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Reading How do we deal with our problems? Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。

Stephen Hawking ---- a great scientist. What’s wrong with him? He can ’ t walk or even speak. Oh! It is a big problem to him.

It’s not a problem – it’s a challenge. Enjoy facing it.

中文名： 斯蒂芬 · 威廉 · 霍金 外文名： Stephen William Hawking 国籍： 英国 出生地： 英国牛津 出生日期： 1942 年 1 月 8 日 职业： 科学家 毕业院校： 牛津大学、剑桥大学 斯蒂芬 · 威廉 · 霍金出生的那一天，正是伽利略逝世 300 年祭日（ 1942 年 1 月 8 日）曾先后毕业于牛津大学和剑桥大学，并获剑桥大学哲学博士学位。 他之所以在轮椅上坐了 40 多年，是因为他在 21 岁时就不幸患上了会使肌肉 萎缩的卢伽雷氏症，当时医生诊断他只能活两年，他虽然活下来，但在往 后数十年逐渐全身瘫痪并失去了说话能力，演讲和问答只能通过语音合成 器来完成。

《时间简史：从大爆炸到黑洞》 （ A Brief History of Time ： from the Big Bang to Black Holes ）

--Do you have any problems about study/life/family? --Yes. I…. --I …… Free talk

Problems can’t get on well with classmates can’t get good grades always quarrel with parents have too much homework be angry with friends, parents or teachers be not good at PE can’t sleep well be not healthy worry about tests ……

Solutions By learning to forget By regarding problems as challenges By thinking of something worse By studying hard By talking to people about them By thinking your problem is not big By seeing a psychologist By thinking of a problem in a positive way By breaking off a friendship ……

Pair work What about your recent life? Talk about it to your partners. Ask and answer about your problems happening in your recent life. Target language A: Do you have any problems recently? B: Yes. I had a fight with my cousin. A: I think you can deal with it by talking with him.

Read the article quickly and try to find at least three ways to solve problems. By learning to forget By regarding problems as challenges By thinking of something worse.

Scan the reading and make sure that the definitions we find in dictionaries match the context.

try one’s best 尽力

1.What will happen if we worry about our problem? Worrying about our problems can affect _____ _____ ____ ___ _____. It can also _________ the way we _______ with our families. how we do at school influence behave 2.Are there many ways to deal with our problems? What are they?

1.By learning to forget: ① Why have we probably been angry with or friends, parents or teachers? ② Why may friendships be lost? Because they may said something you didn’t like, or you felt they were unfair. Beacause people can stay angry for years about a small problem.

Give me an example about by learning to forget: We have seen young children playing together. Sometimes they have disagreements and decide not to talk to each other. However this ususlly does not last for long.

An important lesson: We can solve a problem by learning to forget.

2.By regarding problems as challenges: Many students often complain about: ① feel ② think they have too much work to do sometimes. the rules are too strict

How to solve: We must change these problems into challenges. Why? ① ② Education is an important part of our development. It is our duty to try our best to deal with each challenge in our education with the help of our teacher.

3.By thinking of something worse: Why? Because by comparing yourself to other people you will find_________________ ________________________________. your problem are not so terrible. So let’s_________________________. let’s__________________________. not worry about our problem face the challenges instead.

Problems 1.____have too much homework 2.____You feel the teachers are unfair 3.____be angry with friends, parents or teachers 4.____the school rulers are too strict 5.____meet a very big problem Solutions a.By learning to forget b. By regarding problems as challenges c. By thinking of something worse b a a b c

Discussion 1.Which way of dealing with the problems do you think is the best? 2.Think of another way of dealing with problems. Tell a partner about this.

Summary We all have problems. Our problems can make us u_______ easily. And worrying about our problems can a_____ the way we behave. So we need to d_____ with our problems. Here are some good ways. We can s_____ a problem by learning to forget. By r______ problems as challenges is also a good way. Another way is by thinking of something w______. Let’s not w______ about our problems. Let’s face the challenges i_______. nhappy ffect eal olve egarding orseorry nstead

Make sentences with the words: duty--a soldier must do his duty. smart-- solve-- regard-- instead-- Exercise

当堂练习 (1) 1.Some students think that studying grammar is not helpful______. A. Not at all B. at all C. all D. very 2.Jean practices English by _____ English-language videos. A.read aloud B. reading aloudly C. read aloudly D. reading aloud 3.I sometimes learn English by ____ English-language videos. A. Watch B. watching C. looking D. looking at 4.-____ do you study for an English test?- By making vocabulary lists. A, What B. When C. How D. Who 5.My pronunciation is not good._______ reading aloud to practice pronunciation? A. How B. What C. What about D. Can B D B C C.

6. Mother told her son _____ in the street. A. not play B. to not play C. doesn ’ t play D. not to play 7.He saluted( 敬礼 ) her by_____ his hat. A. raising B. to raise C. raise D. raised 8. I learn English ____ writing letters ____ my pen pal. A. in; to B. by; to C. in; with D. on; with 9. This box is _____ heavy _____ I can ’ t carry it. A. too; to B. so; that C. very; that D. too; that 10. Maybe you can ____ vocabulary lists. A. made B. make C. do D. did D A B B B

Homework: 1. 第一单元练习卷 2. 熟读课文 3. 抄写单词 (p8-9) 4. 暑假总动员七上 unit1-4 (class 6)