1、 To read and talk about money vs success To read for general understanding To read for specific information and understanding words in context To express and support ones opinionmillionaire = success?Does being a millionaire mean you are successful?What do you think is success? Do you think being a
2、millionaire means success? Why or why not? Use the phrases below to help you.to make one happy to achieve ones goalto live in a/anway to give money to homeless peopleto feel a kind of satisfaction to buy more thingsto live comfortably to have no worriesBeing a millionaire means that I have a lot of
3、money and I can use it to live more comfortably and buy more things. This will help me do what I want to and have a successful family life.No, we do need money in the material world, but sometimes there is something that money cant bring us, such as, love, happiness, kindness, friendship, life, time
4、, etc. Money is not everything. People often think that money talks (金钱万能金钱万能). What do you think of that? Can money bring us everything? Read the title of the news report and guess why Jason Harley is an “ex-millionaire”.Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire Jason Harley Someone who used to be a
5、 millionaireRead the news report based on an interview with Jason Harley, who used to be a millionaire. Read and find out his attitude towards money.Jason thinks that money doesnt give people a feeling of satisfaction or success. He feels that only having a little money makes him free, and he doesnt
6、 want to go back to being rich. He believes that the sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding the meaning in life. Read again. Underline the descriptions of Jasons life in the past and now. Use a graphic organizer to illustrate your understanding.in the pastnowJasons life a college
7、 professor a huge six-bedroom house a fortune of two million dollars a small dormitory with second-hand furniture a small garden and a few fruit trees gets his clothes and other things from charity shopsJasons feelingsWhy In the past Now tired of being a rich person felt guilty He had everything whi
8、le many people had nothingBeing a rich man without doing anything.His sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.Live according to his values. appreciate his new life feels happiness and a sense of success in life a kind of satisfactionOrganise your understanding
9、 using the graphic.Material lifeSpiritual lifeThe pastThe present a college professor a huge six-bedroom house a fortune of two million dollars a small dormitory with second-hand furniture a small garden and a few fruit trees gets his clothes and other things from charity shops tired of being a rich
10、 person felt guilty appreciate his new life feels happiness and a sense of success in life a kind of satisfactionMaterial lifeSpiritual lifeThe pastThe presentLess happinessMore happinessMore moneyLess moneyDescribe Jasons change of life based on your graphic organizer.Jason Harley was a college pro
11、fessor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars 16 years ago. Then he gave away all his money to charities. Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture. He appreciates this change. And this brought him happiness.Read again. Answer the questions.
12、1 How did Jason feel when he was rich? Why?2 Why did he give away all his money to charities? Why?He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life and felt very guilty, because he had everything while many people had nothing.He knew millions of people died of hunger every year and there we
13、re places with no schools and no teachers. Many people could never go to school. They didnt have the chances to learn and to get on in life. He hoped his money could help the poor people to get something they need.3 How did he feel after he gave away all his money to charities? Why?He felt it was a
14、kind of satisfaction that he had never felt before. He was much happier, because he had discovered that having only a little money makes him free and he is living according to his values.Read the quotes from Jason Harley. What can we infer from his words?We can infer that Jason appreciates the chang
15、e he made. He feels happy to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. And he is pleased to help others.1. Do you think Jason made a good decision? Will you make a similar choice?2. Do you think Jason is successful? In which aspects is he successful / unsuccessful?I think he made a good decision because
16、now he lives in a simple way and this brought him happiness. He felt a kind of satisfaction that he had never felt before.He is successful because he is happy and he is helping others.Years ago, Jason was a college 1 _ with a big house. But knowing that many people were living in poor conditions, he
17、 felt 2 _. Jason decided to 3 _ his fortune by giving his money to 4 _ and helping homeless people to 5 _ in life. Complete the summary using the correct form of the words and phrases below.dormitory, professor, guilty, appreciate, charity, symbol, get on, ultimate, drop out of, turn his back onprof
18、essorguiltycharityturn his back onget onNow Jason lives in a small 6 _ room. He 7 _ the change. For some people, getting rich is their 8 _ goal and a 9 _ of success, but for Jason, deciding to 10 _ this lifestyle made him feel free.dormitoryappreciatesultimatesymboldrop out ofdormitory, professor, g
19、uilty, appreciate, charity, symbol, get on, ultimate, drop out of, turn his back onWork in groups of five. Select one student to be an interviewer who asks the other four students questions regarding their opinions of Jason and other peoples views on Jasons choice of life.Student C:A person who is s
20、upported by JasonStudent B:Angela JohnsonStudent D:A student who has read the news report about JasonStudent A:JasonVoice your opinion: How do you understand the sayings about money? Money talks. Money makes the mare go. Money is the root of all evil. 金钱乃万恶之源。金钱乃万恶之源。金钱万能金钱万能有钱能使鬼推磨。有钱能使鬼推磨。Write an article on the topic “Success / Happiness is ”. Include:1. your opinion on success / happiness;2. state the reasons why you hold the opinion; you may give examples to support your ideas.
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