1、Unit 2,Unit 2 Colours,Reading II,Did you know that colours can _ our moods? Did you know what the different colours _? For example, blue can help you feel _. However, it can also mean _.,influence,represent,peaceful,sadness,I prefer warm colours such as orange. Orange represents _ and can _ if you a
2、re feeling sad. Do you like green? Green can give you _; it also represents envy. _ can help you when you are having _ making a _. What is your favourite colour?,joy,cheer you up,energy,Red,difficulty,decision,1. Some people believe that colours can influence our moods.influence v.& n. 影响influence可用
3、作动词, 其后接名词或动词不定式的复合结构。 influence可用作名词, 常用于have / has an influence on .或be a influence on .结构。,Language points,e.g. Lu Xuns works have strongly influenced millions of people.鲁迅的小说影响了数以万计的人。What influenced Mike to make that decision?什么影响了迈克, 让他做出了那个决定？,The Internet has an important influence on our li
4、fe. 互联网对我们的生活影响很大。 Their mother is a good influence on their habits. 他们的母亲对他们的习惯有好的影响。,请根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子。 1) 老师对学生有很大的影响。Teachers _ a great _ students. 2) 受父母的影响，李梅成为了一名医生。Li Meis parents _ her _ a doctor.,have / are,influence on,influenced,to be,3) 他的成功影响了其他的工人。His success _. 4) 谁对你的人生有重大影响？Who _ on
5、your life?,influenced other workers,has an important influence,2. You may wonder whether it is true. 你可能想知道这是否正确。 whether conj. 是否；无论；不管whether it is true 为wonder 的宾语从 句；whether常与or连用，表示一种选择，意为 “是还是; 不管是还是”。,e.g. Whether it rains or not makes no difference to me. 下不下雨对我来说都一样。John doesnt know whether
6、 to go to college or not.约翰不知道是否应该上大学。,whether可引导宾语从句, 表示“是否”, 可与if互换使用。 e.g. I dont know whether / if my sister will catch the early bus.我不知道我的姐姐是否能赶上早班车。I wonder whether I can get some advice from you. 我想知道你是否能给我一些建议。,whether可引导表语从句 e.g. The problem is whether Tom will get good grades in such a sh
7、ort time.问题是在如此短的时间汤姆能否取得 好成绩。 whether还可引导同位语从句。 e.g. Mrs. Wang has answered the question whether Linda can join the club.王先生回答了琳达是否能加入俱乐部的问题。,请根据汉语意思写出相应的英语句子。 1. 汤姆不知道是否要留在这儿。2. 不管你同不同意, 我明天都要去北京。,Tom doesnt know whether to stay here or not.,Ill go to Beijing tomorrow, whether you agree or not.,3.
8、 This article explains what colours can do and what characteristics they represent.句中的what colours can do和what characteristics they represent并列作explain的宾语。e.g. I dont know when they will leave for Paris and how they will go there. 我不知道他们什么时候动身去巴黎以及他们怎样去那儿。,4. Have you ever walked into a room and fel
9、t relaxed?relaxed adj. 放松的；轻松的；自在的，常用来描述人的感受。e.g. You look relaxed. 你看起来很放松。宽松的e.g. Do you think your school rules are relaxed? 你认为你的校规宽松吗？,relaxing也是形容词，意为“令人放松的；轻松的”，常用来形容事物的特征。 e.g. The movie is really relaxing.这部电影让人很放松。,根据句意, 选用relaxed或relaxing填空。 1. I felt _ lying in the sun. 2. Sams family ru
10、les are _. 3. I think swimming is _. I like it very much.,relaxed,relaxed,relaxing,5. It could be because the walls were painted blue.were painted 使用的是“被动语态”。被动语态的结构形式为：be + 动词过去分词。句子的主语通常为动作的承受者，施动者可以在句末由by引出。e.g. The classroom was cleaned by the students.教室被学生们打扫干净了。,6. Blue is a calm colour. calm
11、 adj. 镇静的、沉着的、(天气)无风的、(海洋等) 风平浪静的。e.g. It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble.当你处于困境时最重要的是保持冷静。It was a calm, cloudless day. 今天是个无风的晴朗天。,calm可作及物动词，使平静，后接名 词作宾语。 e.g. She calmed the boy for a while. 她让男孩很快就平静下来。 calm也可作不及物动词，calm down 表示“(使)镇定, (使)平静”。,e.g. Calm down, Judy. Everythin
12、g will be OK. 冷静, 朱迪。一切都会好的。The sea calmed down as soon as the wind stopped. 风一停大海就平静下来了。,7. Many women like to wear white on their wedding day.on their wedding day 意思是“在她们婚礼那天”。e.g. Her husband gave her a big surprise on their wedding day.他们婚礼那天，她丈夫给了她一个大惊喜。,8. People in cold areas prefer warm colo
13、urs in their homes to create a warm and comfortable feeling.,1) prefer vt. 宁愿选择；更喜欢，后可接名词、V-ing形式或动词不定式。 e.g. I prefer the red bag.我更喜欢红色的书包。Tony prefers staying / to stay at home on weekends.托尼更喜欢周末呆在家。,prefer还可用于句型“prefer . to .”中，意为“喜欢而不喜欢(胜过)”。 e.g. Linda prefers apples to pears.与梨相比，琳达更喜欢苹果。I p
14、refer reading books to watching TV.我喜欢读书胜于看电视。,根据英文提示，将句子翻译成英语。 我更喜欢住在乡村。 (prefer to do)2. 我妈妈更喜欢听古典音乐。 (prefer doing)3. 杰克喜欢阅读，而不喜欢听音乐。 (prefer . to .),I prefer to live in the countryside.,My mom prefers listening to classical music.,Jack prefers reading to listening to music.,2) create vt. 创造、造成、创
15、作 e.g. Some people believe that God created the world.有些人相信上帝创造了世界。Jay Zhou has created another new song.周杰伦又创作了一首新歌。,invent与create的区别 invent 发明, 指创造出前所未有的东西, 尤其是指科学技术上的发明创造。 e.g. China was the first country to invent paper. 中国是发明纸的第一个国家。,to create a warm and comfortable feeling 意为“创造一种温暖舒适的感觉”，此处动词
16、不定式为目的状语。 e.g. He got up early to catch the early bus.他起床很早是为了能赶上早班车。,用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1) They stayed up late _ (watch) football matches on TV last night. 2) He is a bookworm so he prefers _ (read) books to doing some exercise.,to watch,reading,9. It can cheer you up when you are feeling sad. cheer (up
17、) vt. 使振奋、使高兴vi. 感到振奋、感到高兴 如果其宾语是名词，名词放在cheer和up之间或up之后均可；如果其宾语是代词，代词须放在cheer和up之间。,e.g. When you feel lonely, do you like to have someone to cheer you up?当你孤独的时候，你希望有人使你高兴起来吗？We should come up with a good idea to cheer Susan up / cheer up Susan.我们必须想个好主意帮苏珊振作起来。,10. Yellow is the colour of the sun,
18、 so it can remind you of a warm sunny day.,remind vt. 提醒；使想起 remind sb. of . 使某人想起 e.g. The film reminds him of his past life.这部电影让他想起他过去的生活。,remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事 e.g. Please remind me to call my friend before I go out. 请提醒我在我出去时给我朋友打个电 话。,remind sb. that .“提醒某人； 使某人想起” e.g. Mrs. Brown remi
19、nded her son that they still had some people to see.布朗夫人提醒他儿子他们还有一些人要见。That reminds me that I have another important thing to do this evening.那让我想起，我今晚还有另外一件重要的事要做。,根据汉语意思完成英语句子。 1) 这则感人的故事让他想起了他的父母。The moving story _ him _ his parents. 2) 当我们回来时, 请提醒我买些蔬菜。Please _ me _ some vegetables when we come
20、back. 3) 我必须提醒他时间就是金钱。I must _ time is money.,reminds,of,remind to buy,remind him that,11. However, it is also the colour of envy. envy n. 嫉妒、羡慕the envy意思为“令人羡慕的人或东西”, 常与of连用。e.g. His new house was the envy of all his friends. 他的新居成了所有朋友羡慕的对象。green with envy 妒忌的，眼红的,12. If you require strength in ei
21、ther body or mind, red may be of some help to you. be of some help 意为“有帮助的”，相当于helpful。“(be)+of+名词”结构中的名词是抽象名词时, 相当于其中名词所对应的形容词的意思, 说明被修饰词具有某种特征或属性。,e.g. I dont want to hear what you are saying. It is of no interest to me. (of no interest=not interesting)我不想听你说，我对此不感兴趣。,13. Wearing red can also make
22、 it easier to take action.句中的wearing red是动词-ing形式，用作主语。it为形式宾语，指代真正的宾语to take action, easier是宾语补足语。e.g. Speaking loudly can make it easier to listen carefully.大声讲话能使人更容易听清。,14. This may help when you are having difficulty making a decision. 当你犹豫不决的时候，红色可以有助于你做决定。,1) difficulty n. 困难；费力，由形容词difficult
23、派生而来。difficulty表示做一件事的困难程度时，常作不可数名词，前可用some, no等词修饰。,have difficulty (in) doing sth.意为“做某事有困难”，其中介词in可以省略；当difficulty表示具体的困难、难处、难点时，作可数名词。 e.g. I have great difficulty with English grammar.我对英语语法学习有很大的困难。,We should face our difficulties in our life bravely. 我们应该勇敢地面对我们生活中的困难。 Xiaoming has some / no
24、difficulty (in) working out the maths problem. 小明算出这道数学题有些/ 没有任何困难。,2) decision作名词, 由动词decide派生而来, 意为“决定”。decision通常作可数名词, 可与make, take, reach, come to等词连用构成短语, 意为“作出决定”。e.g. He has made / taken a decision to solve the problem by himself.他做出一个决定, 由他自己来解决问题。,It takes us some weeks to reach a decision
25、. 做这个决定花费了我们几周的时间。 I am willing to wait until you have come to a decision. 我很乐意等待直到你能做出决定。,1. Now more and more people prefer _ to _ in order to reduce the air pollution. A. to walk, driving B. walking, drive C. walking, driving D. to walk, drive,C,Exercises,I. 单项填空。,2. When Daniel is in a bad mood
26、he likes wearing orange to _.A. wake himself up B. cheer himself up C. give himself up D. pick himself up,B,3. Janes mother preferred _ TV at home to _ to the concert.A. to watch; go B. watching; going C. watching; go D. to watch; going,B,1. 这本书总能让我想起小时候。This book always _ my childhood. 2. 绿色代表新生命，但
27、也是嫉妒的颜色。Green _ new life but it is also _. 3. 西蒙在与新朋友友好相处方面有困难。Simon _ well with his new friends.,reminds me of,represents,the colour of envy,has difficulty getting,II. 完成句子。,III. 根据句意及首字母完成句子。 1. When I saw the old picture, it r_ me of my childhood. 2. Once you make a d_, youd better not change it
28、easily. 3. Taking a walk in the park with your family may help you feel r_.,eminds,ecision,elaxed,IV. 用所给词的适当形式填空。 1. We all had a fantastic time on Sandys _ (wed) day. 2. White represents _ (pure) and it can make you feel calm and peaceful. 3. Many students have difficulties _ (learn) English, espe
29、cially the grammar.,wedding,purity,learning,5. They finally _ (decision) to watch a film at the weekend. 6. Although they have much time, but they dont have enough money _ (travel). 7. Animals have the same _ (feel) as humans.,decided,to travel,feelings,Retell the article. Recite the language points in this article. Finish the exercises in the workbook.,