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Unit 7 Attitude Is Altitude
A FAMOUS QUOTE
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ——Winston Churchill 态度微不足道，却意义深远。
——温斯顿·丘吉尔
Winston Churchill （1874—1965）, British statesman and author known for his leadership of United Kingdom during the Second World War and often described as the \served as Prime Minister twice and is the only British Prime Minister to have received the NobePrize in Literature.
温斯顿·丘吉尔（1874—1965），英国政治家及作家。在第二次世界大战期间展示了其领导才能，带领英得胜利。常常被称之为“国家的拯救者”。他（曾于1940－1945年及1951－1955年期间）两度出任英国首相且是1953年诺贝尔文学奖得主，他是诺贝尔文学奖获得者中唯一的一个英国首相。 Speaking Activity
Asking for and Giving Directions Sample Dialogue
Read the following conversation. Pay attention to how the speakers ask for and give directi Steve: Excuse me. I was wondering if you could help me ? Jenny: Sure! What's up?
Steve: I'm trying to find this office. Do you know where it is? Jenny: Yes. You need to go up this street and then turn right. Steve: At the lights on the corner?
Jenny: Right. Then go down that street, and it's in the middle of the block. Steve: You mean the one next to the hotel? Jenny: Yes. The office is on the first floor. Steve: Got it. Thank you! Jenny: No problem! Guided Practice
Directions: Talk about the directions to the train station in your city with your partner. your own information. You may use the following tips to help you. I was wondering if you could… I'm trying to find… Do you know where…？ You mean…
go up/down this street make a…turn
turn…at the lights on the corner It's… Text A New Words
1、motivator n. somebody who makes one want to do something, especially something that invohard work and effort 鼓动者
2、employee n. a person who, is paid to work for somebody 受雇者；雇员 3、positive adj. thing about what is good in a situation 积极乐观的
4、situation n. all the circumstances and, things that are happening at a particular time aa particular place 情况；形势；局面
5、curious adj. having a strong desire to know about something 求知欲强的；好奇的 6、mood n. the way you are feeling at a particular time 情绪；心情
7、victim n. a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the- result of a crime, adisease, an accident etc. 受害者；牺牲品
8、complain v. to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about somebody/somethi怨；埋怨；发牢骚
9、protest v. to say or do something to show that you disagree with or disapprove of somethespecially publicly （尤指公开）反对；抗议
10、junk n. thing that are considered useless or of little value 无用的东西；无价值的东西 11、reflect v. to think carefully and deeply about something 认真思考；沉思
12、company n. a business organization that makes money by producing or selling goods or services 公司；商行
13、involve v. if a situation, an event or an activity involves somebody/something, they tapart in it or are affected by it 牵涉；牵连
14、accident n. an unpleasant event that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage事意外遭遇
15、communications n. methods of sending information, especially telephones, radio, computeetc. 通信；交通联系
16、surgery n. medical treatment of injuries or diseases that involves cutting open a persobody and often removing or replacing some parts 外科手术
17、intensive care n. continuous care and attention, often using, special equipment, for pein hospital who are very seriously ill or injured （医院的）特别护理；重症监护
18、release v. to let somebody/something come out of a place where they have been kept or trapped 释放；放出；放走
19、scar n. a mark that is left on the skin after a wound has healed 伤疤；伤痕 20、decline v. to refuse politely to accept or to do something 谢绝；婉言拒绝
21、scared adj. frightened of something or afraid that something bad might happen 害怕的；恐的；畏惧的
22、consciousness n. the state of being able to use your senses and mental powers to underswhat is happening 清醒状态；知觉
23、paramedic n. a person whose job is to help people who are sick or injured, but who is ndoctor or a nurse 护理人员；医务辅助人员
24、wheel v. to move somebody/something that is in or on something that has wheels 用有轮之动
25、emergency room n. he part of a hospital where people who need urgent treatment are take院）急诊室
26、burly adj. （of a man or a man's body） big, strong and heavy 高大强壮的；魁梧的 27、allergic adj. having an allergy to something （对……）变应的，过敏的
28、gravity n. ①the force that attracts objects in space towards each other, and that on tearth pulls them towards the centre of the planet, so that things fall to the ground when they dropped 重力；地球引力 ②serious behaviour, speech or appearance 严肃；庄严 29、laughter n. the act or sound of laughing 笑；笑声
30、attitude n. the way that you think and feel about somebody/something; the way that you behave towards somebody/something that shows how you think and feel 态度；看法 Phrases and Expressions
1、cut away to remove something from something by cutting 切除；砍掉；剪去 2、reflect on to think carefully and deeply about something 对……沉思
3、involve…in… to make somebody experience something, especially something unpleasant 把…涉到……
4、take action to begin to do something to solve a particular problem 采取行动
5、be allergic to ① to have an allergy to something 对……过敏；厌恶 ②（in formal, humoroto have a strong dislike of something/somebody 对…十分反感；厌恶
6、tanks to used to say that something has happened because of somebody/ something 幸亏；由因为
Text A A Motivator
Pre-reading Questions
1. What kinds of situation cause you most stress? How do you try to react to them? 2. Among all the people you know, who has the attitude to life that you most admire?
A Motivator
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how he could lothe positive side of the situation. Observing this style really made me curious, so one day I wup to Michael and asked him, \you manage to be so positive all the time?\①
Michael replied, \choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good moEach time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept thecomplaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose to point out the positive silife. \
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\situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect youmood. It's your choice how you live your life.\ I reflected on what Michael said.③
Soon after, I left the company to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thoughtabout him when I was faced with difficult choices.④
Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he wasreleased from the hospital with rods placed in his back.⑤
I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, \Ifwere any better, I'd be twins. ⑥Do you want to see my scars?\ I declined to see his wounds, budid ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.⑦
\lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choosdie. I chose to live.\
Michael continued, \…the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be finBut when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'he's a dead man.' I knew I neeto take action.\
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\allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited freply. I took a deep breath and yelled… 'Gravity. '
Over their laughter, I told them, I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, no
if I'm dead. '\
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitudelearned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. After all, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.⑧
Key Sentences
1. Observing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked h\all the time?\
他的这种方式着实让我好奇，所以有一天我找到迈克尔问：“我真弄不明白。你不可能总是那样积极乐观你是如何做到这一点的？”
2. \ “是的，不错。可并不那么容易呀。”我表示异议。 3. I reflected on what Michael said. 我沉思着迈克尔的这番话。
4. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I was faced with difficult choices. 我们失去了联系，但每当我对生活做抉择时，我就会想起他。
5. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospitalrods placed in his back.
经过18个小时的手术抢救和数周的重症护理后，他出院了，后背植入了金属棒。 6. If I were any better, I'd be twins. 我的身体已经恢复到最好状态。
（I have reached the best I can be. If were any better, there would have to be a second me. 7. I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
我没看他的伤疤，但我问他在事故发生的时候，他脑子里在想些什么。 8. After all, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. 毕竟，今天就是昨天所担心的那个明天。
Notes
1. If I were any better, I'd be twins: I have reached the best I can be. If were any bettethere would have to be a second me.
2. Gravity is used as a pun. A pun is the often humorous use of a word with two meanings. Hgravity is both the force that pulled Michael to the ground when he fell from the communicationtower, and the serious appearance of the nurses and doctors when they were about to operate on
Text A A Motivator
Exercises
Ⅰ Checking Your Comprehension
Directions: Choose the best answer to each question from the information given in the passa 1. When an employee had a bad day, Michael would suggest that he________. A） turn to colleagues for help B） think positively
C） seek psychiatric advice D） ask for leave
[答疑编号506494070301：针对该题提问]
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】文章第二段开头给出了相关提示，If an employee was having... side of