2. New Horizon English Course Section A Section A Wealth, Success or Love 吴秀华

3. Teaching Steps Teaching Steps Warming up Text A Reading through Questions Words & Expressions Warming up Text A Reading through

4. Activity I Warming up Talking about the topic: Which is more important, wealth, success or love?

5. Which is more important, wealth, success or love? Different people have different views on this question. Some people think wealth is more important because if you have a lot of money, you can buy a big house, a new car or fashionable dress. So you can live a comfortable life. Some believe that success is more important. Generally speaking, a successful man has a high status and good reputation. People will look up to you. And success can bring you wealth.

6. However, most people want to be happy, but few people know how to find real happiness. Money and success alone don’t bring lasting happiness. As we know, love brings us real happiness. What is love? Love is a spiritual quality. Love is to care about your family members, buy food for your relatives, help out around the house by doing housework and help others, do something nice for someone. It is love that makes the world go round. So we should see love is the important of all.

7. Reading Through

8. Detailed the study of text A 1. view: opinion a. view on/about sth e. g What’s your view on a true friend? b. in one’s view: in one’s opinion e. g In my view, she done nothing wrong.

9. 2. Could it be possible for a person to choose … It is adj. for sb. To do sth e. g It is necessary for us to have healthy eating habits. 3. somehow: in someway, by some means 4. out of: because of e. g out of interest; out of sympathy

10. 5. see/notice/hear/watch/listen to sb do sth e. g I saw you play basketball almost everyday during the summer holidays. 6. recognize : know again sb or sth that you have ever seen or head before. e. g I recognize her, but I couldn’t remember her name. It is true that dogs recognize people by their smell.

11. Meaning of the Sentences I don’t think I know you. 我想我不认识你。 7 在宾语从句里，如果主句的谓语动词是 think, suppose and believe 等时， 说话者要委婉地 提出看法时， that 从句中的谓语动词常变成 肯定的形式，而把否定转移到主句的谓语 动词上。 e. g I don’t think he will not join us.

12. Questions: What kind of people were the three old men? What did they look like? Did the three men accept the woman’s invitation? Why? Why did the woman invite them in?