9A Unit 2 Colour

Reading

★ How do you know about colors?

★ What’s the usage of colors?

Make things more beautiful and

attractive.

★ Do you know the relationship

between colors and moods?

1. When you wear red

clothes, what’s your

feeling?

2. When you see people in

black, what’s your

feeling?

Discussion

3. Imagine you are in a

house painted blue,

what do you feel?

Listen to the tape and answer

the following question:

How do colors affect us?

Colors can change our moods and

make us feel happy or sad, energetic

or sleepy.

1. Blue is a calm and peaceful colour.

2. You should wear green clothes if y

ou are feeling stressed.

3. Blue can represent sadness and pu

rity.

T

F

F

Read the text again and do T&F

questions:

4. Orange is one of the warm colours.

It represents joy.

5. If you are somebody who needs

physical strength, you should wear

red clothes.

6. It’s good to use yellow stationery

when you study for exams.

T

T

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Match the following feelings with

the colours

Warm and sunny

Joy

Relaxed and peaceful

Energetic

Powerful and strong

Purity

Orange

Red

Yellow

Green

White

blue

Orange

Red

Yellow

Green

White

blue

Language points

1. Did you know that colours can affect

our moods?

1) affect 作为及物动词，意为“影响”、“感动”等。

The climate affected the amount of ra

infall.

Dark light can affect our eyes.

2) effect 用作名词 , 意为“结果”、“影响”。

常见搭配为 : have effect on sb

the effect of sth

This kind of medicine has little effec

t on the old lady.

I am suffering from the effect of to

o little sleep.

2. Colours can change our moods and mak

e us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleep

y.

1) sleepy 用作形容词 , 意为“欲睡的”、“困乏的” , 在句子中可以作表语或定语。

I am too sleepy to watch the film. ( 表语 )

He always has a sleepy expression.

( 定语 )

2) asleep 是形容词 , 意为“入睡的”、“睡着的” , 表示一种状态 , 在句中作表语 , 不可以放在被修饰名词前作定语。

I was very tired and soon fell asleep.

( 表语 )

你会填吗？ Jim was so _______. He fell ______ w

hen he was on bed. (sleep)

asleepsleepy

3. It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful colour.

1) calm 作为形容词 , 意为“镇静的”、“沉着的”、“ ( 天气 ) 无风的”、“ ( 海洋等 ) 风平浪静“。

It was important to keep calm when you were in trouble.

It was a calm, cloudless day.

2) calm 作为动词，意为“使平静”、“镇静” , 常见搭配为 : calm down

Try to calm down when you meet an e

mergency.

The sea calmed down.

4. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for mind and body because this coulor creates the feeling of harmony.

1) be good for “ 对……有好处” Doing morning exercise is good for ou

r health. 反义词组为 : be bad for “ 对……有

害” Eating too much is bad for our health.

2) create 用作动词 , 意为“创造”、“造成”、“创作”

Man creates himself.

The news created some difficulties fo

r me.

Zhou Jielun has created another new

song.

3) 注意 invent 与 create 的区别 invent 用作动词 , 意为“发明” , 指

得是创造出前所未有的东西 , 尤其是指科学技术上的发明创造。

Edison invented the light bulb. Bell invented the telephone. 4) harmony 用作名词 , 意为“和谐”、

“协调”。常见搭配为： live in harmony “ 和睦相处”

5. Some colours can make you feel warm.

make 后面可以接“宾语＋补足语”的结构 , 该补足语可以由名词、形容词、动词不定式 ( 不带 to) 或过去分词充当。

We made him the chairperson of our s

chool. ( 名词 )

My father made the room beautiful.

( 形容词 )

What he said made us laugh happily.

( 动词不定式 )

特别提示 :

如果 make 用作被动语态 , 动词不定式to 不可以省去。 Mr Li was made to sing an English son

g at the farewell.

6. These colours give you a happy and co

ntented felling.

1) contented 用作形容词 , 意为“满足的”、“高兴的” , 相当于 satisfied,

在句中作表语或定语。 She always seems very pleased and con

tented. ( 表语 )

He looks at me with a contented smile.

( 定语 )

(2) content 用作形容词 , 意为“满意的”、“心满意足的” , 在句中只能作表语，不作定语。

I was content to stay at home looking

after my little brother.

特别提示：be satisfied with… 意为“对……感到满意”be pleased with … 意为“对……感到满意”

7. Orange can bring you success and che

er you up when you are feeling sad.

1) cheer (up) 用作及物动词时，意为“使振奋”、“使高兴”， up 可以省去。

The good news cheered (up) everybod

y who heard it.

(2) cheer up 用作不及物动词时 , 意为“感到振奋”、“感到高兴” .

Bob cheered up when his father pr

omised to buy a computer for him

as the birthday present.

8. Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it ca

n remind you of a warm, sunny day.

remind 用作及物动词 , 意为“使……想起”。

常见搭配为 (1) remind sb. of sth.

(2) remind +that 从句 .

The photo on the wall reminded me of

the wonderful trip in Nanjing.

You reminded me of my mother.

The letter reminded me that I must

write an email to him.

9. For example, they may use yellow stati

onery.

1) for example 意为“例如”。一般只举同类人或物中的一个为例。可以放在句首、句中或句末。

For example, Nanjing is a city with a l

ong history.

Tom, for example, is my brother's

classmate.

I know many famous people in the

USA---Lincoln , for example.

2) such as 也有“例如”之意 , 用来列举同类人或物。但所列举的同类人或物中的几个 ( 不是全部 ), 常放在被列举的事物之前 , 并且后面不加逗号。

I know lots of colours, such as yellow,

black, purple and indigo.

10. It is the colour of nature, but it is also

the colour of money and envy.

envy 用作名词 , 意思是“嫉妒”、“羡慕”。 the envy 意思为“令人羡慕的人或东西” , 后面常跟 of 连用。

Our swimming pool is the envy of our

neighbours.

Ann is the envy of the girls in her class.

11. Wearing red makes it easier for you to take action.

take action 意为“采取行动” If we don’t take action to protect wild

animals, we will have no animals in the future.

If you take action to change your lifestyle, your health will be better and better.

12. This can help you when you are havi

ng difficulty making a decision.

(1) have difficulty (in) doing sth 意为“在做某事方面有困难“。短语中的 difficulty 通常用作不可数名词 ;

短语中的 in 可以省去不写。 Do you have any difficulty (in) doing

your homework?

(2) make a decision 意为“做出决定”、“下决心”

After the discussion, we made a dec

ision to go to Xuan Wu Lake.

colours

feeling

calm

warm

energetic

strong

blue

white

orange

yellow

green

red

relaxed and peaceful

happy and contented, warm and comfortable

energetic

powerful

colour

calmblue

white

represent

warmorange

yellow

energetic green

strong red

sadness harmony

purityjoy success

sun wisdom

new life and growth

nature, money, envy

power heat

strong feelings

What colour do you need if you have

the following feeling?

1. If you are tired, you need ____ to help

you relax yourself.

2. If you are stressed, you may like to

wear ___ clothes.

3. If you want to get a higher mark, you

can use ______ stationery to help you.

blue

red

yellow

4. If you often feel tired or weak, you

should wear _____ clothes.

5. If you feel stressed, wearing _____

clothes can help you.

6. When you feel sad, you may say “ I’m

feeling ____. ”At this time, you can

use ______ to cheer you up.

green

white

blueorange

Read each paragraph and complete the

following charts.

Calm colours

It’s a ______ and ______ colour.It creates the feeling of ___, so wearing blue clothes or _______ is good for the mind and body.It also represents _______.

It’s the colour of _____.It can help you when you are feeling ______.

Warm colours

(They can give you a ______ feeling. )

It represents _____.

It can bring you ___.

It can ______ when you are feeling sad.It’s the colour of ____and ____.

Some people like to use it when they ___.

Energetic colours

It represents _____, so

it can give you _____

when you feel tired or

weak.

It’s the colour of ____,

but it’s also the colour

of money and _____.

Strong colours

It represents _______

and it’s also the colo

ur of _________.

When you need ____,

red can help you.

Wearing red can ma

ke it easier for you to

________.

Interview some of your friends and

complete the following table.

A B C D

What colour do you li

ke best?

What do you think it

represents?

A B C D

How do you feel when yo

u are wearing something i

n this colour?

What colour do you dislik

e?

Why don’t you like it?

black tea

red letter day

blue Monday

blue films

white elephant

green hand

brown paper

红茶纪念日倒霉的星期一黄色电影徒劳的新手牛皮纸

Do you know these idioms about colors:

例如宁愿… …而不… …做出决定影响情绪感到放松和谐感受带给你成功释放能量

for example

prefer…to…

make a decision

affect moods

feel relaxed

the feeling of harmony

bring you success

give energy

Phrases

Exercises

1. Blue can make us feel and p_______.

2. Orange can make us feel w_____.

3. Green can make us feel e_______,

because it represents life.

arm

eaceful

negetic

4. I like to use yellow stationary when

I study for exam, because it’s the co

lour of w______.

5. Bob is too weak, he needs too much

p______ training.

isdom

hysical

1. --Bob, what about going out for a

picnic? -- Sorry, I’d rather ____ than go

out. A. to stay at home B. stayed at

home C. stay at home D. to

staying at home

2. --- There’s ____ wrong with my watch.

It can work well.

A. anything B. nothing

C. something D. everything

3. Listen to me carefully. Don’t ____ the window. A. look out B. take out C. look out of

4. ---Why don’t read today’s newspaper? --- Because there’s ____ in it. A. nothing interesting B. anything interesting C. interesting something D. interesting anything

5. I ____ living in the country to the city.

A. liked B. enjoyed

C. loved D. would rather

6. “I am feeling blue.” means I am ____.

A. sad B. relaxed

C. happy D. unhappiness

7. Do you have any difficulties ___ the

work in two days?

A. to finish B. finishes

C. finished D. finishing

8. When I saw the photo, it ____ me of

the wonderful trip in Nanjing.

A. called B. asked

C. recommend D. remind

9. Joe looked ____ when he saw in

the sofa watching TV.

A. happily B. relaxed

C. exciting D. sadly

See you

next time