2015新外研版八年级下册M9U2

Unit 2 I believe that the world is what you think it is.

Are you happy to have many friends?

Are you afraid to make friends?

Do you often smile at others?

How do you feel when you are with your friends?

pass v. 经过； 通过

silence n. 寂静; bright adj. 无声 欢快的; 明亮的

trea sure n. 珍宝； 珍贵之物 trust v./n. 信任；信赖

circle n. (熟悉的、 stick v. (stuck, glue n. 胶水 相关的人形成的) stuck)粘；粘贴 圈子

day by day 一天天地suggestion n. 提议；建议 suggest doing sth.include v. 包括； 把……列为一部分

Work in pairs and answer the questions.1 When was the last time you felt sad? 2 Who did you tell that you were sad? 3 What did you do to feel better? 4 How can you make other people feel happy?

When you read a story, focus on the five wh-questions: Who is the main character? What happens? When does the main event or story take place? Where does it take place? Why?

Look through the passage and get the answers to the five wh-questions.

1. How old was Zhang Bei when she went to a new school? She was thirteen years old.

2. What changed her life? A smile.

Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. Does the beginning of the passage surprise you? Why? Yes, it does. Because I don’t think a smile can be an important gift. 2. How did the writer feel in the past? She felt very lonely. 3. How does the writer feel now? She feels happy. 4. What advice does she give? Smile at the world and it will smile back.

1. I didn’t know who she was. 2. One day, I asked her why she smiled at me that day. 3. She said she could not remember! 4. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is.

Look at the diagram and complete it.Then one day At first A girl looked at No one knew me and (4) ______ smiled (1)______ me I felt (5) ______ happy very I felt (2) ______ lively and warm lonely _______and was afraid to (3) make friends ____________ Fact with anyone.

Now The girl has become my (6) best friend _________ I believe that the world is (7) _____________ what you think it is.

Opinion: Smile at the world and (8) it will smile back ___________________.

1. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt even more lonely. 每次听到其他同学有说有笑，我觉得自己更 加孤单了。 every time意思是“每次……”。Every time也可以换成each time。Every/each time I ask you to do something, you always say you are too busy. 每次我让你做点儿什么，你总是说太忙。

the other后接可数名词复数，意为“其余 的……”。any other后接可数名词单数，意 为“其他任何一个……”。例如： Jack studies harder than any other student in our school. =Jack studies harder than the other students in our school. 在我们学校杰克比其他学生都努力学习。

2. Day by day, I learnt to trust people, and they included me in their circle of friends. 我逐渐学会了

信任他人，而他们也邀请我 加入了他们的朋友圈。 day by day 一天天地，渐渐地 day after day 日复一日的 side by side 肩并肩 Day by day she learnt more about her job. 她日益了解自己的工作了。