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Unit 2 Growing pains and gains
Reading for writing
Learning Objectives
1. 在语境中正确认读disappointed, fail, heartbreaking, take one’s mind off等核心词汇。
2. 运用对比分析策略，梳理文本关键事实与作者的情感发展脉络。
3. 树立积极面对失败的人生态度，能够结合自身经历进行个性化表达。
1. What failure have you experienced in your life
2. How did you feel about it
3. How do you feel now
1. Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the words and expression to help you.
Look and say.
1. What growing pains might the children be experiencing
In the first picture, the team might be experiencing a failure in sports. They look disappointed. In the second picture, the brothers might be arguing. They look angry. In the third picture, the girl might be experiencing a failure in her studies. She looks sad.
Look and say.
2. What gains can they make
These experiences can hurt them at first, but they can also make them stronger. Pains can make them grow up.
1. What happened to this girl
2. What was her pain
She failed to get on the basketball team because she wasn’t tall enough. This made her feel very bad.
2. Read the passage.What was the writer’s pain
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...
17 September 2025
Dear diary,
I was just reading my diary 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.
2 I was so hurt by my failure back then, and my friends were all worried. “Why not try something else, like swimming or skiing " 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 several competitions now and I’ve made a lot of friends. My life has taken a different turn.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Tomorrow is another day.
3.Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
tried out for
tall
disappointed
best friend
in love
pains and gains
Growing up
challenges
Failure
a moment
3.Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
1. From what sentences can you see that basketball was really a big deal for the writer
4. Answer the questions.
2. If something “falls upon” you, do you think it’s a good thing or bad thing
I think it’s a bad thing because the expression “fall upon” is used by the writer to describe failure happening to people. This suggests that when something “falls upon” you, it is usually unexpected and unpleasant, like experiencing failure.
4. Answer the questions.
3. What’s the meaning of “When one door closes, another opens.”
It means that if you miss one chance, another will come along. Don’t lose hope!
4. Answer the questions.
Think and share.
1. What’s the writer’s understanding of failure
2. Have you ever experienced a terrible moment Share it with the class.
The writer thinks that failure is a part of life but it lasts just a moment.
Yes, I have experienced a terrible moment when I failed an exam. I felt very disappointed in myself at first. However, I realised that I hadn’t tried hard enough, so I changed my attitude and studied harder. As a result, I passed the next exam.
Think and share.
5.Write your passage about a time of failure in your life .
5.Write your passage about a time of failure in your life .
5.Share your passage in groups and then choose the best one according to the evaluation form.
参考范文:
Last year, I failed to join the school band. During the tryout选拔赛;预赛, I was so nervous that a big mistake was made, Everyone looked at me and my face turned red.I was hurt by my failure. It was painful because I knew I could play well. I was just too shy to showmy true ability.However, I didn’t want to give up, so I practised harder and performed in different public settings.Slowly, I got over my fear of the stage. I also started to think about failure in a different way. It became avaluable lesson and made me stronger, Later, I joined the band successfully.Now I understand that failure is a part of life. It helps us improve. Don’t be afraid of it!
Grammar
Think and complete,Think about the structures of the passive in the simple present and simple future and complete the table.
一般现在时 一般将来时
肯定句
否定句
一般 疑问句
特殊 疑问句
主语 + am/is/are + 过去分词 (+ by...)
主语 + am/is/are + not + 过去分词 (+ by...)
Am/Is/Are + 主语 + 过去分词 (+ by...)
疑问词 + am/is/are + 主语 + 过去分词 (+ by...)
主语 + will be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
或主语 + am/is/are going to be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
主语 + will not (won’t) be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
或主语 + am/is/are + not + going to be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
Will + 主语 + be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
或Am/Is/Are + 主语 + going to be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
疑问词 + will + 主语 + be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
或疑问词 + am/is/are + 主语 + going to be + 过去分词 (+ by...)
Summarise the grammar rules of the passive in the simple past.
一般过去时
肯定句
否定句
一般疑问句
特殊疑问句
主语 + was/were + 过去分词 (+ by...).
主语 + was/were + not + 过去分词 (+ by...).
Was/Were + 主语 + 过去分词 (+ by...)
疑问词+Was/Were + 主语 + 过去分词 (+ by...)
Think and rewrite
Rewrite the sentences in the passive in the simple past.
1. Betty’s dad didn’t allow her to have a lazy day on the sofa.
2. Robert’s mum turned down his idea of hiking alone in the mountains.
3. Sarah’s parents hid her birthday presents in their bedroom.
Betty wasn’t allowed to have a lazy day on the sofa (by her dad).
Robert’s idea of hiking alone in the mountains was turned down (by his mum).
Sarah’s birthday presents were hidden in her parents’ bedroom (by her parents).
Homework
1. Retell the story to your parents.
2. Share your understanding of failure.

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