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新北师大版高中英语选择性必修一Unit2 Success
Lesson 1 Money VS Success
Before reading
What do you think is success?
Do you think being a millionaire means success? Why or why not?
to make one happy to achieve ones goal
to live in a/an … way to buy more things
to live comfortably to have no worries
to give money to homeless people
to feel a kind of satisfaction
Phrases for reference:
Being a millionaire means that I have a lot of money and I can use it to live more comfortably and buy more things. This will help me do what I want to and have a successful family life.
Being a millionaire doesn’t mean success. …
Now let’s read a news report about an ex-millionaire and learn about his attitude towards success.
While reading
Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.
Task 1
Read the news report and find out Jason Harley’s attitude towards money.
Jason thinks that money doesn’t give people a feeling of satisfaction or success.
He feels that only having a little money makes him free, and he doesn’t want to go back to being rich.
He believes that the sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding the meaning in life.
Read again.
Underline the descriptions of Jason’s life in the past and now.
Task 2
past
Today
Jason Harley’s life in the past and now
Sixteen years ago Today
lives in a huge six-bedroom house
Own a fortune of two million dollars
lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture, a small garden with a few fruit trees, some vegetables and a few flowers
Give all his money away to charities. And whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people.
Task 3
Use a graphic organiser to illustrate your understanding.
Jason’s change of life
Jason Harley was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars 16 years ago. Then he gave away all his money to