Unit 8 Secret Messages to Ourselves

1. P I Listening and Speaking Activities Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities Part III Extended Activities Unit 8 Secret Messages to Ourselves

2. Part I Listening and Speaking Activities • Introduction of functions • Listen and speak • Try to speak more • Make your own dialogue • What are they for? • If you want to learn more

3. Introduction of functions • You may express an intention like this: • I’m going to do…. • I’ve decided to do…. • plan to do…. • I’m planning to do…. • I’m thinking of doing…. • I’m considering doing…. • I’ll make an effort to do… • I intend to do…. • My intention is to do …. • I reckon I will do…. • I’ll do what I can to do…

4. Listen and speak • Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to each question. • What did Xiaogang say he likes to do, according to Mr. Smith? Key: c • What was Xiaogang daydreaming about just now? Key: b • What was Mr. Smith’s attitude towards Xiaogang’s daydreaming? Key: a • What did Mr. Smith say about great discoveries? Key: c

5. Try to speak more • Notes: • dream about/of (sth/doing sth):a. experience sth in a dream b. imagine sth • work on:从事…,致力于…,作…工作 e.g. The novelist is working on a new book. • Substitute sb/sth (for sb/sth):a. v. put or use (a person or thing) in place of another b. n. one that takes the place of another; a replacement e.g. We must substitute a new chair for the broken one. Use plastics as a substitute for steel. • come across:to meet sb or find sth/sb by chance e.g. We’ve just come across an old friend we haven’t seen for ages.

6. Make your own dialogue 1. Make a dialogue with your partner, using the following cues. (Turn to page 107) 2. Look at the following picture of an invention. Work on your own first about its use and then work with three of your classmates to see if you agree with each other. (Turn to page 107)

7. Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Pre-reading Tasks • Language Points • Comprehension work

8. Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Pre-reading Tasks • What kind of dreams do you often have? And can you remember them afterwards? • Have you encountered, in your dreams, anything related to your work, friends, or family? • Do you believe that dreams may have a special meaning or message to us?

9. Secret Messages to Ourselves • Language points: run into: a. run into sth:to start to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation run into trouble/problems/difficulties b. run into sb :to meet someone by chance e.g. He ran into criticism after remarks he made in a television interview. The business ran into financial difficulties almost immediately. should go wrong.

10. toss and turn:to be unable to sleep or to sleep badly, especially because something is worrying you. e.g. I couldn’t sleep but kept tossing and turning in bed all night. 我彻夜在床上辗转反侧不能成眠。

11. fly into a rage:fly into a rage/temper/panic etc to suddenly get extremely angry, extremely worried etc e.g. Rebecca flew into a rage when she realized no one had been listening to her. come to sb (that…):[no passive] if a thought or idea comes to you, you realize or remember sth e.g. It suddenly came to her that she had been wrong all along. Suddenly the words of the song came to me.

12. draw on:to use something that you have gradually gained or saved e.g. She has 20 years' teaching experience to draw on. He drew on his childhood memories for the material of his novel. appreciate: (never used in progressive) to understand the true nature of a situation, and realize why it is important or serious. e.g. Her abilities are not fully appreciated by her employer. Parents have to find ways to show their children that they appreciate their feelings and reactions.

13. digest:to understand information when there is a lot of it, when it is difficult or unexpected; to arrange or summarize. • e.g. It took him quite a long time to digest the report.

14. Comprehension work (Questions for discussion ) 1. What had Elias Howe been working on all night before he finally fell asleep? 2. Did he have a problem? What was it? 3. Why did Howe sleep badly despite his exhaustion? 4. What made him awake with a start?

15. Comprehension work (Questions for discussion ) 5. What did Howe suddenly realize? 6. Was Howe unique in finding an answer to his problem in this way? Are there any other cases in history in which some people found the answers in their dreams? 7. What happens to your mind when you are asleep? 8. How does the unconscious part of the mind express itself?

16. Translation Part III Extended Activities

17. Translation 1. The new education system enables college students to gain work experience while continuing their studies. 2. A writer should draw on his imagination and experience in his writing. 3. After a promising start, the company ran into heavy debt. 4. “Have you drawn up that list of names yet?” “No, I’m still working on it.” 5. Despite the great difference in age, they became good friends. 6. He will not pass the examination unless he works harder. 7. After turning it over in his mind for a whole week, he at last solved the problem.