1. Unit 2
Colours
Integrated skills

2. Warming up
Answer the questions.
What’s the relationship between colours and moods?
How do colours affect our moods?
Colours can change our moods and make us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleepy.
Different colours have different affections on moods.

3. Colour therapy
n.疗法
Millie has found an advertisement for colour therapy by Mrs Rainbow. Read the advertisement and help Millie complete part of her notes.

4. Mrs Rainbow's Colour Therapy
v. 发现；发觉
Mrs Rainbow's Colour Therapy
Discover how the power of colours can change your moods and improve your life! Watch The Teens Show on STTV at 6 p.m., 30 September to learn more!
n. 十几岁

5. Therapy centre: 21/F, 810 South- east Road Telephone number: 5557 8187
Price: ¥ 100 for half an hour
vt.&vi. 承诺，允诺
We promise that this therapy can help you change your moods, or you will get your money back!
conj. 否则

6. Answer the questions.
1. How can colour therapy help us?
2. How much do we have to pay for the colour therape?
3. What if the therapy doesn’t work?
It can help us change our moods and improve our life.
One hundred yuan for half an hour.
We can get our money back.

7. 4. Where is Mrs Rainbow’s colour therapy centre?
5. What channel will the programme The Teens Show be on?
Her therapy centre is on 21 / F, 910 South-east Road.
It will be on STTV.

8. Mrs Rainbow’s Colour Therapy
Her therapy centre is on (1) ________________________.
It costs (2) _____ for 30 minutes.
If it does not work, you can (3) ____________________.
21 / F, 810 South-east Road
¥ 100
get your money back
vi. 奏效；有效果

9. She has practised colour therapy since she left (4) _______.
vt. 从事，执业
She has practised colour therapy since she left (4) _______.
Colour therapy comes from ancient India.
If you do not feel confident enough, use the colour (5) _______ more.
If you cannot sleep well, paint your bedroom (6) _______.

10. If you feel stressed, eat more (7) ______ vegetables.
adj. 紧张的；有压力的
If you feel stressed, eat more (7) ______ vegetables.
If you feel tired, (8) _______ food can help cheer you up. But do not eat too much of it, or you may get (9) _______ easily.

11. Millie is watching The Teens Show
Millie is watching The Teens Show. Listen to the interview with Mrs Rainbow carefully and help Millie complete her notes in Part A1.

12. She has practised colour therapy since she left (4) _______.
Colour therapy comes from ancient India.
If you do not feel confident enough, use the colour (5) _______ more.
If you cannot sleep well, paint your bedroom (6) _______.
college
yellow
blue

13. If you feel stressed, eat more (7) ______ vegetables.
If you feel tired, (8) _____ food can help cheer you up. But do not eat too much of it, or you may get (9) _______ easily.
green
red
angry

14. Suzy wants to learn something about Mrs Rainbow
Suzy wants to learn something about Mrs Rainbow. Listen to Suzy's questions and help Millie answer them. Circle the correct letters.

15. b She uses colours to change people’s moods.
1. a She works at a museum.
b She uses colours to change people’s
moods.
c She works for a fashion magazine.
2. a She colours their clothes.
b She suggests different clothes to
different people.
c She suggests different colours to
vt. 建议

16. 3. a You will sleep better if you paint
your bedroom blue.
b You should think of the sun.
c You should wear orange.
4. a He should wear green.
b He should use the colour yellow
more.
c He should think of a warm,
sunny place.

17. 5. a She tells people what colours of
food to eat.
b She makes your clothes change
colour.
c She makes food for people.
6. a She will give you free clothes.
b You will get your money back.
c She will give you free books.

18. Speak up I’d rather wear orange.
Andy is talking with Millie about what to wear for a party. Listen to the tape and find out what Andy will wear for the party. Work in pairs and talk about your preferences. Use the conversation below as a model.

19. What will Andy wear for the party?
He will wear orange shirt and jeans trousers.

20. Andy: I’m going to a friend’s birthday party, Millie
Andy: I’m going to a friend’s birthday party, Millie. Come and see if these clothes look good on me.
Millie: Which shirt do you prefer, the red one or the orange one?
Andy: I don’t like red. I’d rather wear orange.

21. Millie: You look smart in orange. Which trousers do you like?
Andy: I prefer jeans.
Millie: Good. Jeans are comfortable and they’ll match your shirt.
Andy: OK. Thanks, Millie.

22. Useful sentences:
What’s your favourite colour?
Which do you like better?
…doesn’t suit you.
The …one looks better than the …one.
Try this/these on.
It’s too dark / bright / dull.
Would you rather wear…?

23. I like…more than…
I would rather wear…
Do you prefer…?
I always / never wear…
I prefer … to …
I like … better than …

24. 1. We promise that this therapy can help you change your moods, or you will get your money back!
e.g. Work hard, or you will fail the
exam.
努力学习，否则你无法通过考试。

25. 2. She suggests different clothes to different people.
suggest v. 建议 (suggestion n.)
suggest doing sth. 意为“建议做某事”。
e.g. He suggested a different plan
to his boss.
他向老板提出了一个不同的计划。
I suggested playing chess.
我建议下棋。

26. 1) suggest + n./ pron. 或 suggest+ n./ pron. to + sb.
e.g. We suggest the plan to him.
注意：suggest 不可以加不定式。

27. 2) suggest后接从句时，从句常用虚拟语气，谓语由“should + 动词原形” 构成，should可以省略。
e.g. I suggest that we (should) leave
early for the railway station.
我建议我们早点到车站。
注意：suggest不可以加不定式的复合
结构。

28. 3) suggestion是suggest的名词形式，作“建议”讲时，是可数名词。
e.g. Ben made some suggestions at the
meeting.
本在会议上提出一些建议。

29. 3. I’d rather wear orange.
would rather 宁愿，更喜欢……
常+V（原），省略为’d rather，表优先选择。无人称，数，时态变化。
否定形式：would rather not do sth。
e.g. If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all
leave here.
如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都
离开这儿。

30. 拓展:
1) 两者中取舍，“宁愿……而不愿……”时，可用would rather... than… 或would…rather than…句型。
e.g. I would rather watch TV at home
than go to the cinema.
2) would (rather) 和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选同一动词，那么than 后的动词可以省略。
e.g. I would rather have noodles than rice.

31. 注意:
would rather后跟不带to的不定式 + than +不带to的不定式，prefer后跟动名词 + to + 动名词。prefer后面也可跟名词，would rather之后要求只带动词原形。
e.g. He prefers wine to beer．
= He would rather drink wine than
beer.

32. Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据首字母或提示写单词。
1. The scraping（刮痧）________（疗法）is very popular in China.
2. Columbus is said to have d__________ America in 1492.
therapy
iscovered

33. 3. Most people who smoke began smoking in their _____ (十几岁时).
4. I p______ to return your bicycle on good condition.
5. Do you know that there’s a r___________ between colors and people’s moods?
teens
romise
elationship

34. Ⅱ. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. I would rather ______ (watch) TV at home on Sunday.
2. He prefers _______ (sing) to ________ (dance).
3. The clever boy used a knife _________ (break) the rope and ran away.
watch
singing
dancing
to break

35. You’ll attend your friend’s birthday party, what should you wear?
Can you give me some advice?
Write a conversation.