Unit 4 Famous People,Proverbs and Quotations,Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.Am. Horace Greeley 名誉是蒸汽，流行是机遇，财富会长翅膀。只有一样东西是永存的，那便是品格。（名利也者俱为傥来之物，过眼云烟，不朽者唯品格耳。）美 霍勒斯格里利 Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.Germ. Arthur Schopenhauer 名声这东西必得争取方可得到；荣誉这东西万万不可丢失。德 亚瑟叔本华,Outline,Teaching Objectives,Part 1 Lead-in,Part 2 Reading FocusText A,Part 3 Integrated Exercises,Part 4 Reading FocusText B,Part 5 Intranet Assignments,Teaching Objectives,It is natural if you hold such famous people as Bill Gates in awe and equally understandable to wonder what are the contributing factors for his huge success. Fame or success never comes to people as a free gift. They can only be earned by people who possess special traits like strong will or readiness to sacrifice ones personal interest. In this unit, we are going to read two texts. Text A provides us with an intimate look at Bill Gates, one of the most important minds and personalities of our era. Text B tells a brief but touching story about Florence Nightingales life.,By learning this unit, students will be able to grasp the main idea and structure of the texts, master the key language points, new words, grammatical structures and translation skills. And students will also be able to improve their oral communication skills and reading competence through performing the relevant tasks.Writing Focus in this unit looks at how to write formal and informal invitations as well as how to respond to them appropriately. Through learning this part, students will learn the formats and wording of formal and informal invitations.,Look at the picture and discuss with your partner the following questions.,Lead-in,What do you think the topic of this unit will be? Say as much as possible about the person on the cartoon. Who are the most famous people in your eyes and what makes them famous?,Lead-in,B. Listening Practice Listen to the passage about elements of success. Pre-listening Task,What do you think are the elements of success? Make a list of such elements and then report to the class.,Lead-in,B. Listening Practice Post-listening task Answer the following questions.,1. According to the speaker, is there any fixed pattern for success?2. How many elements of success does the speaker offer in the passage?,No. There isnt any recipe for success.,_,Eight. They are positive attitude, knowledge, natural talent, clear goal and planning, passion, hard work, luck and opportunity, and cooperation.,_ _ _,3. How can we know whether we have natural talent or not?4. How can we improve our luck, according to the passage?5. What does the speaker mean by “cooperation”?,We can know that by trying a lot of different activities and seeing what comes easy to us.,_ _,By making as many strong personal contacts as we can and sharing what we have to increase their “luck” and “opportunities.”,_ _,Learn to work with people around you.,_,【Script】,【Script】,The Elements of SuccessI dont believe that there is any one recipe for success. Instead, I believe success is the result of a combination of a lot of different factors and not all of them are needed for success. The more factors you have on your side, the more likely you are to succeed, and positive attitude is just one of those factors. Here are seven additional factors that are also important.Knowledge A strong body of knowledge about the area in which you wish to succeed is often one of the key building blocks of success.Natural talent Some people are born to succeed in certain areas. Find this out for yourself by trying a lot of different activities and seeing what comes easy to you.,Clear goals and planning Much like a trip, its a lot easier to get where you want to go if you know where youre going and spend the time to plan the route youll take to get there.Passion An intense, burning desire to dig deep into a particular area is often a sign that youll find success there.Hard work is another key to finding success. If you want to succeed in a certain area, work hard in that area and go beyond what others are doing.Luck and opportunity also play an important role in success. You can improve your luck by making as many strong personal contacts as you can and sharing what you have to increase their “luck” and “opportunities.” And last but not least is cooperation with people around you.,Reading Focus-Text A,First Reading Read the text and then answer the questions in the left margin.,Note 1Bill Gates (1955): An American business magnate, philanthropist, uthor, the worlds third richest person (as of February 8, 2008), and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. Gates was the richest person in the world for 15 consecutive years. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.,