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Unit 2
Growing pains and gains
Reading for writing
学习目标
To analyse the structure and emotional expressions of growth stories by reading diary-style articles.
01
To apply learned content to share personal experiences and complete writing.
02
新课讲授
Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the words and expression to help you.
1. What growing pains might the
children be experiencing
2. What gains can they make
disappointed
failure
hurt
grow up
lost the match
disappointed
the part of life...
had an argument
communicate better and resolve conflicts
got bad grades
failure in study can be a motivation for working harder
What happened
Strategy
学习策略：
Pictures can help.
What do you think had happened to her Let’s check the diaries to find out.
Look and guess
21 October 2021
Dear diary,
I had a really bad day. I tried out for the basketball team, but the coach said I wasn’t tall enough. This has been my dream since I was a little girl! I have practised so much, and it all ended today. I feel very bad...
When：
What：
How：
The pain
21 October 2021
too short to join the basketball team
feel very bad
What happened next
Read and circle
17 September 2025
Dear diary,
I was just reading my diary from four years ago. How time flies! Back then, I was so disappointed at being too short and failing to get on the basketball team. I couldn’t help laughing at my heartbreaking words then. Basketball was really a big deal for me. But things changed soon after that.
I was so hurt by my failure back then, and my friends were all worried. “Why not try something else, like swimming or sking ” suggested my best friend. At first, I swam just to take my mind off things. But soon, I fell completely in love with the sport. I’ve won seyeral competitions now and I’ve made a lot of friends. My life has taken a different turn.
It’s great to look back and see my pains and gains with fresh eyes. Growing up will never be an easy thing. But we need to look at challenges the right way.
Now I understand that failure is a part of life. It may fall upon us at any stage in our lives. I have experienced many other terrible moments since then. But I have never felt so bad again. I know clearly that failure lasts just a moment. When one door closes, another opens. Life is waiting for us with many other surprises.
Tomorrow is another day.
failed to join the
basketball team
tried swimming
won competitions
Read and number
How to turn
I have won competitions and made friends. My life has changed. I look back and see my _________
______ with fresh eyes.
Now I understand: 7 __________will never be easy. We should look at
_________ the right way. ______ is a part of life.But it lasts just 10____________.
Growing up
I 1_______________ the basketball team. But I failed because I wasn’t 2________ enough. I was so 3_____________ at this. Then my 4_____________ suggested that I should try something else. I tried swimming and soon fell completely 5___________ with the sport.
Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
Now
Four years ago
pains and
challenges
tried out for
tall
disappointed
best friend
in love
gains
Failure
a moment
1. From what sentences can you see that basketball was really a big
deal for the writer
2. If something “falls upon” you, do you think it’s a good thing or
bad thing
3. What’s the meaning of “When one door closes, another opens.”
This has been my dream since I was a little girl! I have practised so much, and it all ended today. I feel very bad...
It depends. Sometimes it’s bad at first, but may bring growth. For example, the writer’s failure led to new chances.
When one chance ends, another new chance comes.
Answer the questions.
1. What’s the writers’s understanidng
of failure
2. Have you ever experienced a terrible
moment Share it with the class.
Learning to think for question 1
To predict the writer’s feelings, you need to consider: How did the writer feel about the failure four years ago How does she feel about it now What has she learnt in these years
Think and share
Writing task
Write a passage about a time of failure in your life.
Think about a failure in your life. Answer the question below.
What happened
How did it make you feel
What did you do
What do you learn from it
Step 1
Write your passage with the help of the questions.
Step 2
Check. Did you: answer all the questions in Step 1
use the words and expressions
from the reading passage
give your opinion about failure
Step 3
Share your passage with the class.
Step 4
Check your presentation
Present your passage to the class.
Growth’s path is paved with trials,
Resilience turns tears to smiles.
Open minds explore new light,
Words weave stories day and night.
Teams share, learn, and mend each flaw,
Hope blooms where failures saw.
解释：laugh at 动词短语，意为 “嘲笑；因……发笑” ，常指以不太善意或调侃的态度笑对某事/人。
例句：
Don’t laugh at others’ mistakes. We should help them.
别嘲笑别人的错误，我们应该帮助他们 。
1. I couldn’t help laughing at my heartbreaking words then.
Language points
解释： a big deal 名词短语，意为 “重要的事；关键的事” ，用于强调某事/物对某人的重要程度 。
例句：
For children, the birthday is always a big deal.
对孩子而言，生日向来是件大事。
2. Basketball was really a big deal for me.
解释：take sb’s mind off sth意为 “使某人不再去想（或担忧）某事” ，表示通过做其他的事情来摆脱负面情绪 。
例句：
Listening to music helps take her mind off stress.
听音乐帮她忘掉压力。
3. At first, I swam just to take my mind off things.
解释：at any stage 介词短语，意为 “在任何阶段；在任何时期” ，用于描述事件可能发生的时间范围。
例句：
Difficulties can appear at any stage of a project.
项目的任何阶段都可能出现困难。
4. It may fall upon us at any stage in our lives.
Read and finish the tasks.
1. 情景：你的同学在参加演讲比赛时忘词，赛后很难过……
任务：用 “laugh at” 写句子劝大家别嘲笑他，并给出鼓励：
2. 情景：你的朋友因为没买到演唱会门票哭丧着脸，你想安慰他 “这不是什么大事，还有机会”……
任务：用 “a big deal” 完成句子：
Hey, it’s not ________________! There will be other concerts.
3. 情景：你的弟弟数学考试没考好，一直唉声叹气，你想建议他通过做运动暂时转移注意力……
任务：用 “take sb’s mind off” 完成句子：
Why not play sport for a while It can ___________________ your bad grade.
Don’t laugh at him for forgetting words. Let’s cheer him up — he’ll do better next time!
a big deal
take your mind off
当堂检测
Last week, I ____________ my diary from two years ago. Back then, I was ____________ because I failed the piano exam — it was ____________ for me! To ______________ the sadness, I tried painting. Guess what! I ______________ it and now I’m really good at it.
Read, choose and fill in the blanks.
disappointed, fall in love with, look back at,
take my mind off, a big deal
looked back at
disappointed
a big deal
take my mind off
fell in love with
Basic homework:
Create sentences using the new phrases to
describe a new hobby.
Practical homework:
Write a short story (3—5 sentences) in English
about how you found a new direction after failure,
based on your own experiences.
Extended homework:
Try to make a vlog about your story.
Homework

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