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Simple Changes for a Vibrant Life

Discover how small changes can transform your daily routine into an exciting adventure. Learn from others' experiences and take the first step towards a more fulfilling life today.

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Simple Changes for a Vibrant Life

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  1. Unit 10Changes

  2. Unit 10 Changes

  3. Unit 10 Changes Lead-in I. Match the pictures with the problems andsolutions. □ □ □ 1 2 3 • Problems • I find it hard tolivewith • other students since they • are too noisy. • B.I am very busy at work • these days and don’t have • time to wash clothes. • C.Although I’m into running, • I find itboring sometimes. • Solutions • Ask them to be quietor find • another place to live. • b. Follow a different route each • day and take up other kinds • of sports. • c. Take your clothes to a • laundry instead of washing • it yourself.

  4. Unit 10 Changes Lead-in C B A b c a

  5. Unit 10 Changes Lead-in II. Work in pairs. Take turns to talk about problems and offer suggestions. Example A: Although I’m intorunning, I find it boring sometimes. B: Why not follow a different routeeach day? When we offer suggestions, we often use: Why not …? How about …? What about …? You’d better … You may as well …

  6. Unit 10 Changes Text A Background Information Hong Kong 香港 香港是中西方文化交融的地方，为全球最安全、富裕、繁荣的城市之一。香港是国际重要金融、服务业及航运中心，继纽约、伦敦后世界第三大金融中心。1997年7月1日回归祖国。 TEXT A

  7. Unit 10 Changes Text A Background Information Easter 复活节 复活节是纪念耶稣基督在十字架受刑死后复活的节日。在每年春分月圆之后第一个星期日。基督徒认为，复活节象征着重生与希望。2013年的复活节是3月31日。 TEXT A

  8. Unit 10 Changes Text A Translation Do you feel bored with your life sometimes? Have you ever thought about making some changes to make life more interesting? TEXT A

  9. Unit 10 Changes Text A Translation Simple Changes for a Better Life 1Like a lot of people, I used to have a pretty fixed routine each day, and I often felt bored and frustrated. I used to dream of winning the lottery and having an exciting life. Then I came across an article that changed the way I think. It said, “You don’t need to do anything major to make life more interesting.Just try a few simple changes.” The article went on to give some suggestions and here are a few examples: TEXT A

  10. Unit 10 Changes Text A Translation • take a different route to work or school; • have lunch with someone you don’t know well; • start a conversation with a stranger every day; • find free activities to do in the evenings and at weekends; • call a different friend or relative every week.

  11. Unit 10 Changes Text A Translation 2 So, I started to make some of these changes. For example, I used to complain that you need a lot of money to have fun. It’s just not true. A quick search on the Internet and in my local paper, and I found lots of free activities – exhibitions at museums and galleries, concerts given by local schools and clubs. In a month I went out three or four times a week, and every weekend, and it didn’t cost me a thing.

  12. Unit 10 Changes Text A Translation 3 Then I decided to put all of these ideas on a website. I was amazed at the number of people who visited the site and left positive comments. Take Jack’s comment for instance: “I’m into sport and I’m quite good at it. But I found that even something I enjoy could become boring. I was definitely a creature of habit. I used to train on the same days, at exactly the same time, and do exactly the same things. All my friends were playing the same sports, so I never met anyone new. Then someone mentioned Mike’s website and I decided to check it out. The advice there was beautifully simple – add variety and you will get your motivation back. Now I do a different exercise routine every day, have taken up judo for the first time, and I’m also helping local kids get into sport. I feel so much more positive.”

  13. Unit 10 Changes Text A Translation 4 So there you have it. Simple changes for a more interesting day. Why not give it a try? What have you got to lose?

  14. Unit 10 Changes Text A New Words

  15. Unit 10 Changes Text A I. Choose the best answer for each question or statement below. 1. How was Mike’s life in the past? A. He used to have a pretty fixed routine each day. B. He seldom felt bored or frustrated. C. He was lucky enough to win the lottery several times. D. He used to have an exciting life. A

  16. Unit 10 Changes Text A 2. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion given in the text? A. Have lunch with someone you are not familiar with. B. Take a different route to work or school. C. Find free activities to do in your spare time. D. Do more physical exercise. D

  17. Unit 10 Changes Text A 3. Where did Mike find information about free activities? A. On the Internet and in the local newspaper. B. On posters in museums and galleries. C. In the local library. D. From friends and relatives. A

  18. Unit 10 Changes Text A 4. Who is the “Jack” mentioned in the text? A. Mike’s relative. B. Mike’s colleague. C. The man who put Mike’s ideas online. D. Someone who commented on Mike’s ideas on the website. D

  19. Unit 10 Changes Text A 5. What does Jack mean by saying that he “was definitely a creature of habit”? A. He had good habits in life. B. He never changed his habits. C. He was trying to change his habits. D. He didn’t realize what his habits are. B

  20. Unit 10 Changes Text A 6. Which of the following words best describes Jack’s present life? A. Boring. B. Peaceful. C. Unstable. D. Positive.. D

  21. Unit 10 Changes Text A II. Check whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Correct the false ones. ( ) 1. It was a comment on the website that changed the wayMike thinks. ( ) 2. Mike used to believe that you need a lot of money to havefun. ( ) 3. Concerts given by local schools and clubs were expensivefor Mike. F the website→an article T F expensive for Mike→free

  22. Unit 10 Changes Text A ( ) 4. When Mike put the ideas on a website, only a few people visited it. ( ) 5. Jack is good at sports and he is now helpinglocal kids get into sport. F only a few→a lot of T

  23. Text A Unit 10 Changes I. Complete the following sentences with words or phrases from the text and then put them in order. 1. Mike came across an ________ that changed the way he thinks. 2. Mike used to do the same things each day and often felt ________ and frustrated. 3. Mike followed the suggestionsand made small ________ to his life. 4. Mike’s life became more __________. 5. Mike put all the ideas on a ________ and many people left positive comments. Order: □-□-□-□-□ article bored changes interesting website 2 1 3 4 5

  24. Text A Unit 10 Changes II.Write a summary about Mike’s experience in changing his life style, using the five sentences above. Makechanges if possible. Tip You may need to use one day and as a result to make your summary more fluent.

  25. Text A Unit 10 Changes Mike used to do the same thing each day and often felt bored and frustrated. One day, he came across an article and made small changes to his life. As a result , his life became more interesting. He put all the ideas on a website and many people left positive comments. _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

  26. Unit 10 Changes Text A Words and Phrases I. Complete the following sentenceswith correct prepositions. • 1. He talks ______ a parrot — just repeats what he hears. • 2. We have interesting things to do in the evenings and ______ weekends. • 3. A quick search ______ the Internet or _______ the localpaper, and you will find lots of useful information. • 4. Then they decided to put all of these pictures ________ awebsite. • 5. He was amazed ______ the number of people who visited his blog. • 6. Several of his friends came: Ben, Carol and Mike, ______ instance. like on/at on in on at for

  27. Unit 10 Changes Text A Words and Phrases II.Complete the following sentences with the correct form of givenwords . 1. Do you have any __________ (suggest) for those readers who love British literature? 2. She was __________ (amaze) at the number of her birthday presents. 3. I must say this is the most __________ (bore) film I have everseen. 4. This strange __________ (create) lives in the depth of the ocean. 5. Swimming is an __________ (active) my wife and I both enjoy. suggestions amazed boring creature activity

  28. Unit 10 Changes Text A Words and Phrases III. Complete the following sentences with the words in the box below. Change the form if necessary. excited mention relative comment definitely 1. So ___________ was the game that I forgot all about thecoming exams. 2. The team will ___________ lose if he doesn’t play. 3. The professor made some positive ___________ on my article. 4. You never ___________ that you’ve changed your job. 5. Her boyfriend is a ___________ of mine. exciting definitely comments mentioned relative

  29. Unit 10 Changes Text A Words and Phrases IV. Complete the following sentences with the phrases in the box below. Change the form if necessary. check out dream offor instance come across takeup 1. Numerous young girls _____________ becoming models. 2. I’m going to ____________ the website that Mike considers very interesting. 3. Roger _____________ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. 4. There are jobs more dangerous than truck driving, ____________, training lions. 5. I _____________ an old school friend in East Street thismorning. dream of check out took up for instance came across

  30. Unit 10 Changes Text A Words and Phrases V. Translate the following sentences into English with the given words or phrases. 1. 他的建议虽然简单但是有用。(advice) His ___________________ but useful. 2. 上次见到她时，我对她外表的改变感到吃惊。 (be amazed at) I _______________________________________ last time I saw her. advice is simple was amazed at the change in her appearance

  31. Unit 10 Changes Text A Words and Phrases 3. 想要知道这家公司的电话，你可以在网上快速查找。 (do aquick search) If you want to find out the telephone number of this company,you can ____________________________. 4. 我尝试了走不同的路线回家，然后去一家新开的餐馆吃饭。(route) I tried to _________________________ and then eating in a new restaurant. 5. 她对瑜伽和集邮非常感兴趣。(be into) ___________________ yoga and stamp collecting. do a quick search on the Internet taking a different route home She is into

  32. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure I. Look at the answers to the question “How often do you listen to music?” Choose the correct expressions of frequency. Then orderthe answers from 1—8 (1 = most often).

  33. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure A. Not quiteoften / Seldom. Maybe once a week. □ B. All thetime / Every time. I can’t live without my iPod.□ C. Hardly ever / Often. I don’t have the time.□ D. Not as much as I used to / Frequently. Maybe only once a month.□ E. Never / Always. I’m more into books. □ F. Quite often / Sometimes. Probably five times a week.□ G. Not as much as I wouldlike to / Every day. Just two or three times a week.□ H. Nearly every / Nearly all day. Usually when I want to relax in the evenings.□ 5 1 7 6 8 3 4 2

  34. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure II. Study the patterns in the boxes below and then translate the following sentences. • I often felt bored and frustrated. (para. 1) • Tom looks better now. • 汤姆现在看起来好多了。 • ③她听上去有点儿难过。 • She sounds a bit sad. 1. 感官动词做系 动词 要点：常见的感 官动词有feel, sound, look等， 可后接形容词做 表语。 我常常感到无聊、沮丧。

  35. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure • You don’t need to do anything major ... (para. 1) • 你不需要做什么大事…… • I’d like to read something interesting. • 我想读一些有意思的东西。 • 他做了些令人激动的事。 • He did something exciting. 2. 定语后置 要点：形容词 修饰不定代词 时须后置。

  36. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure 3. 定语从句中 whom的省略 要点：whom在 从句中做宾语， 若whom前面无 介词，则whom 可以省略。 • Have lunch with someone you don’t know well ... (Para. 1) • 与你不太熟悉的人一起吃午饭…… • ② I don’t know the boy (whom) we saw just now. • 我不认识刚才见到的那个男孩。 • ③ 他就是那个我们经常谈及的人。 • He is the one we often talk about.

  37. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure • I used to complain that you need a lot of money to have fun. (para. 2) • 我过去常常抱怨说你需要有很多钱才能玩得开心。 • ② He explained that train was delayed. • 他解释说火车晚点了。 • 他抱怨这家银行的服务很差。 • He complained that the service of the bank was very poor. 4. 间接引语 要点：在 complain, explain 等动词之后，引 导间接引语的 that不能省略。

  38. Text A Unit 10 Changes Grammar and Structure • ... add variety and you will get your motivation back. (para. 3) • 增加一些变化，你就会找回自己的动力。 • ② Do it like this and you will succeed. • 想这样做，你就会成功。 • ③ 四处看看，你就会发现它。 • Look around and you will find it. 5. 祈使句+and +简单句 要点：祈使句 表示条件，简 单句通常用一 般将来时表示 结果。

  39. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation Have you ever lived in a new place? Is it easy or difficult to get used to the new life there? TEXT A

  40. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation Ben’s New Life in Hong Kong 1Ben, a marketing manager, has moved from Britain to Hong Kong. He writestwo emails to Jane, a good friend back in London, about the changes he has experienced and his new life. TEXT A

  41. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation Hi Jane, 2Just a quick email to say I’ve arrived and am slowly finding my feet. It’s been an absolutely mad few days. Got off the plane and was immediately hit by the heat – just unbelievably hot and humid. I was picked up at the airport by Tony, who works for the company. He was taking the mickey a bit in the taxi because he said I looked like some little boy just up from the country – and I guess I was – with my mouth hanging open, gazing out of the window. I mean, it’s SO different.

  42. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation 3 Anyway, after a couple of days getting over my jet lag and orientating myself a bit, I started at work. Mind you, I can’t say I’ve exactly been slaving away at my desk. I seem to have spent most of my time being taken out for lunch, meeting people and partying! It’s been pretty wild. Better get down to some proper work soon or the company will wonder what they’re paying me for! 4 How’re things with you? Ben

  43. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation Hi Jane, 5 Sorry it’s been a while. Things have settled down a bit since I last wrote. In fact, I’ve been working fairly long hours. People just don’t seem to stop here. When I used to travel into London from the country, I thought the pace of life was pretty fast, but here it’s completely ridiculous!

  44. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation 6 Fortunately, I got through the hard days at the beginning and am used to the life here now. During Easter, the company offered me a free flight back to England, but I thought why would I want to go back to the miserable weather and rubbish food! I decided to cash in my flight and use the money to travel round here a bit. There are some amazing places to visit and I’ve been onto the Chinese mainland quite a bit. The people are so much more in touch with their culture here – back home, people just aren’t interested anymore.

  45. Unit 10 Changes Text B Translation 7 Life here is a lot easier. I have all my laundry done through a service in my block; a maid comes and sorts out my flat every day. It’s not like the service in England – half-hearted and late! Hong Kong is miles better. It’s really efficient. People seem to take pride in what they do. Anyway, gotta dash – got my Chinese lesson. 8 Skype me sometime soon. Ben

  46. Unit 10 Changes Text B I. Choose the best answer for each of the following questions. 1. When did Ben send the first email? A. Before he arrived in Hong Kong. B. The moment he landed in Hong Kong. C. Soon after he arrived in Hong Kong. D. Quite some time after he lived in Hong Kong. 2. What was the weather like in Hong Kong when Ben arrived? A. Cool. B. Just unbelievably cold. C. Hot and humid. D. Hot and dry. C C

  47. Unit 10 Changes Text B 3. What was Ben’s first impression of Hong Kong? A. It was so different from London. B. It was so similar to London. C. It was much better than London. D. It was not as big as London. 4. What did Ben say about his work in the second email? A. It was very busy. B. It was relaxing. C. It was funny. D. It was all about meeting people. A A

  48. Unit 10 Changes Text B 5. Where did Ben go over Easter? A. Back to England. B. To the USA. C. Around Hong Kong. D. To Jane’s home. C

  49. Unit 10 Changes Text B II. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). ( ) 1. Tony was a taxi driver. ( )2.Ben started working on the second day of his arrival. ( )3.Ben spent most of his time learning about the companyrules at the beginning. ( )4.Ben prefers the fast pace of living in London. ( )5.Ben takes Chinese lessons in Hong Kong. F F F F T

  50. Unit 10 Changes Listening & Speaking Warming Up 1. Changing Plans Complete the following questions by choosing the correct words. 1. It’s very hot today. What’s the __________ (forecast / notice) for tomorrow? 2. The temperature will reach 35 __________ (rates / degrees). 3. I prefer an___________ (open-air / open-door) swimming pool to an indoor one. 4. It’s cool today. __________ (How about / Why not) going to the park? 5. I haven’t been to the library recently? Let’s ________ (take / have) the car there. forecast degrees open-air How about take

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