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1、mainUnit 5 Success and HappinessUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Lead-in1Pre-listeningListeningWord BuildingLead-inBackground InformationYou will hear a talk about the secret of success with a good case in point.Before listening,try to figure out the point and the good example with the help of the

2、 following key words and phrases selected from the talk.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Lead-in2Pre-listeningListeningWord BuildingLead-inBackground InformationKey Words and PhrasesSecret of SuccessA Case in Pointreach your dreampull aheadlifelong commitmentth

3、e pursuit of excellencemarathonraise the barpersistenceprolific inventorphotographmicrophone incandescent electric lampstorage battery25,000 times experiments24,999 times failurePart APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Word BuildingWord BuildingLead-inBackground Inform

4、ationPre-listeningListeningMatch each of the words and expressions in the left column with its meaning in the right.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and Happiness1.prolific2.bask3.pitfall4.sprint placent 6.oblivion7.parlance 8.wane 9.trait10.sidetrack 11.to the hilt12.feed offPart

5、A_ Word BuildingWord BuildingLead-inBackground InformationPre-listeningListeningA.completelyB.unexpected danger or difficultyC.(fig.)enjoy;enjoy warmth and light D.state of being forgottenE.calmly satisfied with oneself,ones work,etc.F.to run of a short distance at full speedG.to weaken in strength

6、or influenceH.particular way of speaking or use of words,phraseologyI.(esp.passive)divert(sb.)from the main topic or issueJ.element is sb.s personality;distinguishing characteristicK.to increaseL.(of a writer or artist,etc.)producing many worksPart APart BPart CSuccess Is a Choice多产的；众多的 取暖；享乐圈套；诱惑

7、全速短跑 自满的 遗忘；淹没 腔调，说法 衰退；衰退期 特点转移目标,次要地位 完全地，彻底地 依靠提供的东西维持（生活）Unit 5 Success and Happiness1.Shakespeare was a writer.2.The old people always themselves in the sun.3.This text presents many for the translator.4.He past the other runners just before reaching the tape.5.We must not be about our achievem

8、ents;there is still a lot to be done.6.Alcoholics often suffer from periods of .7.The term“meta directory”came into industry two years ago.8.Her enthusiasm for the expedition was rapidly.9.I was from my work by an unexpected visitor.PartA_ Word BuildingWord BuildingLead-inBackground InformationPre-l

9、isteningListeningbaskFill in the following blanks with the previous words._prolific_Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a Choicepitfalls _sprinted_complacent_oblivion_waning _parlance_sidetracked_Unit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Background InformationWord BuildingLead-inBackground InformationPre-listenin

10、gThomas Edison(1847-1931)He was a poor student.When a schoolmaster called him“addled”,his furious mother took him out of the school and proceeded to teach him at home.Thomas Edison said many years later,“My mother was the making of me.She was so true,so sure of me,and I felt I had something to live

11、for,someone I must not disappoint.”At an early age,he showed a fascination for mechanical things and for chemical experiments.ListeningPart APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Background InformationWord BuildingLead-inBackground InformationPre-listening Born on Februar

12、y 11,1847 in Milan,Ohio;the seventh and last child of Samuel and Nancy Edison.When he was seven his family moved to Port Huron,Michigan and Edison lived there until he struck out on his own at the age of sixteen.He had very little formal education as a child,attending school only for a few months.He

13、 was taught reading,writing,and arithmetic by his mother,but was always a very curious child and taught himself much by reading on his own.This belief in self-improvement remained throughout his life.But not everything Thomas Edison created was a success he also had a few failures.ListeningPart APar

14、t BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and Happiness a,b,f.PartA_ Listening1Pre-listeningListeningListen to the talk.Choose from the following options the points the speaker might agree with.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a Choicea.Persistence is the secret of final success.b.Anybody can be great

15、and perform completely for a short time.c.People should be content with their success and enjoy it.d.Talented people are never going to drift.e.People who are constantly changing their careers are likely to succeed.f.People should not remain in their comfort zone.Main points:_Unit 5 Success and Happ

16、inessPartA_ Listening3Listen to the talk again and complete the answers to the following questions.Pre-listeningListeningPart APart BPart CSuccess Is a Choice1)What does the speaker try to tell us by citing the example of Thomas Edison?It is a good example of .2)According to the speaker,what kind of

17、 people will ultimately pull ahead and wind up on top?They are the ones who .They keep ,not becoming by success.3)According to the speaker,how do those people who finally succeed think about the pursuit of excellence?They understand that the pursuit of excellence is a ,not a .persistence_raising the

18、 bar_discouraged by pitfalls or complacent_marathon_sprint_make personal excellence a lifelong commitment_Unit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening44)In sports jargon,what does persistence mean?Persistence means .5)According to the speaker,what often happens to the talented people who never seem

19、to reach their potential?These people often have ,then seem to .6)According to the speaker,what will happen to people who are constantly changing careers?They become about their new job and feed off the momentum for a while to perform well.But when this and they realize they arent to the job in the

20、long term,their success and they .great early success_hanging in the game,not tossing in the towel,refusing to quit_Pre-listeningListeningPart APart BPart CSuccess Is a Choiceenthusiastic_newness wears off _incredibly _committed to sticking _begins to wane _start to fail_fade into oblivion_Unit 5 Su

21、ccess and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListeningAfter youve started to master the techniques,the real struggle is just beginning.Its persistence that makes you great.Its persistence that allows you to reach your dreams.Its persistence that enables you to perform at your fullest potent

22、ial.There might be no better example of persistence than Thomas Edison.A prolific inventor,Edison received about 1,000 patents in his lifetime,including those for the photograph,microphone,and the incandescent electric lamp.He certainly had more than his share of great victories along the way.But th

23、ink of how many failures Edison had,literally thousands.To his great credit,though,Edison didnt see them as such.When reminded that he had failed something like 25,000 times while experimenting with the storage battery,Edison supposedly responded by saying,“No,I didnt fail.I discovered 24,999 ways t

24、hat the storage battery does not work.”Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListening What a marvelous look.An outlook we all can learn something from.The thing to remember is that anybody can be great and perform to the hilt for a day,a

25、 week,even a month.We know people in all walks of life who get on a great roll,ride the adrenaline high,and wonderful things begin to happen.Then all too often,they begin to feel content.Theyve made a change,right?Theyve become more successful,right?So why not relax and enjoy it,bask for a moment in

26、 the newfound success?But the people who will ultimately pull ahead and wind up on top are the ones who make personal excellence a lifelong commitment.These are the people who go after it day after day.They keep raising the bar,not becoming discouraged by pitfalls or complacent by success.They under

27、stand that the pursuit of excellence is a marathon,not a sprint.The dictionary says persistence is refusing to give up,or let go.Persevering obstinately.Continuing despite opposition.In sports parlance,persistence means hanging in the game,not tossing in the towel,refusing to quit.In life,its the sa

28、me thing.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListening The persistent person raises the bar to seemingly unreachable heights,and then establishes the methods necessary to reach those heights.The persistent person knows that letting up w

29、ill only get him back to the starting point.We all know talented people who never seem to reach their potential.These people often have great early success,then seem to fade into oblivion.Those who lack persistence start out with the best intentions,but they eventually drift.This trait is quite char

30、acteristic,for example,of people who are constantly changing careers.They become enthusiastic about their new job and feed off this momentum for a while to perform well.But when this newness wears off and they realize they arent incredibly committed to sticking to that job in the long term,their suc

31、cess begins to wane and they start to fail.Why?Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListening Because they are not persistent.They get sidetracked,or they get distracted.They might have everything else going for them.A strong work ethic,

32、the right methods,all the best intentions.But they dont have persistence.We all know talented people who seem reluctant to take the extra step that can make them great at what they do.Like the employee who does everything thats asked of her,yet everyone knows that she could do more if she only pushe

33、d herself a little harder:such people find their comfort zone and are content to remain there.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-sprit2Pre-listeningListeningAfter youve started to master the techniques,the real struggle is just beginning.Its persistence

34、 that makes you great.Its persistence that allows you to reach your dreams.Its persistence that enables you to perform at your fullest potential.There might be no better example of persistence than Thomas Edison.A prolific inventor,Edison received about 1,000 patents in his lifetime,including those

35、for the photograph,microphone,and the incandescent electric lamp.He certainly had more than his share of great victories along the way.But think of how many failures Edison had,literally thousands.To his great credit,though,Edison didnt see them as such.When reminded that he had failed something lik

36、e 25,000 times while experimenting with the storage battery,Edison supposedly responded by saying,“No,I didnt fail.I discovered 24,999 ways that the storage battery does not work.”Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListening What a mar

37、velous look.An outlook we all can learn something from.The thing to remember is that anybody can be great and perform to the hilt for a day,a week,even a month.We know people in all walks of life who get on a great roll,ride the adrenaline high,and wonderful things begin to happen.Then all too often

38、,they begin to feel content.Theyve made a change,right?Theyve become more successful,right?So why not relax and enjoy it,bask for a moment in the newfound success?But the people who will ultimately pull ahead and wind up on top are the ones who make personal excellence a lifelong commitment.These ar

39、e the people who go after it day after day.They keep raising the bar,not becoming discouraged by pitfalls or complacent by success.They understand that the pursuit of excellence is a marathon,not a sprint.The dictionary says persistence is refusing to give up,or let go.Persevering obstinately.Contin

40、uing despite opposition.In sports parlance,persistence means hanging in the game,not tossing in the towel,refusing to quit.In life,its the same thing.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListening The persistent person raises the bar to

41、seemingly unreachable heights,and then establishes the methods necessary to reach those heights.The persistent person knows that letting up will only get him back to the starting point.We all know talented people who never seem to reach their potential.These people often have great early success,the

42、n seem to fade into oblivion.Those who lack persistence start out with the best intentions,but they eventually drift.This trait is quite characteristic,for example,of people who are constantly changing careers.They become enthusiastic about their new job and feed off this momentum for a while to per

43、form well.But when this newness wears off and they realize they arent incredibly committed to sticking to that job in the long term,their success begins to wane and they start to fail.Why?Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartA_ Listening-spritPre-listeningListening Be

44、cause they are not persistent.They get sidetracked,or they get distracted.They might have everything else going for them.A strong work ethic,the right methods,all the best intentions.But they dont have persistence.We all know talented people who seem reluctant to take the extra step that can make th

45、em great at what they do.Like the employee who does everything thats asked of her,yet everyone knows that she could do more if she only pushed herself a little harder:such people find their comfort zone and are content to remain there.Part APart BPart CSuccess Is a ChoiceUnit 5 Success and Happiness

46、PartB_lead in1You will hear an excerpt of an interview where“Today show”host Meredith Vieira talks with Daniel Gilbert,a professor of psychology at Harvard and author of Stumbling on Happiness,about how people can be happier.Before listening,read what Daniel Gilbert said in the interview and guess t

47、he questions raised by the interviewer.Compare your guesses with a partners.Word BuildingLead-inBackground InformationPre-listeningListeningPart APart BPart CCan We Find HappinessUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartB_lead in2Pre-listeningBackground InformationQuestion 1:So why are we so lousy at predict

48、ing whats gonna make us happy?Professor Gilbert:Thats a great question,one that economists,psychologists and neuroscientists have been thinking about now for over a decade.You know those things do make you happy,they just dont make you happy for as long as you anticipate.ListeningWord BuildingLead-i

49、nPart APart BPart CCan We Find HappinessUnit 5 Success and HappinessPartB_lead in3Pre-listeningBackground InformationQuestion 2:Why did you say that happiness is a place you visit not a place you stay?Professor Gilbert:Well,you know,happiness is a noun,then,so we make a mistake of thinking of it lik

50、e an object,thats a toaster and once I can get it,then thats mine,then I get to keep it.Happiness is a temporary state that we can visit,we can go there more often if we are smart about it,but its not a place we can stay.ListeningWord BuildingLead-inPart APart BPart CCan We Find HappinessQuestion 3: