Lesson 1 A Material World

How much do you know about a millionaire’s life? Would you like to be a millionaire? Why or Why not? Rich? Big houses? Famous cars? Guards? Live in a big city/countryside? … Some the richest people in the world

List of World ’ s Richest People 1. Bill Gates President Microsoft $46.5bil (US) 2. Warren Buffet Investor $44bil(US) 3. Lakshmi Mittal steel titan $25bil(India) 4. Carlos Slim Helu telecom $23.8bil(Mexico) 5. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Investments $23.7bil (Sandi Arabia)

6. Ingvar Kamprad the owner of IKEA $23.8bil (Switzerland) 7. Paul Allan confounder of Microsoft $21bil (US) 8. Karl Albrecht Retailing $18.5bil (Germany) 9. Lawrence Ellison Software $18.4bil (US) 10. S Robson Walton Chairman of Wal-Mart $18.3bil (US) 《福布斯》年度全球富豪排行榜

Angus Deayton Charles Gray is a real person from the USA. Years ago he was a university professor and a millionaire. However, he grew disillusioned with the wealthy and comfortable lifestyle he was leading and started to give all his money away. He decided it was unfair for some people to have so many of the world’s resources, when so many people in the world were living in poverty.

Angus Deayton Gordon Angus Deayton was a student at Oxford. He is a famous British TV personality who has appeared in many comedy shows. One of them was Mr Bean. He became the host of the popular satirical news quiz Have I Got News for You, which led to his success. Angus Deayton

Ex-millionaire Charles Gray says he doesn’t want to be a millionaire. Why? Why? Why?

Charles Gray is from the ____. Years ago he was a ________ ________ and a ________. Why did he give all his money away? He grew disillusioned with the wealthy and comfortable lifestyle. USA university professor millionaire Please answer the following questions.

Background Charles Gray is a real person from the USA. Years ago he was a university professor and a millionaire. However, he grew disillusioned with ( 对 … 大为失望 ) the wealthy and comfortable lifestyle he was leading and started to give all his money away.

Read the article. Decide if the statements below are true, false or there is no information (NI). Charles Gray was a rich businessman. He hasn ’ t got a TV in his caravan. He has got a vegetable garden. Charles gave his money away to poor people. People thought he was crazy when he gave away small bank notes in the street. He was happier when he was rich. F NI T T F

Language points Ex-millionaire 前任总统 Ex-president

For a lot of people, becoming a millionaire seems to be their ultimate goal. 使用邮件很方面。 Using s is very convenient. 他们似乎玩得很愉快。 They seem to be enjoying themselves very much.

They spend half their time dreaming up ways of getting rich, and the rest of their time thinking about all the things they would do once they got rich. 一旦你养成了吸烟的习惯，你会发现很 难戒掉。 Once you have formed the habit of smoking, you will find it hard to give up.

But there are people who have turned their backs on their millions. 他总是对我很好，但他有麻烦时，我不能 不理睬他。 He has always been kind to me. I can ’ t just turn my back on him when he is in trouble.

There are certainly no signs that Charls was a rich man! We are against the idea that the little boy should study abroad. 我们队赢了比赛的消息让我兴奋。 I was excited by the news that our team has won the game.

He was tired of being a person who had everything in a world where many people had nothing. 他厌倦了教书。 He got tired of teaching.

So he gave away all his money to charities. 我想把我的旧衣物送给慈善机构。 I want to give away my old clothes to the charities.