unit1 living in harmony

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Unit One

Living in harmony

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What can you see in the music video about the world? war, pollution, heavy smoke, disappearing forest, drying water, climate change, greenhouse effect, global warming… What

does Michael Jackson want to tell us through his song? heal the world, no war anymore, protect environment, live in harmony with people and the nature.

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How to live in harmony with nature?No war No air and water pollution Plant more trees Recycling (rechargeable batteries, stop using disposable/ throwaway chopsticks) Protect rare animals …

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How to live in harmony with others?Show respect to others Always try to help others Stay away from topics where you have strongly different views. Listen to other people when they talk to you. Smile …

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Listening and Respond Living in Harmony Look around you. The world in which we live often seems filled with hate created by (1) fear , (2) misunderstanding and (3) selfishness . We fight with each other; we make war over (4) resources and we desire to have power over others.

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Listening and Respond But there is no good reason to hate. Your neighbors may be of a different color; they may follow a different (5) religion ; or they may have a different culture, but they are still human; they are still (6) worthy of respect. We all live in the same small world; we should aim to treat each other as brothers and sisters.

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Listening and Respond

Look at your own family. (7) Home is . where we find happiness and rest .All things go well in a house if the family members are (8) in harmony and such a family will be filled with love and (9) vitality . As it is said, “Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a meal of delicious beef with hate.” Thus, we must first love the members of our family. How can we love others if we do not love our own family members?

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We can find more than enough reasons to live in harmony with each other. (10) If all . people can live in peace, harmony and love, . then we can work together to create a better . world for all of us .

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Key words

forgiveness ask / beg / pray for (sb’s) forgiveness

temper lose one’s temper keep one’s temper

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Key words

root out 彻底根除，杜绝It is necessary to root out corruption in government.

cripple 严重损坏或削弱，使残废Asia’s economy was crippled by inflation. 通货膨胀曾使亚洲经济陷于瘫痪。 She was crippled in the car accident.

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Key words

cling 坚持，紧握住cling to the hope / belief / idea, etc. He clung to the hope that she would be cured. 他坚定地认为她有治愈的希望。

heal 使愈合，使恢复cure treat P 22

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Key words

tackle handle, deal with, cope withThere is more than one way to tackle the problem.

The question set by the teacher was so difficult that the pupils did not know how to tackle it.

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Key words

flaw

defect完美的，无暇的

flawless

nurture 培育，培养Most vegetables we buy in winter are nurtured in the greenhouse.

Reading aloud nurtures the love of books in children.

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Key words

alternative除了继续下去，我们没有别的选择。

We have no alternative but to go on.

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Have you ever tried to forgive someone who hurt you in some way ?

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Text A “I Forgive You”

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -----Mark Twain一只脚踩扁了紫罗兰，它却把香留 在那脚跟上，这就是宽恕。