1、Theme-related InformationWarm-upText AExercisesReview of Text A課前自主學習要求 1.全面理解課文（借助中文翻譯和本課件，在課文當中標注生詞和詞組意思，并在筆記本上記錄重要詞組和詞匯），并完成課后習題： comprehension of the text (A, B, C) 2.掌握標注出來的詞匯的中文意思 3.掌握重點句型 1） 主語從句 2） the +比較級，the +比較級 并完成課后習題（C sentence structure）Unit 5: Text A A Simple Life Well Lived（簡單高質的生活

2、）By Shanelle Pierce 1. The businessman was at the pier（碼頭） of a small coastal Mexican village（墨西哥的一個沿海小村） when a small boat with just one fisherman docked（靠岸）. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna（大黃鰭金槍魚）. The businessman complimented（贊美） the Mexican on the quality of his fish an

3、d asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, “Only a little while”.Compliment sb. On sth. 贊美某人某事（物）Unit 5: Text A 2. The businessman then asked why he didnt stay out longer and catch more fish. The Mexican said he had enough to support his familys immediate needs（燃眉之急）. The businessm

4、an then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?” The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late（睡懶覺）, fish a little, play with my children, take a nap（打盹） with my wife, Maria, stroll（閑逛，散步） into the village each evening where I sip wine（喝酒） and play guitar with my amigos（西班牙語，朋友）; I have a

5、 full and busy life, seor（西班牙語，先生）. ” Unit 5: Text A 3. The businessman scoffed（嘲笑）, “I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds (n.收入) buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would

6、have a fleet of （一船隊的） fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch（你捕捉到的魚） to a middleman（中間商）, you would sell directly to the processor（加工者） and eventually open your own cannery（罐頭食品廠）. You would control the product（生產）, processing（加工） and distribution（派送-銷售）. You would need to leave this small co

7、astal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA （Los Angeles洛杉磯）and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise（經營你不斷擴大的企業）. ” Unit 5: Text A 4. The Mexican fisherman asked, “But seor, how long will this all take?” To which the businessman replied,“15-20 years”. “Bu

8、t what then, seor?” The businessman laughed and said, “Thats the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO（Initial Public Offerings公開募股） and sell your company stock（公司股票） to the public and become very rich. You would make millions. ” “Millions, seor? Then what?” The businessman sai

9、d, “Then you would retire, move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta（午休） with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos. ” Unit 5: Text A 5. The fisherman

10、, still smiling, looked up and said, “Isnt that what Im doing right now?” 6. We live in a world in which being successful（定語從句中 -ing短語作主語） is everything. Success is measured by power, popularity（名氣）, control（控制力）, achievement, and winning. Having more and being more（ -ing短語作主語） is success. The busin

11、essman measured success by the accumulation of wealth（財富的積累） and by living an extravagant life（奢華的生活）. He held a Harvard MBA, millions of dollars, and status（地位） as a powerful businessman. “The person with the most toys wins” is a fitting motto. 在這個句子中，“The person with the most toys wins” 作為整個句子的主語。

12、“The person with the most toys wins” is a fitting motto.翻譯：“擁有最多玩具的人就是勝者”是一句恰當的座右銘Unit 5: Text A 7. Possessions and wealth are not enough. While comforting, wealth cannot fulfill. Benjamin Franklin was of the opinion（持有的觀點）, “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the mor

13、e he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum（真空，空虛）, it makes one. ” Wealth may help us to escape emptiness for a short while; it cannot cure it.在這個句子中，nor will it 是倒裝結構。否定詞 nor 放在句子的前面表示強調。其基本句型為 nor + auxiliary/be/modal verb + subject。e.g. I will not agree with you， nor will they.e.g. Mike didnt finish

14、 his homework， nor did his roommates.Money never made a man happy yet，nor will it.我不會同意你的觀點，他們也不會同意的。邁克沒有完成他的功課，他的室友們也沒有完成。這是比較級從句。The more . the more .表示“越越”。e.g. The more, the better.e.g. The more he learned about the news, the more anxious he became.The more a man has， the more he wants.我不會同意你的觀點

15、，他們也不會同意的。他知道的消息越多，他就變得越焦慮。Unit 5: Text A 8. The businessman accumulated money（攢錢） to support his retirement. It was wise to plan for the future. Yet, what sort of life was he living in the present? The businessman was so future oriented（以未來為考慮中心的） that he hadnt taken sufficient time（足夠的時間） to quest

16、ion what the future looked like. The businessman was living for what the Mexican already enjoyed a simple life well lived.Unit 5: Text A 9. Rudyard Kipling, giving a commencement address（畢業典禮上的演說） at McGill University in Montreal, said there was one striking（引人注目的） thing that deserves to be remember

17、ed about people. Warning the students against an over-concern（太過看重） for money, power, or popularity, he said, “Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are. ”The businessman discovered how poor he was when he met the Mexican fisherman.Warn sb.ag

18、ainst sth. 告誡某人不要做某事Unit 5: Text A 10. Ralph Waldo Emerson defined （定義） success in a simple life well lived as: “to laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection（喜愛） of children; to earn the appreciation（欣賞） of honest critics（真誠評論者） and endure the betrayal of false friends（容忍損友的背叛）; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to