衡石量书整理
Unit 2 What is happiness to you?
主题: 人与自我 子话题: 认识自我, 丰富自我, 完善自我 对应教材: 必修1 Unit 2 Growing pains; 选修6 Unit 2 What is happiness to you?
Ⅰ. 细品味经典文章
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer as we get older.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality: Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩饰的).
In the teenage years, the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated.
My definition of happiness is“the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook(忽视) the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live
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where we please, and even good health.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her most. Ⅱ. 按要求完成任务
1. 写出文章中表示幸福的单词或者短语。
extraordinary, an absolute delight, magical, pleasure, excitement. . . 2. 对我们来说, 幸福在我们的生活中能看到或者触摸到吗?
There is something in the world. Happiness has no shape, no colour and no weight. It can’t be seen or touched. But everyone wants it very much.
Ⅰ. 重点词汇
1. surround vt. 包围, 围绕, 环绕 【教材原句】
To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. (P18)对一些人来说, 幸福就是有家人和朋友陪伴在自己身边。 【词块必记】
(1)surround oneself with sb. 和……在一起 be surrounded by/with. . . 被……包围 (2)surrounding adj. 周围的
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surroundings n. 环境(指周围的具体的物质环境) 【巧学助记】 以-s/-es结尾的名词集锦 (1)ashes灰烬 (2)remains遗骸; 遗址 (3)arms武器 (4)fireworks烟花 (5)thanks感谢
(6)congratulations祝贺
【语境速测】 单句语法填空
①The surrounding (surround) villages have been absorbed by the growing city.
②Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings (surround). 句式升级
③Because a park and a library surround the community, it’s really a good place to relax and improve yourself.
→With a park and a library surrounding the community, it’s really a good place to relax and improve yourself. 【写作金句】
I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table. 我走进门, 看到一个棕色的沙发围着一张低矮的玻璃顶的木制桌子。
2. adapt vi. & vt. (使)适应; 改编 【教材原句】
And how has Sang Lan adapted to her new life? (P19)
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(讲义)选修6Unit2 WhatishappinesstoyouWord版含解析
