Unit 2 Improving Yourself 主题类文拓展阅读（配套教参Word）-【步步高】2025-2026学年高二英语选择性必修第二册学习笔记（外研版·新教材）

本讲义聚焦北师大版选择性必修第一册UNIT 2的新闻报道体裁，核心知识点包括访谈类文本的语篇结构、重点词汇（如millionaire, guilty）及复杂句型（如含定语从句和条件状语从句的主从复合句），通过词汇表、句型分析和阅读理解题搭建学习支架，帮助学生从语言理解过渡到对金钱与成功关系的主题思考。 该资料以Jason Harley放弃财富追求另类成功的真实访谈为载体，通过设计推断态度、概括主旨等阅读理解题培养思维品质，结合词汇解析和句型结构分析提升语言能力，引导学生反思成功的多元定义以涵养文化意识。课中辅助教师开展文本深度分析，课后助力学生巩固语言知识并深化对人生价值的思考。

(选自北师大版选择性必修第一册UNIT 2) Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire 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.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. Sixteen years ago，Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars.Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture.There are certainly no signs that Jason is a rich and successful man! 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. 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.“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 well-paid job.But I think my sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.” 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.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.” 1．What does the underlined phrase “turned their backs on” in the first paragraph probably mean? A．Paid attention to. B．Gave up. C．Became interested in. D．Held on to. 答案　B 2．What can we infer about the attitude of most people? A．They can’t live a free life without enough money. B．They can avoid all the worries with enough money. C．The true meaning of life has nothing to do with money. D．The true meaning of life comes from the ability to earn money. 答案　A 3．What can we infer from the passage? A．People with a lot of money are always happy. B．Jason Harley didn’t like his life as a millionaire at all. C．Jason Harley will become a millionaire again in the future. D．Most people who become millionaires will never be satisfied with their wealth. 答案　D 4．What is the main idea of the passage? A．Most people dream of becoming millionaires to achieve success. B．Many millionaires continue to worry about money even after getting rich. C．Jason Harley gave up his wealth and found a different form of success. D．Success should be measured by the amount of money one has. 答案　C 本文为一篇新闻报道，其语篇意义在于让学生对新闻报道的体裁有基本的认识，其主题意义在于引导学生对金钱和成功的关系进行深入思考。 Jason’s life Sixteen years ago 1.He was a college professor who had 2 million dollars. 2．He lived in a huge sixbedroom house. Today 1.He lives in a small dormitory room. 2．He has only second-hand furniture. 3．He grows a few fruit trees，vegetables and flowers in a small garden. 4．He gets his clothes and other things from charity shops. 1．millionaire n．百万富翁 2．dormitory n．寝室 3．get on 获得成功，事业有成 4．guilty adj.内疚的，羞愧的 5．give away捐赠；分发 1．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. [结构分析] 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。 [汉语翻译] 他们花一半的时间凭空想象各种致富的方法，以及如何取得他们所期望的成功，而剩下的时间则用来憧憬一旦变得富有后要去做的所有事情。 2．Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars，he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas. [结构分析] 本句是一个主从复合句。句中whenever引导让步状语从句。 [汉语翻译] 每当他手中的钱超过两千美元时，他就会把小额面值的钞票分发给当地街道上的无家可归者。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $