新标准 视听说 Outside_view-301.ppt

1、Unit 1,Outside View,The following are some quotes on school. Can you figure out who said it? Use the clues to help you, if necessary.,Who said this?,Additional activity,Work in groups of six. If you get the answer correct without the help of the clues, you get 100 points for each quote. For each clu

2、e you used, 30 points will be deducted. The group with the highest points win the game.,There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.,Ronald Reagan,Clues： U.S. President (1981-1989),Mark Twain,Ive never let my school

3、interfere with my education.,1. American author and humorist. 2. Author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,Clues:,Albert Einstein,Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.,Clues: the father of modern physics Theories of relativity,Leonardo DiCaprio,I got attent

4、ion by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.,Clues： American actor Jack Dawson in Titanic,Colin Powell,I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck wit

5、h it.,Clues: U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005),Mike Krzyzewski,Clues: Basketball Coach Duke Basketball and United States National Head Coach,In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first p

6、erson who taught me not to be afraid of failure.,George Lucas,Even in high school I was very interested in historywhy people do the things they do. As a kid I spent a lot of time trying to relate the past to the present.,Clues： 1. American film producer and director 2. Star Wars,Outside view,1 Circl

7、e the number that best represents how you felt about school.,1 Are schools happy places? 2 Can school students be taught happiness in a class? 3 Do happy students learn better than unhappy ones? 4 What do you think happiness classes could achieve?,Now work in pairs and discuss the questions.,Example

8、 answers,Additional activity,“Meeting” the new words,Look through the word list on page 6 for two minutes. Get yourself familiar with the pronunciation and meaning of the words. Be ready for a test!,Here are the Chinese meanings. Do you still remember the words?, the aims of the happiness classes wh

9、at students do in the happiness classes why the school is special the benefits of students being happy at school the need for introducing happiness classes,2 Watch Part 1 of the video clip and number the topics in the order you hear them.,4-5-1-3-2,Answers,Language and culture,3 Watch Part 1 again a

10、nd choose the best way to complete the sentences.,1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (c) 4 (a) 5 (a),Answers,1 How do you think the school teaches students happiness? 2 What kind of activities do you think students might do in a happiness class? 3 What reactions do you think students have to the happiness classes?,4 Wor

11、k in pairs and discuss the questions.,Example answer,5 Watch Part 2 of the video clip and match the speakers with the statements.,1 Bjoern 2 Wolfgang 3 Pascal 4 Yosma,(b), (d), (f) (a), (e) (g) (c),6 Watch Part 2 again and answer the questions.,1 Why does Bjoern Bonn get students to copy each others

12、 walks? 2 What can higher body awareness lead to? 3 And what can that in turn lead to?,So that they can learn something about themselves.,It can lead to a higher self-consciousness.,It can lead to happiness.,4 What example of happiness does Wolfgang give? 5 What two questions do they encourage stude

13、nts to ask? 6 What does Pascal think students can get from teachers?,He thinks students can get indications of happiness from teachers.,A strengthening of the personality.,“Who am I as a person? Am I really happy?”,7 Who else does he think can give hints on achieving happiness? 8 According to Yosma,

14、 what dont teachers do in happiness classes?,They dont write definitions on the board.,Happiness scientists.,Developing Critical Thinking,7 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.,1 How would you define happiness? 2 Do you think most Chinese students associate school with happiness? 3 How do you th

15、ink Chinese teachers and students would react to happiness classes being introduced in schools? 4 At what age do you think happiness classes would be most beneficial for students? Why?,Example answers,reasons why the school introduced the happiness classes how the classes encourage and develop happi

16、ness among the students the reactions of the teachers and the students to the classes,8 Write a short summary of the video clip, which should include:,Example summary,Memory Game： expressions about Happiness,Some expressions about Happiness will be presented to you. For each expression, youve got 4

17、seconds to learn. You are meant to learn by heart. You cannot take any notes. The one who remembers the most expressions gets the title “Memory Wizard”.,Additional activity,Im chuffed. 我很开心。 Im tickled pink. 我开心极了。 Im on cloud nine. 我太高兴了。 Im feeling like a dog with two tails. 我非常高兴。 Im over the moo

18、n. 我欣喜若狂。 Im as happy as a pig in filth. 我开心极了。,Im ecstatic. 我高兴得忘乎所以了。 Im thrilled. 我太激动了。 Im in heaven. 我好象到了天堂。 Ive never been this happy. 我从没有这么高兴过。 Im in a good mood today. 我今天心情很好。 Im walking on air. 我高兴得飘飘欲仙。 Nothing could be more wonderful. 没有比这更让人高兴的了。 Im on top of the world. 我觉得幸福到极点。,The

19、following pages are quotations about happiness. Can you choose the right words to fill in the gaps? Change the form where necessary. The same word can be used more than once.,Quotations about Happiness,Additional activity,be, pursue, cheer, catch,The Constitution only guarantees the American people

20、the right to _ happiness. You have to _ it yourself. Benjamin Franklin,If you want to _ happy, _. Leo Tolstoy,The best way to _ yourself up is to try to _ somebody else up. Mark Twain,Nobody really cares if youre miserable, so you might as well _ happy. Cynthia Nelms,pursue,be,be,cheer,cheer,be,catc

21、h,The foolish man _ happiness in the distance; the wise _ it under his feet. James Openheim,Happiness often _ in through a door you didnt know you left open. John Barrymore,People take different roads _ fulfillment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road doesnt mean theyve gotten lost. H

22、. Jackson Browne,There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to _ it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931,enjoy, sneaks, seek, grow,seeks,grows,sneaks,seeking,enjoy,Happiness is like a _ which, when pursued

23、, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne,Of all the things you wear, your _ is the most important. Janet Lane,The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough _ to wonder whether you are happy or not. George Bernard Shaw,cro

24、wn, expression, butterfly, leisure,My _ is called content, a _ that seldom kings enjoy. William Shakespeare,butterfly,crown,crown,expression,leisure,Work in groups of four and discuss. Do you agree with these opinions on happiness? Argue for your opinion with evidence.,Discussion: Whos happier?,Addi

25、tional activity,Money makes you happy.,The older you become, the happier you are.,Men are happier than women.,Married people are happier than single people.,People in warmer climates are happier than people in colder climates.,Every country should have a Minister of Happiness.,Additional activity,Pe

26、ople in which country are the happiest? What factors affect the levels of happiness?,Listen to the following passage and find out. Fill in the gaps the missing words.,Australians are the happiest people in the world. This is according to a new _ from the market research company GfK NOP. _ asked 30,0

27、00 people in 30 different countries about their _ of happiness. Forty-six percent of Australians said they were “very happy”. Following them was the USA (40 percent), _ (36 percent), India (34 percent) and the UK and Canada (32 percent). Hungary _ top of the “miserable” list. Thirty-five percent of

28、its _ said they were “very unhappy”. Second most miserable were Russians, at 30 percent.,Australians happiest people in the world,survey,Interviewers,levels,Egypt,finished,citizens,The research showed that money and _ affected how happy people are. The study did not show that money can buy happiness

29、, but it did _ a link between a lack of money and unhappiness. Unhappier people were in lower income groups or _. The study also suggested the older we become, the less happy we are. Globally, _ are the happiest people. The least happy age group is 50-59 only 16 percent of those in their fifties sai

30、d they were very happy. The things that make us happy include good health, financial _ and a happy _, not cars and clothes.,age,reveal,unemployed,teenagers,security,marriage,Watch the happy moments of some people: dating his love, getting accepted into her dream school, winning a game, winning a pri

31、ze. Then talk about your happiest moment.,Additional activity,HAPPIEST MOMENT,Winning a game,dating,Getting accepted,Winning a prize,Describe to your partner the happiest moment in your life.,Where did it happen? Who were you with? What happened? Why was it the happiest moment for you?,You are the n

32、ew Happiness Secretary for your country. It is your job to improve the level of happiness for the people in your country. You have one year to do this. Write a plan showing how you will achieve this. Show your plans to your classmates in your next lesson.,Follow-up: Secretary for Happiness,Language

33、and culture,“Happiness” is a gap in the curriculum, but is as important for psychological well being as nutrition is for physical health. This new program at the Willy Helpach School emphasizes positive features of emotional, cognitive and physical dimensions of happiness and is taught by philosophe

34、rs, nutrition experts, sports scientists and drama specialists. ,Course elements include community aspects (family life, friendship, teamwork and social responsibility), action (awareness, organization, resources and motivation), and body and soul (identity, purpose, and feelings). After one year, t

35、he “Happiness” students (compared to a control group) were found to have a greater sense of purpose, clearer goals, greater self-awareness and self-confidence.,Heidelberg is a city in the west of Germany, known for its university, which was founded in 1386 (one of Europes oldest) and the castle buil

36、t between the 14th and 17th centuries.,castle,Heidelberg university,A higher self-consciousness is a greater awareness of your inner self, your identity or essence and human or spiritual potential. Self-conscious normally means embarrassed or worried about how you look or what other people think of

37、you, but here the expression has more of a spiritual meaning.,Back,1 I think schools can be happy places. I remember my schools very well. My primary school gave me the opportunities to meet so many new friends. We are still good friends today even if we are now either studying in different universi

38、ties or working in different professions. 2 Oh, I would have strong doubts about this teaching idea. Happiness comes from within the heart and is helped by the physical and social environment. I wonder how happiness can be taught in class. You may teach students how to deal with matters so that they

39、 feel happy about life though.,Example answers,3 I am not sure if happiness directly equates with learning better. I would argue that being happy may help with learning and make the learning easier. I would agree that happy students learn better than unhappy ones, because the happy ones are more rel

40、axed and emotionally less burdened. They can overcome any learning difficulties more easily. 4 I suppose they could make students aware of their own emotions and understand how important happiness can be for their life. Perhaps the happiness classes could achieve a counseling effect for the class, t

41、o make students happy.,Back,1 I think the teachers may ask the students to discuss some happy experiences and compare them with unhappy ones and then think carefully about what makes them happy and how they can be happy in future. 2 One activity may be discussion on how to be happy. There may also b

42、e activities asking students to share their happy experiences. I guess most activities are group work or class activity. 3 I suppose some will think the class is useful and some wont believe in it. Different students may have different opinions and reactions.,Example answers,Back,Example answers,1 E

43、r, this is a difficult question. There are so many aspects of happiness that you could define . I would say happiness is something from your heart. You feel very content with your life and you are jolly, bright and cheerful. I guess some people relate happiness to their material life, eg if they get what they want, they are