A: What are you going to do next year?

B: Well, I’m going to take guitar lessons. I really love music.

A: Sounds interesting. I’m going to learn another foreign

language.

B: Are you? Great! But foreign languages are not for me.

1b

1. learn to play the piano2. make the soccer team 3. get good grades 4. eat healthier food 5. get lots of exercise

foreign adj. 外国的 foreigner n. 外国人

1C 1.仔细看图，回答问题。

1) What are they doing?They are talking

2) What are they talking about?

Maybe they are talking about their New Year’s resolutions.

T: Yes, next let’s listen to the tape! You will hear Lucy,Kim, and Mike talking about their New Year’s resolutions. Circle the resolutions you hear in 1a.

1. learn to play the piano

2. make the soccer team

3. get good grades

4. eat healthier food

5. get lots of exercise

Listen and circle the resolution you hear in 1a.

1c

How are they going to do it?

Lucy She’s going to take piano lessons.

Kim

Mike

1dListen again. Write how the people are going to make their resolutions work.

He’s going to make the soccer teammake the soccer team. He’s going to practice really hard, and this summer, he’s going to go to a soccer camp.

He’s going to study hard and do his homework every day.

Make a list of other resolutions and how you are going to make them work. Then discuss them with your group.

1e

Resolutions How to make them work

… …

become stronger get a lot exercise

take piano lessonsbe a musician

A: I want to be a teacher.

B: How are you going to do that?

A: Well, I’m going to study hard and get

good grades.

B: Sounds like a good plan. I want to get

a lot of plan.

I want to be a musician.

How are you going to do that?

I’m going to take piano lessons every day.

Sounds good. I want to join a music club.

Discuss the questions with your partner. 2a

Did you make any resolutions last year?

Yes, I did.

Were you able to keep them? Sure.

Because I practiced soccer really hard. And we made our soccer team.

Why?

2bRead the passage and match each paragraph (1-3) with its main purpose. Underline the words and phrases that helped you decide.

__ To question the idea of making resolutions

__ To discuss the different kinds of resolutions

__ To give the meaning of resolution

答案： 3 ； 1 ；2

指导： 先读这三个主题的意思，带着问题去

读短文。 通读每个段落，理解这个段落所讲的

主要意思。 在相关段落中划出相关的依据，根据

依据确定每个段落主要意思。

第三段： hardly ever keep them. … the best resolution is to have no resolutions!

第一段： It’s a kind of promise. However, promises you make to yourself are resolutions. 第二段： different kinds of resolutions; some…; some resolutions…

Write the letters [A-D] in the correct places in the passage.

A: There are about making yourself a better person.B: For example, a student may have to find more time to study.C: There are good reasons for this.D: The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions.

2c

1. Do you know what a resolution is? It’s a kind of promise. Most of the time, we make promises to other people. (“Mom, I promise I’m going to tidy my room when I get back from school.”) However, promises you make to yourself are resolutions, and the most common kind is New Year’s resolutions. When we make resolutions at the beginning of the year, we hope that we are going to improve our lives. Some people write down their resolutions and plans for the coming year. This helps them to remember their resolutions. Others tell their family and friends about their wish and plans.

1

D

make promise做承诺

write down写下，记下V. improve

改进；提升

2. There are different kinds of resolutions. Some are about physical health. For example, some people promise themselves they are going to start an exercise program or eat less fast food. Many resolutions have to do with self-improvement. ______ Some people might say they are going to take up a hobby like painting or taking photos, or learn to play the guitar. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, like making a weekly plan for schoolwork.______

3

A

B

physical adj. 身体的physical health 身体健康

have to do with…与…相关

take up开始从事；拿起

3. Although there are differences, most resolutions have one thing in common. People hardly ever keep them! ________Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep. Sometimes people just forget about them. For this reason, some people say the best resolution is to have no resolutions! How about you— will you make any next year?

2

C

have sth in common （ with）有共同之处 too…to…

太…而不能…

指导： 1. 首先，阅读这四个句子，掌握其意思。2. 然后，再次阅读每个段落，重点阅读每

个空格前后句子的意思。3. 根据上下文意来确定空格处应填的句子。

Answer the questions with short sentences.

1. What is a resolution? ____________________________2. When do people make resolutions? ________________________________3. Why do people usually make

resolutions? ________________________________ ________________________________

It’s a kind of promise.

They hope that they can improve their lives.

At the beginning of the year.

2d

4. How can people remember their resolutions?

____________________________Some people write them down.

5. How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? _____________Three kinds.

6. Why do you think resolutions may be difficult to keep? __________________________________________________________________

7. Do you think the best resolution is to have no resolutions? Why or why not? __________________________________________________________________

Sometimes they may be too difficult to keep or sometimes people just forget about them.

Because resolutions can help us try our best.

No, I don’t.

2e 找出下面的短语在文中的句子并用他们造句。

have to do with （与 ... 有关） ____________________ _______________________________________________make promises ( 做出承诺 )_______________________________________________________________________have … in common （有共同之处 )_________________________________________________________________write down_____________________________________for this reason ( 由于这个原因 )________________________

take up （开始从事 )______________________________

Good grades have to do with good study habits. Don’t make promises easily if you can’t keep them.

We have a lot in common between us.

Please write down these key phrases.For this reason, I’m late.

When I was 24 years old, I began to take up teaching English.

1. 在……的开端 _________________

2. 写下；记录下 _________________

3. 关于；与 ...... 有关系 ________________

4. 学着做；开始做 ___________________

5. 有相同之处 _______________________

6. 太……而不能 ________________

7. 向某人许诺 __________________

8. 提高某人的生活 _________________

9. 由于这个原因 ____________________

at the beginning of

write down

have to do withtake up

too … to … make promises to sb.

improve one’s life

have something in common

for this reason

10. 身体健康

11. 制定一份每周功课计划

12. … 的意思

14. 多数时间

15 最普遍的类型

16 不同种类的决心

17 开始一项锻炼项目

18. 学会弹吉他

19. 找到更多时间学习

20. 告诉某人某事

physical health

make a weekly plan for schoolworkthe meaning of

most of the time

the most common kind

different kinds of resolutionsstart an exercise program

learn to play the guitar

find more time to study

tell sb. about sth.

1 . the meaning of resolution 决心的意思

2. at the beginning of the year 年初

3. write down their resolutions 写下他们的决心

4. physical health 身体健康 5. have to do with self-improvement 与自我提高有关

6. take up a hobby like taking photos

开始一项像拍照片那样的业余爱好7. make a weekly plan for schoolwork 制定每周功课计划

8. promise themselves 承诺他们自己9. my own personal improvement 我自己个人的提高

Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions? What is it?

My New Year’s Resolution has to do with self-improvement. I’m going to take up violin. I’m going to take violin lessons every weekends.

My New Year’s Resolution has to do with physical health. I’m going to eat less fast food and do lots of exercise.

3a Complete the first two paragraphs about resolutions with the words in the box.

take listen make is help learn are

Resolutions______ promises to yourself. They may______ to make you a better person and to make your life easier. I’m going to ______ four resolutions.The first resolution has to do with my own personal improvement. Next year, or maybe sooner, I am going to ______ up a new hobby. I think singing ______ a great activity so I am going to ______ to sing. I think this will make my family happy because they love to ______ to music and sing together.

arehelp

make

take islearn

listen

1. Ideas for improving my physical health

________________________________________

2. Ideas for improving my relationships with my

family and friends

________________________________________3. Ideas for doing better at school ___________________________________ ___________________________________

get more exercise;

help mom cook meals;

eat more vegetables

play games with friends

3b

make a weekly plan for schoolwork;work hard at math and English

在 3b 中列出三项计划，第一项计划关于身体健康；第二项计划关于人际交往；第三项计划关于提升学习。

The second resolution is about improving my physical

health.

______________________________________________The third resolution is about improving my relationships with my family and friends. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

The last resolutions is about how to do better at

school.

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

3c

I’m going to get more exercise and eat more

vegetables.

I’m going to help mom cook meal and do the dishes.

I’m going to play games with my friends.

I’m going to make a weekly plan for schoolwork. I’m going work hard at English and math

Write about your resolutions: (In each paragraph, write what you are going to do and why.)

1. We’re going to make subway better. Then people

don’t have to drive to work.

2. ___________________________________________

____

3. ___________________________________________

4. _________________________________________

5.____________________________________________

4

We’re going to plant more trees and flowers around the city.

We’re going to go to school or work by electric-bikeWe’re going to help clean the streets and parks on the weekends.

We’re going to use more clean energy.

想出一个计划使你的城市更加干净和绿化

1. computer programmer medicine

2. engineer computer science

3. doctor math

4. basketball player science

5. scientist P.E.

1. 把工作和学科匹配起来，然后造句。

1. I want to be a compute programmer, I’m going to

study computer science.

2. I want to be an engineer. I’m going to study math.

自主完成，组内交流

A: What do you ______ to be when you grow up?

B: I want ______ a scientist.

A: Wow! That sounds cool. But it’s also difficult.

_____ are you _____ to do that?

B: After I finish high school, I’m ______ to go to

university.A: ______ are you ______ to study?B: In Hefei. I’m ______ to study there for four years.A: I think I want ______ a teacher. I’m ______ to teach in Wuhan.

2. Fill in the blanks in the conversation.

want

to be

How going

going

Where goinggoing

to be going

Tomorrow, I’m going to _______________

____________________________________.

Next week, ___________________________

____________________________________.

Next month, _________________________

____________________________________.

Next year, ___________________________

___________________________________.

play soccer with

my friends in the park

I’m going to visit my

grandparents in Shanghai with my family

3. 写出你的计划

I’m going to take up chess in

our school chess club

I’m going to learn to swim with

my uncle. He’s a great swimming player

Ⅱ. 句型转换1.They have a basketball match every Sunday. ( 用 next Sunday 替换 every Sunday)They ____ _____ ___ _____ a basketball match next Sunday.2. We are going to have a school trip next week. ( 就划线部分提问 )_____ ____ you ___ ___ _____ next week?4. I’m, going to, walk, school, not, to, ( 连词成句 ) __________________________________

are going have

What are goingto do

to

I’m not going to walk to school.

3. I’m going to see my teacher on

Teachers’ Day. ( 改为一般疑问句 ,

并做肯定回答）--____ ____ going to see _____ teacher

on Teachers’ Day?--Yes, I am.

5. Friday, what, is, do, going, to, next,

he ( 连词成句）________________________________?What is he going to do next Friday

Are you your

Xiamen is a beautiful modern city. It’s called International“Garden city” (A City in Bloom)What are you going to do to make it more beautiful?

Pair work

We’re going to build a new highway(flyover)

We’re going to build more buildings

We’re going to build a new subway.

We are going to protect the animals.

We’re going to plant more trees and flowers.

We are going to build a new shopping mall.

1. Read the passage after class.

2. Find these phrases in the passage. Then

write your own sentences with them.

have to do with; make promises

have something in common; write down

For this reason; take up

Hold fast to dreams. They will come true one day!紧紧抓住梦想，总有一天梦想会成真。