1、Read and Explore,Unit 6 Attitudes to Life,Get Started,Listen and Respond,Optional Classroom Activities,Enhance YourLanguageAwareness,Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.,Have you ever experienced any difficult time in your life? Please say something about it. What do you thin
2、k is the right attitude towards problems in ones life? What qualities do you think one should possess to survive tough times?,Get Started-discussion,Quotes 1,Study the following quotes about attitudes towards life and discuss in pairs what you can learn from them.,Quotes 1,Attitude is a little thing
3、 that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill,Interpretation: By this quote, Churchill stresses the importance of attitude towards life. We can choose to focus on negative thoughts that leave us feeling insecure, frightened and cynical, or we can choose to focus on positive thoughts that give us c
4、ourage, strength, and hope. It is attitude that makes the difference.,Click Picture,Quotes 2,Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz,Interpretation: We all have troubles and problems. Some people take a positive attitude towards adversities in life
5、 while others respond to them negatively. Your happiness and success depend largely on how you respond to what happens to you.,Click Picture,quotes,Interpretation: We can reshape our lives by changing our attitudes.,Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer a
6、spects of their lives. William James,Click Picture,quotes,Interpretation: We tend to be bothered too much and for too long by our failures and disappointments, so much so that we dont see in good time the new opportunity that has already opened its door to us.,When one door of happiness closes, anot
7、her opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller,Click Picture,click here,Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic comedy-drama film. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a nave and slow-witte
8、d yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States; more specifically, the period between Forrests birth in 1944 and 1982.,Watch the following video clip “Forrest Gump” a
9、nd then complete the tasks that follow:,click here,click here,click here,video,Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip., Death is just a part of life. Something were all destined to do. I didnt know it, but I be your mama. I did the best I could. You did good, Mama.
10、Well, I believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what . Whats my destiny, Mama? Youre going to have to for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You what you are going to get.,was destined to,happen to,God gave you,figure that out,never know,_,_,_,_,_,video,click her
11、e,click here,video,2. Discuss the topic with your group members: How do you view destiny and death in your life? (Open.),click here,unpredictable a. that cannot be predicted 无法预言的，不可预测的negativity n. fml a tendency to consider only the bad side of sth. / sb.正式否定（性）；消极（性）up against having to face or d
12、eal with 面临self-motivated a. being keen to do sth. or achieve sth. without being told to doso 自我激励的，有工作激情的,Listen and Respond Word Bank,Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.,L&R 2,L&R 2,What is the main ide
13、a of the passage?,A) Being positive can increase the quality of our life. B) Being positive can help us control our moods. C) Being positive can help us look honestly at thereality. D) Being positive gives people more opportunities.,L&R 2,2. What can we control and change according to the speaker?,A
14、) We can control a whole cycle of negativity. B) We can control our moods and change our attitude. C) We can change our work project and be better off. D) We can change the quality of our life.,L&R 2,3. What do the two examples the speaker cites intend to illustrate?,They intend to illustrate differ
15、ent ways to start each day. B) They intend to illustrate the importance of havingan opportunity. C) They intend to illustrate different ways to answerthe same question. D) They intend to illustrate the importance of havinga positive attitude.,L&R 2,4. What choice do people have to make every day acc
16、ording to the speaker?,A) To see if the glass is empty or full. B) To finish the work project today or tomorrow. C) To finish the work project in the morning or in the afternoon. D) To see the positive or the negative side of a thing.,L&R 2,5. How do self-motivated people look at their work?,They lo
17、ve their work and are eager to look fornew opportunities. B) They make a choice every morning when they get out of bed. C) They love their work and are eager to get to work every day. D) They always try to finish their work before the deadline.,L&R 3,Listen to the recording again and fill in each of
18、 the blanks according to what you have heard.,left,L&R 3,Heres another example. You have a big work 1)due on the bosss desk tomorrow morning. You are up against a 2) . And you are half-done. Now there are two ways to look at the project. You can worry about all the work still 3) for you to do. Or yo
19、u can tell yourself that half of it is already done, and you are certainly 4) than when you first started the project.,deadline,better off,project,_,_,_,_,L&R 3,Thats your choice: is the glass 5) or half-full? Thats the 6) we have to make every morning when we get out of bed. Looking honestly at the
20、 reality of the 7) and seeing the 8) of it may indeed increase the quality of our life. 9) people look at each day as a new 10) . They love what they do. They cannot wait to get to work in the morning.,choice,situation,half-empty,positive,_,_,_,_,Self-motivated,_,opportunity,_,What is the insight th
21、e author gained from his experience in hospital? 2. What are the two truths to live by according to the author? 3. Can most people hold fast to the gifts of life according to the author? 4. How should we look at the paradox of life according to the author? 5. What suggestions does the author make to
22、 resolve the paradox?,Main Idea,Exercise 1: Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.,L&R 3,Exercise 2: Text A can be divided into three parts with the paragraph number(s) of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part.,Main Idea,Life has two o
23、pposite poles: one is to hold fast to life and the other is to let go of it. They seem to be contradictory to each other but they coexist well. The author draws on his personal experience and tells us that the gifts of life are precious, but most of us fail to hold fast to life and appreciate its be
24、auty.,Just as every coin has two sides, so does life. To accept our losses and learn when to let go is the other side of life. So we should not hold so fast to life that we cannot let it go.,Life means more than mere existence. It is an ever-changing process. Life will go on no matter what happens.
25、We must look at it from a wider perspectives and learn to apply the two paradoxical truths to our everyday life.,Life is a long journey. Some walk with joy and fulfillment, others with bitterness and regret. If you could live by the two truths discussed in the following essay, your journey would be
26、more meaningful and rewarding.,In-Depth,2 Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wonderful, and full of a beauty. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.,1 The a
27、rt of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. An ancient man said long ago: “A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.”,In-Depth,Two Truths to Live By Alexander M. Schindler,4 A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized
28、following a severe heart attack and had been in intensive care for several days. It was not a pleasant place.,3 We remember a beauty that faded, a love that withered. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it w
29、as tendered.,In-Depth,6 I looked to see whether anyone else relished the suns golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mea
30、n concerns to respond to the great beauty of it all.,5 One morning, I had to have some additional tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard in a chair. As we emerged from our unit, the sunlight hit me. Tha
31、ts all there was to my experience. Just the light of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was how warming; how sparkling; how brilliant!,In-Depth,9 Hold fast to life, but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of lifes coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our loss
32、es, and learn how to let go.,8 Here then is the first pole of lifes paradoxical demands on us: Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be respectful before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.,7 The insight gleaned from that experience is really as commonplace as
33、 was the experience itself: lifes gifts are precious but we are too careless of them.,In-Depth,10 This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passion can, and will be ours. But then
34、life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this second truth dawns upon us.,In-Depth,11 At every stage of life we sustain losses and grow in the process. We begin our independent lives only when we come to this world. We enter schools, then we leave our mothers and fathers
35、 and our childhood homes. We get married and have children and then have,In-Depth,to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and our spouses. We face the gradual or not so gradual weakening of our own strength. And ultimately, we must confront the inevitability of our own death, losing our
36、selves, as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.,13 In order to resolve this paradox, we must seek a wider perspective, viewing our lives as through windows that open on eternity. Once we do that, we realize that though our lives are finite, our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern.,12 But
37、why should we be reconciled to lifes contradictory demands? Why fashion things of beauty when beauty is short-lived? Why give our heart in love when those we love will ultimately be torn from our grasp?,In-Depth,15 Dont spend and waste your lives accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and
38、ashes. Pursue not so much the material as the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth.,14 Life is never just being. It is a becoming, a relentless flowing on. Our parents live on through us, and we will live on through our children. The institutions we build endure
39、, and we will endure through them. The beauty we fashion cannot be dimmed by death. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but the beauty and goodness and truth they create live on for all time to come.,In-Depth,16 Add love to a house and you have a home. Add righteousness to a city and you ha
40、ve a community. Add truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school. Add justice to the far-flung round of human endeavor and you have civilization. Put them all together, elevate them above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of humankind redeemed, forever free of need and confli
41、ct and you have a future lighted with the radiant colors of hope.,In-Depth,voicing,In Text A, the author says that it is not easy to learn the second truth: we must accept our losses, and learn to let go. How do you understand the second truth? Work in pairs or groups and voice your views. The follo
42、wing questions may help you develop your ideas:,What do “losses” here refer to? What can we learn from the second truth? Do you think it is difficult to learn the second truth? Could you give an example to illustrate the second truth? (Open.),Key Words (B),Key Words (B),1. Although I have no hopes o
43、f ever skiing that way, I do dream of living with abandon. (Para. 1),2) Make a sentence with the italicized structure.,Although Im not on good terms with him, I do hope he could recover from his illness.,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,虽然我从不幻想我能够像他那样滑雪，但我的确向往能尽情地生活。,Sentences,2. They say he
44、 should step aside and leave the running of the nation to more dynamic and capable men. (Para. 3),2) Paraphrase the sentence.,They say that Churchill should resign and leave the opportunity of leading the nation to those who are younger, more energetic and more capable.,1) Translate this sentence in
45、to Chinese.,他们说他应该让位，把掌管国家的大权交给更有朝气、更有能力的人。,Sentences,You will become inseparable in the lives of your family, friends and colleagues if you show your gratitude and encouragement to them and devote your time and energy to helping them fulfill their aspirations.,3. You can build into the lives of you
46、r family, friends and colleagues by providing nutrients of gratitude and encouragement, and by investing your time and energy in their aspirations. (Para. 6),2) Paraphrase the sentence.,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,如果你想融入自己的家人、朋友和同事的生活之中，你就该给他们提供土壤，让他们学会感恩和鼓励别人。你还要投入时间和精力帮助他们实现自己的愿望。,Sen
47、tences,4. The pages of history are filled with the heroic stories of brave men and women who triumphed over disabilities and adversities to demonstrate victorious spirits. (Para. 8),2) Make a sentence with the italicized structure.,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,历史的篇章充满了许多英勇无畏的人们的英雄故事，他们战胜
48、了伤残和苦难，展示了赢家的风采。,Sentences,The pages of history are filled with the blood and tears of the oppressed people who struggled through their hard lives.,Para.1,Comprehension,Paras.2-4,Comprehension,Paras.5-6,Comprehension,Paras.7-8,Comprehension,Paras.9-10,Comprehension,Para.11,Comprehension,Take the qui
49、z on the next page and find out your attitude towards life. Be honest with yourself when you make your choice. Write the number that best applies to you in the column of Your Answer.,Optional,Optional,Attitude Quiz,Optional,Optional,Optional,Quiz Result To figure out your attitude, add up your answers in the fifth column and write your total score at the bottom of the table. If you score:,
