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1、Born to Win,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,Proverbs,失败乃成功之母 1.Failure is the mother of success 2.Failure teaches success.,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,Proverbs,Rome wasnt built in a day. 罗马城不是一日建成的。 Every road leads to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 Theres no such thing as a free lunch. 天下没有免费的午餐。,Par
2、t One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,The greatest talkers are always the least doers. 言语的巨人，行动的矮子。 Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。,Proverbs,A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨人难聚财。 He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. / He that lives with cripples learns to limp. 近朱
3、者赤，近墨者黑。 God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,Its the early bird that catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 It is never too old to learn. / Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,A Jack of all trades and ma
4、ster of none. 样样精通，样样稀松。 Many hands make light work. 人多好办事。 As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,More haste, less speed. /Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。 Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 Make hay while the sun shines. 抓紧时机（或译为“读书要趁早”）,Par
5、t One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。 Better late than never. 迟做总比根本不做好。 Fortune favors the bold. 好运偏爱勇者（机会在于创造）。,Part One: PreparationQuotable Quotes,To be continued,Opportunity knocks only once./ Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机会稍纵即失。 No pains, no gains. / Sow noth
6、ing, reap nothing. 不劳则无获。,Born to Win,Task 1Discussion Task 2Guessing Work Task 3A SongHero Task 4Video Clip Task 5Proverbs and Sayings,Part One: PreparationWhat Does Winning Mean?,What Does Winning Mean?,Work in a group. Talk about your understanding of winning.,Part One: PreparationWhat Does Winni
7、ng Mean?,being happy. being No.1 or one of the best in your field. being able to make great contributions to society. being able to overcome great difficulties that others cant. making a lot of money. doing what you enjoy and being good at it. having good health and a happy family. that you can be w
8、hat you want to be.,Part One: PreparationWinners in my eyes,Who is a winner in your eyes and why?,Winners in my eyes,Part One: PreparationWinners in my eyes,It is no doubt to many people that Helen Keller is a winner. Even though she became blind and deaf at a very early age, she didnt give up. With
9、 the help of her teacher, she became a teacher, writer and lecturer. She couldnt see or hear, but she learned to read and write by touching and feeling. Helen also learned several foreign languages: French, German, Latin and Greek. Helen always wanted to try what others could do.,Sample,Discussion,D
10、irections: Hold a discussion on these misconceptions about success and try to give your own successful experiences.,Once Im successful，my troubles are over.,You may be successful, but you may still have the ups and downs in your life. Enjoy the success you achieve and live each day as it comes.,Task
11、 1 Discussion,Discussion,It takes a lot of luck to be successful.,Sure, it takes “some” luck to be successful. But it takes a lot more intelligence, diligence and knowledge.,Some people cant be successful because of the background, education, etc.,Anybody can be successful. Its a matter of wanting t
12、o, then doing what it takes to achieve it.,They all set models for the young.,They are hardworking, brave and iron-willed.,They all played an important part in the history of our human beings.,Task 2 Guessing Work,Who Are They,Martin Luther King .Jr. Great Civil rights leader Famous speech “I Have A
13、 Dream”,He was born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929.,After the bus boycott, he was elected president and gained national prominence for his role in the campaign.,On August 28, 1963, more than 250, 000 protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., where he delivered a famous speech.,The speech is “I Have a
14、 Dream”.,Born on Oct. 28, 1955, he grew up in Seattle with his two sisters.,He discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at the age of 13.,He left Harvard to devote his energy to Microsoft, a company he started in 1975.,His foresight and his vision for personal computing ha
15、ve been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.,William H. GatesChairman and Chief Software ArchitectMicrosoft Corporation,Now, divide the class into two groups to hold a competition. One group will offer some useful information about a famous person in the world for the other
16、 group to guess who the person is. The group getting more correct answers will be the winner.,Sample,Activity,She was Britains first woman Prime Minister.,She was born in 1925, the daughter of a grocer who was active in local politics, eventually becoming mayor of Grantham.,As an undergraduate she was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association.,Her writings include two volumes of memoirs, The Downing
