高中英语 Unit 3 The secret of successreading课件 牛津译林选修11

1、2021/8/11 星期三1The secret of success2021/8/11 星期三2Welcome to the unit2021/8/11 星期三3Many 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. 2021/8/11 星期三4Huatuo 2021/8/11 星期三520

2、21/8/11 星期三6 Bill Gates 2021/8/11 星期三72021/8/11 星期三8Churchill 2021/8/11 星期三92021/8/11 星期三10Yao Ming 2021/8/11 星期三112021/8/11 星期三12Huatuo had a kind heart and he was modest,and hardworkng.He did not value fame or fortune.Bills success lies in the fact that he was hardworking,ambitious,intelligent and

3、 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. 2021/8/11 星期三13Unit 3 Sir Clive Sinclair Reading2021/8/11 星期三14Sir Clive Sinclairthe man who brought technology to the man

4、 in thestreetthe ordinary people2021/8/11 星期三15Read 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.Fast reading2021/8/11 星期三1

5、6解题点拔Reading Strategy: Understanding the topic sentence or theme. 精确地概括全文，防止外延太大或以偏概全。如上题中的A项：Sir Clives stories. 外延太大；B项 Sir Clives mini inventions.和C 项How Sir Clive ran his company 是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。2021/8/11 星期三17Read Para One and chose the correct topic sentence for it.A.Sir Clive

6、 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.2021/8/11 星期三18Read Para Two and chose the correct topic sentence for it.A.Sinclair was unfortunate.B.How Clives ran his first company.C

7、.Sinclair produced his pocket radio in bulk. D.Sinclair registered his own company.2021/8/11 星期三19Read 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 company expended rapi

8、dly.D. Clive was very talented at making little things. 2021/8/11 星期三20Read 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 Sinclair

9、s career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s.2021/8/11 星期三21Read 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 b

10、een an inventor and a business man.2021/8/11 星期三22195719611962The 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.202

11、1/8/11 星期三231976197719801983He launched the worlds first pocket TV.Sinclair showed off the ZX80 computer.Sinclair launched his C5 car.He launched the worlds first digital watch.2021/8/11 星期三24Para His great _ _ and _ of _(_)His _ (_)His _ and _ (_)Para Para 2-4 1Paras 5The outline Sir Clive Sinclair

12、s life and inventions6Peoples _ of his _ and _(_)childhoodfailuresuccessstrengthleadership skills personalityachievementseffortsrecognition2021/8/11 星期三25Task-based Reading2021/8/11 星期三26Childhood experienceSinclair was 1_ _ and educated himself.Leaving school for nothing to learn 2_ as an assistant

13、 editor 3_ developmentHe registered his own company, which was soon 4_ down. A year later, he restarted his company. 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 Br

14、itish Mensa Making Mensa respected Personally paying for an annual conference Making Mensas membership figures 8_ 9_ A combination of intelligence and determination leads to his 10_. ContributionsWorkingtalented/giftedCareercloseddemand/needdamagedincrease/boomConclusionsuccess2021/8/11 星期三27C1: How

15、 well did you understand the details of the transcript? Read the text again if you do not know the answer. 2021/8/11 星期三28What did Sinclairs grandfather 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. Beca

16、use he decided that university would teach him nothing new.The pocket-sized radio.2021/8/11 星期三294. What was Sinclairs big picture? _ _5. Why was the ZX80 computer so popular? _ _6. What did the ZX Spectrum prove most useful for? _ To produce in bulk and sell cheaply his pocket radio. Because the co

17、mputer was very cheap, which cost less than 100 pounds.It proved more useful for playing2021/8/11 星期三30His C5 car. It demonstrated that Sinclair had skillful leadership and strength of personality. _7. What was Sinclairs failure? _8. What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate? _ _ _computer games on.2

18、021/8/11 星期三31D: 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.c5.e6.g7.d8.a2021/8/11 星期三32E: Licheng wrote an article about Sir Clive Sinclair for the school Magazine . Compl

19、ete 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) honoured2021/8/11 星期三33F. What do you think about Sir Clive Sinclairs life and success? Discuss the questions below wit

20、h 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?2021/8/11 星期三34Language focus:the man who brought technology to the man in the street. 句中the man in the

21、 street意思是“普通人”, “常人”, “大众”, 也可为“man on the street”。2. Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself.2021/8/11 星期三353. Sinclairs big picture was to produce in bulk and to sell cheaply so that everyone could afford electronic goods. 短语in bulk意思是“大量地”，比如：短语“be blessed w

22、ith”意思是“赋有（能力等）”，“享有（幸福等）”。比如： Though in his eighties, he is blessed with good health. 尽管他八十多岁了，身体却很好。2021/8/11 星期三36She prefers buying things like tissues in bulk.她喜欢批量购买东西，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：The office was flooded with companies.2021/8/11 星期三375. The company expanded rapidly, and he even had to open a new center in the USA to cope with the increased demand. “cope with”