(
课件网) Unit 2 Unit 2 Improving yourself Valuable values To read the passage and get the main idea To read and learn what are the four jars To read and think the purpose of the four jars To read and think the significance of the four jars Do you have pocket money How do you usually spend your pocket money Do you know the importance of financial management Look at the chart and answer the questions. 1. What are the top three things students from this school spend their money on The top three things: books and magazines school supplies clothes 2. What else do you think students often spend their money on sports snacks computer games presents films … Now think about what you spend your money on. Draw a chart to show your spending habits and share it with the class. How did you get your pocket money How much pocket money do you have every week How much money do you spend every day What do you often spend money on How much can you save at the end of the week My pocket money is from the red packets during the Spring Festival. Total: 120 RMB/week Lunch, drinks & snacks, stationary Saving: 10—15 RMB/week Read the title and get its meaning. ideas about what’s right or what’s important in life most important / concerned / useful things that you think most important in your life The title means that the valuable concept of managing money can help us make good use of money and make a big difference to our lives. The words used in the title are different forms of the same word. How does the title attract you Wordplay（双关语）也称pun，是一种有趣的文字游戏。它利用词的多义和同音的条件，使语句具有双重意义，是“言在此而意在彼”的修辞方式。双关语有homophonic pun（谐音双关）和homographic pun（语义双关）两类。谐音双关是利用音同或音近的特征使词语或句子具有双重意义。 Wordplay uses the sounds and meanings of similar words in an amusing or clever way, for example: I was trying to discover how lightning worked, and then it struck me! It can also be used to reinforce the meanings of themes: in the title The importance of Being Earnest. “Earnest” is an adjective as well as a character’s name. Part 1 _____: Part 2 _____: Part 3 _____: Part 4 _____: Part 5 _____: Read the passage, divide it into five parts and summarise the main ideas. paras. 1-2 How young people handle money nowadays. para. 3 Managing money is important to younger generations. para. 4 Introduction of Jerry’s story with his grandchildren and his four jars method. paras. 5-8 Value of the four jars. The wider aim of the jars. para. 9 Read paras.1—2 and fill in the blanks. What to do with the money Some handled money terribly: More and more teens _____ their parents’ credit card. Some prove that age is _____ making good use of money: Khloe Thompson made and gave away “Kare Bags” including _____, which were bought with her pocket money and _____. no barrier to necessities crowd funding maxed out “Kare”音似“care”， “Kare”一词既表明了项目名 ... ...
