1. 肥东县高中英语课堂 教学展评课 执教： 谢发权 单位： 肥东县撮镇中学 2009.5.8

2. Unit 10 Money Lesson1 A Material World First Period: Reading

3. objectives By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:  Find the main idea and specific information of the text through reading.  Compare different attitudes towards money and happiness.  Learn some useful new phrasal verbs.

4. The topic of this unit: Money. People think money talks. Do you want to get as much money as you can ? Why?

5. Some richest people They are all millionaires.

6. Some richest people Please use your imagination. ●What kind of life do they live? ● Do they have any worries? ● Do they all feel happy? Some people may feel happy, but others may not.

7. Charles Gray He is a real person from the USA. He looks like a poor man. But he is a famous ex-millionaire.

8. Charles’ Daily life  a small dormitory  Some second- hand furniture s  Lives an ordinary and simple life.

9. Fast-reading: He lives an ordinary and simple life even though he is an ex-millionaire. But where is all his money? Please go through the text and find the answer. He gave away all his money to poor people.

10. Decide if the following statements are true, false or there is no information. 1.Charles Gray was a rich businessman. 2. He hasn’t got a stove in his dormitory. 3. He has got a vegetable garden. 4. Charles gave his money away to poor people. 5. People thought he was drunk when he gave away small bank notes in the street. 6. He was happier when he was rich. 7. He often buys clothes from the shops. Listen and read to learn college professor. charity shops. gave away all his money.

11. While-reading Read from the first to the second paragraph again and consider the questions below 1) What are a lot of people determined to do about money? 2) What are some millionaires determined to do? 3) What’s Charles’ attitude towards his money?

12. What are a lot of people determined to do about money? a ： They ways of getting rich. b ： They think about all the things they would do once they got rich. Some people are. What are some millionaires determined to do? a ： They money when they become millionaires. b ： They are still to get all that money and they never lose it. Other people are too careful with their money. dreamup enjoyable greedy areconcernedabout hardworking tomakesure What’s Charles’ attitude towards his money? Charles has his millions turnedhisback on

13. While-reading Compare Charles’ life in the past and at present. Charles ’ life Sixteen years ago 1.He was a who had dollars. 2.He lived in a six-bedroom house. Today 1.He lives in a dormitory room. 2.He has only furniture. 3.He grows a few fruit trees, vegetables and flowers in a garden. 4.He gets his clothes and things from. collegeprofessor2million huge small second-hand small other charityshops

14. Discussion Why does he buy things from charity shops? Is it because the objects in charity shops are very cheap and valuable? How do you think so? Maybe he wants to help poor people.

15. Find out specific information. Why did he give away all his money, none left? The reasons: 1)He give up the lifestyle of a rich man. 2)He being a person who had everything in a world where many people had nothing. 3)He said all his money brought him. 4)He decided to from rich people. 5)He there were lots of poor people in the world 6)He thought having a little money made him. waspleasedto wastiredof givingaway happiness dropout wasaware free

16.  useful phrasal verbs.  please match the phrases with the meanings in the context. Phrasal verbsMeanings 1.be determined to do 2.achieve one ’ s goal 3.be concerned about 4.turn one ’ s back on 5.give away 6.be tired of 7. drop out a: give sb sth free of charge. b: leave a lifestyle c: be worried about. d: to decide. e: get what you want. f: be bored with sth. g: pay no attention to

17. Post- reading  Fill in the blanks. 1)Some poor girls of school in the past. 2)I want to my second-hand books to some students in poor areas. 3)The students make greater progress next term. 4)We shouldn’t on some beggars in the street. 5)He eating the same food these days. droppedout giveaway aredeterminedto turnourbacks istiredof

18. Post- reading Discussion 1: From what Charles did and say, what do you think of Charles? Discussion 2: People often think that money talks. What do you think of that? Can money bring us everything? He is very kind, merciful and generous. No, we do need money in the material world, But sometimes there is something that money can’t bring us. Such as: happiness. kindness. help. Money is not everything.

19. Summary and Homework In this passage, we got familiar with the famous ex-millionaire-Charles Gray. He gave away all his money to poor people. He is pleased to live an ordinary life. He is very generous and kind. From Charles Gray, we know that having lots of money doesn’t mean you are happy. We should have a good heart. Money is not everything. Do you think so? After class, please revise the grammar about the usage of all, none, other, etc on page 92.