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1、Unit 2,Return to Menu,Passage A Think About It Read About It Talk About It Write About It,1. What do you dream of becoming?,Open.,Reference:,2. What did you do when you had problem in realizing your dream?,Open.,Reference:,Read About It Language Points Content Awareness Language Focus,Mr. Chen felt
2、he was not worthy of Miss Wang. Mr. Chen is a teacher who is worthy of our respect.,Besides being the drummer and chief lyricist for the rock band “Rush”, Neil Peart is also an author and philosopher. Look at how beautifully he expresses the relationship between life and a dream: “Life is just a can
3、dle and a dream must give it flame.” Richard M. DeVos, the founder of Amway Corp., also writes about the flame of hope: “No life is more tragic than that of the individual who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping, but never giving it a chance to happen. He nurses the flickering dre
4、am, but never lets it break out into flame.”,Most of us have a dream, aspiration, or hearts desire. But the trouble is most of us have the on / off switch of our dream set to OFF. Whenever we say, “I cant,” we set the switch to OFF. Whenever we believe we can, we set the switch to ON. Simple, isnt i
5、t? Just because I believe I can do something doesnt mean there wont be any problems. But once I believe I can do it, I will seek solutions for every problem I stumble on. And since it is a law of life that we find what we look for, if I look for solutions, I will find them.Any worthy dream is a drea
6、m accomplishing. Once I realize I can do it, the next step is to make a commitment. As soon as we make a commitment, great power is released. What seemingly were insurmountable hurdles are now reduced to obstacles of laughable insignificance.,Our dreams dont have to be grand to be great. We dont hav
7、e to become the worlds greatest pianist, an Olympic medal winner, or an internationally acclaimed superstar. An aunt of mine sold gloves in a department store for most of her life. Her dream was to be the friendliest and most helpful salesperson around. Year after year, the same customers would retu
8、rn and deliberately seek her out. She brightened everyones day and touched the lives of thousands. Was her dream any less significant than that of a prominent person? Of course not, but we all have the power to follow a dream that will make a difference to us and those we meet.Before our dreams can
9、come true, dont we have to dream? Isnt there a good reason for dreaming? After all, how can we travel any further than our dream? How can we become any greater than our dream? Author of As a Man Thinketh, James Allen expressed the same idea, “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become
10、. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”,1) Life today is much better than _that_ in the old days. 2) The oil output last year was much higher than that of 2013. His story is more interesting than that I told. His storie
11、s are more interesting than those I told. My questions are similar to those you raised.familiar,At noon, he dreamed a dream. He smiled a strange smile. She lived a long happy life and died a natural death.,Example Their beliefs are more Christian than Buddhist. We spent more time on the last job tha
12、n usual.,more . than 1) to a larger or extra number or amount (of), 2) when “more” is used before a noun, it is used to mean that it is more like the first thing rather than the second,Example Hes more like a movie star than a lifeguard, really. Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror
13、.,Example He has very little vision in her left eye. Since the accident, he has suffered from memory loss and impaired vision.,vision n. 1) the ability to see, 2) an imagined mental image of sth,Example Thats my vision of how the world could be. I have a vision of a society that is free of exploitat
14、ion and injustice.,Example Janes aspirations to help others come from her own misfortune as a child. His early death caused many of his political aspirations to remain unfulfilled.,aspiration n. desire or hope to achieve sth,aspire v. to have a strong desire or hope to do or have sth,Example Few peo
15、ple who aspire to/ after fame ever achieve it.,reduce v. 1) make less in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.,Example I reduced my weight by going on a diet. The workforce has been reduced by half., 2) to bring into a different, usually worse, state,Example Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins
16、. I was reduced to tears seeing the mess they had made.,Example Do you play any other sports besides ice-skating and swimming? I think she has many good qualities besides being very beautiful.,besides prep. in addition to; also,Example He gave up his job so that he could nurse his mother at home in her last months. They found an injured cat and carefully nursed it back to health.,nurse v. 1) to take care of someone / an animal while he or it is ill,
