Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8

Discussion Would you please think of as many words as possible to express happiness?

happiness gladness pleasure cheer delight joy overjoy satisfaction amusement contentment happiness

common characteristics (abstract) nouns to express strong feelings and emotions Abstract nouns represent things that cannot be experienced through touch, taste, sight, hearing or smell.

Apart from noun forms, emotional words have adjective forms. Complete the following chart:

anger sadness happiness emotions understanding desire joy love

negat ive Nouns Adjectives anger annoy madness angry / cross craziness sadness upset misery (痛苦；苦恼) depression frustration disappointment desperation angry / cross annoyed mad crazy sad /heartbroken upset miserable depressed frustrated disappointed desperate

sorrow sorrowful pain worry regret fright scare fear anxiety astonishment surprise shock sorrowful painful worried regretful frightened scared fearful anxious astonished surprised shocked

amazement amazed hope hopeful/hopeless curiosity curious jealousy pride nervousness amazed hopeful/hopeless curious jealous proud nervous

pos i t ve Nouns Adjectives happiness gladness happy pleasure glad cheer delight joy overjoy satisfaction amusement contentment happy glad pleased cheerful delighted joyful overjoyed satisfied amused content

Flora’s changes of emotions（p23） excitement/excited; fear/afraid fright/frightened; frustration/frustrated jealousy/jealous anger/angry; unhappiness/unhappy pleasure/pleased; satisfaction/satisfied

A guessing game Work in groups of four to invent a situation to express different emotions or feelings. Speak in front of the audience and ask them to guess the words.

An idiom is a phrase which means something different from the meanings of the separate words from which it is formed.

Guess the meanings of the under- lined parts (idioms) according to the context. I don’t know what makes him so angry but he really blew his top. 2. When he scored the winning goal, he was over the moon. 3. Lenny went nuts when his new bike was stolen. (become angry) ( very happy) (become really angry)

4. I know you have problems, but don’tget them get you down. 5. She is pretty girl, but she is cruel and one day she’ll break your heart. 6. He can’t get angry with what you said to him. He is always as cool as a cucumber. ( make sb. feel unhappy) (make sb. upset or unhappy) (never get worried by anything)

7. He is a cold fish. He is always wears a smile on his face. 8. Hum, cries crocodile tears! How can he be so sad about my failure？ 9. He had ants in his pants when knowing his mother had bought him a lap top. (not show how they feel) (pretend to be upset or affected by sth.) be excited about sth. and can’t keep still

Thank you!