(
课件网) Unit 1 The secrets of happiness Developing ideas (Reading for writing) 2026外研版七下 What are the secrets of happiness Review Love is the key to happiness. What are the secrets of happiness Review Stay positive is the key to happiness. How can we get happiness Lead in Making new friends. How can we get happiness Lead in Helping others Let’s enjoy the video Free Talk Look at the title and pictures and predict what the passage is about A girl or a boy keeps his hair long. The hairgrows but it says “ growing happiness.” Why Maybe he/ she just grows his/her hair to offer help to others. Now he/she cut it short. Why Do something good to others with his/her hair. Tip 1: The title and the picture usually tell us the main idea of a passage. Pre-reading 1. What is the passage A. a poster B. a blog C. a story D. an ad. 2. Who are mentioned in the passage Zhou Jian The person who keeps the hair The children The people who receive the hair 3. How can “happiness” come from in this passage Growing hair helping others in need Growing happiness 1 The wind was strong. Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him: "Is that a boy or a girl " He shook his head. "Just one more month!" he said to himself. 2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him. But he never felt any shame. 3 Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. Day after day, hope grew together with his hair. 4 Finally, the time came. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers were very surprised. "Please cut it short and give me the hair," he said. The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office. 5 A week later, he received a letter: 6 Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror. He remembered the words of Plato: "Happiness springs from doing good and helping others." He smiled and said to himself, "It's time to grow happiness again." 2.Read the passage and match the main idea with each part. the experience during cutting the hair the problems before cutting the hair the result after cutting the hair part 1 beginning part 2 process(过程) part 3 ending Careful-reading Read the first part and tick( √ ). 1). How does Zhou Jian feel about people’s laugh A. shame B. angry C. ignored D. unhappy 2) How long has he kept his long hair A. For two years. B. For one month. C. For over two years. D. For over one month. 3) What did Zhou Jian do with his hair A. He cuts hair cut and leaves it in the shop. B. He has his hair cut and take it away carefully. C. He wasn’t willing to cut his hair. D. He was unhappy because the barber cut too short. 忽视 Careful-reading Read the second part and tick( √ ). 1). What did Zhou Jian do with his hair A. help the kids in need. B. sell for money. C. make wigs for beauty. D. ... ...
