1. Welcome! 1

2. Can you spot the differences between the two pictures?7
Can you spot the differences between the two pictures?

3. Q: What can you do during one minute?
Q: Is one minute very important in our life?
Q: What can you do during one minute?
Q: What happened during the one minute in the story? (Para 1.)

4. Characters Rogers Tony
thought _____ of
in _____ of
highly
charge
Rogers
Tony
Foreman
spoke out
kept silent
Rogers _________ Tony for __________, “
talked to
one minute
① I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled, but I want you to know I am not (going to fire you).
reliable
② Tony is the most ________ worker he had ever had. He easily gets angry and that he hates everybody and everything. But he ___________________________. There has been____________ for eight years on the hill where he works.”
no accident
comes in first and leaves last
hardworking

5. ⑥ ⑤ ③ ⑧ ② ④ ① ⑦ Elements of Plot Exposition Rogers was in charge.
Rising actions
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
⑥ ⑤
Rogers was in charge.
Rogers was concerned about Tony’s attitude.
③ ⑧
Rogers managed to get Tony to work harder after the one minute’s talk.
② ④
Rogers went back to school.
Rogers saw Tony’s success when they met again.
① ⑦

6. “If it had not been for the one minute you talked to me back in Idaho, I’d have killed somebody someday. That one minute , changed my whole life.”
“If it had not been for the one minute you talked to me back in Idaho, I’d have killed somebody someday. That one minute , changed my whole life.”
Rogers hadn’t talked to Tony for one minute and Tony had killed someone.
B. Rogers did talk to Tony for one minute, which made Tony give up killing someone and changed his life.

7. Change difficult coldly streamed smiled respect/recognition
Setting
Tony’s work
Rogers’ attitude
Tony’s action
Tony’s character
/feelings
Before
“the one minute”
Tony was a _______ worker.
doubtful
Tony replied
________.
negative
difficult
coldly
concerned
mad
Tony’s tears _______ down the face and he even ________.
“the one minute”
roll freely
respectful
moved
streamed
Tony worked harder.
satisfied
appreciative
smiled
Tony became _______ and he succeeded.
shocked
positive
After “the one minute
foreman
admiring
grateful
moved
Rogers’ ______________ and __________make a difference to Tony’s __________as well as his __________.
doubtful
respect/recognition
appreciative
appreciation
negative
respectful
mad
grateful
positive
work
concerned
shocked
life
admiring
satisfied
external(外部的)
internal(内部的)

8. Q: What can you do during one minute?
Q: Is one minute very important in our life?
Q: What can you do during one minute?

9. Theme
★ Recognition and appreciation make a difference to one’s work as well as one’s life.
Rogers
leaders
parents
teachers
friends
strangers ……
★ __________words can be so ________ that they can change one’s life.
powerful
Everybody’s

10. A scene
Brad: A boy with a kind of disease called Tourette Symdrome (妥瑞氏综合征) always makes noises but he works hard and never gives up.
Principal: the principal of Brad’s middle school, whose words inspired Brad to be a teacher

11. A scene

12. Mini-writing of “one minute”
appreciation
Rogers: “…
Tony, You are the most reliable worker the foreman has ever had.
You easily get angry and that you hate everybody and everything.
But you come in first and leave last. There has not been an accident for eight years on the hill where you work.”
problem
respect/recognition
Principal: Good job. Go sit down. As you can see, Brad is suffering from an incurable sickness and he is not making noises on purpose. He is __________________________________________________.
He ___________________________________________________.
But he ________________________________________________.
Brad’s monologue: A few words…a little education and it was like opening a door to a brand new world. Now some day, some way, I knew, Tourette’s or no Tourette’s , I was going to be teacher.

13. Mini-writing of “one minute”
Principal: Good job. Go sit down. As you can see, Brad is suffering from an incurable sickness and he is not making noises on purpose. He is _________________________________________________________.
He ______________________________________________________.
But he ___________________________________________________.
Brad’s monologue: A few words…a little education and it was like opening a door to a brand new world. Now some day, some way, I knew, Tourette’s or no Tourette’s , I was going to be teacher.
the most hardworking and determined student I have ever seen
is laughed at, misunderstood and punished for his noises
never gives up and struggles to get treated like everybody else

14. ★ There is power of life and death in the tongue
★ There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.
你的话有决定生死的力量。一句鼓励的话可以让落魄的人重新振作，让他们重新面对生活。而一句消极的话足以杀掉一个消极的人。

15. ★ Write a summary of the story based on the elements of the story.
Assignment
★ Write a summary of the story based on the elements of the story.
characters
setting
plot
exposition
rising actions
climax
falling actions
resolution

16. Thank you!

17. Word-guessing
“I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled.” Choose the sentence in which “fire” has the same meaning. A. B.
If you give your boss a dirty look, you will be fired.
The soldiers fired on the enemies.
force sb to leave their job

18. Word-guessing 2. Who is in charge of the Apple company now? C. A. B.
a leader , in control of