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Money VS Success
Would you like to be a millionaire?
If you were a millionaire, what would you do?
If I were a millionaire, I would…
millionaire = success?
Does being a millionaire mean you are successful?
Read the title of the news report and guess why Jason Harley is an “ex-millionaire”.
Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire Jason Harley
Someone who used to be a millionaire
Guess?
Pre-reading
ex-millionaire Jason Harley
Read and Find out his attitude towards money.
Jason Harley’s attitude to money
1. I don’t need a lot of money. I don’t want to buy more things. I have enough.
2. Having only a little money made him free.
ex-millionaire
attitude
Read again. Underline the descriptions
of Jason’s life in the past and now. Use
a graphic organizer to illustrate your
understanding.
Reading And Exploring
1. How did Jason feel when he was rich?
He was tired of being regarded as living a
successful life and felt very guilty。
2. How did he feel after he gave away all his money ?
He felt it was a kind of satisfaction that he had
never felt before. He was much happier.
millionaire = success?
Does being a millionaire mean you are successful?
Complete the summary
dormitory professor guilty charity appreciate
symbol get on ultimate poor free
Years ago, Jason was a college 1._________with a big house. But knowing that many people were living in 2. _______ conditions, he felt 3._______. Jason decided to turn his back on his fortune by giving his money to 4. _______and helping homeless people to 5.______ in life. Now Jason lives in a small 6.__________room. He 7. ___________the change. For some people, getting rich is their 8.________goal and a 9._______of success, but for Jason, deciding to drop out of this lifestyle made him feel 10._____.
professor
guilty
charity
get on
dormitory
appreciates
ultimate
symbol
poor
free
Do you think Jason made a good decision?
Thinking And Sharing
Will you make a similar choice?
In China, there are also some people like these.
in Iraq(伊拉克)
in India
in Syria(叙利亚)
in Africa
In foreign countries, there are many people who are homeless and in hunger because of war, poverty an so on.
Voice your Opinions
If giving away all the money is not the best way to help the poor,
What can we do to make the world better?
Discussion
To make the world better
It doesn't matter how much money you have.
It doesn't matter whether you give away all the money that you have.
What really matters is:
you have a belief that you CAN do smething good to make the world better.
Homework
Write a passage about what you get from Charles after you learned this lesson.
Thank You
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