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Unit 2
Onwards and upwards
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U N I T
To know some great people's achievements and their qualities.
To enjoy a poem on your own.
To have a positive attitude in your daily life.
To understand the topic of this unit.
He was one of the world’s leading scientists.
He devoted himself to research.
He suffered from disease that affected his muscles.
His book A Brief History of Time was a best-seller.
Stephen Hawking
Guess who they are according to the tip information.
He was the first black president of South Africa.
He devoted his life to the struggle for racial equality in South Africa.
He spent nearly 30 years in prison.
He played a leading role in the drive for peace and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Nelson Mandela
He was one of China’s best-known twentieth-century artists.
He painted in the traditional Chinese style.
He was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.
He is most famous for his lively paintings of horses.
Xu Beihong
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements
2. What made them successful
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1. Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements
They are Stephen Hawking, Nelson Mandela and Xu Beihong.
Their achievements:
·Stephen Hawking was one of the world’s leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller.
·Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government’s system of racial separation. In 1993, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
·Xu Beihong was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques
with Western composition to reflect a modern China.
2. What made them successful
Their personal qualities of perseverance, willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful.
If you are faced with difficulties, failures, disabilities, what would you do
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in America. Not until she was 19 months old did she lost her sense of sight and hearing before she could learn how to speak. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she finished college, learned how to type and had a good command of French and German. Her autobiography The Story Of My Life has encouraged people all over the world
by now.
Can you list more people who get over difficulties to achieve success And can you tell their stories
Nicholas James Vujicic, (born on 4 December 1982) is an Australian preacher and motivational speaker born with Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. As a child, he struggled mentally and
emotionally, as well as physically, but eventually came to terms with his disability and, at the age of seventeen, started his own non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs. Vujicic presents motivational speeches worldwide, on life with a disability,
hope, and finding meaning in life.
What made them successful
talent
surroundings
education
hard work
attitude
method
Which of them do you think is the most important and why
Listen and read the poem. Answer the questions.
1. What is the key message of the poem
2. Which of life’s difficulties are mentioned in the poem What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”
3. Do you like the poem Give your seasons.
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1. What is the key message of the poem
The poem is all about perseverance, determination and willpower. Never give up especially when things go wrong. It reminds us that there are elements of success within every failure, so we mustn’t quit whatever difficulties we may encounter in life.
2. Which of life’s difficulties are mentioned in the poem What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”
Things sometimes go wrong; the road seems all uphill; the funds are low and the debts are high. Within each failure are lessons that must be learnt in order to succeed. On the road to success, you have to experience failure first. In other words, “failure is the mother of success”.
3. Do you like the poem Give your seasons.
Your own answers.
Listen and read the poem. Pay attention to the rhyme (韵律).
The authorship of “Don’t quit” is debatable(有争议的). It could have been written by a nineteen-year-old man, Ben Lief in 1920, a fifteen-year-old girl named Alice Enzie Zimmerman in 1948, or a hospitalized man named Frank Collins in 1952. Other people have claimed online that they wrote “Don’t quit”, but none of these claims have been proven. The poem is sometimes attributed to Edgar Albert Guest, a poet who immigrated to the US from England, and who wrote a very similar poem called “See it through”.
Some mottos that inspire people not to give up.
True mastery of any skill takes a lifetime.
对任何技能的掌握都需要一生的刻苦操练。
Sweat is the lubricant of success.
汗水是成功的润滑剂。
If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.
如果你竭尽全力，你就不用担心失败。
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
能量和坚持可以征服一切事情。
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
勇敢永远不过时。
Giving is a reward in itself.
给予本身就是一个奖赏。
Never underestimate your power to change yourself!
永远不要低估你改变自我的能力!
Those who turn back never reach the summit.
回头的人永远到不了最高峰。
Winners do what losers don’t want to do.
胜利者做失败者不愿意做的事。
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. (Charles Chaplin, American actor )
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)
Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。
One needs 3 things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for.
在这个世界我们只需拥有三件事便可真正快乐: 有自己喜
欢的事业; 有所爱之人; 充满希望。
1. Can you understand the title “Onwards and upwards
2. What have you learnt from the great people's achievements and qualities
3. Can you enjoy a poem and its rhyme by yourself
Read the poem loudly and recite it as you can.
Preview the passage “We regret to inform you...” on pages 18-20.
