全新版大学英语第2册第二单元19页PPT文档
全新版大学英语第二册Unit2
Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Supplementary Reading
English Song — Money, Money, Money
Money, money, money
It’s a rich man’s world
Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Supplementary Reading
English Song — Money, Money, Money
Warm-up Questions
1. Do you think rich people must be happier than poor people? Why?
2. Watch the video clDieptail“edMRoeandiengy Can’t Buy Happiness”.
1) What cannot be bought according to the woman? True love, the moon.
Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Supplementary Reading
Salvation Army
☆ a Christian charity and social services organization
全新版大学英语第二册UNIT 2
UNIT 2ValuesPart I Pre-Reading TaskListen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1. Who is it about?2. What happened to him one day?3. Do you think it was worthwhile to walk two or three miles to pay back the six and a quarter cents?4. Is the story related to the theme of the unit — values?The following words in the recording may be new to you:dismayn. 沮丧，失望disturbvt. 使不安conscientiousa. 认真的，尽职的Part IIText ADoes being rich mean you live a completely different life from ordinary people? Not, it seems, if your name is Sam Walton.THE RICHEST MAN IN AMERICA, DOWN HOMEArt HarrisHe put on a dinner jacket to serve as a waiter at the birthday party of The Richest Man in America. He imagined what surely awaited: a mansion, a "Rolls-Royce for every day of the week," dogs with diamond collars, servants everywhere.Then he was off to the house, wheeling past the sleepy town square in Bentonville, a remote Arkansas town of 9,920, where Sam Walton started with a little dime store that grew into a $6 billion discount chain called Wal-Mart. He drove down a country road, turned at a mailbox marked "Sam and Helen Walton," and jumped out at a house in the woods.It was nice, but no palace. The furniture appeared a little worn. An old pickup truck sat in the garage and a muddy bird dog ran about the yard. He never spotted any servants."It was a real disappointment," sighs waiter Jamie Beaulieu.Only in America can a billionaire carry on like plain folks and get away with it. And the 67-year-old discount king Sam Moore Walton still travels these windy back roads in his 1979 Ford pickup, red and white, bird dogs by his side, and, come shooting season, waits in line like everyone else to buy shells at the local Wal-Mart."He doesn't want any special treatment," says night manager Johnny Baker, who struggles to call the boss by his first name as a recent corporate memo commands. Few here think of his billions; they call him "Mr. Sam" and accept his folksy ways. "He's the same man who opened his dime store on the square and worked 18 hours a day for his dream," says Mayor Richard Hoback.By all accounts, he's friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbor who does his best to blend in, never flashy, never throwing his weight around.No matter how big a time he had on Saturday night, you can find him in church on Sunday. Surely in a reserved seat, right? "We don't have reserved seats," says Gordon Garlington III, pastor of the local church.So where does The Richest Man in America sit? Wherever he finds a seat. "Look, he's just not that way. He doesn't have a set place. At a church supper the other night, he and his wife were in back washing dishes."For 19 years, he's used the same barber. John Mayhall finds him waiting when he opens up at 7 a.m. He chats about the national news, or reads in his chair, perhaps the Benton County Daily Democrat, another Walton property that keeps him off the front page. It buried the Forbes list at the bottom of page 2."He's just not a front-page person," a newspaper employee explains.But one recent morning, The Richest Man in America did something that would have made headlines any where in the world: He forgot his money. "I said, 'Forget it, take care of it next time,'" says barber Mayhall. "But he said, 'No, I'll get it,' and he went home for his wallet."Wasn't that, well, a little strange? "No sir," says Mayhall, "the only thing strange about Sam Walton is that he isn't strange."But just how long Walton can hold firm to his folksy habits with celebrity hunters keeping following him wherever he goes is anyone's guess. Ever since Forbes magazine pronounced him America's richest man, with $2.8 billion in Wal-Mart stock, he's been a rich man on the run, steering clear of reporters, dreamers, and schemers."He may be the richest by Forbes rankings," says corporate affairs director Jim Von Gremp, "but he doesn't know whether he is or not — and he doesn't care. He doesn't spend much. He owns stock, but he's always left it in the company so it could grow. But the real story in his mind is the success achieved by the 100,000 people who make up the Wal-Mart team."He's usually back home for Friday sales meetings, or the executive pep rally Saturday morning at 7 a.m., when Walton, as he does at new store openings, is liable to jump up on a chair and lead everyone in the Wal-Mart cheer: "Give me a W! Give me an A! Give me an L! Louder!"And louder they yell. No one admits to feeling the least bit silly. It's all part of the Wal-Mart way of life as laid down by Sam: loyalty, hard work, long hours; get ideas into the system from the bottom up, Japanese-style; treat your people right; cut prices and margins to the bone and sleep well at night. Employees with one year on board qualify for stock options, and are urged to buy all they can.After the pep rally, there's bird hunting, or tennis on his backyard court. But his stores are alwayson his mind. One tennis guest managed to put him off his game by asking why a can of balls cost more in one Wal-Mart than another. It turned out to be untrue, but the move worked. Walton lost four straight games.Walton set up a college scholarship fund for employees' children, a disaster relief fund to rebuild employee homes damaged by fires, floods, tornadoes, and the like. He believed in cultivating ideas and rewarding success."He'd say, 'That fellow worked hard, let's give him a little extra,'" recalls retired president Ferold F. Arend, who was stunned at such generosity after the stingy employer he left to join Wal-Mart. "I had to change my way of thinking when I came aboard.""The reason for our success," says Walton, in a company handout, "is our people and the way they're treated and the way they feel about their company. They believe things are different here, but they deserve the credit."Adds company lawyer Jim Hendren: "I've never seen anyone yet who worked for him or was around him for any length of time who wasn't better off. And I don't mean just financially, although a lot of people are. It's just something about him —coming into contact with Sam Walton just makes you a better person."(1066 words)New Words and Expressionsmansion▲n. a large house, usu. belonging to a rich person （豪华的）宅邸，大厦remotea. far away in space or time 遥远的dimen. （美国、加拿大的）10分硬币billionnum.（美、法）十亿；（英、德）万亿discountn. amount of money which may be taken off the full price 折扣pickupn. a light van having an open body with low sides 小卡车，轻型货车muddy▲a. covered in mud 沾满泥的；泥泞的sighvi. 叹气，叹息billionairen. 亿万富翁；大富翁carry onbehave in a wild or improper way; conduct; continue 举止随便；进行；继续做folkn. (usu.pl) people in general 人们；人民get away withdo (sth.) without being caught or punished 做（某事）而未被发觉或未受惩罚shelln. (AmE) 猎枪弹；炮弹；壳locala. of a particular place 地方的，当地的treatmentn. 对待；待遇corporate▲a. 公司的memo▲n. a note of sth. to be remembered 备忘录folksya. simple and friendly 友好的，坦率的mayorn. 市长by/from all accountsaccording to what everyone says 人人都说cheerfula. (of a person) happy in a lively way; (of sth.) making one feel happy 愉快的；令人愉快的blendv. mix together thoroughly （将…）混合blend inmix harmoniously 融洽，十分协调flashya. attracting attention by being too smart and decorated 浮华的，华而不实的throw one's weight around(infml) 盛气凌人reservevt. keep for a special use; book (a seat, room, table, etc.) 将…留作专用；预定pastorn. 牧师barbern. 理发师open up(infml) 开门；打开democratn. 民主党人；民主主义者employeen. 雇员，受雇者headlinen. （报纸上的）标题wallet▲n. 皮夹子hold tokeep to 遵守，不改变celebrityn. famous person 名人stockn. 资本；股票，证券on the runin flight; continuously active 奔逃，逃避；忙个不停steerv. 驾驶steer clear ofkeep away from 避开，避免reportern. 记者schemern. 阴谋家schemen. 阴谋；计划rankingn. 地位；等级rankv. （将…）列为（某等级）make upform, constitute 构成，组成executiven., a. 经营管理方面的（人员）；行政方面的（人员）pepn. (infml) keen activity and energy 劲头，活力rallyn., v. 集会pep rallya gathering intended to encourage the listeners 鼓舞士气的会议openingn. the act of becoming or making open, esp. officially （正式的）开张，开幕liablea. likely (to do sht.) 有可能做…的yell▲v. shout loudly 喊叫lay downestablish 制定；设立loyaltyn. being true and faithful (to) 忠诚systemn. 系统qualifyv. （使）具有资格optionn. 期权，购买（或出售）权；选择自由stock option优先认股权courtn. 球场scholarshipn. 奖学金tornadon. 龙卷风cultivatevt. improve by care, training or study; develop 培养，陶冶rewardv. give (sth.) to sb. in return for work or services 奖赏retireda. (of a person) having stopped working, usu. because of age 退休了的retirev. （使）退休stun▲vt. make (sb.) very surprised 使惊吓generosityn. the quality of being willing to give money, help, etc. 慷慨，大方stingya. unwilling to spend money 吝啬的employern. 雇佣者，雇主aboardadv., prep. on or into (a ship, train, aircraft, bus, etc.) 在（船、车、飞机等）上come aboard(fig) become a new member of an organization 入伙，加盟handoutn. information given out in the form of a printed sheet, leaflet 印刷品，宣传品deservevt. be worthy of 应受，值得Proper NamesArt Harris阿特·哈里斯Rolls-Royce罗尔斯-罗伊斯汽车Bentonville本顿维尔（美国地名）Arkansas（美国）阿肯色州Sam Moore Walton萨姆·穆尔·沃尔顿Wal-Mart沃尔玛公司Jamie Beaulieu杰米·鲍尤Ford福特汽车Johnny Baker乔尼·贝克Richard Hoback理查德·霍巴克Gordon Garlington III戈登·加林顿第三Mayhall梅霍Benton County本顿县（美国地名）Forbes福布斯（杂志名）Jim Von Gremp吉姆·冯·格雷姆普Ferold F·Arend费罗尔德·F·阿伦德Jim Hendren吉姆·亨德伦Language Sense Enhancement1. Read aloud paragraphs 19-22 and learn them by heart.2. Read aloud the following poem:I'm nobody! Who are you?Emily DickinsonI'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!They'd advertise — you Know!How dreary to be somebody!How public like a frogTo tell one's name the livelong dayTo an admiring bog!3. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.One should eat to live, not live to eat.—— Benjamin FranklinThat man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.—— Henry David ThoreauIf money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.—— Henry FordTo travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.—— Robert Louis Stevenson4. Read the following humorous story for fun. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.The elderly gamekeeper of a Scottish estate suffered from fading eyesight, and the lord of the manor offered to send him to London to see an eye specialist. Before he left, however, he was given strict instructions to spend his money thriftily and to live as he would at home.When the keeper returned a week later, he presented the lord with a bill for more than ￡1000. Shocked, the lord asked what he had been living on in London."Oh, the usual, sir," came the reply. "Pheasant, salmon, grouse and venison."。
全新版大学英语综合教程第二册完整(完整版)ppt课件
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Part II Text A
Howard Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West.
LEARNING, CHINESE-STYLE Howard Gardner For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing. The key to our room was attached to a large plastic block with the room number on it. When leaving the hotel, a guest was encouraged to turn in the key, either by handing it to an attendant or by dropping it through a slot into a box. Because the key slot was narrow, the key had to be positioned carefully to fit into it.
大学英语(全新版)第二册Unit 2 The Richest Man in American, Down Home
as it expands into other countries and cultures.
Wal-mart
Wal-mart is now ranked world NO.1 retailer, followed by Carrefour. It was founded in 1962 with opening of first WalMart store in Rogers, Ark. by Sam Walton. In 2000, this supermarket, with its annual turnover of US $160 billion, was listed second in Fortune's top 500. Today, it has more than 4,000 chain stores throughout the world.
Part Two(5-13): Being friendly, easy-going and never flashy, Walton carries on like plain folks and never wants any special treatment.
Part Three(14-22): With the Wal-Mart team in mind, Walton devotes himself heart and soul to making the business a great success.
全新版大学英语2-第二单元A-Life-Full-of-Riches
A Life Full of Riches富足的一生It was early December 2003, my first season as a Salvation Army bell ringer, when I was confronted with the question. I was standing just outside the doorway of a Wal-Mart, offering a "thank you" and a smile to each person who dropped a donation into my red kettle. A neatly dressed woman and her young son walked up to the kettle stand. While she searched her purse for some cash, the boy looked up at me. I can still see the confusion and curiosity in his eyes as he asked, "Are you poor?"首次面对这个问题，是在2003年12月初，我第一次为救世军摇铃募捐的时候。
当时我就站在沃尔玛商场入口处门外，对每一位向我的红壶里投入捐款的人都报以一声“谢谢”和一个微笑。
一位穿着整洁的妇人牵着她的幼子向放壶的台子走过来。
她在钱包里摸着找钱时，孩子抬头看了我一眼，问我：“你穷吗？”当时他眼里充满疑惑和好奇，时至今日仍历历在目。
"Well," I stammered, trying to think, "I have more than some people, but not as much as others." His mother scolded him for the social no-no, and they hurried off to do their shopping. His question, however, did not leave me.“嗯，”我结结巴巴，边想边回答，“我比有些人拥有的多，但比其他人拥有的少。
大学英语2 unit 2 PPT
Text Analysis
• Try to define the word “riches”. • Search for evidence/details showing why the author
is not “rich” and why he is “rich”. • The importance of evidence/details to convince the
• Part One (Paras. 1-2) • The writer’s encounter with a boy who raised the
question “Are you poor?”. • Part Two (Paras. 3-12) • In search of an answer the writer finds that not having
usefulexpressions?面临遭遇?仰头向上看?填写?属于?仅仅不多于不强于?转瞬即逝的念头?磨损损耗?富裕的有钱的?不自在格格不入?陈旧的家具beconfrontedwithlookupatfilloutfallintonothingmorethanapassingwhimwearandtearwelloffoutofplacedatedfurniture?之后不久?走下坡路失败?转折点?与
We burned with curiosity over what was in the box.)
• Collocation:
• from/out of curiosity
在好奇心驱使下
• in open curiosity
公然出头过问与自己无关的事
• Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇伤身。
全新大学英语综合教程二册UnitPPT课件
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1. …, he’s always doing these stupid things that end up really embarrassing one or more of us kids (lines 9-10).
译文：他老是干那些蠢事，弄得我们当儿女的 到头来无地自容。 that –clause 在语法上是一个定语从句 ，但实际上起了结果状语从句的作用，这叫 定语从句意义的转化。 如：
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really embarrassing one or more of them kids.
3.What did sean plan to do the money he earned
from his first job? He wanted to buy a guitar.
全新版大学英语综合教程第二册Unit2
in China” elected by Fortune Chinese
edition.
Wal-Mart (3)
In 1996, Wal-Mart entered the Chinese market. The first Supercenter and SAM'S CLUB were opened in Shenzhen, China. Nowadays, they operate 47 units in 22 cities, including Shenzhen, Kunming, Fuzhou, Dalian, Xiamen, Shantou, Dongguan, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Changsha, Beijing, Nanchang, Ji'nan, Qingdao, Tianjin, Nanjing, Nanning, Wuhan, Guiyang, Taiyuan and Chongqing.
College English (New Edition)
Integrated Course 1
Unit 2 Values
LOGO
Text A
The Richest Man In America, Down Home
The Richest Man In America, Down Home
Unit2-全新版大学英语综合教程2第二册(第二版)教师电子教案课件
Unit 2 2 Values Values Unit
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
A Debate Who’s more important to the world?
Unit 2 2 Values Values Unit
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
Warm-up Questions 1. Do you think rich people must be happier than poor people? Why? Detailed Reading 2. Watch the video clip “Money Can’t Buy Happiness”. 1) What cannot be bought according to the woman? True love, the moon. 2) What can also happen to wealthy people? Divorces, suicides and murders. 3. Do you think a poor person can have a life full of riches? How? 4. How would you show your value if you were rich enough?
Who’s Who A Debate Background Information Salvation Army Wal-Mart
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最新全新版大学英语第二版听说教程听力unit2幻灯片课件
• In my opinion, smoking should be prohibited / should at least be partially banned in all public places / enclosed areas like elevators and air-conditioned offices, restaurants and cafeterias.
Unit 2 Anti-smoking
3. Why do some young people pick up smoking? Young people are the hopes of our society. But
新版大学英语综合教程2第二单元 ppt课件
Before Reading
1. Abraham Lincoln Story about Abraham Lincoln Discussions about the Story
2. Celebrities Rich People I Know Who’s Who
3. Background Information 4. Warm-up Questions
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Discussions about the Story 4. What values do you consider the most important?
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Rich People I Know Collect stories, news reports, pictures, books, or video clips of rich people. Form groups of three or four to share what you have collected and discuss what values these rich people hold dear.
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Who’s Who
quotations:
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.
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Who’s Who had a long relationship with the soprano Maria Callas
Unit2-全新版大学英语综合教程2第二册(第二版)教师电子教案课件
Directions: 1. Before class, students are asked to collect relevant
materials of participation in charity work by Bill Gates or Mother Teresa. Detailed Reading 2. In class, students form two camps to debate the following issue: Mother Teresa has no money, but she took care of the poor in Calcutta until her death. Bill Gates gave a lot of money to charity, but he seldom works in the “frontline” with the poor. Does the world need more love like Mother Teresa’s or more money like Bill Gates’?
Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Supplementary Reading
Warm-up Questions
1. Do you think rich people must be happier than poor people? Why?
☆ fDoetuainleddReedadinbgy William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth in London in 1865
全新版大学英语综合教程第二册Unit2
The Founder of Wal-Mart: Sam Walton
(1) If judged by appearance Sam Walton was a very ordinary man. He was raised in the Depression years, and served in the army during World War II. It was he, who from humble beginnings built the world's most admired retail organization.
College English (New Edition)
Integrated Course 1
Unit 2 Values
LOGO
Text A
The Richest Man In America, Down Home
The Richest Man In America, Down Home
Pre-Reading Tasks While-Reading Tasks Post-reading Tasks Assignments
Rolls—Royce
劳斯莱斯汽车公司是由亨利.罗易 斯(F.Henry Royee)和贵族C.罗尔斯 (C.Rolls)合作，在1904年创建的。 大众于1998年购买了英国的劳斯 莱斯轿车有限公司。
劳斯莱斯汽车公司(Rolls—Royce) 是以一个“贵族化”的汽 车公司享誉全球的。劳斯莱斯
Methods of indirect description
Anecdotes, examples, quotes, comparison and contrast, etc.
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2unit2的PPT
Unit 1 Ways of Learning Unit 1 Ways of Learning
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
Teach Your Children
Directions: Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear. Detailed Reading
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
About Education A Survey
Detailed Reading
A Practical Experiment Education in the West
Unit 1 Ways of Learning Unit 1 Ways of Learning
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
Detailed Reading
Unit 1 Ways of Learning Unit 1 Ways of Learning
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
全新版大学英语综合教程第二版完整Unit 2ppt课件
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Pre-reading task
• One day Chen and I went downtown. I wanted to buy some supplies. He hates shopping but came along since he speaks better Chinese than me. Also, he is a better bargainer. For these good reasons he offers to help even though it’s boring, since otherwise I would buy the wrong thing.
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• For me, China seems “reversed”. Relationships seem more important than the individuals involved. In North America, an individual is more important than relationships or roles. These two opposite starting points shape reality and expectations. Many say to me, “I hope we can be friends.” And what he or she wants is to practice English. Others want to be my friend because I am a foreigner and they think this makes them look good. This hurts me since I am along here and making friends is what I want, not teaching English every hour of the day or night, or being a prize. I feel used. But for Chinese, “using” is part of friendship.
Unit2全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2电子教案精品PPT课件
Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Supplementary Reading
Detailed Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
UUnniitt22 VVaalluueess Supplementary Reading
English Song — Money, Money, Money
Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man’s woDertladiled Reading Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man’s world Aha-ahaaa All the things I could do If I had a little money It’s a rich man’s world
Warm-up Questions
1. Do you think rich people must be happier than poor people? Why?
2. Watch the video clDieptail“edMRoeandiengy Can’t Buy Happiness”.
1) What cannot be bought according to the woman? True love, the moon.
新版大学英语综合教程2第二单元ppt
Li Ka-shing
has invested more than $7 billion in Chinese mainland and built 400 miles of roads and bridges
Who’s Who has given away over $500 million to support education and health care facilities in Asia quotations:
Aristotle Onassis
first marriage to the daughter of the influential Greek shipowner Stavros Livanos ended in divorce (1960)
Who’s Who had a long relationship with the soprano Maria Callas
5. Names
6. Forbes
Sam Walton Sam Walton, an American retailing executive, was born in 1918 in Oklahoma. After 17 years of operating franchise retail stores, he opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Arkansas, in 1962. Walton developed Wal-Mart into a chain of massive, centrally controlled stores that were typically sited in small towns and rural areas. The stores featured heavy discounting, smaller profit margins than usual coupled with higher-volume sales, and a customer-oriented staff. Wal-Mart flourished, went public in 1970, and by 1991 had become a multibillion-dollar business and America’s largest retailer with 1,700 stores. Walton, who stepped aside as CEO of the company in 1988 but remained active in its management, was by 1985 the wealthiest person in the United States.
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Text Analysis
The text begins with an anecdote: how waiter Jamie Beaulieu had anticipated a lavish mansion at the Waltons, only to find an ordinary-looking household. This kind of beginning lures readers to to on. There are other anecdotes, like how Sam Walton forgot his wallet and insisted on fetching it to pay the local barber, and how he lost 4 straight games after a Wal-Mart exployee asned him a question about price.
Examples: Only here was it safe to prepare and handle hot drinks.
Language Points
4. Carry on: behave or conduct oneself in a specific way
Example: There is nothing unusual about them. They carry on just like everybody else.
Unit 2 Values
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Pre-Reading Tasks
1. Answer the following questions :
What happened to Abraham Lincoln one day?
How is the story related to the theme of the unit – values?
Language Points
3. Only: In writing and formal speech, you can put “only” at the beginning of a sentence, followed by the word, word group, or clause it modifies, and then you put an auxiliary or “be” followed by the subject of the main clause.
Jonnie Baker, night manager at the local Wal-Mart Richard Hoback, Mayor of Bentonville, Arkansas Gordon Garlington, pastor of the local church John Marshall, local barber Jim Von Gremp, corporate affairs director Ferold F. Arend, retired president of Wal-Mart Jim Hendren, company lawyer
Language Points
1. Remote: far away in space or thime
Examples: The supply of electricity to remote mountainous villages is one of the local development projects in Yunnan province.
While-Reading
1. The text can be divided into three parts. Between each part, there is a blank line.
Names mentioned in the text:
Jamie Beaulieu, waiter at Sam Walton’s birthday party
5. Folk: people in general (you can refer to people as folk or folks)
Example: they got married and had kids and lived like other folks
Language Points
Text Analysis
Sam Walton is a folksy guy, of which a lot of examples are given, examples of how generous an employer he is are also plentiful.
Jamie Beaulieu’s anticipation and the reality he later found out form a contrast. It reveals Sam Wolton’s down-home characteristics. When retired company president Ferold F. Arend compared Sam Walton with his previous employer, we appreciate further Sam Walton’s generosity.
6. Get away with: do sth. Wrong or risky without being caught or punished
2. Discount: amount of money which may be taken off the full price
Examples: Traditional retailers who’ve opened cyberstores may offer special discounts to online shoppers.