UNIT 2 Section Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1-【高考领航】2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第一册同步核心辅导与测评（北师大版）

单元话题 核心素养 　　本单元的主题语境为人与社会中的成功与财富话题，该主题语境主要包括成功的途径、意义以及个人成功需要的品质。本单元主要涉及金钱与成功的关系、金钱的意义等。 思维品质：锻炼学生的总结概括能力。 学习能力：能识别语段中的重要信息并进行简单的推断；能理解听力内容的主旨大意及相关细节；能使用相关单词及句型写人物故事。学会通过看标题、插图、关键词和短语以及主题句获得文章的大意，这有助于理解整篇文章。 文化意识：通过本单元的学习，学生初步形成对成功和金钱的认知。 语言能力：能用得体的英语表达自己对成功和财富的关系的理解。 成功的关键是什么呢？下面文章中的故事会告诉你答案！ Success by failure I had failed again.It was the day of the big marathon.I had decided three years ago to train for the half-marathon event and take home a medal.There I sat，in front of my TV，while I watched others cross the finish line.It was just another in a long string of failures.I had never met a single weight loss or fitness goal and I was majoring in the art of failing. We are a family of exploration and often plan active vacations.It seemed that on every vacation I was the one who couldn't go the distance.Each time I urged my family，“Go on without me.Bring me lots of pictures and videos.I'll be fine just sitting here taking in the view.” I lied.Sick of being left behind，I decided that it would never happen again.Sure I was in my 50s，but surely there was still hope for me.I always spent weeks walking to prepare for our active vacations.I had lost weight many times.I just always seemed to fail to get where I needed to be. But this time I would do something different.I was going to walk a half marathon.Surely I would lose weight and get in shape if I could complete over 12 miles in four hours.Besides，this would be training.Training sounded cooler than diet and exercise.I was revved up and ready to go.I bought the proper gear，checked out what type of drinks would be handed out at the marathon and prepared a lot.I had a plan! Now two years later，there I sat，watching thousands of people of all ages succeed where I had failed.I walked out，angry with myself，sat down and had myself a pity party.I was a master at the art of pity parties，having a great deal of experience in holding them.What was my problem? Where was I going wrong? I stopped and considered each failure，one