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1、Unit7 Choices in LifeChoose a life of action, not one of ostentation. C. Nepos要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生 。 内波斯 Practice 1Listen to the story and answer the following questions briefly. Words you need to know:sophomore （大二学生） tumor （肿瘤） incredibly （难以置信地） appreciate（欣赏，期望） enlightened （光明的）A StoryListening Pr
2、actice1. Why did he wake up in the hospital, scared and confused one day?2. What kind of choice did he have to make?3. Did he make the right choice in the end ?Questions:Because he had a brain tumor.The biggest one he had ever met in his life.Yes, he did and he started his new life after the operati
3、on.In the spring of my sophomore year in college, one morning I woke up in the hospital, scared and confused. My parents were sitting around me. A few weeks later, a medical report revealed a small brain tumor in my head. The doctor told me the tumor was small but there was a possibility it would pu
4、t me at high risk in the future. Meanwhile, if I had a brain surgery now I might suffer a full stroke. He let me make the biggest choice Id ever met in my life. Then I decided to undergo the surgery. I had a brain surgery two weeks later and it was incredibly successful. Sometimes bad things happene
5、d to people, you can either become sad or you can keep on appreciating life in an enlightened way. I decided to live.Practice 2Listen to a passage and fill in the blanks.About ChoiceListening Practicechoicesleisure timeattendtired ofcontinuesurprisingoutcomeEach day we all make many ; most of these
6、choices are small what to wear, what to eat, what to do with any we might happen to have, to name just a few. Still, there are many important choices that we make in life which university to , what to study, what type of job to seek, whom to marry, etc. Sometimes we may become making choices, but we
7、 always know that we will to make them as long as we live, because that is better than having them made for us. It is not that one of the most common old sayings in English is “you pay your money and you make your choice”, meaning that you can do what you want when it comes to making a choice but th
8、en you will have to live with the . Practice 1If you have a chance to choose only one from the following things when you come to the world, which one do you want most? Tell the reason.Whats Your ChoiceOral PracticemoneybeautywisdomSample AnswerI would like to choose wisdom as my born gift, because I
9、 think wisdom is the strongest power in the world and it is much more important than the other two things. Whats more, I believe wisdom will bring me great help in my whole life and undoubtedly it will make my life meaningful and interesting. That weighs heavier than what money and beauty bring to m
10、e. So if I had such a chance to choose, I would choose wisdom without hesitation.Proverbs and SayingsThe important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. GoetheThere is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way. C. Morley Morality may consist s
11、olely in the courage of making a choice. L. Blum 人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标，并有决心使其实现。歌德 只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。 莫利 品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。 布鲁斯 Take Risks When Theres No DangerDiscuss the following questions in pairs.How will you feel if your friend says “Take risks” instead of “Take care” to you when youre leavin
12、g? Will you take it as a joke and smile it away? Or will the expression set you thinking there might be something in what he says?At the beginning I would probably laugh it away. I might think my friend said this just for fun or he just wanted tosound humorous. But on a second thought, I could sense
13、 something meaningful in it. Normally, people say “Take care”when they leave one another. This is because people think it is very important to be safe and sound. But to “Take risks” is a new way of looking at things, which encourages people to be more risky and adventurous. It might be good in chang
14、ing peoples long-held concept of playing safe and therefore bring them into a totally different world. 1. Many of us have grown up with warnings to be careful. When people leave one another, for example, they often say, “Take care.“ Taking these words seriously could inhibit your development. Imagin
15、e how differently you might have developed if your friends and family said to you, “Take risks.“ 2. Pause to consider how different you might be. Do you imagine that if you take more risks in the future you will be extremely successful? Or does the thought cross your mind that you might become physically injured or harmed? 3. When dealing with risks, many people often believe that risk brings danger. This is because our language confuses danger with the possibilities of discomfort or disapproval that risk brings. When considering takin
