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Making a happiness handbookMaking a happiness handbook

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Making a happiness handbookMaking a happiness handbook

DiscussionDiscussion1. What is happiness to you?

2. Do you think happiness lies in the past

or in the future?

T or F :

( )1. He thinks the happiest of his life

were the college days in the

countryside in England.

( )2. He was so eager to grow up that

he had a lot to worry about when

he was young.

F

F

Read the essay “Golden days” and answer.Read the essay “Golden days” and answer.

school

still very happy even

sometimes he felt in a rush to grow

up and be independent.

( )3. In the writer’s opinion, health

plays an important role in a

person’s happy life.

( )4. He can stay cheerful because he

can still play sport when he was

getting old.

T

F thinks it is hard to stay happy

and cheerful when you are ill or

old and your body aches.

1. What will guarantee people’s health

and happiness in the future?

Read the essay “My future Read the essay “My future

happiness” and answer.happiness” and answer.

It is technology that will guarantee

people’s health and happiness in the

future.

2. In the future it will take less time to do

housework and we will be able to have

more time to enjoy staying together

with your family. Why?

Because there will be automatic

kitchens to cook instant meals for us in

the future.

3. What does she think an adult can do

while a teenager can’t?

An adult can make his/her own decisions

and do things he/she enjoys. They can

have a job that they like and find

happiness in being successful at it.

Teenagers have to work hard at school

and should always be doing or learning

things, so they don’t have time to relax.

4. Why does she think it is nice to think

the happiest days are still ahead of

them?

It gives her the motivation to work

hard now.

Fill in the Fill in the table.table.

Teenagers Old people

Advantages Advantages

Disadvantages Disadvantages

Write an essay about your idea of

happiness. Then make a happiness

handbook together with your

classmates.

WritingWriting

set goals

How to stay happy?How to stay happy?

smile more

ready to help others

have a young heart

harmony with all kinds

have a good

sense of humor

get online during free time

maintain high confidence

finally, money

is not everything

1. My whole life was still ahead of me.

ahead of

1) ( 时间、空间 ) 在……前面

There is a bright future ahead of us.

2) 早于 I finished the work several days

ahead of the deadline.

Language points

3 ）领先She was always well ahead of the rest of

the class.

她总是遥遥领先于班上的同学。

Why?

2. …I could have done anything… .

could have done

1) “ 本来可以” , 过去可以但未实现的事e.g. You could have made greater

progress.

( 但事实上并没有取得更大的进步）2)“ 可能已经” 用于表示对过去某事的猜

测 Where could he have gone?

他能到哪儿去了呢？

3. All I had to do was go to school and

spend a few hours studying when I

came home.

All I had to do was enjoy my

adolescence.

这两句中的 I had to do 是定语从句，前省略了定语从句引导词 that; 当主语中有 do 时，作表语的不定式可省略to 。因此，完整的句子是： All (that I had to do )was to go to…

All that I had to do was to enjoy…

4. …enjoying each other’s company…

company [c] n. 公司 [u] n. 陪伴 , 交往e.g. to form a new company

We will be glad with your company.

in company (with) ( 和…… ) 一起 He came in company with a group of

boys.

keep company (with) 和……要好 , 伴随e.g. Never keep company with dishonest

persons.

I’ll keep company with you as far as

London Bridge.

拓展： accompany v. 陪伴 , 陪同e.g. On the first day of the new term, his

father accompanied him to school.

companion n. 同伴 , 伴侣e.g. a close companion

难句解析难句解析1. I have been happy about different

things at different times during my life,

but my most vivid and happiest

memories are those of school days, so I

think that was the happiest time in my

life. (P30)

[[ 分析分析 ] 1)] 1) 句子结构分析句子结构分析：此句为 but 连接的并列句。第一个并列分句 I have been

happy about different things at different

times during my life 是简单句。第二个并列分句是复合句： my most vivid

and happiest memories are those of school

days 是主句， so I think that was the

happiest time in my life 是结果状语从句；

在从句中， I think 是主句， that was

the happiest time in my life 是 think 的宾语。22 ） 语言知识分析：） 语言知识分析：句子中的 those 为指示代词，指代本句前面的 memories ，意为“记忆”；同样宾语从句中的主语that 也是指示代词，指代主句中的school days 。

2. I imagine that the workday will be only

four hours long, and everyone can work

part-time jobs that are very interesting.

(P31)

[[ 分析分析 ] 1] 1 ） 句子结构分析） 句子结构分析：在此句中， I imagine 是主句； that 引导的宾语从句为由 and 连接的两个并列句；第一个分句 the workday will be only four

hours long 是简单句，

第二个分句 everyone can work part-

time jobs that are very interesting 是一个含有定语从句的复合句，其中everyone can work part-time jobs 是主句， that are very interesting 是修饰 jobs 的定语从句。

22 ）语言知识分析）语言知识分析： imagine 是动词，意为“设想，想象”，后面常接 that 或疑问词引导的宾语从句。此外， imagine 构成的常用结构还有：(1) imagine (sb.) doing sth.

(2) imagine sb. (to be) + adj. / n.

e.g.

She imagined walking into the office and

telling everyone what she thought of

them. 她想象自己走进办公室 , 对每个人都说出自己对他们的看法。I had imagined her to be older than that.

在我的想象中，她要老一些。

Finish your happiness handbooks and

present to us.

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