Unit 2 Heroes
What’re the similarities (相似之处) of these people?
They are brave, unselfish
famous(well-known), great,
successful, hard-working,
kind, helpful…
All of them are heroes.
Work in pairs, speaking out
the names of different kinds
of heroes and heroines.
a) a sports or film star you admire
b) someone famous for being brave
and good
c) the main character from a story
Key words
brave calm cruel dangerous
generous honest humorous kind
pleasant smart violent
Using adjectives to
describe a hero or
a villain. ['vilən]
(anti-hero反派人物)
Mr. Zeng and Mr. Bean are
humorous.
Feifei is pleasant and kind.
Li Jiacheng is generous.
The child in Empire’s New Clothes
is honest. Only he tells the truth.
Jerry is very smart.
The Spiderman is brave and calm.
Ben Laden is
dangerous
to the world.
Hitler was
violent and cruel.
humorous
pleasant
kind
generous
honest
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adj.
smart
violent, cruel
dangerous
brave, calm
brave, calm
smart
generous
adj.
dangerous
honest
humorous
pleasant
kind
violent, cruel
Classifying the adjectives as
positive or negative?
Positive: brave, calm, generous, honest,
humorous, kind, smart
Negative: dangerous, violent, cruel
cowardly ['kauɚdlɪ] , mean,
stupid, foolish…
Nemo
Bridget Jones
Finding Nemo
Dr Octopus
1. Nemo
a) Smart but cruel
and violent
2. Bridget Jones
b) Brave and
humorous
3. Dr Octopus
c) Pleasant and
humorous
Guessing games
Try to use the adjectives you
learned to describe a hero or
a villain. You can’t speak out
the person’s name, let others
guess who he/she is .
Useful adjectives:
friendly, thoughtful, creative,
dishonest, active, cool,
gentle, intelligent (clever),
hard-working (tireless),
good-looking…
Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
in1979, dedicated ['dɛdə,ketid] the majority
[mə'dʒɔrətɪ] of her life to helping the poorest of
the poor in India.
• Advice from Mother Teresa
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People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered:
Forgive them anyway.
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If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish,
ulterior motives: Be kind anyway.
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If you are successful, you will win some false friends and
true enemies: Succeed anyway.
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If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you: Be
frank and honest anyway.
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What you spend years building, someone could destroy
overnight: Build anyway.
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The good you do today, people will often forget
tomorrow: Do good anyway.
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Give the world the best you have and it may never be
enough: Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
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You see, in the final analysis, it’s between you and God:
It was never between you and them anyway.
• 人们常常蛮不讲理、不合逻辑和喜欢以自我为中心：无论
如何，原谅他们！
• 如果你很友善，人们也可能会谴责你有自私、不可告人的
动机：无论如何，善良一些！
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如果你成功，你将会有一些虚情假意的朋友跟一些真正
的敌人：无论如何，要成功啊！
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如果你诚实率直，人们可能会欺骗你：无论如何，诚实
率直些！
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可能你耗时经年来盖房子，某人会在一夜之间将之毁于
一旦：无论如何，还是盖吧！
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今天你的善行，人们常常明天就会忘记：无论如何，做
些好事！
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贡献你最好的东西给世界，或许它永远不够：无论如何，
将你最好的贡献出来给世界！
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你看，最后你跟上帝站在了一起：无论如何，你永远不
会跟其他那些人在一起！
Homework
Finish exercise 1,2,3,4,5 ,7on
page 22