课前准备：
1 上课要讲的习题：
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2 Watch video clips and answer questions
What does the expression “the glass is half full” refer to?
How is optimism defined and explained?
Does an optimistic female who is dumped by her boyfriend blame herself? What might she think about it?
What is pessimism? Please try to give a definition and explain it.
Discussion after watching：
Should people be responsible for their own happiness? Give an example to illustrate it.
What do optimism and pessimism differ in? Do you agree what the video says about it? Why?
课中PPT
课后作业：
Watch video clips
Answer questions
What is presented in the video in sum? What do you know about it in general?
What is the book about according to the video?
How does the video introduce the idea optimism can be learnt?
How is the point elaborated?
Complete the information for the following statements according to the video.
Learnt helplessness also applies to people: when they learn whatever they do _______________________________, they just stop trying.
Optimists generally achieve more, have a better health, live longer and have ___________________________.
Pessimists give up more frequently, _____________________, have a mindset that they hate life.
pessimists are more likely to get ill after a bad event because their hormones of the person ___________________________ to their immune system and cause their immune system negative.
The thing that separates optimists from pessimists is that pessimists rely on _____________________________________.
“people who believe themselves _________________________ don’t take action to improve their mind”.
Because changing our thinking is _________________________ if you think you can, you will.
Pessimists see the world ____________, and optimists see it as ______________. The best thing you can say about a pessimist is that ___________________, and we need to aim for balance.
Discussion
What are the three things that the author believes determine the success of somebody?
What do you think of the importance of the three things mentioned in the video? Is there the order of importance of them? Why or why not?
