高中英语 Unit3《The secret of success》Welcome to unit课件 牛津译林版选修11.ppt

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1、Many people work very hard to become successful in their chosen career. Look at the following pictures of successful individuals and discuss the questions below with your partners. Huatuo Bill Gates Churchill Yao Ming Huatuo had a kind heart and he was modest,and hardworkng.He did not value fame or

2、fortune.Bills success lies in the fact that he was hardworking,ambitious,intelligent and competitive.Churchill loved his nations tradition.He was simple and ambitious.The secret of Yao Mings success is not born with,but lies in his hardworking,wisdom and toughness. ReadingSir Clive Sinclairthe man w

3、ho brought technology to the man in thestreetthe ordinary peopleRead the text quickly and decide which of the following can best express the main idea of the text.A. Sir Clives stories.B. Sir Clives mini inventions.C. How Sir Clive ran his company.D. Sir Clive Sinclairs life and inventions.解题点拔解题点拔R

4、eading Strategy: Understanding the topic sentence or theme. 精确地概括全文，防止外延太大或以偏概精确地概括全文，防止外延太大或以偏概全。如上题中的全。如上题中的A项：项：Sir Clives stories. 外延太大；外延太大；B项项 Sir Clives mini inventions.和和C 项项How Sir Clive ran his company 是是本文当中的具体事例，为以偏概全。只有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。选项，能够精确地概括全文。Read Para One and chose

5、 the correct topic sentence for it.A.Sir Clive Sinclair was a famous British businessman and inventor.B. Clives 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.A.Sinclair was unfortunate.B.How

6、 Clives 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. Sinclairs computer cost only 100 pounds.C. Sinclairs comp

7、any expended rapidly.D. Clive was very talented at making little things. Read Para Four and chose the correct topic sentence for it. Sinclair studied Economics at Cambridge University.B. The advantage of Sinclairs new inventions. Sinclairs new invention was laughed at in the newspaper. D. How Sincla

8、irs career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s.Read Para Five 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 invent

9、or and a business man.195719611962The following is a timeline of important dates in Sinclairs 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 worlds first pocket calculator.1976197719801983He launched the

10、 worlds first pocket TV.Sinclair showed off the ZX80 computer.Sinclair launched his C5 car.He launched the worlds first digital watch.Para His great _ _ and _ of _(_)His _ (_)His _ and _ (_)Para Para Paras The outline Sir Clive Sinclairs life and inventionsPeoples _ of his _ and _(_)childhoodfailure

11、successstrengthleadership skills personalityachievementseffortsrecognitionChildhood experienceSinclair was 1_ _ and educated himself.Leaving school for nothing to learn 2_ as an assistant editor 3_ developmentHe registered his own company, which was soon 4_ down. A year later, he restarted his compa

12、ny. His products were in great 5_.He exhibited ZX80, which was a real hit. His company developed rapidly. Frustration His career underwent a downward slide.His reputation was 6_. 7_ to British Mensa Making Mensa respected Personally paying for an annual conference Making Mensas membership figures 8_

13、 9_ A combination of intelligence and determination leads to his 10_. ContributionsWorkingtalented/giftedCareercloseddemand/needdamagedincrease/boomConclusionsuccessC1: How well did you understand the details of the transcript? Read the text again if you do not know the answer. What did Sinclairs gr

14、andfather and father do? _2. Why didnt Sinclair go to university? _ _3. What was the first thing that Sinclair made and sold? _They were both engineers. Because he decided that university would teach him nothing new.The pocket-sized radio.4. What was Sinclairs big picture? _ _5. Why was the ZX80 com

15、puter so popular? _ _6. What did the ZX Spectrum prove most useful for? _ To produce in bulk and sell cheaply his pocket radio. Because the computer was very cheap, which cost less than 100 pounds.It proved more useful for playingHis C5 car. It demonstrated that Sinclair had skillful leadership and

16、strength of personality. _7. What was Sinclairs failure? _8. What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate? _ _ _computer games on.D: Find these new words in the transcript of the radio program me. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with their correct definitions. Answers:1. b2.f3.h4.

17、c 5.e 6.g 7.d 8.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. Wha

18、t do you think about Sir Clive Sinclairs 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 focu

19、s: the man who brought technology to the man in the street. 句中句中the man in the street意思是意思是“普通普通人人”, “常人常人”, “大众大众”, 也可为也可为“man on the street”。2. Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself.3. Sinclairs big picture was to produce in bulk and to sell cheaply so that

20、everyone could afford electronic goods. 短语短语in bulk意思是意思是“大量地大量地”，比如：，比如：短语短语“be blessed with”意思是意思是“赋有赋有（能力等）（能力等）”，“享有（幸福等）享有（幸福等）”。比如：比如： Though in his eighties, he is blessed with good health. 尽管他八十多岁了，身体尽管他八十多岁了，身体却很好。却很好。She prefers buying things like tissues in bulk.她喜欢批量购买东西，比如面巾纸。她喜欢批量购买东西，

21、比如面巾纸。4. As soon as he advertised, the company was flooded with demands for the little, cubic-shaped radios. “was flooded with” 如洪水般涌至，比如洪水般涌至，比如：如：The office was flooded with companies.5. The company expanded rapidly, and he even had to open a new center in the USA to cope with the increased demand

22、. “cope with” 对付，应对，比如：对付，应对，比如： There was too much work for our computer to cope with. 我们的计算机要我们的计算机要干的事情太多，简直应接不暇。干的事情太多，简直应接不暇。办事处收到如洪水般的涌至的投诉信件。办事处收到如洪水般的涌至的投诉信件。名词名词“demand”在这里是在这里是“需求需求”，比如：，比如：There is a growing demand in China for enviromentally-friendly cars. 中国对环保汽车的需求量越来越大。中国对环保汽车的需求量越来越大

23、。6. When Sinclair joined in 1959, membership was falling, and the society was on its last legs. 短语短语“on its last legs”意思是意思是“奄奄一奄奄一息息” 比如：比如：7. He was honoured in 1983 with a knighthood from the Queen of England in recognition of his efforts and achievements. recognition在这里意识是在这里意识是“承认承认”，“认可认可”，比如：，比如：The company was on its last legs after the manager retired.公司在经理退休后到了快解体的地步。公司在经理退休后到了快解体的地步。He was rewarded with a pay increase in recognition of his contribution to the company.他被奖励加薪，作为他为公司所做贡献他被奖励加薪，作为他为公司所做贡献的肯定。的肯定。Goodbye!