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1、Read and Explore,Unit 6 Attitudes to Life,Get Started,Listen and Respond,Optional Classroom Activities,Enhance Your Language Awareness,Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.,Have you ever experienced any difficult time in your life? Please say something about it. What do you th
2、ink is the right attitude towards problems in ones life? What qualities do you think one should possess to survive tough times?,Get Started-discussion,Quotes 1,Study the following quotes about attitudes towards life and discuss in pairs what you can learn from them.,Quotes 1,Attitude is a little thi
3、ng that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill,Interpretation: By this quote, Churchill stresses the importance of attitude towards life. We can choose to focus on negative thoughts that leave us feeling insecure, frightened and cynical, or we can choose to focus on positive thoughts that give us
4、 courage, strength, and hope. It is attitude that makes the difference.,Click Picture,Quotes 2,Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz,Interpretation: We all have troubles and problems. Some people take a positive attitude towards adversities in li
5、fe while others respond to them negatively. Your happiness and success depend largely on how you respond to what happens to you.,Click Picture,quotes,Interpretation: We can reshape our lives by changing our attitudes.,Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer
6、 aspects of their lives. William James,Click Picture,quotes,Interpretation: We tend to be bothered too much and for too long by our failures and disappointments, so much so that we dont see in good time the new opportunity that has already opened its door to us.,When one door of happiness closes, an
7、other opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller,Click Picture,click here,Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic comedy-drama film. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a nave and slow-wit
8、ted yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States; more specifically, the period between Forrests birth in 1944 and 1982.,Watch the following video clip “Forrest Gump”
9、 and then complete the tasks that follow:,click here,click here,click here,video,Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip., Death is just a part of life. Something were all destined to do. I didnt know it, but I be your mama. I did the best I could. You did good, Mama
10、. Well, I believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what . Whats my destiny, Mama? Youre going to have to for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You what you are going to get.,was destined to,happen to,God gave you,figure that out,never know,_,_,_,_,_,video,click h
11、ere,click here,video,2. Discuss the topic with your group members: How do you view destiny and death in your life? (Open.),click here,unpredictable a. that cannot be predicted 无法预言的，不可预测的 negativity n. fml a tendency to consider only the bad side of sth. / sb.正 式否定（性）；消极（性） up against having to face
12、 or deal with 面临 self-motivated a. being keen to do sth. or achieve sth. without being told to do so 自我激励的，有工作激情的,Listen and Respond Word Bank,Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.,L&R 2,L&R 2,What is the m
13、ain idea of the passage?,A) Being positive can increase the quality of our life. B) Being positive can help us control our moods. C) Being positive can help us look honestly at the reality. D) Being positive gives people more opportunities.,L&R 2,2. What can we control and change according to the sp
14、eaker?,A) We can control a whole cycle of negativity. B) We can control our moods and change our attitude. C) We can change our work project and be better off. D) We can change the quality of our life.,L&R 2,3. What do the two examples the speaker cites intend to illustrate?,They intend to illustrat
15、e different ways to start each day. B) They intend to illustrate the importance of having an opportunity. C) They intend to illustrate different ways to answer the same question. D) They intend to illustrate the importance of having a positive attitude.,L&R 2,4. What choice do people have to make ev
16、ery day according to the speaker?,A) To see if the glass is empty or full. B) To finish the work project today or tomorrow. C) To finish the work project in the morning or in the afternoon. D) To see the positive or the negative side of a thing.,L&R 2,5. How do self-motivated people look at their work?,They love their work and are eager to look for new o
