book three life of millionaires unit 5. project 4 around the topic 1 reading 2 language in use 3...

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Life of millionairesLife of millionaires

Unit 5Unit 5

Project 4

Around the topic 1

Reading 2

Language in Use3

Unit 5Unit 5

Culture Tips5

Enjoy English6

Around the topicAround the topic The following is an excerpt of a classic song from the famous American musical High Society (1956). Listen to the song and answer the following question: materialistic possession and true love, which is much more important to the singers?

Who wants to be a millionaire?

I don’t.

Have flashy flunkies everywhere.

I don’t.

Who wants the bother of a country estate?

A country estate is something I’d hate.

Who wants to wallow in champagne?

I don’t.

Who wants a supersonic plane?

I don’t.

Who wants a private landing field, too?

I don’t.

And I don’t ’cos all I want is you.

Warm-upWarm-up

Who wants to be a millionaire?

I don’t.

Who wants uranium to spare?

I don’t.

Who wants to journey on a gigantic yacht?

Do I want a yacht? Oh, how I do not.

Who wants a fancy foreign car?

I don’t.

Who wants to tire of caviar?

I don’t.

Who wants a marble swimming pool, too?

I don’t.

And I don’t ’cos all I want is you.

Around the topicAround the topic Listen to some sentences and note down the words related to “having a lot of money”. The first one has been done for you.

Words meaning “ having a lot of money” Adjectives Nouns

rich, prosperous, well-off, better-off, affluent, wealthy, well-to-do

wealthluxuryrichesprosperityfortunetreasurewindfall

Around the topicAround the topic You are going to hear three stories about some rich people who do not spend their money wisely. Listen to the recording twice and note down the key events while listening. Then work in pairs and retell the stories to your partner.

Millionaires What has happened?

Hetty Green

Val Johnson

Alice Hopper

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She may be the most miserly millionaire of all time. When herson fell ill, she wasted so much time trying to find a free medicalclinic that he finally had to have his leg amputated.

She spent the prize money foolishly and had five failed marriagesduring four years. Now she’s penniless and alone.

The prize money brought her nothing but misery. She quit herjob and left her husband. Her son was killed while driving on themotorbike which his mother had bought for him. Her businessfailed. She now sings in a local Karaoke bar to earn money forgroceries.

The sayings about money

1.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the world.

脑子里充满智慧胜于手中攥满金钱。

2. They who are of the opinion that money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

那些认为金钱万能的人很有可能为了金钱而做任何事情。

3. The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.

能真正衡量你财富的是当你一无所有时的个人价值。

4. Only after the last tree has been cut down; Only after the last river has been poisoned; Only after the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. 直到最后一棵树被伐倒；直到最后一条河流被污染；直到最后一条鱼被捉走；只有那时你才发现金钱一无所用。

5. Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “gotta have it” scale.

金钱不是生活中最重要的东西，但又像氧气一样是不可或缺的。

ReadingReading

Pre-reading Tasks

Reading Comprehension

After-reading Tasks

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Pre-reading TasksPre-reading Tasks

Before you read, discuss the following questions in groups:

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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a millionaire?

2. It is said that money is a good servant but a bad master. What does this saying mean? Do you agree with it?

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1. The millionaire class, a small but growing one into which any of us may be flung tomorrow by the accidents of commerce, is perhaps the most neglected in the community. As far as I know, this is the first article that has ever been written for millionaires.

2. In the advertisements of the manufacturers of the country, I find that everything is produced for the million and nothing for the millionaire. Children, boys, youth, gents, ladies, artisans, professional men, even kings and peers, are catered for; but the millionaire’s custom is evidently not worth having: there are too few of him. While the poorest have their Rag Fair, a properly organised and busy market in Houndsditch, where you can buy a boot for a penny, you may search the world in vain for the market where the ￡ 50 boot, the cloth of gold bicycling suit, and the Cleopatra claret, four pearls to the bottle, can be purchased wholesale.

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Sorrows of the millionaireSorrows of the millionaire

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3. Thus the unfortunate millionaire has the responsibility of tremendous wealth withoutthe possibility of enjoying himself more thanany ordinary rich man. Indeed, in many thingshe cannot enjoy himself more than many poormen do, nor even so much, for a drum majoris better dressed; a trainer’s stable lad oftenrides a better horse; the first-class carriage isshared by office boys taking their young ladies out for the evening; everybody who goes downto Brighton for Sunday rides in the Pullman car; and of what use is it to be able to pay for a peacock’s brain sandwich when there is nothingto be had but ham or beef?

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4. The injustice of this state of things has not been sufficiently considered. A man with an income of ￡ 25 a year can multiply his comfort beyond all calculation by doubling his income. A man with ￡ 50 a year can at least quadruple his comfort by doubling his income. Probably up to even ￡ 250 a year doubled income means doubled comfort. After that the increase of comfort grows less in proportion to the increase of income until a point is reached at which the victim is tired of or even sick of everything that money can purchase.




5. To expect him to enjoy another hundred thousand pounds because men like money is exactly as if you were to expect a confectioner’s shop-boy to enjoy two hours more work a day because boys are fond of sweets. What can the wretched millionaire do that needs a million? Does he want a fleet of yachts, a Rotten Row full of carriages, an army of servants, a whole city of town houses, or a continent for a game preserve? Can he attend more than one theatre in one evening, or wear more than one suit at a time, or digest more meals than his butler? Is it a luxury to have more money to take care of, more begging letters to read, and to be cut off from those delicious Alnaschar dreams in which the poor man, sitting down to consider what he will do in the always possible event of some unknown relative leaving him a fortune, forgets his own situation of being poor?




6. And yet there is no sympathy for this hidden sorrow of the wealthy people. The poor alone are pitied. Societies spring up in all directions to relieve all sorts of comparatively happy people, from discharged prisoners in the first great joy of their regained liberty to children dancing and feasting in the luxury of an unlimited appetite; but no hand is stretched out to the millionaire, except to beg. In all our dealing with him lies implicit the delusion that he has nothing to complain of, and that he ought to be ashamed of rolling in wealth whilst others are starving.

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Reading ComprehensionReading Comprehension TranslationTranslation

1. 百万富翁是一个虽小却正在扩大成长的阶层，我们当中任何人都可能由于做生意发了横财，明天就跻身于这个阶层。然而这个阶层在社会上或许是最受忽视的。为百万富翁鸣不平的小文章，据我所知，这还是第一篇。2. 从制造商各种各样的广告中我发现，每样商品都是为了百万大众而不是为百万富翁而生产。这些广告迎合各种各样的人：儿童，少年，青年，绅士，太太小姐，手艺人，职员，甚至贵族和国王，他们都能得到供应；但是百万富翁的惠顾显然并不值得欢迎，因为他们人数太少。穷人们有他们的旧货商场，那是在猎狐犬沟的一个货源充足、生意兴隆的市场，在那里一便士能买到一只靴子；然而你找遍全世界，也找不到一个市场能批发五十英镑一双的靴子，骑自行车服装用的金线织品，值四颗珍珠一瓶的克娄巴特拉女王牌红葡萄酒。

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3. 因此，这不幸的百万富翁一方面要对自己的巨额财富负责，另一方面却无法得到比普通富人更多的享受。事实上，在许多方面，他的享受不仅不比穷人多，甚至还不如他们。因为一名军乐队的指挥穿得比他讲究，驯马师的马童常骑更骏的马；头等车厢向来由服侍年轻太太小姐们晚间去兜风的勤杂人员共享；去布莱顿度周日的人都得乘坐普尔曼式列车。在只供应火腿和牛肉时，纵使他富得买得起夹孔雀脑的三明治，也只好徒唤奈何！

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4. 诸如此类不公平的情况，这里还远远没有说完。一个年收入 25英镑的人，如果收入翻倍，其生活舒适度会大大增加，而且增加的倍数是无法估算的。一个年收入 50英镑的人，如果收入翻倍，其生活舒适度至少是原来的四倍；甚至对于一个年收入 250英镑的人而言，收入的翻倍也意味着生活享受的成倍增加。再往下推，享受的增加与收入增加之间的比例就越来越低。降到某一点时，这个不幸的人就成了金钱的受害者，对于能用金钱买到的一切东西都心生厌倦。

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5. 你不能因为人人都爱金钱，就期待这时的他会因为得到十万英镑而高兴；正如你不能因为小孩都爱吃糖果，就期待糖果店的小伙计会乐意每天加班两小时一样。这可怜的百万富翁要那一百万英镑做什么呢？难道他需要买一大堆的游艇组成舰队？要挤满海德公园骑马道那么多的马车？要一支仆从大军？要整城的住房？或者整个一块大陆作为他狩猎的林苑？一个晚上他能上几个戏院看戏？一身能同时穿几套衣服？一天又能比他的管家多消化几餐？看管更多的钱，读更多的乞讨信，这些难道也算是一种享受？穷人可以随时找个地方坐下来盘算如果哪天有一位素不相识的亲戚留给自己一笔财产，该如何享用，借此忘掉眼前的困顿，但百万富翁连做这样的黄粱美梦的机会都没有。

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6. 然而，没有人对富豪们的这种隐痛表示同情。人们只会去怜悯穷人。各种各样的社会团体如雨后春笋般四处涌现，但帮助的都是那些相对快乐的人。从刚刚获释的囚徒，他们正初尝重获自由的喜悦，到那些贫苦的儿童，他们因能得到一顿饕餮大餐而狂喜不已；然而没有任何人对百万富翁假以援手，除了乞讨之手。当我们与他打交道之时无疑有这么一种错觉，认为他没有什么可以抱怨的，因为当别人挨饿时，他却在钱堆里打滚，他应该为此感到羞耻才对。


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Reading ComprehensionReading Comprehension Words & ExpressionsWords & Expressions

1. fling v.

to throw something somewhere using a lot of force用力投掷e.g. 1. He flung the box into the river.

2. She flung the book onto the bed.

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2. The community n.

society and the people in it 社会群体e.g. 1. We should work for the good

of the community.

2. The community is still ignorant of the capabilities of children

who are blind.

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3. manufacturer n.

a company that makes large quantities of goods 制造商，企业e.g. 1. Send these faulty goods back to the manufacturer.

2. She wants to buy directly from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman.

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4. cater for


(also cater to) to provide a particular group of people with the things they need or want

满足需求e.g. 1. TV must cater for many different tastes.

2. Vegetarians are well catered for.

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5. in vain

without success in spite of your efforts 白费工夫e.g. 1. Altman swore that his son’s death would not be in vain.

2. Their efforts were not in vain.

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very big, fast, powerful, etc. 巨大的e.g. 1. She was making a tremendous

effort to appear calm.

2. This plan could save us a tremendous amount of money.


6. tremendous adj.

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7. multiply v.

to increase by a large amount or number 大幅度的增加e.g. 1. The amount of information

available has multiplied.

2. Smoking multiplies the risk of heart attacks and other

health problems.

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8. quadruple v.

to increase and become four times as big or as high, or to make something increase in this way （使）成四倍 e.g. 1. Food prices quadrupled during the war.

2. The company has quadrupled its profits in just three years.

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9. wretched adj.

very miserable 不幸的，可怜的 e.g. 1. They are living in wretched

poverty.

2. This aching tooth makes me feel wretched.

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10. game n.

wild animals hunted for food 猎物（可指兽、鸟、鱼等）e.g. 1. The forest has plenty of game.

2. A good hunter always has game on the table.

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11. relieve v.

to give comfort, help, support or consolation to someone

为……提供帮助或援助e.g. 1. The fund is for relieving distress among the flood victims.

2. Knowing the truth relieved the anxious parents.

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12. discharge v.


to officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or the army 正式准许（某人）离开，尤指让住院的病人出院或让服役的军人退伍等

e.g. 1. The accused man was found not guilty and discharged.

2. Several of the recruits were discharged from the army due to medical problems.

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13. regain v.

to get something back that you have lost; recover 重新获得 e.g. 1. When she regained consciousness, she was lying on the floor.

2. The doctors don’t know if he will ever regain the use of his legs.


14. appetite n.

1 ） a desire for food 胃口2 ） a desire or liking for a particular activity

e.g. 1. All that walking has given me an appetite for dinner.

2. She has an amazing appetite for knowledge.

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15. stretch out n.

to put out your hand, foot, etc. in order to reach something 伸出，伸开 e.g. 1. Jimmy stretched out his hand to take the

candy.

2. to stretch out a helping hand

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16. delusion n.

a false belief about yourself or the situation you are in 错觉e.g. He is under the delusion that I am going to cheat him.

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17. roll in

to happen or arrive in large numbers or quantities 大量聚集e.g. As the result of our appeal, the money came rolling in.

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After-reading TasksAfter-reading Tasks DiscussionDiscussion

1. What does the writer want to tell us? What 1. What does the writer want to tell us? What is his tone?is his tone?

2. Many people believe that life would 2. Many people believe that life would definitely be great if they were rich. However, definitely be great if they were rich. However, research shows once you’ve achieved a research shows once you’ve achieved a minimum level of financial well-being, minimum level of financial well-being, accumulating more money doesn’t make you accumulating more money doesn’t make you any happier. What’s your opinion?any happier. What’s your opinion?

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Language in UseLanguage in Use

Grammar Grammar DevelopmentDevelopment

Vocabulary Vocabulary BuildingBuilding

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As a causal conjunction, for has a more restricted use than because. The clause introduced by because tells us why a certain action was performed, while a for-clause does not often tell us the reason, but merely presents a piece of additional information which helps to explain it. To give reasons in spoken English, we most often use because (often spoken as ’cos). In formal or literary written English, for is often used to indicate reasons.

Language in Use Language in Use Grammar Development

Language in Use Language in Use Grammar Development

Complete the following sentences using for or because. If both are possible, choose a better one.

1.She is often angry at her son ________his performance in school is always below average.

2.I sent him the letter, but it came back ________I addressed it wrong.

3.She couldn't go to school for a few weeks ________ of an illness, but she'll be able to catch up with her lessons quickly.

4.You look all the better ____ your holiday.

5.The students were penalized ____showing up late for class.

because

because

because

for

for

Grammar tips

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because 引导的原因状语从句通常位于主句后，但也可位于主句前，而 for 引导的原因状语从句通常只能置于主句之后。 because 常用来引出直接的原因，而 for 常用来表示推断的原因或者对主句进行说明。 because 可以被only, just, simply, merely 等副词修饰， for 引导原因状语从句时则很少和这些副词连用。 because 可以用于not…but… 结构 (not because…but because…) ，而 for则比较少见这种用法。回答以 why 开头的疑问句，通常用because 而不用 for 。在口语表达中， for 引导的原因状语从句前常有个停顿；在书面语中，则用逗号标出，有时用的是句号。

Language in UseLanguage in UseVocabulary Building

Intensifying adverbs (2)Intensifying adverbs (2)

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Intensifying adverbs, such as perfectly, utterly, extremely can premodify certain adjectives, often to intensify or emphasise them. Some intensifying adverbs collocate better with some adjectives than with others.

Language in UseLanguage in UseVocabulary Building

Complete the sentences with the correct intensifying adverbs.

1. They ____will not permit you to photograph any of the art work

in the museum.

a. absolutely b. very c. seriously

2. Although they are twins, they are _____opposite in every way.

a. pretty b. completely c. terribly

3. These paintings by Van Gogh are _____valuable.

a. totally b. utterly c. extremely

4. They looked _____alike.

a. utterly b. quite c. perfectly

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ProjectProjectSuppose you won a lottery of 2 million yuan and you are thinking about how to use the money properly. Surely you have your own plans. However, you still want to listen to your classmates’ opinions. In order to make sure your plans are wise enough, you need to talk to ten people in your class and get their approval or disapproval of each plan.

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Decide at least five ways to use your money and give reasons for your decision. For example, you may want to invest the prize

money properly to earn more money or you may want to realise your dream trip to Hawaii.

Step 1

Talk to ten students separately in your class, asking them

questions like “What do you think of my plans to spend the money?”

“Why do you think so?” Take notes when your classmates give

their opinions. Mark a√ for their agreement withyour plan and a

×for their disagreement.

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Write a report based on this project and prepare for a class presentation. You may discuss differences in attitudes towards money reflected by this project.

Collect all the answers together and count the numbers of agreement and disagreement for each plan. Some plans may be more popular than others. Reorganise your plan list in order of decreasing popularity.

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Culture TipsCulture TipsHow to become a millionaireHow to become a millionaire

Thomas J.Stanley has interviewed 1,000 millionaires since 1980.One of the interesting survey questions is what they contribute their success to. Here is a list of their top 12.

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1. Being honest with all people. The great thing about this factor is that it is accessible to anyone and you can start right away. Just be honest. It sounds simple, but it requires a bit of courage at some points. So do it—it’s the top success factor.

2. Having a supportive spouse. While being attracted to someone is really important, perhaps even necessary, having a kind, supportive spouse, who has similar goals, and is responsible is more important.

3. Getting along with people. I can’t think of having any job, business, or career that has zero involvement with people.

4. Loving career or business. The passion and love for your career will make work not work anymore. Sure it might be really hard at times. When you combine the passion with your discipline you will be propelled to new heights.

5. Being physically fit. If you aren’t taking care of your health, then your mind and body are not working properly.

6. Having strong leadership qualities. You have many issues to deal with, however, there is only one of you. Concentrate on more important issues. Having this skill is a top priority.

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7. Making wise investments. You can make high 6-figure income, but if the money doesn’t grow, or if you put it into losing investments, you’re basically wasting your time.

8. Seeing business opportunities. If you’re in a market having too much competition, your chance of rising to the top, like the chance of becoming a rock star, is slim. If money is what you’re after, not the dream of being number one in “that” field, than find an unoccupied field.

9. Being willing to take financial risk. If you do market research and see business opportunities, then the risk is much less than you think.


10.Having good advisors. Learning amazing qualities from highly successful people is easier than learning the road on your own. Once your mentality is in the right place, success follows.

11.Investing in my own business. You have much more control over your own business than you do in the stock market. You can expand, make higher end products, or do whatever it takes to increase your own income.

12.Living below your income. If your expenses are rising as fast as your income you’re never going to save a good amount.

All that’s left now is to implement these 12 success secrets and you’re on your way!

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Enjoy English!Enjoy English!

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What is wealth? Who do you think is the most wealthy people in the world?

Now, please listen to the song and try to find out what does the singer think

Wealth is ?

Listen, now~

HomeworkHomework

Write a passage entitled The pros and cons of being rich. You may write three paragraphs. The first paragraph describes the advantages of being rich. The second describes the disadvantages. The third gives your personal opinion on the topic. Write about 250 words.

Rich people complain that money has stolen their happy days and those who are not so financially fortunate say that only money could bring them happiness. What’s your opinion?

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Unit 5Unit 5

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