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1、新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 1 Unit 2 Optimism and Positive Thinking Get Started Listen and Respond Optional Classroom Activities Enhance Your Language Awareness Read and Explore 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 3 Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions

2、. 1. How do you feel about your present life? 2. Are you in a bad mood sometimes? If so, why? 3. Do you know how to keep yourself in a good mood? 4. How do you react to difficulties in life? Can you give an example? 5. Do you think optimism is the key to a happy and better life? 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程

3、2 Unit 2Get Started 4 Study the following quotes about education and see if you accept the ideas expressed in the quotes. 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 5 Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo Interpretation: When we feel disappointed, sad, lonely or misera

4、ble, we tend to feel as if we were living in winter. But laughter is a good medicine and it can work miracles. If we make a conscious effort to laugh, we will soon find that we are in a better mood. Here, Victor Hugo tells us, in a humorous way, the importance of being optimistic in times of adversi

5、ty. Click Picture 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 6 What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise (伪装). Oscar Wilde Click Picture Interpretation: Life is full of trials. When you are in difficulty or suffer a setback, dont despair. You can always find something good in wh

6、at seems to be a bad thing. Once youve gone through the trials, you will find yourself stronger and in a better position to attain success. 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 7 Click Picture Interpretation: The attitude of a person colours things around him or her. A pessimistic person is alway

7、s focusing on the negative side of things. Even when there is a good opportunity, a pessimist will think about the possible dangers or risks involved in it. An optimist does recognize the difficulties, but he or she chooses to focus on the positive side. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every oppo

8、rtunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 8 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller Click Picture Interpretation: Optimism is essential for achievemen

9、t. If we see no hope and have no confidence in what we are doing, we can achieve nothing. It is hope and confidence that motivate us to reach our objectives. 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 9 Watch the following video clip “How to Practice Positive Thinking ” and then complete the tasks that

10、 follow: 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 10 Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip. A few simple attitude adjustments can make you happier and healthier. Heres how to harness the power of positivity. You will need: optimism, visualization, happy friends and

11、a gratitude journal. Step 1: things to work out. Step 2：Instead of focusing on the , try to find something positive in every negative situation. Step 3: Picture yourself succeeding at events. Step 4: yourself with happy people. Step 5: Write down 5 things youre for every single day. Expect negative

12、challenging Surround grateful _ _ _ _ _ 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Unit 2Get Started 11 2. Discuss the topic with your group members: How have you practiced positive thinking in your daily life? What do you think is the effect of positive thinking? (Open.) Unit 2Listen and Respond 12 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程

13、2 optimist n. a person who thinks that whatever happens will be good 乐观主义者 mood n. a state of the feelings at a particular time 心情，情绪； 心境 employee n. (of) a person who is employed 常与of连用受雇者，雇 员 Unit 2Listen and Respond 13 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 optimism n. U a tendency to give more attention to the g

14、ood side of a situation or to expect the best possible result 乐观；乐 观主义 bottom line n. the most important thing to consider 要点，关键 Unit 2Listen and Respond 14 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Task 1: Focusing on the Main Ideas Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the in

15、formation contained in the listening passage. Unit 2Listen and Respond 15 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 1. According to the passage Michael was _. A) curious person B) always an optimist in his life C) always a victim in his company D) an employee who liked complaining Unit 2Listen and Respond 16 新世纪大学英语系列教

16、材（第二版）综合教程2 2. If something bad happened or someone came to him complaining Michael would _. A) choose to be a victim. B) be more likely to be in a bad mood C) choose to accept the bad thing or the complaining D) choose the positive side of life Unit 2Listen and Respond 17 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 3. I

17、n Michaels opinion _. A) those people who like to complain will often affect our mood B) we should do some morning exercises to cheer us up C) how we live our life is decided by our attitude to life D) optimists have more chances of success than pessimists Unit 2Listen and Respond 18 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版

18、）综合教程2 4. From Michael the speaker has learned that _. A) each morning he must say something to himself B) everyone may have a chance of success C) every day we have a choice to live fully D) its not easy to be an optimist Unit 2Listen and Respond 19 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Task 2: Zooming in on the D

19、etails Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard. Unit 2Listen and Respond 20 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 learn fromvictim good mood positive a bad day1. If an employee was having , Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the side of the si

20、tuation. 2. Each morning when Michael woke up he would remind himself to be in a and choose the positive side of life; if something bad happened, he would choose to it and not to be a of it. _ _ _ _ Unit 2Listen and Respond 21 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 3. In Michaels opinion, life is all about . Every s

21、ituation in life is a choice. You choose how you situations; you choose how people will your mood; you choose how you . The bottom line is: Its your choice how you live your life. 4. The author decided to follow Michaels example and believed that if he chose to be an optimist he might , and might ha

22、ve more . choices react to affect feel feel better enjoy life more chances of success_ _ _ _ _ _ Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 22 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Exercise 1: Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A. 1. According to Rich DeVos, what is the relationship between op

23、timism and success? 2. Why should each of us choose between optimism and pessimism to shape our outlook and our expectations? 3. What is the authors choice? Why does he make such a choice? 4. What does the authors experience in the service station tell us? 5. Whats the meaning of the sentence “Optim

24、ism doesnt need to be naive”(Para. 9)? Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 23 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Exercise 2: Text A can be divided into three parts. Now write down the paragraph numbers of each part and then give the main idea of each in one or two sentences. PartPara (s).Main Ideas I II III 1-3 4-7 8-

25、10 It is necessary to choose optimism to shape our outlook and expectations. The author suggests that we direct our attention to positive and constructive thinking rather than to negativism. The author illustrates the effect of negativism through his own experience. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 24

26、新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Some psychologists believe that ones state of mind has great influence over ones social and intellectual performance, and the quality of life depends much on ones attitude towards life. If this is the case, then can we consciously make our emotions work for us in a constructive

27、 way? The following passage provides a positive answer: by simply choosing optimism, we can lead a better life. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 25 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Choose Optimism Rich Devos 1 If you expect something to turn out bad, it probably will. Pessimism is seldom disappointed. But the sam

28、e principle also works in reverse. If you expect good things to happen, they usually do! There seems to be a natural cause-and-effect relationship between optimism and success. 2 Optimism and pessimism are with powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want, so as to shape our outlook and

29、 our expectations. There is enough good and bad in everyones life ample sorrow and happiness, sufficient joy and pain to find a rational basis for either optimism or pessimism. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or curse. Its our decision: which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up

30、 in hope or down in despair? From Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 26 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 4 An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; its a necessity. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. Conversely, negative thoughts,

31、 attitudes, and expectations themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Pessimism creates a sad and hopeless place where no one wants to live in. 3 I believe in the upward look. I choose to highlight the positive and slip right over the negative. I am an optimist by choice as much as by nat

32、ure. Sure, I know that sorrow exists. I am in my 70s now, and Ive lived through more than one crisis. But when all is said and done, I find that the good in life is far greater and more important than the bad. feed on Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 27 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 6 By the time I left the se

33、rvice station, I was feeling a little uneasy. About a block away, I pulled over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Did I look that bad? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little sick. Did I have a bad liver? Had I picked

34、 up some rare disease? 5 Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like an odd question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You d

35、ont look well,” he replied. This took me completely by surprise. A little less confidently, I told him that I had never felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 28 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 7 The next time I

36、 went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright but disgusting yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had reacted the way I d

37、id. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative observation had a profound effect on the way I felt and acted. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 29 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二

38、版）综合教程2 8 The only thing more powerful than negativism is a positive affirmation, a word of optimism and hope. One of the things I am most thankful for is the fact that I have grown up in a nation with a grand tradition of optimism. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can b

39、e accomplished. When the world is seen as a hopeful, positive place, people are given the power to attempt and to achieve. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 30 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 9 Optimism doesnt need to be naive. You can be an optimist and still recognize that problems exist and that some of them a

40、re not dealt with easily. But what a difference optimism makes in the attitude of the problem solver! For example, through the years Ive heard some people say that the money spent on our space program has been wasted. “Instead of spending $455 million to put a man on the moon,” they say, “why not sp

41、end that money here on earth on the poverty problem?” But when you ask them exactly how they would spend that money to solve the poverty problem, most of them dont have an answer. “Give me a solution,” I tell them, “and Ill raise you the money.” Think in positive terms about how to address the issue

42、 rather than criticizing money spent on another program, such as Americas space program, which has resulted in many positive discoveries that have benefited mankind. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 31 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 10 Optimism draws our attention away from negativism and channels it into posit

43、ive, constructive thinking. When youre an optimist, youre more concerned with problem-solving than with useless fault-finding. In fact, without optimism, issues as big and ongoing as poverty have no hope of solution. It takes a dreamer someone with hopelessly optimistic ideas, great persistence, and

44、 unlimited confidence to tackle a problem that big. Its your choice. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 32 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 If you were in the following situation, how would you look on the positive side of the situation? Discuss the topic in groups and share your views with the whole class. The tip

45、s in the box may be of some help. (Open.) Situation: I had been dreaming of becoming a student at a famous university such as Peking University or Tsinghua University, but my dream was never realized because of my poor performance at the entrance examination, so I have had to go to a university that

46、 does not come up to my earlier expectations. Unit 2Read and Explore Text A 33 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 already do my best look into the future the outstanding people from my university a comparison of my competition situation in my university and Peking University / Tsinghua University the good teachi

47、ng staff and teaching facilities in my university my strong desire to succeed Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 34 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Key Words for Text B ritualconservativeestimateresponse entertainment routineinnocentstartle reputationhistoricalsignificanceawareness hardencynicalmanagementfeedback

48、priorcommentenormous Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 35 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Expressions for Text B have no idearun into mull overget/have the hang of sth. Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 36 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 1. I was now more determined than ever to prove to my students that there was something to

49、 celebrate every day and to work a daily dose of good news into our learning environment. ( Para.6) 2) Paraphrase the sentence. Now I was much sure that I should show to my students that every day we always had something good to celebrate and we could always add or include some good news to the clas

50、sroom. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 于是我比以往更加坚定地要向学生证明：每天都有值得于是我比以往更加坚定地要向学生证明：每天都有值得 赞美庆祝的事，赞美庆祝的事，我还要每天都往我们的学习氛围里注入我还要每天都往我们的学习氛围里注入 一些好的消息一些好的消息。 Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 37 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 2. My fears that they might be too hardened by life and cynical were quickly allayed.

51、 ( Para.9) 2) Paraphrase the sentence. My worries were soon eased when I found that my adult students had not been left cold and unfeeling by their experience of the world but were as willing as my high school students to share good news with one another. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 我原本

52、担心他们可能会因为生活而变得太过冷酷无情、我原本担心他们可能会因为生活而变得太过冷酷无情、 愤世嫉俗，但我的担心很快消除了。愤世嫉俗，但我的担心很快消除了。 Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 38 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 3. they said they liked the idea so much that theyd started opening their regular meetings in much the same way. (Para. 9) 2) Make a sentence with the italicized stru

53、cture. My hometown had changed so much that I could hardly recognize it. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 他们说太喜欢这个主意了，他们用几乎相同的方式他们说太喜欢这个主意了，他们用几乎相同的方式 来做例会的开场白。来做例会的开场白。 Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 39 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 4. I originally had no idea that it would have such a lasting impac

54、t on all of us. ( Para. 10) 2) Make a sentence with the italicized structure. I originally had no idea that studying a foreign language would have so many benefits. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 我一开始根本没想到这会对我们所有人产生如此长我一开始根本没想到这会对我们所有人产生如此长 远的影响远的影响。 Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 40 新世纪大学英

55、语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 How did the author start his class? Why? Whom was the author teaching? For how many years did the author start his class in this way? Did the author often get positive responses from his students? Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 41 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 What courses did the author ofte

56、n teach at the high school level? What homework assignment did he usually ask his students to do when he taught either of these two subjects? Did his students like the homework? Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 42 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Were the students happy with their progress in current news? How wa

57、s it that the author got startled by one students comment on the assignment? What agreement was reached after a long class discussion about the students comment on the assignment? Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 43 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 What was the author determined to do in his class? Did the studen

58、ts understand the author immediately when he asked them to celebrate the day? Why did the author ask his students to share good news in their own lives? Did the students like the new way to start class? Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 44 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 What did the students learn from sharing b

59、its of good news with each other? What were the three more choices added as ways to celebrate the day? Why did the author add the three more choices? Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 45 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 Did the authors ritual of celebration prove successful with his adult students? Did the author

60、expect the lasting impact of celebrating the day originally? What did his final exam consist of? When did the author realize the impact of celebrating the day? Unit 2Read and Explore Text B 46 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）综合教程2 What was one of the first concerns of the authors former student of more than twenty