① would you like to be a millionaire? why or why not? a millionaire can live a comfortable life

①Would you like to be a millionaire? Why or why not?A millionaire can live a comfortable life

To buy what you want( a beautifulhouse, a nice car…….)

To do what you want to do ( study abroad, traveling around the world..)

To help the poor

Disadvantages of being a millionaire:

To worry about your safety( rob you of your money; kidnap you or yourfamily; kill you……)

Advantages of being a millionaire:

How do people become a millionaire?

Born into a rich familySuccessful businessWin the lotteryMarry a rich personInvent something that everybodywants.

If you were a millionaire, what would you want to do and what would you want to buy?

What can money buy?

Money can buy too many things.

furniture

Money talks 金钱万能Money makes the mare go

有钱能使鬼推磨

Do you think so?

Is money everything?

What can’t money buy?

Money is the root of all evil.

金钱乃万恶之源。

Should we be like him?

love, happiness, friendship, life,

time, youth

“Who wants to be a Millionaire?

I don’t,” says Charles Gray

Why?

②Read the article. Decide if the

statements below are true (T), false

(F) or there is no information (NI)

1. Charles Gray was a rich

businessman.

2. He hasn’t got a TV in his caravan.

3. He has got a vegetable garden.

4. Charles gave his money away to

poor people.

5. People thought he was crazy when

he gave away small bank notes in

the street.

6. He was happier when he was rich.

Read the text again, and answer the following questions.

1.What was Charles’s life like in the past?

2.Why didn’t Charles want to be a rich man?

3.How did he deal with his money ?

4.How about his life now?

5.How does he feel now? Good or bad?

1. What was Charles’ life like in the

past?

He was a college professor with a

huge six-bedroom houses and a

fortune of $2 million.

Answers

2. Why didn’t Charles want to be a

rich man?

He was tired of being a person who

has everything in a world where

many people had nothing.

3. How did he deal with his money?

He gave away all his money to

charities. When he had two

thousand dollars left, he gave

away small bank notes in the

streets of local poor areas.

4. How about his life now? He lives in a small caravan with only

second-hand furniture. A small garden outside with a few fruit trees. Charles grows some vegetables and a few lowers. He gets his daily goods from charity shops.

5. How does he feel now? good or bad? He is much happier now.

③Match the verbs from the text

with the correct meanings.

1.to give away

2.to drop out

3.to give up

4.to go back

a) to return

b) to stop doing something

c) to change or leave a

lifestyle

d) to give someone

something you don’t

need

④Do you think money makes you

happy? Are there more important

things in life?

Voice your opinion

WritingIncome Sources of College

StudentsIncome sources American

students Chinese studen

ts

Parents 50% 90%

Part-time jobs 35% 5%

Scholarships 15% 5%

根据以上表格内容写一篇英语短文 , 内容要包括以下两方面 .

1.概括说明中美大学生的主要收入来源 .

2.分析产生这种不同现象的可能原因 (至少分析两种原因 ).

3.写出 120字左右 .