Book 2 Unit 3

Unit Three

Born to Win

哈佛的

20

条校训（中英对照）

1. This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study, you will

interpret a dream.1.

此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。

2. I leave uncultivated today, was precisely yesterday perishes tomorrow which person of

the body implored.2.

我荒废的今日，正 是昨日殒身之人祈求的明日。

3. Thought is already is late, exactly is the earliest time. 3.

觉得为时已晚的时候，

恰 恰是

最早的时候。

4. Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow.4.

勿将今日之事拖到明日。

5. Time the study pain is temporary

，

has not learned the pain is life-long.5.

学习时 的苦

痛是暂时的，未学到的痛苦是终生的。

6. Studies this matter, lacks the time, but is lacks diligently.6.

< br>学习这件事，不是缺乏时

间，而是缺乏努力。

7. Perhaps happiness does not arrange the position, but succeeds must arrange the

position.7.

幸福或许不排名次，但成功必排名次。

8. The study certainly is not the life complete. But, since continually life part of - studies

also is unable to conquer, what but also can make?8.

学习并不是人生的全部。但，既 然

连人生的一部分

——

学习也无法征服 ，还能做什么呢？

9. Please enjoy the pain which is unable to avoid.9.

请享受无法回避的痛苦。

10. Only has compared to the others early, diligently diligently, canfeel the successful

taste.10.

只有比别 人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。

11. Nobody can casually succeed, it comes from the thoroughself-control and the will.

11.

谁也不能随随便便成功，它来 自彻底的自我管理和毅力。

12. The time is passing.12.

时间在流逝。

13. Now drips the saliva, will become tomorrow the tear.13.

现在淌的哈喇子，将成为明

天的眼泪。

14. The dog equally study, the gentleman equally plays. 14.

狗一样地学，

绅士一样地玩。

15. Today does not walk, will have to run tomorrow. 15.

今天不走，明天要跑。

16. The investment future person will be, will be loyal to the realityperson. 16.

投资未来

的人是，忠于现实的人。

17. The education level represents the income.17.

教育程度代表收入。

18. One day, has not been able again to come.18.

一天过完，不会再来。

19. Even if the present, the match does not stop changes the page19.

即使现在，

对手也不

停地翻动书页。

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20. Has not been difficult, then does not have attains 20.

没有艰辛，便无所得

.

Success Is a Choice

All of us ought to be able to prepare for the predictable challenges and setbacks that crop

up every day

.

If

we expect that

life won't be perfect, we'll

be able to avoid an

impelling

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force to quit.

But even

if

you are strong enough

to persist

through the obstacle course of

life and work, sometimes you will encounter an harmful event that will completely knock

you on your back.

Whether it's a financial loss, the loss of respect of your peers or loved ones, or some other

traumatic

event

in

your

life

these

major

setbacks

leave

you

doubting

yourself

and

wondering if things can ever change for the better again.

Adversity

happens to all of

us, and

it

happens all the time. Some

form of

major adversity

is either going to be there or it's lying in wait just around the corner. To ignore adversity is

to yield to the ultimate self-delusion.

But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved

greatness

despite

facing

difficulties

so

steep

that

they

easily

could

have

crushed

their

spirit and left them lying in the dust. Moses was a stutterer, yet he was called on to be the

voice of God. Abraham Lincoln over- came a difficult childhood

，

depression, the death

of two sons, and constant ridicule during the Civil War to become

arguably our

greatest

president ever.

Helen Keller

made an

impact on the

world despite being deaf, dumb, and

blind from an early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio.

There are endless examples. These were people who not only looked adversity in the face

but

learned

valuable

lessons

about

overcoming

difficult

circumstances

and

were

able

to

move ahead.

Useful Information

It would be convenient if a ―good birth‖ meant that a person was born to win without any effort.

In fact,rather

than

being

born

to win,

most

successful

people

have

been

educated

or

trained

to win.

Winningrequires

adequate

skills,

opportunity

to

use

these

skills

productively,

and

most

of

all,

an

attitude

whichguarantees

that

the winning

individual

will

work

hard

and

stay

with

a

task

until

it

is

completed.

Thereare

countless

examples:

Abraham

Lincoln,

Thomas

Edison,

Mahatma

Ghandi,

Winston Churchill, etc. For each of these winners it is clear that good habits and a good attitude are at

least as important as goodinherited skills. The fact is that a good set of inherited skills is as likely to

occur in a person born intopoverty as it is in a person born into wealth. Comfort has often been the

curse of the wealthy, and there islittle support for the idea that a

life of ease will

lead to a

life as a

winner.

In

nearly

every

field

of

work

or

profession

there

are

winners

who

have

come

from

humble

beginnings. In the United States, this was so evident to many people that there have been many books

written in praise of the individual who struggles early in life to become a winner or a person widely

known as successful. In the early part of the last century, one of the favorite series of books for young

people was written by the author, Horatio Alger. The titles of the books tell you the theme of most of

them: Risen from the Ranks, Facing the World, The Young Explorer, etc. In each of these books the

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hero comes from a humble beginning, but through hard work, serious study, attention to the rules, and

good virtue, he becomes a winner in life. Indeed, these books became the introduction for many young

Americans to the concept that ―When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.‖

In

addition,

there

are

many

stories

of

athletes,

artists,

musicians

and

actors,

etc.

who

have

overcome great handicaps to become winners in their fields. You may have heard of Michael Jordon

and

Pete

Marovich

(Basketball),

Joe

DiMaggio,

Babe

Ruth

and

Mickey

Mantle

(Baseball),

Wilma

Rudolph and Paavo Nurmi (Track), Beethoven and Mozart (Music), Rembrandt and Picasso (Art). All

of these people were winners in their own way, and all are respected for their contributions to society.

The next time when you see a person who is a winner in life,

remember that it is not that they

were ―born to win‖. The usual case is that they had formed good habits of learning and living, and they

had

an

attitude

which caused

them

to succeed

and

never

to consider

defeat

or

loss

as

an

acceptable

outcome.

Part One

Preparation

1.

What Does Winning Mean?

STEP ONE

Sample

?

Winning means being No. 1 or one of the best in your field.

?

Winning means being able to make great contributions to society.

?

Winning means being able to overcome great difficulties that others can’t

.

?

Winning means being successful in business.

?

Winning means doing what you enjoy and being good at it.

?

Winning means having good health and a happy family.

?

Winning means that you can be the kind of person you want to be.

?

Winning means being happy and content with your current life.

STEP TWO

Sample

?

From the answers we got, we can see that most students think winning doesn’t mean having a

lot of

money or being someone important. Most students think that winning means being able to do what one

is

i

nterested

in

and

do

it

well.

What’s

more,

health

and

a

happy

family

are

also

considered

very

important for a winner.

?

According

to what we

got

from

our

interviewees,

the

brightest

and

the

best

in

different fields

or

professions are winners. Most students

admire and respect them very much and hope they can be one

of

them

someday.

They

feel

these

people

are

great contributors

to

our society,

and

also

the

driving

force for the development and progress of humanity.

2.

Winners in My Eyes

Sample

?

I think Helen

Keller was a winner. Even though she became blind and deaf at a very early age, she

didn’t give up. With the help of her teacher, she too became

a teacher, writer and lecturer.

She couldn’t

see

or

hear,

but she

learned

to

read

and write

by

touch

and

feel.

Helen

also

learned

several

foreign

languages: French, German, Latin and Greek. She always wanted to try what others could do. What

she achieved was really amazing.

?

For me, my father is a winner. He was born into a very poor family.

He hardly had enough to eat

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when

he

was

a

child.

Every

week

he

had

to

walk

20

kilometers

to

get

to

school

and

another

20

kilometers to go back home. Before long he dropped out because his family could no longer afford to

send him to school, and he had to work in the fields. However, he taught himself and became a teacher

of a village school. He was determined to send my brothers and me to school. Now my brothers and I

are all studying in national key universities. My father may seem to be a very ordinary person to other

people, but to me, he is a real winner. He is a hero in our family.

3.

What Accounts for Success?

Sample

?

I think intelligence, hard work and luck are the most important things. First you must be intelligent.

Y

ou won’t be able to succeed if you are u

nintelligent. But, intelligence alone is not enough. Y

ou also

need to work hard. Success is something you have to earn painstakingly. Besides intelligence and hard

work, luck or opportunity is also indispensable.

For example, some people succeed, but others don’t. Thi

s doe

sn’t mean those who failed

didn’t work

hard

or

weren’t

intelligent.

They

just

lacked

the

r

ight

opportunity

or

luck.

So,

I

think

in

order

to

succeed, these three elements are important: intelligence, hard work and good luck.

?

In my opinion, the most important thing is to be prepared and perseverant. Opportunities favor only

those who are prepared. Many people complain that

they don’t have the opportunity

to succeed. That

is

not

true.

V

ery

often

they

are

not

ready

and

don’t

see

the

opportunity,

much

less

seize

it.

Perseverance is also very important. Once you star

t something, you shouldn’t give

up when you face

difficulties. Y

ou need to try again and again

to find a way to overcome them. There are many stories

about how winners persist on the way to success.

?

I think dreams and determination to pursue success are two

vital factors. When you make up your

mind to follow your dreams, you will become very independent and diligent. Physical fitness is also

important to success. As the old saying goe

s, ―Health is t

he capital to do

revolutionary work.‖ Y

ou also

need

support

from

your

family

and

society.

In

other

words,

your

family

background

and

social

relationships will contribute to your success if you can use them properly.

Part One: Preparation

Step One:

It woul

d be convenient if a ―good birth‖ meant that a person was born to win. In fact, rather than

being

born

to win,

most successful

people

have

been

educated

or

trained

to win.

Winning

requires

adequate

skills,

opportunity

to

use

these skills

productively

(

有成果的

),

and

most

of

all,

an

attitude

which guarantees that the winning individual will work hard and stay with a task until it is completed.

Different people have different goals in life. When they can get what they want, they win.

①

But in

your eyes, what does winning mean?

②

Who can be considered a winner in your opinion? Give me examples.

③

How to be a winner? Or What accounts for success?

Leave students five minutes to discuss the questions, then ask some of them to answer.

Part Two: In- class Reading

Born to Win

Activity One:

Look at the picture at the page of 70. Answer me some questions.

Q 1:

Who is the winner of this race?

Q 2:

Are other runners losers? Why?

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Q 3:

Who are the winners?

Activity T

wo:

Pre-reading exercises

Activity

Three:

Try

your

best

to

explain

the

sentence

below

the

title.

Can

you

find

other

famous

sentence with the same meaning?

Possible results:

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today

. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a

lifetime.

No

one

can

degrade

us

except

ourselves;

that

if

we

are

worthy,

no

influence

can

defeat

us.

(gton, American educator)

除了我们自己以外，

没有人能贬低我们。

如果我们坚强，

就没有什么不良影响能够打 败我们。

(

美

国教育家

华盛顿

B T)

No pain , no palm; no thorns , no throne no gall, no glory; no cross, no crow

n. (William Penn,

British admiral)

没有播种，何来收获；没 有辛劳，何来成功；没有磨难，何来荣耀；没有挫折，何来辉煌。

(

英

国海军上将

佩恩

W)

If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.

吃得苦中苦

,

方为人上人

Activity Four: Passage Explanations.

Step One: Vocabulary Understanding

1.

achievement n

．成就，成绩；完成，达到

(Line 1,Para 4)

e.g. This is the greatest scientific achievement of this century

．

这是这个世纪最伟大的科学成就。

Achievement originated from hard work

．

成就来源于勤奋。

[

同义词链接

]accomplishment

[

拓展记忆

] achieve

v

．获得，达到；实现，完成

achievable

adj

．可完成的，可达到的

achievement

achieve

believe

receive

deceive

achieve v.

to gain with effort

同义词：

accomplish, attain, reach

形容词

:

achieva ble

名词

:

achiever

动词过 去式

:

achieved

过去分 词

:

achie

ved

现在分词

:

achieving

第三人称单数

:

achieves

He will never achieve anything if he doesn't work hard.

May our two parties achieve even greater successes in our business.

祝我们双方在生意中取得更大的成功。

achievement

n.

–

ment

accomplishment, attainment

成就，成绩

Flying across the Atlantic for the first time was a great achievement.

I felt a great sense of achievement when I reached the top of the mountain.

Effort and achievement are always in full accord.

努力和成就总是相辅相承的。

achievement measure

成绩测量

achievement test

成绩测验

2. appropriately

adv.

5

Properly, suitably, fittingly

appropriate

adj.

Plain, simple clothes are appropriate for school wear.

简单朴素的衣服适合在学校里穿。

His formal style of speaking was appropriate to the occasion.

Upon reaching an appropriate age, children are encouraged, but not forced, to

fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apt, fitting

的区别

这些形容词均表示“适当的”或“适合的”之意。