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Unit 1 living a full lifeStart outTask1Dicuss with members of your group what is/are the most important element(s) for living a full life.you may choose one or more from the following list or provide your own answer. Then give reasons why you have made such a choice.A good appearance close friends a happy mindset a good neighborhoodA good job an absorbing hobby a happy family lottery winningsTask2Your best friend has recently been in low spirits ever since she was diagnosed with COPD(慢性阻塞性肺病）.she stays in bed most of the time and missed a lot of classes a lot of classes .she has nothing to do .and moreover wants to do nothing. How would you encourage her to cope with the diseasa with a positive attitude?1.Critical thinkingWork together with your parner to answer the following questions based on the text you've just read.1.the writer claims in the first paragraph that ,"many people find that enduring such a harrowing ordeal ultimately changes them for the better ."in which sense does she mean by saying "to change for the better",physically or mentally?⑴ i think the writer means people change for the better in the sense that they become wiser and more tolerent .⑵ i believe that people will become more forgiving and grateful .if they had troubled relationships in in past ,now they are able to cope with them and bring peace to the relationships.⑶i think after they endured such a harrowing ordeal , they will be more confident so they can handle anything that comes in their way.⑷i believe they will cherich what they have experienced ,and they will enjoy their lifes happly. Certainlly they can also bring pleasure to other people .2.In the second paragraph ,the writer believes in "a built-in capacity to flourish under the most difficult circumstances ."do you agree with her ?provide examples to elaborate your opinion.见后面3.Do you agree with the statement "what doesn't kill you actually makes you stronger"？Why or why not ?Disscuss in group the following questions.1.Have you had the experience of going through a very difficult situation and coming out as a better person ?or do you know someone who has experienced this ?Bill Gates （比尔盖茨）When Bill Gates made his decision to drop out from Harvard, he did not care too much of the result. Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two years later when he and Allen started the engine of Microsoft. Many people did not understand why Gates gave up such a good opportunity to study in the world’s No.1 University. However, with size comes power, Microsoft dominates the PC market with its operating systems, such as MS-DOS and Windows. Now, Microsoft becomes the biggest software company in the world and Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world.Thomas Edison （托马斯爱迪生）In 1879, after more than 1,000 trials and $40,000, Thomas Edison introduced an inexpensive alternative to candles and gaslight: the incandescent lamp. Using carbonized filaments from cotton thread, his light bulb burned for two days. These bulbs were first installed on the steamship Columbia and have been lighting up the world ever since.Ithi你看看Beethoven （贝多芬）Beethoven, the German Composer, began to lose his hearing in 1801 and was entirely deaf by 1819. However, this obstacle could not keep him from becoming one of the most famous and prolific composers in art history. His music, including 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, several senates and so on, formes a transition from classical to romantic composition.George Bush（乔治布什）On January 16, 1991, President Bush ordered the commencement of Operation Desert Storm, a massive U.S.-led military offensive against Iraq in the Persian Gulf.In late 1992, Bush ordered U.S. troops into Somalia, a nation devastated by drought and civil war. The peacekeeping mission would prove the most disastrous since Lebanon, and President Clinton abruptly called it off in 1993.Raoul Wallenberg （瓦伦堡）Raoul Wallenberg was a young Swedish aristocrat. In 1944 he left the safety of his country and entered Budapest. Over the next year he outwitted the Nazis and saved as many as 100,000 Jews (he was not himself Jewish) from the death camps. In 1945 he was arrested by the Russians, charged with spying, and imprisoned in a Russian labor camp.In the early Qing Dynasty famous scholar, historian Wan Sitong participated in compiling our country important historical" Twenty-Four Histories". But Wan Sitong was a naughty boy. Wan Sitong as a result of fun, the guests made him lose face, by the guests criticism. Wan Sitong is angry, overturned the guests table, was confined by his father to study room. Wan Sitong from the angry, hate reading, to the figure, and from the" tea" inspired, began to work hard. After more than a year has passed, Vance with house of read a lot of books, father to forgive his son, but Wan Sitong also understand the father's heart. Wan Sitong after a long hard hard, has finally become a proficient history read books of the famous scholar, and participated in" Twenty-Four Histories" of" Ming" in the editing work.清朝初期的著名学者、史学家万斯同参与编撰了我国重要史书《二十四史》。