lesson 6 Richard Nixon’s Childhood Step 1. Check the two students’ question preparation Do you think your childhood experiences have had a direct influence on your later life? Explain which of your early experiences influenced you most? Which one of your relatives had the most important influence on the shaping of your character? How did he\she influence you?

Step 2 reading tasks before coming to the text get prepared for the following questions Understanding main points Mark these statements T or F 1. the majority of mergers take place in the USA 2. many international mergers are failures 3. most mergers are done too quickly 4. most attention is concentrated on what to do after the merger is completed 5. connecting different computer systems together is not usually a problem. 6. high salaries were given to Chrysler managers as compensation for the merger with Daimler Benz 7. Chrysler has won many prizes for its production methods 8. engineers have a high status at Daimler-Benz

Step 3 read the text 1. Prepare for the vocabulary Ask the students to read through the words loudly 1 ） Explain some of the terms: account for: to be the explanation of added value: the value that is added to a product or a service as a result of a particular process boom: sudden increase boost: to increase the strength or value of collaboration: working together, esp to create or produce sth

flow chart: pictorial summary that shows with symbols and words the steps, sequence, and relationship of various operations involved in the performance of a function or a process ingenuity: cleverness, originality merger: act of joining together two or more commercial companies neglect: give no or little attention to presumption: sth that is thought to be true or very probable pull off: to succeed in doing sth revenue: money that a business or organization receives over a period of time post: to appoint sb to a job

2 ） background information intangible assets: are business assets that are not material in nature, which have been created through time and effort. some examples are patens, specialized mailing lists, and goodwill.

Step 4 summarization and review 1. Ask the students to finish the following reading tasks understanding expressions 1. The merger wave …is now sweeping over Europe. a. a lot of American companies are merging with European ones b. there has been a big increase in the number of mergers involving European companies. 2. success in the future will depend more than ever… a. they must try to make sure the share price goes up after the merger b. the y must try to reduce the costs and increase revenue in the new merged company. 3. post-merger integration has become decisive