Reading （二）Unit 2

Menghe Middle School Miss Yao

Match the following feelings with th

e colours

Warm and sunny

Joy

Relaxed and peaceful

Energetic

Powerful and strong

Purity

Orange Red Yellow Green White blue

Orange Red Yellow Green White blue

colours

calm

warm

energetic

strong

feelingrelaxed and peaceful

happy and satisfied, warm and comfortable

energetic

powerful

colourblue

white

orange

yellow

green

red

represent

calmblue

white

harmony sadness

purity

warm

orange

yellow

joy success

sun wisdom

energetic greennew life and growth

nature, money, envy

strong red power heat

strong feelings

What colour do you need if you have

the following feeling?

1. If you are tired, you need ____ to help

you relax yourself.

2. If you are stressed, you may like to

wear ___ clothes.

3. If you want to get a higher mark, you

can use ______ stationery to help you.

blue

red

yellow

4. If you often feel tired or weak, you

should wear _____ clothes.

5. If you feel stressed, wearing _____

clothes can help you.

6. When you feel sad, you may say “ I’m

feeling ____. ”At this time, you can

use ______ to cheer you up.

green

white

blueorange

Language points1. Did you know that colours can affect

our moods? affect 作为及物动词，意为“影响”、

“感动”等。 e.g. Dark light can affect our eyes.

这篇文章影响了我的想法This article my thinking.affected

mood (cn): 情绪，心情be in a good/ bad mood 心情好／坏

e.g. The sunny morning put him in a good mood. 　　　那个晴朗的早上带给了他好心情．

我们的老师今天心情很好．Our teacher today.is in a good mood

colours can affect our ( 情绪 )moods

2. Colours can change our moods and mak

e us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleep

y.

1) sleepy 用作形容词 , 意为“欲睡的”、“困乏的” , 在句子中可以作表语或定语。

I am too sleepy to watch the film. ( 表语 )

He always has a sleepy expression.

( 定语 )

2) asleep 是形容词 , 意为“入睡的”、“睡着的” , 表示一种状态 , 在句中作表语 , 不可以作定语。

你会填吗？ Jim was so _______. He fell ______ w

hen he was on bed. (sleep)

asleepsleepy

My grandfather always feels . Now he’s fallen again. A. sleeping; sleepy B.sleepy; sleeping C. sleepy; asleep D.asleep; sleeping

C

3. It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful colour.

1) calm 作为形容词 , 意为“镇静的”、“沉着的”、“ ( 天气 ) 无风的”、“ ( 海洋等 ) 风平浪静“。

It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble.

今天是一个无风的天气．It’s today.a calm day

2) calm 作为动词，意为“使平静”、“镇静” , 常见搭配为 : calm down

Try to calm down when you meet an e

mergency.

The sea calmed down.

4. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for mind and body because this coulor creates the feeling of harmony.

1) be good for “ 对……有好处”

Doing morning exercise is good for our health. 反义词组为 : be bad for “ 对……有害”

Eating too much is bad for our health ．吃太多对我们的健康不利．

做早操对我们的健康有益．

2) create 用作动词 , 意为“创造”、“造成”、“创作”

Man creates himself. 人类创造了自己． Zhou Jielun 　　　　　　　　 another new song.

周杰伦已经创作了另外一首新歌．createdhas

creative: adj. 有创造力的

He is enough to such beautiful songs.

你会填吗？creative create

3) 注意 invent 与 create 的区别 invent 用作动词 , 意为“发明” , 指

得是创造出前所未有的东西 , 尤其是指科学技术上的发明创造。

Edison invented the light bulb. Bell invented the telephone.

4) harmony 用作名词 , 意为“和谐”、“协调”。常见搭配为：

live in harmony “ 和睦相处”我们应该和睦相处．We should live in harmony.

5. Some colours can make you feel warm.

make 后面可以接“宾语＋补足语”的结构 , 该补足语可以由名词、形容词、动词不定式 ( 不带 to) 或过去分词充当。

make sb. do sth 使某人做… make you go home alone.

They made her wait for a long ti

me yesterday.

特别提示 :

如果 make 用作被动语态 , 动词不定式to 不可以省去。 Mr Li was made to sing an English son

g at the party.

I was made an article by the teacher. A. write B. to write C. writing D. to writing

B

Colours can make us _____ or sad. A. to feel happily B. feel happily C. to feel happy D. feel happy

D

True or False1.The teacher made me to clean the classroom

2.I was made to carry the heavy bag.F

T

6. These colours give you a happy and satisfi

ed feeling.

1) satisfied 用作形容词 , 意为“满足的”、 “ 高兴的” , 在句中作定语。 He looks at me with a satisfied smile. ( 定 )

特别提示：be satisfied with… 意为“对……感到满意”Our teacher ______ _______ _______( 对…满意 )

our exams.is satisfied with

7. Orange can bring you success and cheer you up

when you are feeling sad.

cheer (up) 用作及物动词时，意为“使振奋”、“使高兴”， cheer sb. up 使某人高兴 / 振奋。

---How sad Millie looks today,doesn’t she?---Yes, we should do something . A.Cheer up her B. cheer her upC.to cheer up her D. to cheer her up

D

8. Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm, sunny day. remind 用作及物动词 , 意为“使……想起”。 常见搭配为 (1) remind sb. of sth. (2) remind +that 从句 .

You reminded me of my mother.

The letter reminded me that I must wr

ite an email to him.

The old photos them the old days when they were young. A. let , to B. make; for C. takes; for D. remind; of

D

Your gift will make me remember you.( 同义句 )Your gift will .remind me of you

10. It is the colour of nature, but it is also

the colour of money and envy.

envy 用作名词 , 意思是“嫉妒”、“羡慕”。 the envy 意思为“令人羡慕的人或东西” , 后面常跟 of连用。

Our swimming pool is the envy of our

neighbours.

Ann is the envy of the girls in her class.

11. Wearing red makes it easier for you to take action.

take action 意为“采取行动” If we don’t take action to protect wild

animals, we will have no animals in the future.

If you take action to change your lifestyle, your health will be better and better.

12. This can help you when you are having dif

ficulty making a decision.

(1) have difficulty (in) doing sth 意为“在做某事方面有困难“。短语中的 difficulty

通常用作不可数名词 ;短语中的 in 可以省去 Do you have any difficulty (in) do

ing your homework?(2) have difficulty with sth 在某方面有困难 He has difficulty with his English.

1.I have difficulty this Maths problem.

A. work out B. to work out

C. working out D.from work out

2.Mike has much difficulty Chinese so he

often asks me help.

A. with ;with B.in; of

C. in; for D.with; for

C

D

(2) make a decision 意为“做出决定”、“下决心”

After the discussion, we made a decision to g

o to Xuan Wu Lake.

decide:Verb

decision:NounThe (决定 )were made at the meeting yesterday.

decision

They (决定 ) to go hiking.decided

例如宁愿… …而不… …做出决定影响情绪感到放松和谐感受带给你成功释放能量

for example

prefer…to…

make a decision

affect moods

feel relaxed

the feeling of harmony

bring you success

give energy

Phrases

Exercises

1. Blue can make us feel and p_______.

2. Orange can make us feel w_____.

3. Green can make us feel e_______,

because it represents life.

arm

eaceful

negetic

4. I like to use yellow stationary when

I study for exam, because it’s the co

lour of w______.

5. Bob is too weak, he needs too much

p______ training.

isdom

hysical

1. --Bob, what about going out for a

picnic? -- Sorry, I’d rather ____ than go

out. A. to stay at home B. stayed at

home C. stay at home D. to

staying at home

2. --- There’s ____ wrong with my watch.

It can’t work well.

A. anything B. nothing

C. something D. everything

3. Listen to me carefully. Don’t ____ the window. A. look out B. take out C. look out of

4. ---Why don’t read today’s newspaper? --- Because there’s ____ in it. A. nothing interesting B. anything interesting C. interesting something D. interesting anything

5. I ____ living in the country to the city.

A. liked B. enjoyed

C. loved D. would rather

6. “I am feeling blue.” means I am ____.

A. sad B. relaxed

C. happy D. unhappiness

7. Do you have any difficulties ___ the

work in two days?

A. finishing B. finishes

C. finished D. to finish

8. When I saw the photo, it ____ me of t

he wonderful trip in Nanjing. A.

called B. asked C.

recommend D. reminded

9. Joe looked ____ when he saw in

the sofa watching TV.

A. happily B. relaxed

C. exciting D. sadly

See you!

Interview some of your friends and

complete the following table.

A B C D

What colour do you l

ike best?

What do you think it

represents?

A B C D

How do you feel when y

ou are wearing somethi

ng in this colour?

What colour do you disli

ke?

Why don’t you like it?