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Valuable values
Book 5 Unit 2
Developing Ideas
1. What are the top three things students from this school spend their money on?
The top three things:
books and magazines
school supplies
clothes
2. What else do you think students often spend their money on?
What else do you often spend your money on?
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. (P26)
Among teenagers, there are more and more big spenders.
Sometimes age is no barrier to making good use of money.
Managing money seems vital to younger generations.
What the four jars are.
How the Spending jar helps.
How the Saving jar helps.
How the Investing jar helps.
How the Giving jar helps.
Why the method is good.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Para. 7
Para. 8
Para. 9
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Among teenagers, there are more and more big spenders.
Sometimes age is no barrier to making good use of money.
Managing money seems vital to younger generations.
What the four jars are.
How the Spending jar helps.
How the Saving jar helps.
How the Investing jar helps.
How the Giving jar helps.
Why the method is good.
Part Ⅰ
Introduction and thesis statement
Part Ⅱ
Part Ⅲ
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Para. 7
Para. 8
Para. 9
Two examples of young people’s spending habits
Main Body
Jerry’s money management methods of four jars
Conclusion
The wider aim of the jars
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Organize information from the passage and complete the diagram. (P22)
the opportunity to buy
something you like
your own happiness
the future
that special something you’ve seen in the stores
build for the future
investing in yourself
kindness and helping
whatever cause you believe in
Expressions ( Developing ideas)
人人都不一样
面对
见证
刷爆(信用卡)
和...不同
年龄不是问题...
一收到
史无前例地重要
无法获得
vary from person to person
be faced with
see
max out
in contrast to
age is no barrier to doing sth
on receiving
unprecedentedly
have no access to
在手边;即将到来
眼前;当下
对未来的愿景
类似的
储存……备用;把……放在一边
你认为是正确的事业
有价值的事物的重要性
更能胜任成年后的生活
做出明智的选择
at hand
here and now
a vison for the future
likewise
put/set/lay aside
the cause you believe in
the value of the valuable
be equipped in the adult life
make informed choices
1. Why does the author use the example of Khloe Thompson?
2. How does the passage inspire you to improve your spending
habits?
To support his view that there are also teenagers that prove age is no barrier to making good use of money.
3. Give a talk about your understanding of the values represented by the four jars. Think about which jar you believe is the most important for you now. (Use the smart expressions you learnt in your speech.)
1. I think … and the
reason why I think so is that …
2. I hold the view that …
because …
1. For instance, we can see …
2. Take … as an illustration …
Read the passage and find out the meaning of the title.
■Learning to learn
Wordplay uses the sounds and meanings of similar words in an amusing or clever way, for example: I was trying to discover how lightning worked, and then it struck me! It can also be used to reinforce the meanings of themes: in the title The Importance of Being Earnest, “Earnest” is an adjective as well as a character’s name.
双关语
values:
how much sth is worth in money
how much sth is worth compared with its price
beliefs about what is right and wrong and what is important in life
The title means that the valuable concept of managing money that helps us make good use of money will be discussed here and these valuable beliefs are of great value in our life.
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