111Unit 1 Tales of unexplainedTask Aims: . Learn how to conduct a survey. . Learn how to complete a questionnaire. . Learn how to design a questionnaire. . Learn how to conduct an interview. Learn how to analyse statistics. Preparing. Find words and expressions you dont understand from p.12-p.17. Reading comprehension: Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor”help you create this life of good feelings. Heres an example to show how honorable actions create happiness. Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerks mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we told the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul. Then, whats it to do with our sense of happiness? In the first case, when we dont tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerks attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility. There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And its easy to think and act honorably again when we are happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once its started, its easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.1 According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our _. A. self-respect B. financial rewards C. advertising ability D. friendly relationship 2. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to _. A. lying B. stealing C. cheating D. advertising 3. The phrase “bringing the error to the clerks attention”(in para. 5) means _. A. telling the truth to the clerk B. offering advice to the clerk C. asking the clerk to be more attentive D. reminding the clerk of the charged item 4. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake? A. Well be very excited. B. Well feel unfortunate. C. Well have a sense of honor. D. Well feel sorry for the clerk. Answers: ABAC Period . Skills building 1: completing a questionnaire : Several rules for completing a questionnaire 1. Ask one piece of information at a time.2. Use short and simple sentences.3. Avoid negative sentences.4. Use precise language.5. Give special references.6. Make sure people have the necessary knowledge to answer. Read the guidelines on p.12 . Finish the exercise on p.12. Step 1: designing a questionnaire Finish Part A on p.13 . Listening Part B on p.13 Period . Skills building 2: greeting others and making introductions. Read the different greetings on p.14 Discussion on p.14 . Step 2: conducting an interview. Part A: an interview Part B: act out the inerview. Period . Skills building 3: analysing statistics. 1. analysing statistics to draw conclusions.2. analysing statistics to make recommendations. Exercise on p.16 . Step 3: writing a report Exercises: . Workbook p.92 Parts ABC p.93 Parts A & B . Choice: 1. This dictionary is _ to my translation, but that one is _. A. great help, useless B. a great help C. important, of few importance D. very helpful, of no use 2. This pen is not very good; Id like the same one _ you are using now. A. which B. with which C. as D. that 3. He went to the same place _ he had found the ring. A. where B. as C. which D. that 4. The farmers _ a lot _ the flood, because it rained heavily. A. suffered, from B. suffered, of C. will suffer, for D. suffered, to 5. _ so much heavy pollution already, the river may now be too late to clean up. A. Having suffered B. Suffering C. To suffer D. Suffered 6. I dont mind picking up your things from the store. _ , the walk will do me good. A. Sooner or later B. Still C. In time D. Besides 7. _ those 10 dollars, I have another ten given by Mother. A. Apart from B. Except for C. Except D. In case 8. Can you tell the two brothers _. A. part B. apart from C. apart D. part from Answers: BCAAADAC . Writing: 根據(jù)教育部通知，從2007年9月1日起，中小學(xué)生每天要跳校園集體舞。通知發(fā)出后，在社會(huì)上引起了熱烈的討論。假如你是李華，請(qǐng)根據(jù)下表提供的內(nèi)容給“China Daily”編輯寫一封信反映討論情況，并提出自己的看法和理由。 注意：1）字?jǐn)?shù)150左右 2）開頭已寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù) 3）參考詞匯：集體舞 group dancing 社交能力 sociability 贊成 1.能鍛煉身體；豐富校園生活。2.培養(yǎng)舞蹈素質(zhì)和審美情趣。3.培養(yǎng)社交能力，是一種健康的交流方式。 反對(duì) 1 在農(nóng)村學(xué)校無法實(shí)施，教師沒有能力教，也沒有合適的地方。2 校園集體舞不能達(dá)到鍛煉身體的目的，只是一種表演。你的看法 Dear editor, The Department of Education announced in June, 2007 that from Sept.1,2007 primary and secondary school students will dance into the new semester(學(xué)期). This has led to a warmly debate. One possible version: Some people think group dancing is good for health and can enrich our school life. It helps to develop the students dancing quality. The students can understand what is beauty. Also it can help students overcome feeling of shyness and improve their sociability. It is a healthy means of communication. With the correct guidance, group dancing should be encouraged nationwide. But other people hold the opposite view. They feel that in the country, the teachers dont have enough experience in dancing and also there isnt proper room for students to learn dancing. Last but not least, group dancing is just a form or a performance, which cant help students to keep fit. As to me, group dancing might cause children to have too early an interest in the opposite sex and neglect studies. There will be an increase of boys and girls falling in love once they have more chances for physical interaction. When the students are dancing together, it is natural to hold hands and dancers can learn to be elegant, like at a party.111