2. I imagine that the workday will be only four hours long, and everyone can work part-time jobs that are very interesting.(P31) [ 分析 ] 1 ） 句子结构分析 [ 分析 ] 1 ） 句子结构分析：在此句中， I imagine 是主句； that 引导的宾语从句为 由 and 连接的两个并列句；第一个分句 the workday will be only four hours long 是简单句，

33. 第二个分句 everyone can work part- time jobs that are very interesting 是一 个含有定语从句的复合句，其中 everyone can work part-time jobs 是主 句， that are very interesting 是修饰 jobs 的定语从句。

34. 2 ）语言知识分析 2 ）语言知识分析： imagine 是动词，意为 “ 设想，想象 ” ，后面常接 that 或疑问词引 导的宾语从句。此外， imagine 构成的常 用结构还有： (1) imagine (sb.) doing sth. (2) imagine sb. (to be) + adj. / n.

35. e.g. She imagined walking into the office and telling everyone what she thought of them. 她想象自己走进办公室, 对每个人都说出 自己对他们的看法。 I had imagined her to be older than that. 在我的想象中，她要老一些。

36. Finish your happiness handbooks and present to us. Homework