Unit2ImprovingyourselfValuablevaluesReadthepassageandgetthemainideaofitReadandlearnwhatarethefourjarsReadandthinkthepurposeofthefourjarsReadandthinkthesignificanceofthefourjarsDoyouhavepocketmoney?Howdoyouusuallyspendyourpocketmoney?Howdoyoumanageyourpersonalfinances?

Doyouknowtheimportanceoffinancialmanagement?Lookatthechartandanswerthequestions.1.Whatarethetopthreethingsstudentsfromthisschoolspendtheirmoneyon?Thetopthreethings:booksandmagazinesschoolsuppliesclothes2.Whatelsedoyouthinkstudentsoftenspendtheirmoneyon?Nowthinkaboutwhatyouspendyourmoneyon.Drawacharttoshowyourspendinghabitsandshareitwiththeclass.How

did

you

get

your

pocket

money?

How

much

pocket

money

do

you

have

every

week?How

much

money

do

you

spend

everyday?What

do

you

often

spend

money

on?How

much

can

you

save

at

the

end

of

the

week?My

pocket

money

is

from

the

red

packets

during

the

Spring

Festival.Total:

125

RMB/weekLunch,

drinks

&

snacks,

stationarySaving:

10—15RMB/weekReadthepassageandfindoutthemeaningofthetitle.Valuablevaluesideasaboutwhat’srightorwhat’simportantinlifemostimportant/concerned/usefulthingsthatyouthinkmostimportantinyourlifeThewordsusedinthetitlearedifferentformsofthesameword.Howdoesthetitleattractyou?ValuablevaluesThetitlemeansthatthevaluableconceptofmanagingmoneycanhelpusmakegooduseofmoneyandmakeabigdifferencetoourlife.Wordplayusesthesoundsandmeaningofsimilarwordsinanamusingorcleverway,forexample:Iwastryingtodiscoverhowlightningworked,andthenitstruckme!Itcanalsobeusedtoreinforcethemeaningsofthemes:inthetitleTheimportanceofBeingEarnest.“Earnest”isanadjectiveaswellasacharacter’sname.Part1_________:Part2_________:Part3_________:Part4_________:Part5_________:Readthepassageagain,dividethepassageintofivepartsandsummarisethemainideas.paras.1-2Howyoungpeoplehandlemoneynowadays.para.3Managingmoneyisimportanttoyoungergenerations.para.4IntroductionofJerry’sstorywithhisgrandchildrenandhisfourjarsmethod.paras.5-8Valueofthefourjars.Thewideraimofthejars.para.9thekeypointsweshouldreadcarefullythepurposeofthefourjarsthedetailinformationaboutthefourjarsthesignificanceofthefourjarsRead

paras.1—2

and

fillintheblanks.

What

to

do

with

the

money?Some

handled

money

terribly:More

and

more

teens

_____________

their

parents’

credit

card.Some

prove

that

age

is

_____________

making

good

use

of

money:

Khloe

Thompson

made

and

gave

away

“Kare

Bags”

including

_____________,

which

were

bought

with

her

pocket

money

and

_______________.

no

barrier

tonecessitiescrowd

fundingmaxed

outRead

paras.

3—4

and

answer

the

questions.1.Whatdo17statesoftheUSrequirehighschoolstudentstodo?2.WhydidJerrygivefourjarstohisgrandchildrenastheirbirthdaypresents?Highschoolstudentsarerequiredtotakecoursesinpersonalfinances.Togivethem

opportunity

tolearnlifelongvalues:

spending

their

money

wisely.yourownhappinesstheopportunitytobuysomethingyoulikethefuturethatspecialsomethingyou’veseeninthestoresbuildforthefutureinvestinginyourselfkindnessandhelpingwhatevercausesyoubelieveinLet’sdrawthemindmapofthepassage.putforwardtheproblemWhatshouldteenagersdotodowiththeirmoney?anexampleofmakinggooduseofmoneyKhloeThompson's“KareBags”tomakegooduseofmoney.JerryWitkovskyandhisfourjarswhyhepresentedthefourjarstohisgrandchildrenthevalueofeachjarthewideraimofthejarsthinkmoreobjectivelyaboutmoneyandthingsitcandoequipteenagerstomaketheirfuturechoicesaboutusingmoneyNowwehaveknownthefourjarsandtheiraims.Theymakeadifferenceinteenagersfuturelife.Whatimpressionhavethefourjarsleftonyou?1.Whatcanwelearnfromthewholepassage?2.Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage?1.WhydoestheauthorusetheexampleofKhloeThompson?2.Howdoesthepassageinspireyoutoimproveyourspendinghabits?Theauthorusestheexampletoproveageisnobarriertomakinggooduseofmoney.3.Ifyouweregiven1,000yuan,howmuchmoneywouldyouputineachjar?Giveyourreasons.4.Whatmethodsofself-managementhaveyoulearntinthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?Whatelsedoyouneedtoimprove?Workingroups.Giveatalkaboutyourunderstandingofthevaluesrepresentedbythefourjars.1.Readthepassageagainandthinkaboutwhichjaryoubelieveisthemostimportant.Gooverthepurposeofeachjaranddecideyourchoice.3.Shareyourideaswiththegroup.4.Chooseagroupmembertosummariseyourgroup'sopinionstotheclass.Nowthinkaboutthe