1、“提升实战”部分，讲解肇词、精华句型、翻译，检验阅读成果，升级英语能力。课程说明：班级规模20人，教室一间（配备交互一体机），讲义每人一份。该课程意在把关在门外的学生们领进门，让学生们能把英语当成是一门语言来学习。排除畏难情绪，把英语读出来，说出来，把英语语感培养出来。第一篇章:励志篇A lamp on the roadYoure AwesomeConsiderYOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You
2、are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. Youre better than one in a million, or a billon, or a gazillionYou are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!Youre amazing! Youre awesome! And by the way, TAG, youre it. As amazing and awesome as you al
3、ready are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you do not become “beautiful” just by virtue of the aging process.Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life
4、. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate you growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that pains your future with the brush of today.Paint a Masterpiece.God gives every bird its food,
5、 but he doesnt throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, its truly up to you.一 核心词汇UniqueInfinityAwesomeAccelerateIntentionally二 实用句型You are the artist that pains your future with the brush of today.你就是用今天的画笔绘制未来宏伟蓝图的艺术家。句型分析：三 翻译行不行1. 恰似你的温柔（just like）2.凭借财富而行使权利的人。（
6、by virtue of）四阅读痕迹：第二篇章：人生篇Life Is Do-it-yourself Project An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife, enjoying his extended family He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. T
7、hey could get byThe employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an un
8、fortunate way to end his career.When the carpenter finished his work and the employer came to inspect the house and handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my gift to you”What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have
9、 done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reaching rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at
10、 the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it differently.Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life y
11、ou will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity The plaque on the wall says, ”Life is a do-it-yourself project. ”Who could say it more clearly? Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make to
12、day.RetireLeisurelyInferiorDignityPlaqueIf we had realized, we would have done it differently.早知如此，何必当初。1. 他们及时地赶上了公共汽车。（in time ）2. 下岗后，他经常借酒消愁。（resort to）四阅读痕迹第三篇：生活篇 life was like a box of chocolatesCarrot, Egg or CoffeeA daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so har
13、d for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It Seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.Her father, a cook, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots cam
14、e to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and in the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners, He
15、 fished the carrots out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a mug. Turning to her he asked, ”Darling, what do you see?”“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft, He then a
16、sked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hardboiled egg, Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee She smiled as the tasted its rich aroma.“What does it mean, Father?” She humbly asked.He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, boiling water
17、, but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside bec
18、ame hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.“Which are you ?” he asked his daughter.When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee be.ImpatientlyHumblyAdversityUnrelentingI
19、nterior二实用句型She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.她不知怎样面对，想要放弃。二 翻译行不行1. 离开前请关灯。（turn off）2. 他脱下大衣，开始工作。（pull off）3. 这受市场需求的影响。（be subject to ）第四篇：哲理篇The Law of Garbage Trucks Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab.
20、I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by mere inches! The driver of the other car,
21、the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and wave at the guy And I mean, he was actually friendly!So, I asked him, “Why did you just do that?” This guy almost ruined your car and couldve sent us to the hospital !And this is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call,
22、“The Law of Garbage Trucks.”Many people are like Garbage Trucks. The run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it, and if you let them , theyll dump it on you. When some one wants to dump on you, d
23、o not take it personally. Instead, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Youll be happier because you did that.Wow. That really got me thinking about how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And, how often do I then take their garbage and spread it onto other people :at word, at
24、 home, on the streets? It was that day I resolved, “Im not going to do it anymore.”Since then, I have started to see Garbage Trucks everywhere. Just as the kid in The Sixth Sense movie said :”I see dead people.” I can now say :”I see Garbage Trucks.”I see the load theyre carryingI see them coming to
25、 drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I dont make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.一核心词汇MereFrustrationSpreadPersonal三 实用句型It was that day I resolved, “Im not going to do it anymore.”就是在那天我下定了决心，“我再也不这样做了”。四 翻译行不行1. 飞机马上就要起飞了。（take off）2. 我们的工作越积越多了。（pile up）3.
26、 这家公司的生意日益清淡。（drop off）第五篇：激励篇ResolutionsThis year I will burn a candle and bask in the fragrance of spiced apple.I will take a nap between fresh sheets and not set the alarm.I will laugh aloud even though there is no one else to hear me.I will step out in the rain and feel the freshness of spring.T
27、his year I will send a card and tell some one , “I loving you.”I will climb hills and fly kites in the March winds.I will pray for loved ones, for my country ,and the dignity of man.This year I will run through the tall grass like a giraffe, with my head held high.I will read Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss,
28、 and Erma Bombeck all in the same day.I will cradle a soft kitten in my arms and let my soul vibrate with its purr.I will drink amaretto-flavored coffee and eat too much chocolate.This year I will write love songs, and dance like a child.I will chase butterflies, rainbows and sunbeams.I will walk in
29、 warm, white sand, and let the breeze blow through my hair.I will walk in the woods and pick wild violets and strawberries.This year I will ride carousels and eat cotton candy.I will send flowers to a friend and read to the blind.I will write poetry and listen to music I will take a bubble bath and
30、shop for lingerie.This year I will rise early enough to see the moon set and the sun rise.I will drive in the country and remember myself as a child.I will wear pink ballet slippers, perfumed tallc, and 14k gold.I will play in fall leaves and taste the first winter snow on my tongue.This year I will
31、 touch more. I will feel the unmatched softness of a babys skinI will hold a weathered hand of a friend in the sunset of her life.I will hug the grieving and fell their pain with them.And if next never comes, Ive been blessed and touched the hand of God. 第六篇：金融篇 business schoolBuying on the Installment planIn Western countries people have been using the installment plan si
