1. Zheng Wei Hong Chun Hui Middle School WELCOME

2. Before class: How old is old?

3. Please remember the following: “ Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by giving up their ideals.”

4. Believe it or not, … Whether old or young, ….

5. What do you like most? Why? Would you please guess what I like most?

6. The fastest way to lose love is to… The best way to keep love is to … hold on it too tight. give it wings.

7. Comprehension: 1. Why did the girl love the birds? Every morning the birds greeted her with a wonderful song. 2. What killed the bird? Her desperate love had killed the bird. 3. Why did the girl let the other bird fly away? Because she noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She felt his great need for freedom. 4. What did the girl learn from the fact ? The fastest way to lose love is….;the best way to keep love is… Let’s learn more about the story.

8. Complete the passage ( group work) Once upon a time, a lonely girl ____ so much for love. One day, while ____ in the woods, she found two starving songbirds. She took them home, put them in a small cage and _____ them carefully. With her great and desperate love and care, the birds grew strong and ______her with a wonderful song every morning. How happy she was! However, one day, when the girl left the door to the_____ open, the larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that she grasped him ____. How glad she was at her success in capturing him, but only to find him ______. She realized that it was her _____ love that killed him. She also noticed the other bird eager to soar into the clear blue _____. With a sorry to him, she tossed him softly into the air. Watching delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment, the girl was no longer ________with her loss. From the story,we learned a valuable lesson: The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Let’s practise. longed walking cared greeted cage wildly dead desperate sky concerned

9. What’s the best title of the passage? Let’s sum up The girl longed for love Her desperate love …She let the other bird… lose love keep love Let go love 将爱放飞 让爱常驻

10. Output: What do you want to say to me after learning the passage? Please be free to say what you want to say after learning the story. Let’s talk freely.

11. Love is needed by everyone. Love needs freedom. Love is longed for by everyone. Love can make people be no longer concerned with one’s loss. Love can make the world more beautiful if everyone gives a bit of love.

12. The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight. The best way to keep love is to let go love. If you love others well, others will love you well, too. Love is easy to lose if we don’t know how to love others. True Love is to let others happy.

13. Beautiful points 渴望 长久保持爱 需要自由 让别人幸福 失去爱 失去爱的最快方式莫过于将其牢牢地抓在手心； 而让爱长驻的最好方式莫过于赋予它一双翅膀. 内心不再计较自己的得失 将爱放飞 Let’s enjoy some beautiful points. long for… keep love need freedom want others to be happy lose love The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings. be no longer concerned with one’s loss let go love

14. Write a short letter asking Copernicus to publish his ideas so everyone can read them. Let’s use the beautiful points.

15. 众所周知，人人渴望得到爱，人人喜欢 被别人爱，因为爱能使人愉悦，使人温暖、 多彩。但要懂得如何爱、长久保持爱是非 常不容易的。爱需要自由和空间。真正的 爱是让别人幸福，否则爱是很容易失去的。 俗话说 : 失去爱的最快方式莫过于将其牢牢 地抓在手心；而让爱长驻的最好方式莫过 于赋予它一双翅膀. 让我们的内心不再计较 自己的得失；将爱放飞。假如人人都能献 出一点爱，世界将会变得更美好。

16. As you know, everyone ________ love and is eager to be loved because love can make people delighted, warm and colorful. However, it’s not easy to understand how to love and ____forever. Love needs freedom and space. True love is to ______, otherwise it is easy to _____. As an old saying goes, the fastest way to lose love is to ____________, while the best way to keep love is to __________. Let’s_______, and ___________. If everyone gives a bit of love, the world will be more and more beautiful.

17. As you know, everyone longs for love and is eager to be loved because love can make people delighted, warm and colorful. However, it’s not easy to understand how to love and keep love forever. Love needs freedom and space. True love is to let people happy, otherwise it is easy to lose love. As an old saying goes, the fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS. Let’s be no longer concerned with our loss, and let go love. If everyone gives a bit of love, the world will be more and more beautiful.