人教2003课标版《Using LanguageⅠ》最新PPT课件优质课下载

人教2003课标版《Using LanguageⅠ》最新PPT课件优质课下载

frustrated / low-spirited/ depressed / desperate/ discouraged

Lead in

If you fail in college entrance examination, how do you feel?

Skimming

What’s the main idea of this passage?

How Liu Xiaoming’s parents persuaded him to work in a school.

B. How Zhang Guoqing got admitted to Shandong University on his fifth attempt.

C. How Liu Xiaoming coped with his problem after failing the college entrance examinations.

Para1

My name is Liu Xiaoming and I am going to tell you how I coped after I failed the college entrance examinations. My personality changed. I withdrew from people, becoming unusually reserved, tired and anxious. My parents were, of course, very concerned and tried to comfort me and give me guidance. They sent me on a holiday and afterwards to a consultant to discuss alternative careers. His suggestion was to start my own business. But what could I sell or do? I felt completely useless. At last my parents, in desperation, gave me a few magazines and newspapers to read. “Count your blessing!” they said as they closed the door. Left alone in my bedroom I started to read them.

What did Liu Xiaoming suffer?

Para1

My name is Liu Xiaoming and I am going to tell you how I coped after I failed the college entrance examinations. My personality changed. I withdrew from people, becoming unusually reserved, tired and anxious. My parents were, of course, very concerned and tried to comfort me and give me guidance. They sent me on a holiday and afterwards to a consultant to discuss alternative careers. His suggestion was to start my own business. But what could I sell or do? I felt completely useless. At last my parents, in desperation, gave me a few magazines and newspapers to read. “Count your blessing!” they said as they closed the door. Left alone in my bedroom I started to read them.

What effects/results did it cause?

Liu’s personality?

reserved

tired

anxious

parents’ feeling?

concerned

desperate

What suggestion did his parents give?

Para2

My eyes fell first upon an article about some recent research into happiness and lifestyle. The results were very interesting. A World Values Survey followed the attitudes of people in 65 countries over 12 years from 1989 to 2001. This enquiry found that if a family had enough money to cover living expenses and entertainment, more money did not seem to make them happier. Although nearly all the unhappiest were poor, the world’s richest country, the USA, was only the 13th happiest. I thought of my situation. Maybe money, or the possibility of earning it through a “good” job, was not as important as I had thought. There were other important things in life like a happy family and many friends. So perhaps there was something in this enquiry.

World Values Survey