1. Unit 2 Word-power

2. 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.

3. Step 2: Discussion
Would you please think of as many words as possible to express happiness?

4. happiness gladness pleasure cheer delight joy overjoy satisfaction
amusement
contentment
happiness

5. 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.

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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)

18. 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)

19. 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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