Module
10
My future life Unit 2
I wish you success for the future. 1. forgive
v. 原谅 2. treasure
v. 珍视；珍爱 3. stay in touch
保持联系 4. owe
v. 归因于；归功于 5. pay back
偿还 6. kindness
n. 体贴 7. patience
n. 耐心
Lead in 8. gift
n. 恩赐 9. fair
adj. 公平的；公正的 10. model
n. 模范；典型 11. role model
楷模；行为榜样 12. value
n. 行为准则；价值 13. decision
n. 决定 14. graduate
n. 毕业生 friends kind happy funny nice able humorous clever interesting helpful polite bright strong honest What should a good friend be like? I think that a good friend should be… Thank
… for… Make a home
Prepare… for … Both …and… Help….with… Owe…to… Suggest—suggestion Thank my parents Presentation pay back
kind —kindness patient—patience gift of knowledge be strict with
make sb. do sth. fair —unfair
role models Thank our teachers
Who is likely to be thanked? Think about a speech at a school leavers’ party, and answer the questions. There may be more than one answer. Who is likely to be thanked? Family.
b) Schoolmates.
c) Teachers.
d) Strangers. 2. What is the speaker likely to say? Thank you.
b) Good luck!
c) I’m sorry.
d) Cheers! 3. Which personal qualities are likely to be mentioned?
a) Good behaviour.
b) Bad temper.
c) Patience.
d) Good fun. What’s the purpose of the speech?
a) To thank people.
b) To say sorry.
c) To look forward to the future.
d) To describe personal achievements.
Answer the questions about the style of the speech. There may be more than one possible answer.
Activity 4 2. Which words can you use to describe the tone? careful
excited
humorous
moving
polite
proud
thankful
silly
troubled
warm
worried
仔细的 激动的 幽默的 感人的 有礼貌的 骄傲的 感激的 傻的 麻烦的 温暖的 担心的 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 3. Which words and phrases do you often find in speeches?
a) I wish you success for the future.
b) We’ll always stay in touch.
c) Sometimes you’ve been strict with us.
d) We promise that we’ll never forget … Phrases in this unit.
I’m very proud
我很自豪
speak to sb.
和某人说话
as we all know
我们都知道
It’s time to do sth.
该做某事了
say goodbye to sb.
和某人说再见
be sorry to do sth.
抱歉做某事
in the future
将来 8. all the time
一直，始终 9. stay in touch
保持联系 10. thank
sb. for sth.
为某事感谢某人 11. prepare sb. for sth.
使某人对某事有准备 12. owe … to …
把……归功于…… 13. pay back
偿还 14. be strict with sb.
对某人要求严格 15. from the bottom of my heart
衷心地 Language points 1. How many of us owe our good grades to the suggestions you have made during those long evenings?
我们当中有多少人的优异成绩要归功于你们，在那些漫长的夜晚，你们给我们提出了宝贵的建议？
owe …to… 表示“把……归功于……；欠某人……”。
例如：
I owe my success to my education.
我的成功要归功于我所接受的教育。
I owe 10 yuan to Janet. (= I owe Janet 10 yuan.)
我欠珍妮特10元钱。 2. So from the bottom of my heart, I thank you all and wish you success for the future.
因此我衷心地感谢你们大家，并祝你们将来成功。
这里from the bottom of one’s heart 表示“诚挚地，衷心地”。
例如：
When I said “I thank you”, I meant it from the bottom of my heart.
当我说“我感谢你”的时候，我是发自内心的。 Imagine you’re going to give a speech at your school leavers’ party. 提示： 1. Start your speech by saying: Ladies and gentlemen… 2. Say how you feel. 3. Decide who you want to say thank you to and say the
reason, and say some examples. 4. Finish your speech by giving best wishes for the
future. Writing Ⅰ. 根据句意及汉语提示写单词 1. Please ________ (原谅) me for losing your pen.
2. He really ________ (珍爱) the present his grandmother gave him on his twelfth birthday.
3. If you want to do the work well, you should have lots of _______ (耐心).
4. It is well-known how important a role _______ (模范) can be for us. 5. They thought the good harvest was a _____ (恩赐) from
heaven.
forgive treasures
patience model gift Practice Ⅱ.完成句子 1.王老师，我衷心地感谢你。
Mr. Wang, I thank you _____ ____ _______ of my heart. 2. 他把健康的身体归功于充足的运动和有规律的生活。 He _______ his good health _____ plenty of exercise and a regular life. 3. 现在是我们回家的时间了。
_______ _______ for us ______ ______ home now. 4. 祝你们成功。
I _______ _______ _______. from
the
bottom
owes
to It’s
time
to
go
wish
you
success
Homework Write a speech for your school leavers’ party. Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求则无所获。