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SECTION Ⅱ LESSON 1
[教材原文]
Angela Johnson interviews exmillionaire Jason Harley
For a lot of people, becoming a millionaire is a symbol of success and they set this as their ultimate goal. They spend half of their time dreaming up ways of getting rich and achieving the success they expect, and the rest of their time thinking about all the things they will do once they become rich. (1) But do all millionaires get the sense of success they were looking for after they achieve their goals? Some continue to worry about money when they become millionaires — they worked hard to become wealthy, but then they need to continue making money so they don't lose the sense of success they have achieved. However, there are people who have turned their backs on their millions and found other forms of success in their lives. Jason Harley is one example.
(1)本句是一个主从复合句。句中they expect是定语从句,先行词为success;they will do 是定语从句,先行词为things;once引导条件状语从句;dreaming up与thinking about并列;getting与achieving并列。
Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge sixbedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only secondhand furniture. There are certainly no signs that Jason is a rich and successful man! (2) There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees, which Jason enjoys taking care of. He also grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops.
(2)本句是一个主从复合句。that引导同位语从句。
But Jason appreciates this change. He is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing. He made the choice to give all his money away. And this, he said, brought him happiness and a sense of success in life.
“I don't need a lot of money. I don't want to buy more things. I have enough,” said Jason. “What I want is to live simply and be helpful to others. A few years ago, I was a millionaire, but I knew millions of people died of hunger every year, and there were places with no schools and no teachers. So many people could never go to school. They didn't have the chance to learn and get on in life. This worried me a lot and I felt very guilty being a rich man without doing anything.”
Therefore he gave away all his money to charities. Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas. (3) “It was a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success that I had never felt before,” said Jason. “Sure, many people think that ‘success’ means having millions in the bank or a wellpaid job. But I think my sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.”
(3)本句是一个主从复合句。句中whenever引导让步状语从句。
Most people believe when they are living comfortably and earning enough money, they will have no worries. However, most people never feel they have earned enough. Jason Harley decided to drop out of this kind of lifestyle, and he discovered that having only a little money made him free. (4) Are there any things he misses from his past? “No, I'm much happier now, because I am living according to my values. Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.”
(4)本句是and连接的并列句。在第二个分句中that引导宾语从句,having only a little money为动名词短语作主语。
[汉语译文]
安吉拉·约翰逊采访前百
万富翁詹森·哈利
对于很多人来说,成为百万富翁是成功的象征,并将此作为他们的最终目标。他们花一半时间想象各种发财和达到他们期望的成功的办法,另一半时间则用来考虑一旦发了财他们会干什么。但是,百万富翁们都在实现目标后获得他们所寻求的成功感了吗?有些人成为百万富翁后仍然担心金钱问题——他们努力工作,变得富有,但他们需要继续赚钱,这样才不会丧失已经获得的成就感。然而有些人却放弃了他们的百万财富,找到了人生中其他形式的成功。詹森·哈利就是一个例子。
十六年前,詹森是一名大学教授,拥有一套6间卧室的大房子和200万美元的财富。现在他住在一间只有二手家具的小宿舍里。显然没有迹象能表明詹森是一个富有而成功的人!房子外面有一个小花园,种了几棵果树,詹森很喜欢侍弄它们。他还种了一些蔬菜和花。他从慈善商店买衣服和许多其他的东西。
但是詹森喜欢这种变化。他很高兴能放弃富人的生活方式。他厌倦了过别人眼中成功的生活——在很多人一无所有的时候自己却能够拥有一切。他决定把自己的钱财都捐赠出去。他说这给他的生活带来了快乐和成就感。
“我不需要很多钱,也不想再买更多的东西。我拥有的已经足够了,”詹森说。“我想要简单地生活并能帮助别人。几年前,我是百万富翁,但我知道每年有数百万人死于饥饿,而且有些地方没有学校和老师。很多人永远不能上学。他们没有接受教育和开启新生活的机会。这让我非常担心,作为一位富人不能有所作为,我感到非常内疚。”
因此,他把所有的钱都捐给了慈善机构。每当他的钱超过两千美元时,他就会给当地街头无家可归的人赠送小额钞票。“这是一种我从未感受过的满足感和真正的成就感,”詹森说。“当然,很多人认为‘成功’意味着有数百万银行存款或高薪的工作。但我认为我的成就感来自于帮助他人并找到生活真正的意义。”
大多数人相信,当他们生活舒适并赚到足够的钱时,就可以高枕无忧了。但是,大多数人从未觉得自己赚够了。詹森·哈利决定放弃这种生活方式,他发现只拥有少量金钱使他获得了自由。和过去相比,他错过了什么吗?“不,现在我更开心,因为我依照自己的价值观生活。衡量成功与否不在于你有多少金钱,而在于你如何理解生命的真正意义。”
[重点词汇]
●基础单词
1. millionaire n.百万富翁
2. professor n.教授
3. symbol n.象征
4. ultimate adj.最终的
5. dormitory n.宿舍
6. furniture n.家具
●拓展单词
1. comfortably adv.舒服地,舒适地→comfort n.&v.安慰→comfortable adj.舒适的
2. fortune n.大笔的钱,巨款→fortunate adj.幸运的→fortunately adv.幸运地→ unfortunately adv.不幸地
3. hunger n.饥饿,饥荒→hungry adj.饥饿的
4. guilty adj.内疚的,羞愧的→guilt n.内疚
[核心短语]
1. dream up 想象
2. worry about 担心
3. take care of 照顾
4. turn his back on 对……置之不理
5. give up 放弃
6. be tired of 厌烦
7. give away 捐赠
8. have the chance to 有……的机会
9. get on 发迹;出人头地
10. drop out 退出,脱离;辍学
[框架句型]
1.that引导同位语从句
There are certainly no signs that Jason is a rich and successful man!
显然没有迹象能表明詹森是一个富有而成功的人!
2.while表示对比
He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing.
他厌倦了过别人眼中成功的生活——在很多人一无所有的时候自己却能拥有一切。
3.whenever引导让步状语从句
Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas.
每当他的钱超过两千美元时,他就会给当地街头无家可归的人赠送小额钞票。
Ⅰ.Read the texts and finish the following exercises.
1.What do we know about Jason Harley now?
A.He works in a college.
B.He lives in a huge sixbedroom.
C.Many of his daily items are secondhand.
D.He plants flowers and vegetables in his large garden.
2.Why did Jason give his fortune away?
A.To help people in need.
B.To satisfy his false pride.
C.To experience a life with little money.
D.To create a chance to make more money.
3.How did Jason feel after donating his money?
A.Sorry. B.Painful.
C.Happy. D.Excited.
4.What is Jason's attitude to success?
A.Fame is success.
B.Money is success.
C.Having a wellpaid job is success.
D.Finding true meaning in life is success.
答案:1-4 CACD
Ⅱ.Understand the structure of the text.
Who
Jason, a college 1. professor with a huge sixbedroom house and a fortune of 2. two million dollars.
Why
He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing.
He wanted to live 3. simply and be 4. helpful to others and felt very 5. guilty being a rich man without doing anything.
What
He made the choice to give all his money away.
How
He 6. gave away all his money to charities.
Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to 7. homeless people .
Results
He's much 8. happier now, because he is living according to 9. his values .
Success is not measured by 10. how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.
[核心词汇]
1.comfortably adv.舒服地,舒适地
(1)comfort vt.安慰;慰问;使……安逸/舒适
n.安慰;慰问;安逸,舒适
discomfort n.不舒服;不安
be a comfort to sb.对某人来说是个安慰(抽象名词具体化)
in comfort舒服地
(2)comfortable adj.舒适的,(人)安逸的
uncomfortable adj.不舒服的,不安逸的
be comfortable about/with sth.对某事感到轻松/惬意
make yourself comfortable请随意,不用拘束
(3)uncomfortably adv.不舒适地
◆[经典佳句]
He can comfortably afford the extra expense.
他支付这些额外的费用毫无问题。
◆[“四翼”考查]——基础性
单句语法填空
①I became uncomfortably (comfortable) aware that no one else was laughing.
◆[“四翼”考查]——应用性
完成句子
②These new shoes are not very comfortable though they are designed for comfort .
这些新鞋虽然是为舒适而设计的,但并不是很舒服。
③The children have been a great comfort to me through all of these days.
在所有这些日子里,孩子们一直是我一个很大的安慰。
④ It's a comfort to know that she is safe.
知道她安然无恙是件令人欣慰的事。
⑤Please make yourself comfortable while I get some coffee.
我去冲咖啡,你别拘束。
2.fortune n.大笔的钱,巨款
(1)运气好(坏)
try one's fortune碰运气
make a/one's fortune发财致富
seek one's fortune找出路
(2)fortunate adj.幸运的
unfortunate adj.不幸的
有幸做某事
(3)fortunately adv.幸好;幸运地是
unfortunately adv.不幸地是
◆[经典佳句]
These two brothers decided to go to America to try their fortune.
这兄弟俩决定去美国碰碰运气。
◆[“四翼”考查]——基础性
单句语法填空
①At the age of four, she fell into an icy river and was fortunately (fortune) rescued by some local villagers.
②My cousin was fortunate to find (find) a job as soon as she graduated from the university.
③We've all heard stories of school dropouts who have made a/their fortune.
④He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone's misfortune (fortune).
◆[“四翼”考查]——创新性
翻译句子
⑤据说,在拜访中国家庭时,早早到达朋友家的这个传统会给主人带来好运和财富。
The tradition of arriving at your friend's home early when visiting a Chinese family is said to bring luck and fortune to the host.
3.get on发迹;出人头地;穿上,戴上;登上(车、马等)
get on/along well with sth.某事进展顺利
get on/along well with sb.与某人相处融洽
get across 被理解,使人了解
get down to doing sth.静下心来做某事
get off下(车、飞机等)
get over做完;克服
get rid of除掉,摆脱
get through接通(电话);完成;通过
get together聚会
get up 起床;起身
◆[经典佳句]
In the morning, all the girls in our school got up very early because we couldn't wait to get on the bus.
第二天早上,我们学校所有的女孩很早就起床了,因为我们等不及要上车。
◆[“四翼”考查]——应用性
用get短语的适当形式填空
① —The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.
—Don't worry. We have already got through two thirds of it.
②If we can get over our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.
③Despite all this progress we have made so far, there is still much to do. Let's get down to it.
④Many accidents resulted from carelessness, and that's why we must get rid of the bad habit of making calls while driving.
⑤The man talked for nearly an hour at the meeting, but I really don't know what point he was trying to get across .
4.guilty adj.内疚的,羞愧的
(1)be guilty of犯有……罪行
be guilty about对……感到愧疚
(2)guilt n.罪行;内疚
a sense of guilt负罪感;内疚感
◆[经典佳句]
He doesn't feel guilty about asking his staff to work at weekends.
他没有因为要求他的员工周末工作而感到内疚。
◆[“四翼”考查]——基础性
单句语法填空
①Though there was no convincing evidence linking Watson to the murder case, many people believed he was guilty (guilt).
◆[“四翼”考查]——应用性
完成句子
②I feel really guilty about not having written to you for so long.
这么长时间没给你写信了,我感到十分内疚。
③He was filled with guilt at having failed his parents.
他因辜负了父母而内心深感不安。
5.drop out退出,脱离;辍学
drop out of (sth.)退出(某事)
drop back/behind后退;落后;落在……后面
drop off打盹;小睡;减少;下降;中途下车或卸货
drop in on sb.顺便拜访某人
drop in at sp.顺便到访某地
◆[经典佳句]
Why did you drop out in the middle of the marathon?
你为什么在马拉松赛跑途中退出?
◆[“四翼”考查]——基础性
单句语法填空
①Sales dropped off by 20% in the fourth quarter.
②Gradually his strength failed and he dropped behind in the race.
◆[“四翼”考查]——应用性
完成句子
③The family could not afford his schooling and he had to drop out of school at the age of 15.
家里负担不起他的学费,15岁那年他被迫辍学了。
④Let's drop in on Nick when we're in Bristol, shall we?
我们到布里斯托尔的时候顺道拜访一下尼克,好吗?
⑤My friend David fell down near the finishing line and injured his right leg. As a consequence, he had to drop out .
我的朋友大卫在接近终点线时摔倒了,伤了右腿。结果他只好退赛。
[重点句型]
1.(教材P31)He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing.
他厌倦了过别人眼中成功的生活——在很多人一无所有的时候自己却能够拥有一切。
[句式结构] 本句是一个主从复合句。句中who引导定语从句;while引导并列句,表示对比,意为“而,然而”。
◆[规律总结]
(1)while用作连词时,还可以引导时间状语从句,意为“在……期间,与……同时”,从句谓语动词必须是延续性动词。
(2)while用作连词时,也可以引导让步状语从句,意为“尽管,虽然”,此时while一般位于句首。
◆[经典佳句]
Her singing was full of feelings; the first part of the song was filled with anger, while the last part expressed love and joy.
她的演唱感情丰富,歌曲的前半部分充满了愤怒,而后半部分却满怀爱意和欢乐。
◆[“四翼”考查]——基础性
单句语法填空
①—Are you ready for Spain?
—Yes, I want the girls to experience that while they are young.
② While Tom's very good at science, his brother is absolutely hopeless.
③ While the news has been very good so far, we should also prepare ourselves for any possible risks and difficulties.
◆[“四翼”考查]——应用性
完成句子
④I picked up some French words while I was having a holiday in Paris.
我在法国度假期间无意中学会了一些法语单词。
⑤ While I understand what you say, I can't agree with you.
虽然我理解你的意思,但我还是不同意。
2.(教材P31)Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas.
每当他的钱超过两千美元时,他就会给当地街头无家可归的人赠送小额钞票。
[句式结构] 本句是一个主从复合句。句中whenever引导让步状语从句,此时相当于no matter when。
◆[规律总结]
(1)wherever, whatever, whichever, whoever, however等可引导让步状语从句,可与no matter where/what/which/who/how互换。
Whoever/No matter who wants to speak to me on the phone, tell them I'm busy.
不管谁要我接电话,都说我现在正忙着呢。
(2)whoever, whichever, whatever 除了能引导让步状语从句外,也可以引导主语从句、宾语从句和表语从句。在引导名词性从句时,whoever, whichever, whatever不能用no matter who/which/what代替。
◆[经典佳句]
No matter when you work, you can always find time to study.
无论你在何时工作,你都能找到时间学习。
◆[“四翼”考查]——基础性
单句语法填空
① Whenever/No matter when you go, keep in touch with me, please.
②I'm retired and it would be my pleasure to drive you wherever/no matter where you wish.
◆[“四翼”考查]——应用性
完成句子
③ However/No matter how short the journey is, you always get something to eat on this airline.
不管航程多么短,你都能在这一班飞机上得到吃的。
④He takes his pet dog with him wherever/no matter where he goes .
无论他去哪里,他都会把他的宠物狗带在身边。
⑤These animals are not at all particular about their food. In other words, they eat whatever/no matter what they can find .
这些动物对食物一点也不挑剔。换句话说,它们能找到什么就吃什么。
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