高中英語北師大版選擇性必修一UNIT 2 Period 2　Lesson 1　Money vs Success-Reading Comprehension

Period2Lesson1

MoneyvsSuccess—ReadingComprehensionSUCCESSUNIT2讀前清障精讀課文讀前清障Ⅰ.匹配單詞(請把單詞和其對應的英語解釋連線)1.professor

A.happeningattheendofalongprocess2.appreciate

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generalqualityorsituation4.symbol

D.torecognizethegoodqualitiesofsb/sth5.hunger

E.auniversityteacherofthehighestrank6.ultimate F.feelingashamedbecauseyouhavedonesth

wrong1.Hepromisedthathewouldn’t

hiswifewhateverhappened.2.Onlyifyousetcleargoalsandkeepworkinghardonthemcanyou_______oneday.3.Lackingpracticalexperienceandenougheducationalbackground，hehadto

theproject.Ⅱ.選詞填空geton，turnone’sbackon，giveaway，dropoutof，agreatsenseofturnhisbackongetondropoutof返回4.Havingfinishedthechallengingtaskentirelyonhisown，thelittleboyhad

achievement.5.TheStudents’Unioncalledonusto

ourusedbookstothestudentsinthelowergrades.geton，turnone’sbackon，giveaway，dropoutof，agreatsenseofagreatsenseofgiveaway精讀課文1.ToreadandtalkaboutmoneyVSsuccess;2.Toreadforgeneralunderstanding;3.Toreadforspecificinformationandunderstandingwordsinthecontext;4.Toexpressandsupportone’sopinion.Lead-inWhatdoyouthinkissuccess?Doyouthinkbeingamillionairemeanssuccess?Whyorwhynot?

millionaire=success?tomakeonehappytoliveina/an...waytofeelakindofsatisfactiontolivecomfortablytoachieveone’sgoaltogivemoneytohomelesspeopletobuymorethingstohavenoworriesUsethephrasesbelowtohelpyouorganizeyouranswer.Suggestedanswer:

Inmyopinion,successmeansachievingone’sdreamandgettingasenseofsatisfactionandaccomplishment.Tosomedegree,ifoneisnotcontentwithhis/herpresentlifeorhavenotimetoenjoyhis/herlife,beingamillionairedoesn’tnecessarilymeanheorsheisasuccessfulperson.millionaire≠success?ReadthetitleofthearticleandguesswhyJasonHarleyisan“ex-millionaire”.JasonHarleyusedtobeamillionaire,butsomethingmusthavehappenedtohim,whichledtohimlosingthemoneyorgivinguphismoney.Pre-reading1.Readthenewsreportquicklyandmatchthemainideawitheachpart.Part1(Para.1)A.JasonHarley’sattitudetothechange.Part2(Para.2)B.ThereasonforJasonHarley’schange.Part3(Para.3)C.JasonHarley’sfeelingsafterthechange.Part4(Para.4)D.ThechangeofJasonHarley’slifestyle.Part5(Paras.5-6)

E.Differentattitudestowardsmoney.

While-readingDifferentpeoplehavedifferentopinionson_______;somepeopleregard___________asasymbolofsuccess,whilean______________,calledJasonHarleydidtheopposite,whochoseto_________hislifestyleofarichmanand___________allhismoneytocharities.2.Whatisthemainideaofthenewsreport?

successbeingrichgiveawayex-millionairegiveup

Whatispeople’sdifferentopinionsonsuccess??Forsomepeople,becomingrichis_____________successandtheysetthisastheir_____________;theyspendhalfoftheirtime_______________togetrichandtherest_____________whattheywilldooncetheybecomerich.?Forothers,they_________________theirmoneyandfind____________________.asymbolof

ultimategoaldreamingupwaysthinkingaboutturntheirbacksonotherformsofsuccessPara.12.Whatisthemeaningofthephrase“turnedtheirbackson”inthisparagraph?Ignored.B.Betrayed.C.Givenup. D.Turnedover.3.Somepeoplestillworryaboutmoneyafterbecomingmillionairesbecause________.theyareafraidoflosingthesenseofsuccesstheyfinditnotenoughtoliveahappylifetheyregardmoneyasasymbolofsuccesstheyhavenotimetorelaxthemselves√√1.WhatarethechangesofJasonHarley’slifestyle?InthepastNow?was(1)________________?had(2)____________________?had(3)_________________________?livesin(4)________________roomwithonly(5)______________________?has(6)______________and

grows(7)___________________?gets

hisclothesandotherthings

(8)__________________acollegeprofessorafortuneof2milliondollarsasmallgardenahugesix-bedroomhouse

asmalldormitory

second-handfurniturevegetablesandflowersfromcharityshopsPara.2

2.Inconclusion,JasonHarleyisnowlivesa_______life,withnosignsthatJasonisa__________________man.simplerichandsuccessful?WhatisJasonHarley’sattitudetothechange??Jason__________thischange.?Heis___________togiveupthe

lifestyleofarichman.?Thechangesbroughthim

_________and________________inlife.?ButJasonappreciatesthischange.Heispleasedtogiveupthe

lifestyleofarichman.Hewastiredofbeingregardedaslivingasuccessfullife,asapersonwhohadeverythingwhilemanypeoplehadnothing.Hemadethechoicetogiveallhismoneyaway.Andthis,hesaid,broughthimhappinessandasenseofsuccessinlife.appreciatespleasedhappinessasenseofsuccessReadandfindouttheattitudeofJasontothechanges.Para.3

2.HowdidJasonfeelwhenhewasrich?Why?Hewastiredofbeingregardedaslivingasuccessfullife,asapersonwhohadeverythingwhilemanypeoplehadnothing.3.ParaphrasethissentenceHewasfedupwithbeingconsideredasasuccessfulpersonwhohadeverythingwhenmanypeoplehadnothing.1.WhydidJasongiveawayallhismoneytocharities?Heknewmillionsofpeoplediedofhungereveryyearandtherewereplaceswithnoschoolsandnoteachers.Manypeoplecouldnevergotoschool.Theydidn’thavethechancetolearnandgetoninlife.Hehopedhismoneycouldhelpthepoorpeopletogetsomethingtheyneed.Para.4

2.Whichsentenceinthisparagraphcanreplacethefollowingone?IwasworriedaboutthesituationofthesepeopleandfeltashamedofmyselfifI,asamillionaire,didnothingtohelpthem.ThisworriedmealotandIfeltveryguiltybeingarichmanwithoutdoinganything.3.WhatkindofpersonisJasonHarleyaccordingtothisparagraph?A.Heisrichandgenerous.B.Heissimpleandhelpful.C.Heisakindmanwithgreatsympathy.D.Heiseasilytogetworriedandsensitive.√1.Howdidhefeelafterhegaveawayallhismoneytocharities?HisfeelingWhyHegotasenseof(1)____________________.Becausehefoundtruemeaninginlifeby(2)______________.Hefelt(3)_____________andfree.Becausehewaslivingaccordingto(4)____________.satisfactionandsuccessmuchhappierhelpingothershisvaluesParas.5-6?2.Whydomostpeoplefeelworried??Mostpeoplethinkiftheyhave_____________andlive

a__________life,theywillnotfeelworried.?However,theyarenot________________withwhattheyhavegot.?Mostpeoplebelievewhentheyarelivingcomfortablyandearningenoughmoney,theywillhavenoworries.However,mostpeopleneverfeeltheyhaveearnedenough.enoughmoneycomfortable

content/satisfied3.Howdoestheauthordevelopthetwoparagraphs?A.Byanalyzingcauseandeffect.B.Bygivingspecificexamples.C.Bycomparison.D.Byintroducinganinterestingphenomenon.√1.DoyouthinkJasonmadeagooddecision?Willyoumakeasimilarchoice?(Criticalthinking）Suggestedanswer：Ithinkhemadeagooddecision.

Thoughhelivesinasimpleway

now,itbringshimhappiness.

Hefeltakindofsatisfactionthathehadneverfeltbefore.IfIwerehim,Iwouldmakeasimilarchoice.Post-reading2.

Inthelast,theauthorsaid“Successisnotmeasuredbyhowmuchmoneyyouhavebutbyhowyouunderstandthetruemeaningoflife.”,sowhatisyourunderstandingofthetruemeaningoflife?Suggestedanswer:Thetruemeaningoflifeistostaywithfamiliesandenjoywhatyoualreadyhave,nevereagerfortoomuch.Justasthesayinggoes,“Thepeoplewhoarecontentwillbehappy.”Therealsecretofsuccessisenthusiasm.—WalterChryslerHappinessliesnotinthemereprocessionofmoney;itliesinthejoyofachievement,inthethrillofcreativeeffort.ReflectionWorklikeyoudon’tneedhemoney.Lovelikeyou’veneverbeenhurt.Dancelikenobody’swatching.—SatchelPaigeAlotofpeopleare1.__________(determine)tobecomemillionaires.Theythinkaboutallthethingsthey2.________(do)oncetheybecomerich.3.________(actual),somemillionairescontinuetobeworriedaboutmoney,sotheyareworkinghard4._______(make)suretheyneverloseit.However,therearesomepeople5.____don’twanttobeamillionaire.JasonHarleyisoneexample.JasonHarleywasamillionairesixteenyearsago,buthewastiredof6._____(be)apersonwhohadeverythinginaworldwheremanypeoplehadnothing.Sohegaveallhismoneyawayto7._________(charity).Jasonnowlivesinasmalldormitoryroomwherethereisonlysecond--handfurniture.Thoughhehasgivenawayallhismoney,helives8.___happierlifethanbefore.When9._____(ask)whethertherewereanythingshemissed,herepliedthatsuccesswasnotmeasuredbyhowmuchmoneyyouhad10.____byhowyouunderstoodthetruemeaningoflife.determinedwilldoActuallytomakewhobeingcharitiesaskedabut

Foralotofpeople,becomingamillionaireisasymbolofsuccessandtheysetthisastheirultimategoal.Theyspendhalfoftheirtimedreamingupwaysofgettingrichandachievingthesuccesstheyexpect,andtherestoftheirtimethinkingaboutallthethingstheywilldooncetheybecomerich.

Butdoallmillionairesgetthesenseofsuccesstheywerelookingforaftertheyachievetheirgoals?Somecontinuetoworryaboutmoneywhentheybecomemillionaires—theyworkedhardtobecomewealthy,butthentheyneedtocontinuemakingmoneysotheydon’tlosethesenseofsuccesstheyhaveachieved.However,therearepeoplewhohaveturnedtheirbacksontheirmillionsandfoundotherformsofsuccessintheirlives.JasonHarleyisoneexample.Para.1“最終目標”動名詞作主語省略引導詞that/which的定語從句省略引導詞that的定語從句“一旦”，引導條件狀語從句省略引導詞that/which的定語從句省略引導詞that/which的定語從句引導定語從句，先行詞是peopleturnone’sbackon“對……置之不理”Analyzethekeypointsofthetext

Sixteenyearsago,Jasonwasacollegeprofessorwithahugesix--bedroomhouseandafortuneoftwomilliondollars.Todayhelivesinasmalldormitoryroomwithonlysecond--handfurniture.TherearecertainlynosignsthatJasonisarichandsuccessfulman！Thereisasmallgardenoutsidewithafewfruittrees,whichJasonenjoystakingcareof.Healsogrowssomevegetablesandafewflowers.Hegetshisclothesandalotofotherthingsfromcharityshops.Para.2“（多少）財富”引導同位語從句，解釋說明了signs的內容引導非限制性定語從句

ButJasonappreciatesthischange.Heispleasedtogiveupthelifestyleofarichman.Hewastiredofbeingregardedaslivingasuccessfullife,asapersonwhohadeverythingwhilemanypeoplehadnothing.Hemadethechoicetogiveallhismoneyaway.Andthis,hesaid,broughthimhappinessandasenseofsuccessinlife.Para.3“欣賞；賞識”“厭煩，厭倦”引導定語從句連詞，表示對比或轉折，

“然而”插入語

“Idon’tneedalotofmoney.Idon’twanttobuymorethings.Ihaveenough,”

saidJason.“WhatIwantistolivesimplyandbehelpfultoothers.Afewyearsago,Iwasamillionaire,butIknewmillionsofpeoplediedofhungereveryyear,andtherewereplaceswithnoschoolsandnoteachers.Somanypeoplecouldnevergotoschool.Theydidn’thavethechancetolearnandgetoninlife.ThisworriedmealotandIfeltveryguiltybeingarichmanwithoutdoinganything.”Para.4引導主語從句，在