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Lesson 2 P34-35
新北师大选择性必修Book 1
Unit 2 SUCCESS
Do you know the following people? What do you think are the secrets of their success?
Yuan Long Ping
Bill Gates
Ma Yun
J. k. Rowling
Novak Djokovic
1
Who do you think are successful people? What do you think are the top secrets of success?
to be ambitious
to be passionate
to have a clear goal
to keep trying
...
Example:
I think being ambitious in what you do is a top secret of success.
2
You are going to listen to a talk called “Top Five Secrets of Success”. Before listening, predict the possible secrets of success for the representative figures listed in Activity4.
3
Listen and check your predictions. Then write down the five secrets you hear in the first column in Activity4.
Answers:
1. Be passionate.
2. Be confident.
3. Work hard.
4. Set your goal high.
5. Keep trying.
4
Listen again and complete the supporting facts along with the five figures achievements. When you finish, check with your partner.
Secrets Representative
figures Supporting
facts Achievements
1. Yuan Long Ping, the father of hybrid rice For more than 50 years, he His research has not only helped China find a way to remove hunger but also
Be passionate
has devoted to his life to rice production.
contributed to world peace and social progress.
2. Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba ...everybody thought he was crazy. Alibaba has not only become the biggest online sales company
3. Bill Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft For about five years, when he was a teenager, His hard work gave him a big advantage over other people and
Be confident
Work hard
But he was confident that this company would be successful
he spent 10,000 hours working on a basic computer.
in the world but it changes people’s shopping habits as well.
he became one of the founders of Microsoft by the age of 20
4. Novak Djokovic, one of the best tennis players At the age of five, Novak Djokovic decided he didn’t want to be Djokovic, aged 24, won
5.
J. k. Rowling