Many 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.

Huatuo

Bill Gates

Churchill

Yao Ming

① Huatuo had a kind heart and he was modest,and hardworkng.He did not value fame or fortune. ② Bill’s success lies in the fact that he was hardworking,ambitious,intelligent and competitive. ③ Churchill loved his nation’s tradition.He was simple and ambitious. ④ The secret of Yao Ming’s success is not born with,but lies in his hardworking,wisdom and toughness.

Reading

— the man who brought technology to the man in the street the ordinary people

Read the text quickly and decide which of the following can best express the main idea of the text. A. Sir Clive’s stories. B. Sir Clive’s mini inventions. C. How Sir Clive ran his company. D. Sir Clive Sinclair’s life and inventions.

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 Clive’s stories. 外延太大； B 项 Sir Clive’s 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。

Read Para One and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A.Sir Clive Sinclair was a famous British businessman and inventor. B. Clive’s brilliant Childhood. C. Clive got a job at 17. D. Sinclair invented the calculator and was saddened.

Read Para Two and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A.Sinclair was unfortunate. B.How Clive’s ran his first company. C.Sinclair produced his pocket radio in bulk. D.Sinclair registered his own company.

Read Para Three and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A.Sinclair was the first to make pocket- sized things in the world. B. Sinclair’s computer cost only 100 pounds. C. Sinclair’s company expended rapidly. D. Clive was very talented at making little things.

Read Para Four and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. Sinclair studied Economics at Cambridge University. B. The advantage of Sinclair’s new inventions. C. Sinclair’s new invention was laughed at in the newspaper. D. How Sinclair’s career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s.

Read Para Five and chose the correct topic sentence for it. A. Sinclair became chairman of British Mensa. B. How Sinclair saved Mensa as a chairman. C. Sinclair paid personally for an annual Mensa conference at Cambridge. D. Sinclair has been an inventor and a business man.

The following is a timeline of important dates in Sinclair’s 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 world’s first pocket calculator.

He launched the world’s first pocket TV. Sinclair showed off the ZX80 computer. Sinclair launched his C5 car. He launched the world’s first digital watch.

Para His great _________ _____ and _________ of ___________ (_____) His ________ (_______) His ________ and _______ (_________) Para Paras 5 The outline Sir Clive Sinclair’s life and inventions 6 People’s ___________ of his ________ and ____________ (_____) childhood failure success strength leadership skills personality achievements efforts recognition

Childhood experience Sinclair was 1____ _______ and educated himself. Leaving school for nothing to learn 2_________ as an assistant editor 3_____________ development He 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 British Mensa Making Mensa respected Personally paying for an annual conference Making Mensa’s membership figures 8__________ 9_____________ A combination of intelligence and determination leads to his 10__________. Contributions Working talented/gifted Career closed demand/need damaged increase/boom Conclusion success

C1: How well did you understand the details of the transcript? Read the text again if you do not know the answer.

1.What did Sinclair’s grandfather and father do? _______________________________ 2. Why didn’t Sinclair go to university? ______________________________ 3. What was the first thing that Sinclair made and sold? _______________________________ They were both engineers. Because he decided that university would teach him nothing new. The pocket-sized radio.

4. What was Sinclair’s 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 computer was very cheap, which cost less than 100 pounds. It proved more useful for playing

His C5 car. It demonstrated that Sinclair had skillful leadership and strength of personality. _____________________ 7. What was Sinclair’s failure? _______________________________ 8. What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate? ________________________________ ____________ computer games on.

D: 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.g 7.d8.a

E: Licheng wrote an article about Sir Clive Sinclair for the school Magazine. Complete 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) honoured

F. What do you think about Sir Clive Sinclair’s life and success? Discuss the questions below with 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?

Language focus: 1.—the man who brought technology to the man in the street. 句中 the man in the 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.

3. Sinclair’s 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 with” 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。

She 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.

5. The company expanded rapidly, and he even had to open a new center in the USA to cope with the increased demand. “cope with” 对付，应对，比如： There was too much work for our computer to cope with. 我们的计算机要 干的事情太多，简直应接不暇。 办事处收到如洪水般的涌至的投诉信件。

名词 “ demand ” 在这里是 “ 需求 ” ，比如： There is a growing demand in China for enviromentally-friendly cars. 中国对环保汽车的需求量越来越大。 6. When Sinclair joined in 1959, membership was falling, and the society was on its last legs. 短语 “on its last legs” 意思是 “ 奄奄一息 ” 比如：

7. He was honoured in 1983 with a knighthood from the Queen of England in recognition of his efforts and achievements. recognition 在这里意识是 “ 承认 ” ， “ 认可 ” ， 比如： The company was on its last legs after the manager retired. 公司在经理退休后到了快解体的地步。

He was rewarded with a pay increase in recognition of his contribution to the company. 他被奖励加薪，作为他为公司所做贡献 的肯定。