1、 Lesson 3 Nine to fiveReading Unit 14 Careers The Road to SuccessBefore you learn1.Born in 1996, she is a Chinese star swimmer. Her hometown is HangZhou. 2. She is very confident and committed and works extremely hard. she keeps challenging herself and overcomes lots of difficulties. 3. Her hard wor

2、k paid off. She broke the world record in the 400m swimming event for women in the London Olympic Games. She has been awarded by their home province for her success. Guess who is she?Olympic champion -Ye ShiwenThink of a successful person that you admire. What do they do and why do you admire this p

3、erson?Lets talkIn my opinion/ personallyI think/admire; Because she/he is hard-working/confident / positive/creative/intelligent/unselfishLets read!Wang junyanThe road to success. succeed (v.)successful (adj.)successfully (adv.)n.Fast-readingRead the text quickly and find out the main idea of each p

4、aragraph.Para 1:Para 2:Para 3:Para 4-5:Her _ about being a reporter First Reading_which made her a successCharacteristics/Quality Mothers _influenceThe _ why she chose to be a journalistreasonfeelingReading skill: find out the key words & topic sentences Intensive readingRead the article “The Ro

5、ad to Success” again, then answer the questions in ex.31. What characteristics does Wang Junyan believe made her a success?commitment 承諾；保證承諾；保證Second Reading Skill: Read the questions first.Being curious, hard-working and believing in what was true. (She also mentioned being committed and never giv

6、ing up.)curiosity 好奇心好奇心n.belief 信仰信仰2. What did Wang Junyan do with her mother that taught her to be curious?3. What made Wang Junyan realize the importance of being a journalist?They would look in old nests to find birds feathers and turn over stones to look at the little creatures there.Her repor

7、t on an illegal business and it helped the people who had been affected and helped the government to catch the guilty people.4. What does Wang Junyan like most about being a reporter?5. What does Wang Junyans story tell you about success?Although there wasnt much glory in a reporters existence, She

8、found it interesting and challenging.If you work hard, have a good attitude and never give up, you can achieve success. SummaryWang Junyan is a _ now. She said that it is _, _, and _ that made her success. It is her mother who taught her to be_. Her mother was a strong character who had_lots of diff

9、iculties and had never been_ (defeat) by her problems. TV presenterbeing curiousworking hard believing in what was truecuriousovercomedefeatedAfter graduating from university, Wang became a _ for a local newspaper. She was asked to write a report about an _ business. Her report helped people and it

10、also helped the government _ the company and catch the _. Her hard work _ when she won an award for the report. She also said that as a reporter she needed many _ and kept _ new things. She still felt _ now .reporterillegalpaid off guilty peopleinspectdifferent skillslearningcuriousEveryone wants to

11、 succeed, but the road to success is not so smooth(平坦的平坦的). From Wang Junyans story, what should we do to achieve success?Voice your opinionsuccesswork hardhave a good attitude (positive)be curious (curiosity )never give up (be persistent)be committed (commitment).be confidentconfidence (n.)Success,

12、 we all create together!I hear, I think;I see, I remember;I do, I can!I can make it!Say it aloud!Homework !1. Finish task 3 on the paper.2. P27Ex.4Check your understanding 1. 我問(wèn)她是怎樣獲得成功的，她告訴我，是我問(wèn)她是怎樣獲得成功的，她告訴我，是好奇心，努力工作和忠于事實(shí)的原則使她好奇心，努力工作和忠于事實(shí)的原則使她成為今日的成功者。成為今日的成功者。2. “那時(shí)我發(fā)現(xiàn)只要堅(jiān)持不懈，永不放棄，我那時(shí)我發(fā)現(xiàn)只要堅(jiān)持不懈，永

13、不放棄，我就能寫(xiě)出高質(zhì)量的報(bào)道。就能寫(xiě)出高質(zhì)量的報(bào)道。”這也正是王君這也正是王君燕成為環(huán)球電視的主持人后一直努力做的。燕成為環(huán)球電視的主持人后一直努力做的。 believe in - turn over- overcome (v.)- grasp (v.)- inspect (v.)- illegal (adj.)- pay off- commit (v.)- existence (n.)- glory (n.)- belief (n.)turn on/off; turn up/down overcame- overcome to understand sth. inspection- ins

14、pector (n.)(反反) legal-illegally (adv.)paid- paid 回報(bào)；支付回報(bào)；支付(adj.) committed- commitment (n.) exist (v.) (adj.) glorious In conclusion, there are so many factors that determine or influence our success. Of all these factors, a positive attitude, hard work and perseverance are most important. So it is no use complaining your parents, family background or society. As long as you have the three factors mentioned above, you