2. 9A Unit2
Colours and Moods

3. Game
What do you think of when you see the following colours?

4. angry tired moods sad nervous
What colour do you think is good for you when you feel ……?
angry
tired
moods
sad
nervous

5. What colours are mentioned (提到) in the article?
skimming
Read the text quickly and find the answer.
What colours are mentioned (提到) in the article?

6. colours calm colours warm colours energetic colours strong colours
Skimming
colours
calm
colours
warm
colours
energetic
colours
strong
colours

7. scanning What can it do? What does it represent?
Complete the table. (Para 2)
calm colours
blue
What can it do?
What does it represent?
white

8. make you feel relaxed, calm and peaceful harmony sadness
calm colours
blue
What can it do?
What does it represent?
white
make you feel relaxed, calm and peaceful
harmony
sadness
create the feeling of harmony
make you feel calm and peaceful
purity
make you stop feeling stressed

9. scanning
Discuss the questions. (Para 3)
How do you feel when you see the warm colours?
What do orange and yellow represent?
What can orange help?

10. Complete the table. / bring people successcheer people up warm joy
warm colours
orange
yellow /
bring people successcheer people up
warm
happy
contented
comforta-ble
joy
wisdom

11. scanning
True or False questions. (Para 4)
Green is only the colour of new life and growth.
Green can make you feel tired or weak.
Green can give us energy.

12. Finish the exercise.
new life, growth, nature, money and envy
energetic colour
green
feel energetic
give you energy

13. Complete the passage. (Para 5)
scanning
Complete the passage. (Para 5)
Red is a kind of ________ colour. It represents ________, ________ and strong ________. It can help you _______ actions or make a ________.
strong
power
heat
feelings
take
decision

14. I’m feeling sad. Do you know?
What does the sentence “I’m feeling blue” mean?
Why is green “the colour of money and envy”?
I’m feeling sad.

15. When we feel envy towards others, we Chinese use the word “ red-eyed”
When we feel envy towards others, we Chinese use the word “ red-eyed”. But in Britain, they use the word “green-eyed”.

16. What colours can help?
1.Tom can’t decide anything. He feels sad about it.
Mary can’t sleep every night. She feels stressed.
Millie needs to practice dancing for 3 hours every day. She is very tired and weak.
This term John has failed many times in exams. He wants to succeed very much.

17. What is our teacher’s or classmates’ colours? Why?
Guessing game
What is our teacher’s or classmates’ colours? Why?