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Unit 2
Lesson 1 Money VS Success
Reading
新 课 导 入
How do you define success?
课 堂 学 习
Warming up
What do you think is success? Do you think being a millionaire means success? Why or why not? Use the phrases below to help you.
to make one happy to achieve one's goal
to live in a/an…way to give money to homeless people
to feel a kind of satisfaction to buy more things
to live comfortably to have no worries
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 do and have a successful family life.
Pre-reading
There is an ex-millionaire, Jason Harley, do you think he is successful? And predict what the passage is mainly about?
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2
Read the news report based on an interview with Jason Harley, who used to be a millionaire. Check your prediction and find out his 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.
While-reading
3
Read again. Underline the descriptions of Jason’s life in the past and now. Use a graphic organizer to illustrate your understanding.
Jason’s life
in the past now
a college professor
a huge six-bedroom house
a fortune of two million dollars
a small dormitory with second-hand furniture
a small garden and a few fruit trees
gets his clothes and other things from charity shops
Jason’s feelings Why
In the past
Now
tired of being a rich person
felt guilty
He had everything while many people had nothing.
Being a rich man without doing anything.
His sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.
Live according to his values.
appreciate his new life
feels happiness and a sense of success in life
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