Unit 2 Word-power

Step 1: Revision What kind of person was Sang Lan before she was hurt? How was she after she was sent to hospital? After coming back to China, how was she? happy In good spirits optimistic Sang Lan is always optimistic/happy no matter what trouble she meets with.

Step 2: 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

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

n e g a t I v e Nouns Adjectives anger annoy madness craziness sadness upset misery(痛苦；苦恼) depression frustration disappointment desperation angry/cross annoyed mad crazy sad/heartbreak upset miserable depressed frustrated disappointed desperate

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

Nouns Adjectives nervousness concern nervous frigh concerned jealousy curiosity Confusion hope nervous concerned frightened jealous curious confused hopeless/hopeful

Step 3: Finish part A and part B and finish the exercises Part A check the answers 1.angry/angrier 2.content/contentment 3.frustration/frustrated 4.frightened/fright 5.concerned/concern 6.jealous/jealousy

B Answers: 1. excitement. 2. afraid 3. frightened. 4. frustration 5 B　Answers: 1. excitement 2. afraid 3. frightened 4. frustration 5. jealousy 6. angry 7. sad 8. happy 9. concerned 10. content

Step 4: vocabulary extension Fill in the blankets 1. I’m not _________ with what I’ve 　 done. I can’t get __________ from it. (satisfied/satisfaction) 2. I was ______ by the change in his appearance. All of us looked at him in _________. (amazed/amazement) 3. The boy is _____ about everything. His burning ______ inspires him to learn more. (curious/ curiosity) satisfied satisfaction amazed amazement curious curiosity

4. To our ____________, it rained every day of the trip 4.To our ____________, it rained every day of the trip. All the members were __________ at it. (disappointed ; disappointment) 5. My father was _______ that you could stay. He couldn’t hide his ______. (delighted; delight) disappointment disappointed delighted delight

6. The teacher was _______ with the students who were always careless 6. The teacher was _______ with the students who were always careless. He shouted at them with ______. (anger; angry) 7. She was very _________ when she lost her job and she have suffered ________ since then. (depression; depressed) angry anger depressed depression

Step 5: English idioms 　　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) (be very happy) (become really angry)

4. I know you have problems, but don’t get 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)

Finish C on page23 over the moon happy angry emotions on cloud nine hot under the collar over the moon happy angry emotions on cloud nine fly off the handle sad feel blue down in the dumps

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