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课件网) Listening and Speaking & Viewing and Talking Unit 5 The value of money By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1. master the stylistic features of news reports; 2. talk about your opinions about the value of money; 3. use functional sentences of the dialogue such as “after that, then, later, so, but, however, etc.” appropriately; 4. use sequencing words and connecting words properly to express yourself; 5. act out the film clip in an imaginative way. Discuss the following questions. 1. What can people buy with money 2. What can people not buy with money 3. What would you do if you found a wallet with a huge amount of cash inside Pre-listening 1. What can people buy with money Possible answers: car clothes book digital camera house food microwave towel 2. What can people not buy with money love health respect family knowledge friendship Is money the basis of a happy life Why or why not Money is not the basis of a happy life, as many people are able to find joy in simple things of life, such as nature, their work, and their families. On the other hand, it can be quite hard to live without money, so realistically speaking, having enough money to meet the daily needs can help a person pay more attention to things that bring joy. Money is a good servant and a bad master. —Francis Bacon 金钱是善仆，也是恶主。 ———弗朗西斯·培根 Money is quite useful as a help to us to get what we need. If we let money rule our lives, we will suffer. Activity 1: Listen to the news report and match the people with the correct information. 1. Chen Liyan 2. Wang Zheng 3. Ma Dongbao 4. Liu Xia A. the owner of the lost money B. a cleaner at Taiyuan railway station C. a police officer living in Chen’s apartment building D. Chen’s 16-year-old daughter Listening and Speaking ___ Chen Liyan found Wang Zheng’s money and returned it to him. ___ Chen gave an interview to the local newspaper. ___ Wang built a website to help raise funds for Liu Xia. ___ Ma Dongbao shared Chen’s story with Wang. ___ Chen spent all her savings and took out a large loan. ___ Wang offered Chen 5,000 yuan. Activity 2: Listen again and put these events in the correct order. 1 2 3 6 5 4 Tip: Pay attention to the time and the order that they occurred in real life. (not the order they are mentioned in the news story) last Tuesday morning after getting back his lost money after after that after hearing about Chen’s situation yesterday 1. It was the first time Chen Liyan’s story was reported. ( ) 2. Chen found 10,000 yuan in a small plastic bag in Taiyuan railway station. ( ) 3. Wang Zheng apologised to Chen because he couldn’t offer her more money. ( ) 4. Chen took out a large loan to cure her daughter. ( ) 5. Wang set up a fundraising website for Chen’s daughter after Chen told him about her situation. ( ) Activity 3: Listen again and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F). F F F F T on the headli ... ...
