课件19张PPT。dieEuphemismA euphemism is usually a polite way to say some-
thing embarrassing or unpleasant. To make a
euphemism, you replace words that are considered
harsh,blunt or offensive with other words that are
less direct or more vague.We often use euphemism to express taboo or
very sensitive subjects.His grandfather passed away last week. The
funeral will be held this Friday.
“Pass away” means_________________.When Sinclair joined in 1959, membership
was falling, and the society was on its last legs.
“On one’s last legs” means ________________ _______________________________________.to die near a state of
collapse or death.Last year, my father set up a club for Senior
Citizens. Once a week, they meet up and play
cards.
“Senior Citizen” means _________________. The school is for people who are physically
challenged.
“physically challenged” means____________
______________________________________.an old person people with
a physical disability.He was only 14 years old and was already
a juvenile delinquent. He would spend his
next 10 years in prison.
“a juvenile delinquent” means__________
____________________________________.2.We often use euphemism to raise the status
of someone or something.The sanitary workers cleaned the hospital.
“Sanitary worker” means_______________
________________________________. a young
person who has committed a crime a person who
cleans dirty placesClive Sinclair is the man who brought technology
to the man in the street.
“the man in the street” means _______________
_________________________________________.My father has a lot of free time because he is
between jobs at the moment.
“between jobs” means______________________
_________________________________________. ordinary working
class people unemployed3.We often use euphemism to indicate situations
not fit to express directly in public. I am just going to wash my hands.
“wash one’s hands” means ________________.The film was famous for having the highest
body count of any war film.
“body count” means_______________________
________________________________________.The murderer would spend the rest of his life in
The city’s correctional facility.“Correctional facility” means ______. to go to the toilet the number of dead bodies
found at a scene a prisonI'm goin' to answer the natural call.I'm goin' to make some water .I'm gonna pee.The boy is a bit slow for his age.(The boy is stupid.)He?is?a?bicycle?doctor. He mends bicycles. Nowadays?many?weight-watchers
? would?like to?go?to?the?gym.? 如今有不少胖人喜欢到健身房去锻炼。 Social?diseases?are?on?the?
increase in?Hong?Kong.?
香港的性病比以往增多了。? P41.A. Answers:1.body count 2.protective custody3.being economical with the truth 4.a confidential source 5.passed away 6.golden years 7.senior citizens8.downsizing9.sanity workersB. Answers:1.c 2.b 3.a 4.f 5.g 6.e 7.h 8.dHe is not a grave man until he is a grave man. grave有两个含义，一个是“严肃的”(形容词)，一个是“坟墓”
(名词)，因此这句话的意思是：他不是一个严肃的人，除非
他躺到坟墓里，才能严肃起来。 They pray for you today and
prey on you tomorrow. 他们今天为你祈祷，明天就会加害于你。 课件9张PPT。Read the transcript of a speech “ My father ,
my hero” and match column A with column B.
ABPart 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
What I value about my father.My father’s constant care about me and my
brotherMy father’s hard childhood.My father made the best Christmas for us.My father helps in our local community.My father helped his friend’s son go on study.My father’s optimism. My father’s good qualities of success.Read “my father, my hero” and answer the following
questions.
1.What makes a successful father? Money, fame or love?
2.How does the father help the community?Love.He set up a committee to help elderly people in the area.
This committee arranges for people to cook healthy food
Like bean curd and fresh green vegetables for the local
Elderly people.He also helps arrange a social afternoon
once a week at the community centre to enter-
tain the elderly. Find out as many good qualities as you can in the
transcript. You will get one pear in your basket
for each merit you find.1.Who will you write your speech about?
2.Why is the person successful?
3.What qualities does the person have that make
him or her successful?
4.Will you interview this person?
5.How long will you speech be?
6.How will you practise your speech?Answer the following questions课件13张PPT。taskSkill building 1:Listening to announcements.When you are listening to an announcement, you need to listen for
important content or details .Fill in the blanks with the information
you get from the book. 1._______________________________________________________.
2._______________________________________________________.
3._______________________________________________________.
4._______________________________________________________.
5._______________________________________________________.
6._______________________________________________________.
7._______________________________________________________.
8.________________________________________________________.dates/timesplaces names addresses(including e-mail addresses) telephone numbers websites time frames/schedules instructionsStep 1: taking notes about a speech competition .Listen to an announcement for a speech competition and fill in
the blanks in your book.
Answers:B. Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks in your book.
Answers:
1._____________________________________________________.
2._____________________________________________________.
3._____________________________________________________.
4._____________________________________________________.C. Read the text “success” and find out tips for being successful.Answers:
1.optimistic 2.motivation 3.creativity
4.reading 5.practicing6.self-confidence
7.look people in the eye 8.smile confidentlySkill building 2: responding to advice.Find out the three tips when responding to advice.1. Listen actively. 2. Ask questions for clarification.3. Express thanks.Step 2:responding to advice about the speech
competition. A sample dialogue:S:Hello, sir. I’d like very much to take part in the speech
competition. Could you give me some advice?
T:Sure.
S:I want to choose a poem. But I don’t know how.
T:You can read some poetry books or look on the internet. There
are a great many good poems there.
S:Thank you, sir. Which story should I write about ?
T:That’s a good question.You’d better choose something interesting
that happened in your life.
S:You mean the real thing in my life?
T:That’s it. Real experience brings about real feelings. People tend
to be easily touched by this kind of stories.S:Thanks a lot. Now I know what to write about. How much
practice do I need ?
T: A lot. It’s useful to practise in front of a mirror or record your
voice . You can listen to it and improve yourself.
S:I do feel a bit nervous when thinking about the speech competition.
How can I overcome my nerves?
T: Take it easy. Stay calm. You may take deep breathing exercises
before your speech. When you come to the stage, you may just
look at one point of the audience. Just look at those who smile to
you.
S:Oh, I see. That’s very kind of you .But I still don’t know how to
act on stage.
T: You should choose your clothes carefully. Your speech not your
clothes will catch the audience’s eyes. You should be confident, stand up straight and most important
of all, be natural.Whatever you say or do should be natural. Just
open your mouth and act as usual. It’s easy to do. Remember , this
is the key to success.
S:Thank you so much. You are very experienced . Now I am very
confident. Any other advice?
T:Oh, listen carefully to the instructions. Go to the stage when it
is your turn. Don’t miss it.
S:OK. Thank you. Bye!
T: Bye!Act out the sample dialogue first and then make up your own ones
to act out in class.Step 3: Writing your recipe for success.In order to be successful at something, it is important to have
a plan. Which aspects would you think about?
1.__________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________
________________Overall aim/what you want to achieve.Qualities you need to develop.What research you need to do.Any advice you may need from successful or experienced
people.My recipe for successOverall aim.My aim is to win first place in the __________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.My recipe for successQualities I need to develop.Qualities that are important include being motivated, creative
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.My recipe for successResearch In order to succeed, I need to work hard at my English skills,
particularly
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.My recipe for successAdvice If I am to be successful, I need to remember to have confidence
and look
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.课件16张PPT。Read the radio transcript quickly and
Answer the following questions: 1.When was Clive Sinclair born?
2.What was Clive’s first job?
3.What society was Clive chairman of ?on 30 July 1940.An assistant editor for a magazine called
Practical Wireless.British Mensa (the high IQ society)Read the text quickly and decide
which of the following can best
express the main idea of the text.Sir Clive’s stories.
B. Sir Clive’s mini inventions.
C. How Sir Clive ran his company.
D. Sir Clive Sinclair’s life and inventions.
Reading Strategy : Understanding the topic sentence or
theme.
精确地概括全文，防止外延太大
或以偏概全。如上题中的A项：
Sir Clive’s stories. 外延太大；B
项 Sir Clive’s mini inventions.和
C 项How Sir Clive ran his comp-
any 是本文当中的具体事例，为
以偏概全。只有D选项，能够精
确地概括全文。
Read Para One and chose the correct
topic sentence for it.
Sir Clive Sinclair was a famous British
businessman and inventor.
B. Clive’s brilliant Childhood.
C. Clive got a job at 17.
D. Sinclair invented the calculator and was
saddened.Read Para Two and chose the correct
topic sentence for it.
Sinclair was unfortunate.
B. How Clive’s ran his first company.
C. Sinclair produced his pocket radio
in bulk.
D. Sinclair registered his own company.Read Para Three and chose the correct
topic sentence for it.
Sinclair was the first to make pocket-
sized things in the world.
B. Sinclair’s computer cost only 100 pounds.
C. Sinclair’s company expended rapidly.
D. Clive was very talented at making little
things. Read Para Four and chose the correct
topic sentence for it.
Sinclair became chairman of British
Mensa.
B. How Sinclair saved Mensa as a chairman.
Sinclair paid personally for an annual
Mensa conference at Cambridge.
D. Sinclair has been an inventor and a
business man.Read Para Four and chose the correct
topic sentence for it.
Sinclair became chairman of British
Mensa.
B. How Sinclair saved Mensa as a chairman.
Sinclair paid personally for an annual
Mensa conference at Cambridge.
D. Sinclair has been an inventor and a
business man.The following is a timeline of important dates in
Sinclair’s life. Fill in what happened in each year.He got a job as an assistant editor for a magazine.Sinclair registered his own company.He launched the world’s first pocket calculator.He launched the world’s first digital watch.He launched the world’s first pocket TV.Sinclair showed off the ZX80 computer.Sinclair launched his C5 car.Read Para Five and fill in the blanks.Cinclair has been successful because _________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________.he possessed a combination of intelligence and
determination that allowed him to realize his
dream of making electronic goods available to
everyone.C1: How well did you understand the details of the transcript? Read the text again if you do not know the answer.(page 36)Answers:1. They were both engineers.2.Because he decided that university would teach him
nothing new.3.The pocket-sized radio.4.To produce in bulk and sell cheaply his pocket radio.5.Because the computer was very cheap, which cost less
than 100 pounds.6.It proved more useful for playing computer games on.7.His C5 car.8.It demonstrated that Sinclair had skillful leadership
and strength of personality. D: Find these new words in the transcript of the radio programme . Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with their correct definitions. Answers:1. b2.f3.h4.c5.e6.g7.d8.aE: Licheng wrote an article about Sir Clive Sinclair for the school
Magazine . Complete the article with the words in the box below.Answers:(1) inventing(2) educating(3)electronic(4) registered(5) radio(6) expanded(7) electricity(8) unfortunately(9) membership(10) honouredF . What do you think about Sir Clive Sinclair’s life
and success? Discuss the questions below with
your partner. Using the following conversations
as an example.1.Why is it important to learn about successful people?2.What does success mean to you?3.How do you think you can achieve success?Language focus:1.—the man who brought technology to the man in the street.2.Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time
educating himself.3.Sinclair’s big picture was to produce in bulk and to sell cheaply
so that everyone could afford electronic goods.4.As soon as he advertised , the company was flooded with
demands for the little , cubic-shaped radios.5.The company expanded rapidly, and he even had to open a new
center in the USA to cope with the increased demand.06.He was honoured in 1983 with a knighthood from the Queen
of England in recognition of his efforts and achievements.课件19张PPT。Please say some words of
qualities related to success.Examples:hardworking intelligent …Please say some words of
qualities related to failure.Examples:lazy careless …1.perseverance 2.ambition3.confidence4.motivation5.energy6.enthusiasm7.interpersonal skills8.organization9.sense of humour10.helpWhat does “perseverance” mean
according to the text? Answer:This means I never give up, even when
things go wrong. However much I get
knocked back, I just try again. Adj:perseverantExamples: Perseverance is a good quality to success. I
am perseverant. Adj:ambitiousExamples: He had great ambition when he was young.
As he grew old, he wasn’t that much ambitious.adj:confidentExamples: I wasn’t good at English at first. Then I got
confidence from my English teacher. And now
I am very confident.adj:motivatedExamples: The president told us that we needed
motivation if we wanted to do things
well. After his lecture, I got motivated.adj:enegeticExamples: John is full of energy. He is energetic.adj:enthusiasticExamples: When I met him, I was very much touched
by his enthusiasm.
She takes an enthusiastic attitude towards
life.Examples: A good manager needs high interpersonal
skills.Examples: Our monitor is a man of organization. He
can do most of the things that our head-
teacher should do.Examples: The politician has a good sense of humour.
He is a humorous man.Adj:humorousExamples: If you often give others help, you are a
helpful person.Adj:helpfulCareless
Lazy
Mean
Aimless
Dishonest
Unkind
Friendly
Impolite
unfriendlyHow to be successful .
Answers:(1).perseverance(2).ambition(3).aimless (4).lazy(5).energetic(6). enthusiastic(7). interpersonal skill
(8).friendly(9).polite(10).dishonest(11).careful(12).confidenceD. Sayings and meanings.
Answers:1.d 2.f 3.h 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.e 8.g Can you say some other sayings related to success?
