Unit 6
Unit 6
I’m going to study
computer science.
Section B 1
1a-2e
头脑风暴：说出表示职业的名词
actor
actress
cook
driver
doctor
engineer
pilot
pianist
soccer player
scientist
teacher
computer programmer
violinist
nurse
Review
I want to be a school teacher.
I want to be a soccer player.
I want to be a scientist.
I want to be an engineer.
I want to be a reporter.
I’m going to study math.
I’m going to study science.
I’m going to study education.
I’m going to practice soccer hard.
I’m going to keep on write articles.
说理想，谈打算。
I want to be a cook.
I want to be a race car driver.
I want to be a singer.
I want to be a doctor.
I want to be an actor/actress.
I’m going to study medicine.
I’m going to take singing lessons.
I’m going to go to a cooking school.
I’m going to buy a fast car.
I’m going to take acting lessons.
I want to be a writer.
I want to be a polit.
I want to be a computer programmer.
I want to be a pianist.
I’m going to take piano lessons.
I’m going to study computer science.
I’m going to read and write many stories.
I’m going to exercise every day.
2. team n. 队；组
1. resolution n. 决心；决定
e.g. Li Fei is in the school basketball team.
李飞在学校篮球队里。
Words and expressions
e.g. What’s her New Year’s resolution?
她的新年决心是什么？
3. foreign adj. 外国的
e.g. Li Fei is going to learn a foreign language.
李飞打算学习一门外语。
拓展： foreigner n. 外国人
Many foreigners visit the Great Wall every year.
每年有很多外国人来长城参观。
4. able adj. 能够
e.g. We shall be able to deal with all sorts of problem. 我们应该能够应付各种困难。
be able to 能够做某事
e.g. I question the truth of the story.
我对这个故事的真实性表示怀疑。
5. question v. 表示疑问；怀疑；提问
拓展：question 还可做名词，意为“问题”
e.g. People don’t like to ask questions about money.
人们不喜欢问钱的问题。
构词法：mean (动词) + ing→
meaning (名词)
6. meaning n. 意义；意思
7. beginning n. 开头；开端
e.g. A dictionary explains the meaning of the words.
词典是解释词义的工具书。
at the beginning of 在……开始
e.g. At the beginning of the class, we often sings a song.
刚上课，我们经常唱一首歌。
e.g. Let’s discuss the housing problem.
让我们来讨论一下住房的
问题。
8. discuss v. 讨论；商量
9. promise n. 承诺；诺言
e.g. If you make a promise, you should keep it.
如果你许了诺，你就应该遵守它。
v. 许诺；承诺
e.g. My aunt promise to take me out for dinner.
我姑姑许诺带我出去吃晚饭。
e.g. He tries his best to improve his English.
他努力提高自己的英语。
10. improve v. 改进；改善
e.g. Physical activities are good for health.
体育活动对健康有益。
e.g. My grandpa’s hobby is practicing Taiji. 我爷爷的爱好是打太极拳。
11. physical adj. 身体的
12. hobby n. 业余爱好
复数形式： hobbies
e.g. We play chess twice weekly.我们每周下两次象棋。
13. weekly adj. & adv. 每周的（地）
14. schoolwork n. 学校作业（不可数名词）
e.g. I will do better in my schoolwork.
我会在作业方面做得更好一些。
15. write down 写下；记录下
e.g. Write down the address
before you forget it. 把地址写下来，省得忘了。
16. themselves pron. 他（她、它）们自己e.g. They finished the work by
themselves. 他们自己完成了这项工作。
17. self-improvement n. 自我改进；自
我提高
e.g. I think that’s a good idea for self-
improvement. 我认为这是个自我提高的好机会。
18. take up (尤指为消遣) 学着做；开始做
e.g. My brother is going to take up guitar.
我弟弟尝试着开始学吉它。
Lead-in
I’m going to get a new toy next year.
Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions?
I’m going to visit Hainan with my parents by plane next year.
Match the pictures with the New Year’s resolutions. Number the pictures [1-5].
1a
2
4
3
5
New Year’s resolutions
Next year, I’m going to:
1. learn to play the piano
2. make a soccer team
4. eat healthier food
3. get good grades
5. get lots of exercise
Talking
What are you going to do next year?
Well, I’m going to take guitar lessons. I really love music.
What are going to do next year? Tell your partner.
1b
Sounds interesting. I’m going to learn another foreign language.
Are you? Great! But foreign languages are not for me.
learn to play the piano
make the soccer team
get good grades
eat healthier food
get lots of exercise
Listening
Listen and circle the resolution you hear in 1a.
1c
1d
Listen again. Write how the people are going to make their resolutions work.
He’s going to get good grades.
He’s going to make the soccer team.
Discussion
Make a list of other resolutions and how you are going to make them work. Then discuss them with your group.
1e
become stronger
get a lot exercise
take piano lessons
be a musician
A: I want to be a teacher.
B: How are you going to do that?
A: Well, I’m going to study hard and get good grades.
B: Sounds like a good plan. I want to get a lot of plan.
Talking
I want to be a musician.
How are you going to do that?
I’m going to take piano lessons every day.
Sounds good. I want to join a music club.
Discussion
Discuss the questions with your partner.
2a
Did you make any resolutions last year?
Yes, I did.
Were you able to keep them?
Sure.
Because I practiced soccer really hard. And we made our soccer team.
Why?
Reading
2b
Read the passage and match each paragraph (1-3) with its main purpose. Underline the words and phrases that helped you decide.
__ To question the idea of making
resolutions
__ To discuss the different kinds of
resolutions
__ To give the meaning of resolution
答案： 3；1；2
指导：
先读这三个主题的意思，带着问题去读短文。
通读每个段落，理解这个段落所讲的主要意思。
在相关段落中划出相关的依据，根据依据确定每个段落主要意思。
第三段：hardly ever keep them. … the
best resolution is to have no
resolutions!
第一段：It’s a kind of promise. However,
promises you make to yourself
are resolutions.
第二段：different kinds of resolutions;
some…; some resolutions…
Which paragraph in the passage do you think each sentence goes in? Write the letters [A-D] in the correct places in the passage.
These are about making yourself a better person.
For example, a student may have to find more time to study.
C. There are good reasons for this.
D. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions.
2c
指导：
首先，阅读这四个句子，掌握其意思。
然后，再次阅读每个段落，重点阅读每个空格前后句子的意思。
根据上下文意来确定空格处应填的句子。
1.段 ______
D
D句意：新年伊始常是下新年决心的时候。
第一段中介绍了resolution的意思。第一空格前句意“最普通的一种就是新年决心”，空格后句意为“当我们在新年的开端下新年决心的时候……”可推测出本空应填此句。
2.段 _____ _____
A 句意：这些决心是有关让你自己成为一名更优秀的人的。
A
B
由前一句话“很多决心与自我提高有关。”，可知空格处是对这句的进一步解释。
B句意：例如，一名学生可能必须利用更多的时间来学习。
本段中介绍了不同类型的决心，并一一举例说明。由空格前所列是第三种 “与更好的计划有关的决心”，本空格处应为举例说明这种类型的决心的情况。
3.段 _____
C句意： 对此种情况有不错的理由。
C
本段中心意思是对下新年决心这种想法的怀疑。由空格前句意“人们很难实现他们”，及空格后的两句都是叙述不能实现这些决心的原因，可知空格处应先C句。
Answer the questions with short sentences.
What is a resolution?
____________________________
2. When do people make resolutions?
________________________________
3. Why do people usually make resolutions?
________________________________
________________________________
It’s a kind of promise.
They hope that they can improve their lives.
At the beginning of the year.
2d
4. How can people remember their resolutions?
____________________________
Some people write them down.
5. How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? _____________
Three kinds.
6. Why do you think resolutions may be difficult to keep? _____________________________________________________________________________
7. Do you think the best resolution is to have no resolutions? Why or why not? __________________________________________________________________________
Sometimes they may be difficult to keep or sometimes people just forget about them.
Because resolutions can help us try our best.
No, I don’t.
1. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, … 有些决定与合理的时间规划相关，……
Explanation
1) have to do with这个结构表示“与……相关；与……有关联或有关系”。
e.g. What does this problem have to do with what we’re learning today?
这道题跟我们今天所学的内容有什么关系？
2) 此句中的planning为名词，表示“计划；规划”等意思，如：city planning（城市规划）等。英语中better planning类似汉语中的“合理规划”，指通过制定计划来更加充分的利用时间、空间、精力等。
2. Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep.
有时这些决定可能会太难而无法实现。
此处情态动词may表示推测，相当于汉语的“可能；或许；大概”之意。
e.g. You may be right this time, but I’m
not sure.
这一次你或许是对的，但我无法确
定。
2) 英语中too…to…是一种固定结构，表示“太……而不能够……”。
e.g. The kid is too young to play this game.
这孩子太小，不能玩这个游戏。
3) 本句中的动词keep意为“履行（诺言等）；遵守（惯例等）”，这是keep的常见用法之一。类似的句子还有：
People hardly ever keep them!
人们很少履行它们（指计划）。
在这一语义下，常见的表示还有keep a promise(信守诺言)，keep one’s word(遵守承诺；说话算数)等。如：
We always keep our word.
我们说话是算数的。
Homework
1. Read the passage after class.
2. Find these phrases in the passage. Then
write your own sentences with them.
have to do with; make promises
have something in common; write down
For this reason; take up
Hold fast to dreams.
They will come true one day!
紧紧抓住梦想，总有一天
梦想会成真。