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Unit 2 Success(Lesson 1)
Lesson 1 Money vs Success
Teaching Objectives
1. Read and talk about money vs success.
2. Read for general understanding.
3. Read for specific information and understanding words in context.
4. Connect with the reality and express your own views on money and success.
Money = Success
1.What do you think is success
Step 1 Pre-reading
Activity 1 Activate and share
2. Do you think being a millionaire means success Why or why not
to buy more things 购买更多东西
to live in a /an…way 过一种…的生活
to feel a kind of satisfaction 有满足感
to live comfortably 生活舒适
to achieve one's goal 实现目标
to give money to homeless people 布施无家可归的人
to make one happy 让人开心
to have no worries 无忧无虑
The phrases you can use:
Activity 1 Activate and share
1. What do you think is success
S1:Success is having a career that you love, a certain social status, and a good reputation and influence.
Activity 1 Activate and share
1. What do you think is success
S2: Success should be a positive social impact. Some people do succeed, but they have a bad reputation. They are influencing the world in a negative way. They do not transmit love and warmth to this society. Even though they make a lot of money, they’re not what we call successful persons.
Activity 1 Activate and share
2. Do you think being a millionaire means success Why or why not
S: Being a millionaire means that I have a lot of money and I can use it to live more comfortably and buy more things. However, it doesn’t mean success. Some people have money, but their spiritual life is very scarce, and it cannot be said that this person is successful.
Activity 1 Activate and share
Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire Jason Harley
What is the text type of the passage
News report:
Read the leading part and find out two opposite attitude towards money and success.
headline
leading
main body
Attitudes towards money and success
Step 2 While-reading
Activity 1 Read and get
A lot of people’s attitude:
Becoming a millionaire is a symbol of success.
Jason Harley’s attitude:
Turning back on million and finding other forms of success is real success.
A lot of people’s attitude:
Becoming a millionaire is a symbol of success.
Jason Harley’s attitude:
Turning back on millions and finding other forms of success is real success.
main body
Read the main body and find out Jason Harley’s attitude towards money.
Activity 1 Read and get
The sentences that describe Jason’s attitude towards money.
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.
The sentences that describe Jason’s attitude towards money.
It was a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success that I had never felt before.
He discovered that having only a little money made him free.
Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.
Jason Harley’s 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.
Activity 2 Extract and share
Find out the descriptions of Jason’s life in the past and now.
Material life
Jason gave away all his money to charities
The Past
The Present
Spiritual life
Activity 2 Extract and share
Find out the descriptions of Jason’s life in the past and now.
a millionaire;
a college professor;
a huge six-bedroom house;
a fortune of two million dollars.
an ex-millionaire;
a small dormitory room;
only second-hand furniture;
a small garden;
buying his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops.
Material life
The Present
The Past
Jason gave away all his money to charities
Activity 2 Extract and share
Find out the descriptions of Jason’s life in the past and now.
was tired of being regarded as living a successful life;
worried him a lot;
felt very guilty being a rich man without doing anything.
made him free;
brought him happiness and a sense of success in life;
gave him a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success;
felt much happier now.
Jason gave away all his money to charities
The Past
The Present
Spiritual life
Describe Jason’s change of life based on your
graphic organiser.
More money
Less happiness
More happiness
Less money
Jason gave away all his money to charities
The Past
The Present
Material life
Spiritual life
Describe Jason’s change of life based on your graphic organiser.
Jason’s lifestyle has changed dramatically. He gave away all his money to charities, but he appreciates this change. And this brought him happiness.
1.How did Jason feel when he was rich Why
2.Why did he give away all his money to charities
3.How did he feel after he gave away all his money to charities Why
Activity 3 Read and answer
Read again and answer the following questions.
Read the quotes from Jason Harley. What can we infer from his words
Activity 4 Discuss and share
Read the quotes from Jason Harley. What can we infer from his words
The lifestyle Jason wants to choose.
His sympathy to the people in trouble.
Jason’s opinions about real success.
He realizes his own value.
Jason appreciates the change he made. He feels happy to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He is pleased to help others, and he thinks helping others will make him feel happy and realize the value of his life. When he has money, his spiritual world is not satisfied, and helping others allows him to achieve self-realization.
Read the quotes from Jason Harley. What can we infer from his words
How does the author organize it Summarize the maid idea of each part.
Step 3 After reading
Activity 1 Structure of the interview
News report
Different opinions on success
Jason’s life in the past and now and his attitude towards money
Comments on Jason's choice of life
How does the author organize it Summarize the maid idea of each part.
1. Do you think Jason made a good decision Will you make a similar choice
2. Do you think Jason is successful In which aspects is he successful/unsuccessful
Answer the questions with the help of the graphic organizer and the expressions we learnt.
Activity 2 Think and share
Activity 2 Think and share
S: Jason made a good decision because now he lived in a simple way and this brought him happiness. He felt a kind of satisfaction that he had never felt before.
1.Do you think Jason made a good decision Will you make a similar choice
S: Yes, they will, because they want to help other people in need, which makes them feel they are the persons who contribute to the society. In many cases, to help others at the same time is actually to help themselves.
Will you make a similar choice
S: Jason is successful, because he said giving all his money away and helped others, which brough him happiness. It was a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success that he had never felt before. He was living according to his values and he understood the true meaning in life. Therefore, Jason is successful.
2. Do you think Jason is successful In which aspects is he successful/unsuccessful
Money = Success
Activity 3 Debate competition
Proponent(正方):Money=Success
Opponent (正方):Money ≠ Success
You can speak and express the opinions and comments freely.
For Jason Harley—helping people and living according to his values.
For a child—going to Disneyland.
For people such as Yuan Longping—making contributions to the world and human beings.
For us senior secondary school students now—going to your dream universities.
Activity 3 Debate competition: Money vs Success
Qualities can contribute to success
Success
Strong-willed
Understanding
Caring
Capable
Enthusiastic
Selfless
Supportive
Money is important, but spiritual pursuit is often more important than money. A person's success cannot be measured in money alone. We have to pursue success in the true sense of the word.
Step 4 Summary & emotional education
Write a short passage about your views on Money vs Success.
Step 5 Homework