Unit Five Ways to SuccessPart one: Listen and Talk : (2 periods)Teaching objective:To help students be familiar with successful celebrities;To take listening/watching exercises concerning the topic of being successful;To master the skills of giving feedback to partners in the speaking area;To develop students’ fluency skills when they do the communicative taskTeaching content:▪What success means to you▪Listening▪What you know about these celebrities and how they succeed▪Watching: what leads to success▪Talking▪Translating ---culture salonStep 1: (25minutes)1. Guess: tell who they areTeacher shows the pictures and students guess who they are.Ask students to find at least one common point among these people.2. Discuss: why they are famous/successfulAsk students: if success equals money or power or social status, yes or no? and why?Why are these people famous or successful?Show some pictures and ask students what they think about them.3. Group discussion: what does success mean to you?Step 2 Listening & Talking (55 minutes)1. ListeningSuccess can be reached in different ways by people in different careers. Bill Gates began at age 13 to 1)_______ computers. His vision for personalcomputing has been central to the success of Microsoft Corporation, the company he 2)_______ with his childhood friend in 1975.The former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, is a business legend. A famous quote by Mr. Welch is, “Change before you have to.” He believes in leading by example and 3)__________ his employees to do their best every day.Michael Jordan said, “I accept 4)______, but I can’t accept not trying.” He is one of the best athletes to ever play team sports. His great smile, athletic5)___________, and pleasant personality have made him one of the most famous6)_______ in the world.Michael Jordan spent a lot of time playing basketball as a child but in senior middle school he was taken off the team. Instead of 7)________, he worked through adversity and became the greatest basketball player yet.Celine Dion came from 8)_______ beginnings in a rural French Canadian town in Canada. The youngest of fourteen children, her voice is internationally known on such soundtracks as “Beauty and the Beast” and “Titanic”.Ronaldo is Brazil’s greatest 9)_____ in soccer since Pelé. He began his professional 10)______ in the season 90 —91, playing for the Social Ramos Club. FIFA (FéderationInternationale de Football Association) voted him best player of the year in both 1996 and 1997. In 2002, he won the Golden Shoe Award of the FIFA World Cup with 8 goals scored.2. Group discussion: Choose one celebrity and later tell us about his/her story.Students read the paragraph and then try to retell their story.Choose one of the pictures and then tell the class about his/her story.3. Group discussion:how do they succeed?4. Video watching: what leads to success?Watch the video and think about the following question:What leads to success?municative TasksStudents listen to the two dialogues, pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.Read the dialogues with partners and then make up their own dialogues.Step 3 Translating---Culture salon (alternative)(10mins)Quotes from famous PeopleHomework:•To finish the communicative tasks by referring to sample dialogues•To preview the passage APart 2 Read and Explore (2 periods)Passage A: Death of a DreamTeaching objective: To guide students to get some ideas about Bill Gates’ opinion towards education;To lead them to comprehend the passage by answering questions and exercisesTeaching content: Passage reading and question answering.Step 1 Pre- reading Tasks (30 mins)1. Greetings and a brief revision (pair work or group work)Ask one or two pairs (groups) to act out their own dialogues2. Warm up activity:Do you know them?What’s in common among them?Drop-out celebritiesWhy did they drop out of college?Does education count? What do we get from education?Do you want to pursue graduate study after you get your BA or BS? Why?Step 2 While- reading Tasks (60 mins)1. Fast reading:Answer the following questions:1. Who is Bill Gates? What do you know about him?2. What do you think of school education?3. Do you want to pursue graduate study after you get your BA or BS? Explain4. Why do many students write to Gates every year?5. Why do some parents write to Gates?6. What does Gates think of dropping out of school?7. Which university did Gates go to? Did he graduate with a degree?8. Many students choose to work for a while before going to a university. Whatdo you think of this?Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.___ 1 By “education counts”, Gates means that education is important to everyone.___ 2 From the passage we know that Gates dropped out of college because hedidn’t do well.___ 3 Gates tells us that it is easier to get a job with a college diploma than without one.___ 4 According to Gates, one learns better by self-study.___ 5 It can be inferred from the passage that it’s fine to become deeply interested in onespecific area.2. Second reading --- Structure of the TextBased on the passage, finish the tableAssignments:⏹To learn the language points;⏹To finish the exercises 3-8 in Language Focus.Part 3 Read and Explore (2 periods)Language points Study (2 Periods)Ask students to share their information on key words and phrases with each other, invite them to analyze language points one by one, instruct them if they’re wrong. Step 1 Key language points:1. Count: be of value/importance•We have only a few bullets left, so make each one count.•Her opinion counts because of her experience.2. claim: say that (sth.) is true or is a fact without having any proof•She claims that she is related to the Queen. She claims to be related to the Queen. Jean•Jean claims to own a car but I don't believe her.3. perceivesth as sth: interpret sth. in a certain way; view•I perceived his comment as a challenge.4. let alone: without considering•There isn‟t enough room for us, let alone six dogs and a cat.•The baby can't even walk, let alone run.•I haven‟t decided on the menu yet, let alone bought the food.•He has a big house and an expensive car, not to mention a villa in France.5. threaten: utter a threat; give warning of•Giant pandas are threatened with extinction.•The boss threaten an employee with dismissal.•The clouds threaten rain6. foster: help (something) to grow or develop Cooperative learning fosters a spirit of cooperation.•The mother tried to foster her son's interest in music by taking him to concerts when he was young.7. focus on: v. direct one's attention to•As we can't study all the resources, I propose we focus attention on one of them.•Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people in London8. lose oneself in sth.: become totally absorbed in, be preoccupied by•I soon lost myself in the excitement of the film.•On a dull winter afternoon, Harry would sit by the fire and lose himself in a book.9. discipline: a method of training•Learning poetry is a good discipline for the memory.•In learning a foreign language, pronunciation drills and question and answer drills are good discipline.10. take advantage of: make use of; profit from•We should take full advantage of the exceptional opportunity open in experts.•You‟d better take advantage of the warm weather by going for a walk this afternoon.11. opportunity: a favorable moment or occasion (for doing something)•It will give you an opportunity to meet all kinds of people.•Don‟t let slip any opportunity of practicing your English.12. discourage: prevent (an action)•We discourage smoking in this school.•We tried to discourage him from climbing the mountain without a guide.13. sign up: sign an agreement to take part in something•We will not have the picnic unless more people sign up•How many people signed up for this course?14. appropriate: correct or suitable•Plain, simple clothes are appropriate for school wear.•It seemed appropriate to end with a joke.Step 2 Important sentences1. It's true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out--and I'd love to have the time to go back. (para. 4)It's true that I left college early to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before I left, and if I had the time I'd love to go back (for my further study).不错，为创建微软，我未完成大学学业，不过辍学之前我已经在哈佛呆了三年，而且我真心希望有一天能重返校园。