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Unit2Success
Lesson1Money VS Success
Objectives:
- Learn some new words, phrases and expressions.
- Read the passage and compare Jason’s life in the past and now.
- Understand the true meaning and value of life.
Key points:
How to use the new words, phrases and expressions.
Difficult points:
Find sentences about Jason’s life in the past and now.
- Lead in: Watch a short video and think about the question
Money=Success? What do you think is success? Why?
Use the phrases below to help you.
Read the text quickly and match the main ideas with paragraphs.
Read the passage again and answer the following questions.
( ) 1. What does the author tell us in the italicized(斜体的) paragraph?
A. A general attitude towards money.
B. Most people’s daily dreams.
C. How millionaires live every day.
D. How Jason treats his money.
( ) 2. The author sets Jason Harley as an example to ______.
A. sing high praise for Jason Harley.
B. explain that there are many millionaires.
C. show that some people don’t want to be rich.
D. mean that Jason Harley is no longer rich now.
( ) 3. What do we know about Jason Harley from the passage?
A. He used to be a millionaire with a huge five-bedroom house.
B. He gave all his money away to live a simple but happy life.
C. He used to be merchant and earned a lot of money.
D. He had no family to take care of.
( ) 4. What made him want to change his lifestyle?
A. He was tired of being a rich man.
B. He lost his job.
C. He couldn’t bear seeing many people had nothing.
D. He felt he had enough.
( ) 5. From this text, we can see that Jason Harley is _______.
A. foolish and old.
B. lazy and stupid.
C. hardworking and poor.
D. generous and kind.
3. Read again. Underline the descriptions of Jason’s life in the past and now. Finish the following chart.
| Living condition
| Feelings about his lifestyles
| Opinions about success
| Past
| | | | Now
| | | | 三.Post-reading
Complete the summary using the correct form of the words and phrases below.
Years ago, Jason was a college _________ with a big house. But knowing that many people were living in poor conditions, he felt ______. Jason decided to _______________ his fortune by giving his money to _________ and helping homeless people to _________ in life. Now Jason lives in a small __________ room. He __________ the change. For some people, getting rich is their __________ goal and a __________ of success, but for Jason, deciding to _____________ this lifestyle made him feel free.
四.Homework:
1. Try to translate the text to your classmate.
2. Write a short passage of your understanding about success.
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