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SuccessstoryLesson311.Describesomeofthethingsyouusedtodowhenyouwereyoung?2.Whatisyourdreamwhenyouareachild?3.Whatqualitiesmustapersonhavetobuildupasuccessfulbusiness?4.Whatkindofsuccesswouldyouliketohaveinlife?Warmingup:NewtonBillGatesThomasAlvaEdison(Feb.11th,1847--Oct.18th,1931)wasanAmericaninventorwhoinventedmanyimportantinventions.Phonograph留声机Dictaphone录音机Radio无线电Electricbulb电灯泡Autographicprinter印刷机(morethanonethousand)Questions:WhatwasThomasEdison?Washecleverwhenhewasapupil?howdoyouknow?Whydidn’thisteacherwanttoteachhimanymore?Howdidhelearnafterheleftschool?WhathappenedonedayinAugust,1862?Howoldwashewhenhebecameaninventor?WhywasEdisonabletomakesomanyinventions?WhatdoyouthinkyoucanlearnfromEdison?ThomasEdisonwasafamousAmerican_________.Duringhislifetimehehad________1,093inventions.Thatisamazing,isn’tit?Manyofhisinventionshave________ourlife.Youmayask______Edisonwasabletomakesomany_________.Thatisbecausehewasthemanwhonever______up.Healwaysthoughtthatnomatterhow_______somethingseemed,hecouldfindthe_______.Hebelievedthat________wasdifficultifyouputyourheartintoit.Thatistrue.Whenhewasachild,hewasalwaysasking_________questionsandtryingoutnew________.Manyofhisquestionsmadehisteacherunhappyorangry,becausethestrangequestionshadnothingtodo_________hislessons.Hecouldnotstudyatschool,sohismother__________himathome.Heshowedgreat________inscienceand_________veryfast._________hewas22,hemovedtoNewYorktobeaninventor.Heworkedvery________tryingoutnewideas.Henevergaveup.inventormadechangedwhyinventionsgavedifficultanswernothingstrangeideaswithtaughtinterestlearntWhenhard填人一个单词使句子完整AnInventorwith1,093Inventions•ThomasEdisonwasborninMilan,Ohio,1847.•Whenhewastwelveyearsold.Hegothisfirstjobsellingnewspapersandsweetsonthetrain.Atage15,hesavedthelifeofayoungboy.•Edisoniscalledthegreatestinventorbecausehehas1,093inventions.Ofalltheseinventions,somehavechangedourlifealot.Forexample,thelightbulb.WithoutEdison,wemaystillusecandlestoday.Itisterrible,isn’tit?•Whenpeoplecalledhimagenius,heonlysaidthat“Geniusis1%inspirationand99%perspiration.”Whatdidhesay?Hesaidhelikedpeoplewhonevergiveup.WhatdoyouknowaboutBillGates?1955/10/28出生在西雅图1973年进入哈佛大学法律系，19岁退学，与同伴创办电脑公司。后改名微软公司，自任董事长、总裁兼首席执行官。1988年1月，将总裁一职让给史蒂夫-鲍尔默。盖茨被誉为电脑奇才、20世纪最伟大的计算机软件行业巨人。36岁成为世界最年轻的亿万富翁。1999年《福布斯》评选，盖茨居世界亿万富翁首位，纯资产850亿美元,被《时代》周刊评为在数字技术领域影响重大的50人之一。下排:BillGates,AndreaLewis,MarlaWood,PaulAllen摄于1978年12月7日Billandhisfriends,alsohispartnersBillGateswasbornonOctober28,1955.Hewas______WilliamHenry____hisfatherandgrandfather.Hisfavouritesubjectsatschoolwere________and_______.Hewantedtobeascientist___________.whenhewas13yearsold,hewas_______inaveryoldcomputer,heandsomeofhisfriends_____lotsoftime______unusualthingswithit.Intheend,they__________asoftwareprogram.In1973.BillwenttoHarvard_________.In1975Billbeganhiscompanywithhisfriend.Theythoughtthatthecomputerwouldbeaveryimportant____inaeveryofficeandineveryhome,sotheybegan_________softwarefor_________computers.They_________thesoftware____makeiteasierforpeopleto_____computers.namedafterscienceinthefuturemathsinterestedspentdoingworkedoutUniversitytooldevelopingpersonalimprovedtouseReadthepassageandmakenotesasfollows.Name:BillGatesDateofbirth:Favoritesubjectsatschool:Hobbies:WhatGatesdidat17:In1973:In1975:In1994:In1999:Additionalinformation:Oct.28,1955scienceandmathsplaywithcomputersWorkoutasoftwarewithhisfriendsWenttoHarvardUniversityBeganhiscompanyMarriedMelindaFrenchWroteabookEnjoysreadingandplayinggolfandbridge★retirev.退休Heisgettingold.Heisgoingtoretire.retire=stopworking=stopdoingthisI'mgoingtoretirenextyear.我明年会退出影坛或歌坛I'msotiredthatI'mgoingtoretirenow.★companyn.公司firm商行corporation责任公司limitedcorporation有限责任公司Ltd.CoHeworksinmybusiness.他在我的公司工作★bicyclen.自行车Newwordsandphrases:★savev.积蓄save挽救saveone‘slifeHesavedmylife他挽救我的生命saveone’sface挽会面子savemoney存钱saveup存钱Ihavesavedupformanyyears.saveitforarainingday未雨绸缪,为将来需要而做好准备★workshopn.车间workhouse感化院★helpern.帮手，助手assistant助理★employv.雇佣employee雇员employer雇主trainer教练trainee接受训练的人★grandsonn.孙子1.WhycanFrankbesaidtobesuccessfulinbusiness?2.WhatwasFrank’sjobinasmallshop?3.WhatdidFrankdoin1958?4.WhatdidFrank’swifewanthimtodo?Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestions.Textanalysis1．Beforeheretired,Frankwastheheadofaverylargebusinesscompany,butasaboyheusedtoworkinasmallshop.在退休前，弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，但他小时侯却在一家小铺里做工。（1）head在此处的意思不是人或动物的“头部”，而是“首领”、“头目”，一般出现在“theheadof+名词”结构中：Johnistheheadofthefamily.约翰是一家之主。Frankistheheadofthatfirm.弗兰克是那家公司的总裁。（2）as在这里为介词，表不“当……时”，asaboy相当于ashewasaboy。2．Itwashisjobtorepairbicycles…他那时的工作是修理自行车……it为“先行主语”，句子的真正主语为torepairbicycles。•3．Hesavedmoneyforyearsandin1958heboughtasmallworkshopofhisown.他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。（1）foryears表示“许多年”。（2）ofone'sown为固定短语，表示“自己的”、“属于自己的”，own为代词：Hewantedaroomofhisown.他想要一个自己的房间。Doyouhaveahouseofyourown?你有自己的房子吗？4．inone'stwenties，（在某人）二十多岁的时候。one'stwenties/thirties/forties…，二十多岁／三十多岁／四十多岁……10的倍数的复数形式可用于表达近似的、非确定的数量，与所有格形容词（my等）连用时表示大约的年龄：MyauntJenniferisinherlatethirties/earlyforties,butsheoftenappearsonthestageasayounggirl.我的姑妈詹妮弗已接近四十岁／四十出头，但她却常