Warm-up
Objectives
Read magazine and newspaper a
rticles, and adverts. Practise shopping, bargaining, c
omplaining and selling. Listen to a radio programme, sh
opping dialogues and a song.
Write an advert. Learn about quantity words and
expressions as well as infinitives.
Draw your attention to the unit objectives at the top of the page. Which of the activities do most often in Chinese and which least often. Do your have any problems with any of these activities in Chinese?
1. Look at the list below, what is
important to you? Tell the class.
to have lots of money/ a good job/ a
big car
to be healthy/ with my family/ with
my friends
to help other people/ to do well in
exams
Look at the title of the unit and think
of any sayings in Chinese that refer to
money. Then tell you some English
sayings.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Money makes the world go round.
Look after the pennies and the pounds
will take care of themselves.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Some more English sayings about money:
All the splendor in the world is not wort
h a good friend. (Voltaire, French think
er) 人世间所有的荣华富 贵不如一个好朋友。 ( 法国思想家 伏尔泰 )
Creditors have bette
r memories than deb
tors. (Benjamin Fran
klin, American presi
dent) 放债的比借债的记忆好。 ( 美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)
If you would know the value of money,
go and try to borrow some. (B
enjamin Franklin , American presiden
t ) 要想知道钱的价值,就想办法去借钱试试。 (
美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)
If your Riches are yours, why don’t
you take them with you to the other
world? (Benjamin Franklin, Americ
an president ) 如果财富是你的,那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢? ( 美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)
Money is a good servant and a bad mas
ter. (Francis Bacon, British philosophe
r ) 金钱是善仆 ,
也是恶主。 ( 英国哲学家 培根 . F.)
Money is like muck, not good except it
be spread. (Francis Bacon, British phi
losopher) 金钱好比粪肥 , 只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。 ( 英国哲学家 培根 . F.)
Sometimes one pays most for the things
one gets for nothing. (Albert Einstein, A
merican scientist ) 有时候一个人为不花钱得 到的东西付出的代价最高。 ( 美国科学家 爱因斯坦 . A.)
Example: The most important thing
to me is to be healthy. …
Students discuss whether they think
these sayings are true.
Introduce some
kinds of money
2. Listen Which of the people in
the photos (A-D) are speaking?
Tape script
1. Mm, well, I’ve got a good job. I work
very hard and I earn a good salary.
I’ll be honest. I like spending money,
especially on clothes. Why not? I’ve
earned it, haven’t I? B
2. Well, people think too much about money---they think money brings you happiness. But you don’t need money that much … I think the most important thing is to try to help other people. I mean people who really need help. I am in two charities. We collect money for children in poor countries … C
3. I’ve been out of work for five years
now. It’s very difficult to get a job
at my age, you know. And I’ve had
a lot of personal problems. I don’t
like begging, but I have to. I think a
lot of people don’t know how easy it
is to get into my situation. A
4. Personally, I think it’s important
to give money to charity, especially
to charities for children. I mean
most of us have some extra money,
don’t we? I’m not very rich, but I
try to give as much money as I can.
D
3. Complete the sentences with the
verbs in the box in the correct form.
Key Words
borrow, collect, earn, lend, lose,
make, need, save, spend
Ask students to read the Key Words
and find three pairs of ‘near opposites’
(borrow/lend, save/spend, lose/win).
Remind students of the work they did
on word stress in the previous unit and
ask them where the stress comes in
borrow and collect.
Example
He lost his wallet yesterday when he
was in a crowded bus.
1. If you ____ money, you can ask a
friend to ____ you some or
_______ money from a band.
need
lend
borrow
2. His company ______ a lot of money
and so he _____ a good salary.
3. She is careful with money, she does
not ______ very much. She ___
__ £ 40 a week.
4. At the moment she __________ mo
ney for charity.
makes
earns
spend saves
is collecting
Debating and
writing
Look back at the list in Exercise 1 and divide the values into ‘material’ (e.g. having a big car) and ‘non-material’ values, e.g. (having friends). Write these in two columns and elicit more suggestions of material and non-material values to add to the columns.
Step 1
In groups, choose three material valu
es and three nonmaterial values that
are important for everybody. Then ex
change ideas, justifying your decision
s. Then write an article to narrate( 叙述 ) your own choice and the reason
why you do so.
Step 2
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