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Attitude Is Everything
to be /mean everything (to someone) 意味着一切，最重要
to be more valuable or important than anyone or anything
else
Money means a lot, but it doesn’t mean everything.
对于妈妈来说孩子是最重要的。
Children are /mean everything to mothers.
You and money
Even though they said: Money can make a dancing dog
and Money can make the world go round, Nevertheless,
Money can buy the tasty food, but it can’t buy your
appetite.
Money can buy beautiful clothing, but it can’t buy noble
character.
Money can buy a grand house, but it can’t buy family
happiness.
Money can buy lots of gold, but it can’t buy the time.
Money can buy information, but it can’t buy intelligence.
Money can let you travel round the world, but it can’t let
you be open-minded.
• Money can let you have entertainment, but it can’t let
you feel enjoyable.
Money can buy the insurance, but it can’t buy the
safety.
Money can buy the medicine, but it can’t buy your
health.
Money can buy most of all the material, but it can’t
buy the life.
How do you want to choose?!
What you should control
.
• You can’t control the length of life, but you can
control the width of life.
You can’t change the weather, but you can change
your mood.
You can’t change your face, but you can show your
smile.
You can’t control the others, but you can command
yourself.
You can’t forecast tomorrow, but you can utilize
today.
It is impossible to win for everything, but you can do
your best for everything
What do you see from the
following pictures at
sight?
the first
an old lady
or
a young girl
skeleton (骷髅)
or
a young lady looking into a mirror
devils
or
angels
two side-faces
（侧脸）
or
one vase (花瓶)
a rose
or
kissing
lovers
What do you see in this picture?
a half glass of water
There is Still
a half glass of water
or
There isOnly
a half glass of water
pessimism
pessimistic
pessimist
negative
optimism
optimistic
optimist
positive
Group discussions:
1.Are you pessimistic or optimistic?
And why?
2. Do you think attitude is important?
How does our attitude influence our
behavior or life?
Have a group discussion and
answer the following questions.
Questions: Para. 1-7
1. In the first paragraph, what does the author mean by
saying “Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate”?
2. What made the author so curious about Jerry?
3. How does Jerry influence the author?
Para.8-end
3. What happened to Jerry one morning when he left the
restaurant back door open?
4. Why were the robbers scared? And what did they do
then?
5. Why did Jerry make doctors and nurses laugh in the
emergency room?
Part I
Paras. 1-7
Briefly introducing Jerry
and his influence on others and the author
Part II
Paras. 8-18
The robbery that tested Jerry’s attitude
a. how the robbery took place.
b. he was hurt in the robbery.
c. the first thing going through his mind when the
robbery took place
d. how he managed to stay alive.
Part III
Paras. 19
The lesson we learn from Jerry: Attitude is
everything.
Attitude Is Everything
意味着一切，最重要
to be /mean everything (to
someone)
to be more valuable or important than anyone or anything
else
Money means a lot, but it doesn’t mean everything.
对于妈妈来说孩子是最重要的。
Children are /mean everything to mothers.
Will you come? I would love to.
你来吗? 我很乐意。
1
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was
always in a good mood and always had something
positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was
心情好、不好
in a good/bad mood
doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be
in the mood for
有心情做某事
twins!”
in no mood for
没心情做某事
He is just in no mood for a movie tonight.
2
He was a unique manager because he had several
不顺利，倒霉，心情不好
have a bad day
waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to
have a good/bad night 晚上睡得好、不好
restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was
追随，跟随某人
follow sb.
around
because
of his
attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an
Go
away. Don’t
follow me
around
.
employee
was having
a bad
day, Jerry
was there telling
the employee how to look on the positive side of the
situation.
如果哪一天有个雇员心情不好，杰里就会告诉他如何去看待事
3 Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
情积极的一面。
went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t
be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?”
2
He was a unique manager because he had several
waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to
restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was
理解，明白
get it
because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an
I toldwas
thathaving
joke to Sophia,
didn’t
getthere
it. telling
employee
a bad but
dayshe
, Jerry
was
我给索菲亚讲了个笑话，但是她没听懂。
the employee
how to look on the positive side of the situation.
3
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t
be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?”
走向，走过去
4
Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to
myself, ‘Jerry, you have two choices today. You can
自言自语，对自己说
choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to
talk toto
oneself
be in a bad mood.’ I choose
be in a good mood. Each
选择(不)，情愿（不）
choose (not) to do sth.
time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim
I choose to stay at home on
or
I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
weekends.
Every
time choose
someone
comes
to me complaining, I can
Many people
not to
get married
向…学习，从…汲取教训
choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the
positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.”
4
Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to
v.
抱怨，投诉
complain
myself, ‘Jerry, you have two choices today. You can
complain of/about (to
向…抱怨，投诉…
choose
sb.) to be in a good mood or you can choose to
Lots of students complained about/of too much homework.
be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each
邻居们向警察投诉工厂的噪音。
time
something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim
Neighbors complained to the police about noise from the
or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
factory.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can
choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the
positive指出
side of life. I choose the positive side of life.”
生活中积极的一面
point out one’s mistake/the importance of
这可没那么容易
5
6
“Yeah, right, it’s not that easy,” I protested.
对…作出反应
去除，除掉
“Yes it is,” Jerry said. “Life is all about choices. When
you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to situations. You choose
how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in
a good or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your
choice how you live life.”
the bottom line
the most important fact in a situation
The bottom line is that we need ten thousand dollars.
6 “Yes it is,” Jerry said. “Life is all about choices. When
关键问题是我们需要一千美元。
you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.
关键是你要知道自己想要什么。
You choose how you react to situations. You choose
The
bottom
line
is that
youmood.
should know
what youtowant.
how
people
will
affect
your
You choose
be in
a good or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your
choice how you live life.”
7
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the
restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost
reflect on to think carefully about
沉思，认真思考
something
touch, but I often
thought about him when I made a
他需要时间来认真考虑下接下来要做什么。
choice about life instead of reacting to it .
He needs some time to reflect on what to do next.
8 Several years later, I heard that Jerry自己创业
did something you
are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he
left the back door open one morning and was held up at
gunpoint by three armed robbers.
我们失去了联系，可是当我要对生活做出一种选择时，而非
7仅对之作出反应时，我常常想起他。
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the
restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost
touch, but I often thought about him when I made a
to instead
stop communicating
lose touch
choice
about life
of reacting towith
it. each other
高中毕业后，他们失去了联系。
8 Several
years later, I heard that Jerry did something you
做出选择
are never
supposed
to do
in touch.
a restaurant
business: he
After high
school, they
lost
left the back door open one morning
and was
held
up
at
get
touch
with
keep in touch with
gunpoint by three armed robbers.
be in touch with
be out of touch with
7
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the
restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost
touch
but I often thought
about him when I made a
hold, up
延迟，阻碍，持枪抢劫
choice about life instead of reacting
to it.
应该
They are planning to hold up the bank next week.
8 Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you
The building of the bridge is held up by the flood.
武装盗匪
are never supposed to do in a restaurant
business: he
left the back door open one morning and was held up at
gunpoint by three armed robbers.
打开保险箱
9
While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from
nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers
panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively
迅速送到当地医院
quickly and rushed to the local hospital.
rush to 冲到
10 After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care,
rush out of 冲出
Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of
the
stillfrom
in histhe
body.
be bullets
released
hospital
release sb/sth (from sth)
出院
释放，放走
release a prisoner/hostage (人质)
release one’s emotion
释放囚犯、人质
宣泄，发些某人的情绪
11
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I
asked him how he was, he replied, “If I were any better, I’d
be twins. Want to see my scars?” 脑子里想…
12
thinkbut did ask him what
I declined to see his wounds,
had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
13
“The first thing that went through my mind was
that I should have locked the back door,” Jerry replied.
“Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two
choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I
chose to live.”
14
“Weren’t you scared? Did you lose
consciousness?” I asked.
失去知觉，意识
15 Jerry continued, “The paramedics were great. They kept
急救室
telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
在他们眼里，在他们看来
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 needed to
当他们把我推进急救室的时候，我看到了医生护士们脸上
take
action.”
的表情，我真的怕了。
16
“What did you do?” I asked.
take steps
采取行动
17 “Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me,”
深呼吸
said Jerry. “She asked if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,’ I
replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they
给…做手术
不喜欢
对…过敏
be allergic
to sth.
waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled,
have an allergy to sth.
‘Bullets!’
Over their laughter, I told 多亏，由于
them, ‘I am choosing to live.
杰瑞能活下来，不仅由于医生的精湛技术，也是由于他惊
因为，由于
人/积极的心态。
I’m
allergic
penicillin.
Operate on metoas
if I am alive, 我对青霉素过敏。
not dead.’”
be allergic
to peanuts/some
drugs/animal
18 Jerry
lived thanks
to the skill
of his doctors, but also
hair
对花生、药物、动物毛发过敏
because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that
我爸爸不喜欢流行音乐。
My
father
is
allergic
to
pop
music.
every day we have the choice to live fully.
19 Attitude,
after
is everything.
be allergic
to all,
housework
从他那儿我学到了，每一天，我们都可以选择过得充实。
Useful Phrases and Expressions
in a good/bad mood
心情好、不好
follow sb around
跟随某人
have a bad day
不顺利，心情不好，倒霉
get it
理解，明白
choose (not) to do sth.
选择（不）做…
say to myself
自言自语
complain of/about (to
sb.)
learn from
（向某人）抱怨…
从……中吸取教训
失去联系
the bottom
line
start one’s own
business
lose touch
做出选择
make a choice
持枪抢劫，阻碍
hold up
婉言拒绝
decline to
某人脑子里想…
go through one’s
mind
自己创业
emergency room
take action
采取行动
in one’s eyes
在某人眼里
be allergic to
对…敏感
take a deep breath
深呼吸
operate on
给…做手术
thanks to
由于
point out
reflect on
lose touch
认真考虑，深思
失去联系
be released from the hospital 出院
Ex. 5
1 lose touch with someone
be in touch with his teacher
跟某人失去联系
跟他的老师保持联系
be out of touch with the world
跟外界失去联系 跟世界脱轨
We haven’t been in touch for many
years.
我们多年没有联系了。
2 a positive attitude to life
be positive about the situation
play a more positive role
have a positive influence on your health
积极的生活态度
对处境感到乐观
扮演一个更积极的角色，
起到一个更积极的作用
对你的健康产生积极的影响
3
weeks of intensive care
the intensive care unit
a one-week intensive care
two-week intensive
training
4 the expressions on their faces
几周的特别护理/重症监护
重症监护病室
一个一周的特别护理
两周的强化训练
他们脸上的表情
an expression of surprise on his face
他脸上惊讶的表情
a strange expression on his face
他脸上奇怪的表情
look at us without expression
毫无表情地看着我们
Ex. 6
1. declined
2. reflect
3. relatively
4. released
5. affect
6. intensive
7. fragments
8. scared
9. positive
10. curious
11. victim
12. complain
Ex. 7
1. react to
2. instead of
3. went through
4. point…out
7. as if
8. after all
9. the bottom line
10. reflect on
5. take place
10. held up
6. in a bad mood
10. operate on
Exercise 9
Decide which of the nouns may follow the verb “take” and which may follow the
verb “make” and then put the Chinese parts in following sentences into English,
using either “take” or “make”.
action
take action
采取行动
choice
make a choice
做出选择
breath
take a breath
呼吸
noise
make noise
制造噪音
look
take a look
注视
step
take steps
采取措施
preparation
make preparations
做准备
sense
make sense
有意义
bath
take a bath
洗澡
lead
take the lead
领先
measure
take measures
着手
demand
make demands
要求
care
take care
当心
difference
make a difference
2/4
有关系，有影响
1. We must _____________
take action
(采取行动) to deal with the
problem before it spreads to other areas.
took a bath (洗了个澡) and
2. When he arrived home, Allen __________
quietly ate his dinner alone.
took a deep breath (深
3. She stepped up to the podium, ___________________
深吸了一口气) and smiled.
4. It doesn’t _____________
make sense (明智的) to drive if you can walk.
5. I think it would ____________________
(不一样) to these
make a difference
people if they chose to be in a good mood.
took steps
6. They ____________
(采取步骤) to keep interest rates high
and discourage borrowing.
7. I hope they have support if they’re in a situation where they
a choice (作出一个选择).
need to make
_____________
8. Of course you don’t have to spend all your time worrying
about possible health hazards, but you still need to
________
take
care (当心).
preparations (作准备) for the wedding
9. We started to make
______________
about a year ago.
10. He called the government to take
____________
measures (采取措施) to
stop violence against women.
Exercise 13
The word “good” has different meanings in different contexts. It can mean:
a. having qualities that are very satisfactory, favorable
b. useful or suitable
c. enjoyable or pleasant
d. in a satisfactory condition; not broken, damaged, decayed
e. useful to the health or character
f. clever or skillful
g. morally right; kind, helpful
1. He was always in a good mood and always had
something positive
to say.
心情很好
他总是乐呵呵的，总说些乐观向上的话。
2. My sister is good at looking after children.
我姐姐很擅长照顾小孩。
3. I had some time off work when my mother was ill,
but my boss was good about it.
我母亲生病时我有一段时间未上班，但我老板对此事很宽容。
4. She speaks good English and is a good person for
她说一口地道的英语，是做那个工作的合适人选。
the
job.
5. When would be a good time to phone?
什么时候打电话比较合适？
6. There’s a good chance he’ll pass the exam.
他通过考试的机会很大。
7. Be good when we visit your aunt.
我们去看望你姑姑时，你要听话。
8. Fresh fruit and vegetables are good for you.
新鲜水果和蔬菜对你健康有益。
1.每当不好的事情发生时，他并不是抱怨，而是从中汲取教训。
2.当他看到医生们脸上的表情，他真吓坏了，可是经过几周de
特别护理，他出了医院。
3.我仔细考虑了他对我说的话，我记不清当时脑子是怎么想的。
4.玛丽整晚跟着她妈妈，向她抱怨那天在学校里过得很不顺利。
5.在做手术之前，她做了一下深呼吸。由于她精湛的医术，手
术很成功。
Exercise 14
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1.每当不好的事情发生时，他并不是抱怨，而是从中汲取教训。
each time/every time
instead of
learn from
Each time /Every time something bad happened, he
would learn from it instead of complaining.
2.当他看到医生们脸上的表情，他真吓坏了，可是经过几周de
特别护理，他出了医院。
get/be scared
intensive care
be released from the hospital
When he saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors,
he got/was really scared, but after a few weeks of
intensive care, he was released from (the) hospital.
3.我仔细考虑了他对我说的话，我记不清当时脑子是怎么想的。
reflect on
go through one’s mind
I reflected on what he told me and I couldn’t remember
what had gone through my mind at that time.
4.玛丽整晚跟着她妈妈，向她抱怨那天在学校里过得很不顺利。
follow sb. around
complain of/about sth.to sb.
have a bad day
Mary followed her mother around all night and
complained to her mother that she had a bad day at
school that day.
Mary followed her mother around all night
complaining to her mother that she had a bad day at
school that day.
Dictation
Before listening, you may need to know the following words or expressions.
economy
经济
passion
热情
ultimate
最终的
Dictation
Listen to the following short passage and fill the blanks with the missing words.
especially
Keeping a positive attitude is not always easy,
when
it seems that no one else around you has a positive attitude. It
seems like people are always complaining about
something.
They have bad attitudes towards their jobs, life, relationships
,
economy,government
, kids, and even the weather.
How are you supposed to keep a positive attitude when all of
this negative
stuff is going on around you?
always remember
One of the keys to keep a positive attitude is to
your
“WHY”. Why did you start doing what you are doing in the first
place? If the reason you are doing these things is strong enough,
then you will be able to stay positive because you know what you
want your end result to be
.
Dictation
However, if you don’t know why you are doing what you are
doing, then it’s going to be very difficult to stay positive. Maybe you
a desire
started something but you no longerhave
________________for
it . What do
you do then?
The first thing to ask yourself is: Have you truly lost your passion
for what you started, or are you just in a down time? You will
certainly go through down times
, but if your ultimate goal
is still there you can work through them
.
英译汉
•
•
•
•
•
•
1. She asked if I was allergic to anything.
她问我是否对什么药物过敏。
2. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live life.
最重要的是：怎么生活是你自己的选择。
3. Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
also because of his amazing attitude.
杰里活下来了，救他命的不仅仅是医生们精湛的医
术，也是他自己令人难以置信的乐观态度。
• 4. I declined to see his wounds, but did
ask him what had gone through his mind
as the robbery took place.
•
我没有看他的伤口，但是我的确问他：
抢劫发生的瞬间他脑子里想的是什么。
• 5. He was always in a good mood and
always had something positive to say.
•
他总是心境极佳，总能说出一些积极向上
的话来。
•
1.尽管我们失去联系多年了，我还是会时常想起她。
(lose touch)
•
2.两个星期的假期把我从工作中暂时解放出来。
(release)
•Though we have lost touch for years, I
•
3.我们应该思考一下我们能从这次失败中学到什么。
think about her from time to time.
(reflect on)
•Thanks
to thehefact
that
he was
allergic
•In his
face, I read
is in
a good
mood
•We
should
reflect
on
what
can
to
banana,
he
escaped
the learn
food from
•I was
released
from
mywe
work
today
.
•
4.幸亏他对香蕉过敏，才躲过了这场由香蕉引起的食物
the
failure.
poisoning
by banana.
temporarily
bycaused
a two-week
holiday.
中毒。(be allergic
to)
•
5.我从他的脸上看出来他今天的心情很不错。(in a
good mood)
Gangnam Style
• Alexis Martinez, 14, is in a tour group that is learning
the dance made famous by South Korean musician
Psy in his 1._______ Gangnam Style. Martinez says
even back home in Texas the song is a big 2._______.
• "It was basically my whole school knew about it, it was
crazy," said Martinez. "There was a flash mob in our
school that did it, the Gangnam Style.“
• "Gangnam Style" is one of the most viewed videos
ever on the Internet. It has 3._______ high on music
charts in Asia, Europe and North America. And is what
many say is South Korea's most successful
4._______export.
• For those reasons, some believe "Gangnam Style" can
be used to 5._______many foreign visitors and money.
• Je Sang-won, who heads the Korea Tourism
Organization's Halyu, or Korean Wave, division said. "I
think Gangnam Style is bringing up Korea's
6._______value," "It has 7.________more Western fans
and made them interested in Korea. We did a survey in
Los Angeles and found 70 percent of respondents said
they wanted to visit Korea after they saw the video.“
• Out of the streets of Gangnam, which is the part of
Seoul south of the Han River, businesses are using
Psy and his song to help sell products.
• And some other 8.________say ever since "Gangnam
Style" went viral, they have seen an increase in foreign
shoppers.
• Kwon Da-na runs a clothing shop in Gangnam's trendy
Apgujeong neighborhood.
• "Sometimes there are more foreign customers than
Korean shoppers coming to my store. When I turn on
the Gangnam Style song and open the door, some
people come in off the street. They 9._______a lot".
• South Korea expects to see more than 10 million
foreign visitors this year. And according to the Korea
Tourism Organization, Korean pop music, known as KPOP, is one of the country's biggest draws. And now
thanks to Psy, the KTO plans to use Gangnam Style to
attract more foreign10.________.
Key
• Alexis Martinez, 14, is in a tour group that is learning
the dance made famous by South Korean musician
video
Psy in his 1._________
Gangnam Style. Martinez says
hit
even back home in Texas the song is a big 2.________.
• "It was basically my whole school knew about it, it was
crazy," said Martinez. "There was a flash mob in our
school that did it, the Gangnam Style.“
• "Gangnam Style" is one of the most viewed videos
ever on the Internet. It has 3.________high
on music
ranked
charts in Asia, Europe and North America. And is what
many say is South Korea's most successful
cultural
4.________export.
• For those reasons, some believe "Gangnam Style" can
be used to 5.________
import many foreign visitors and
money.
• Je Sang-won, who heads the Korea Tourism
Organization's Halyu, or Korean Wave, division said. "I
think Gangnam Style is bringing up Korea's
attracted
6._______value,"
"It has 7._________more
Western
brand
fans and made them interested in Korea. We did a
survey in Los Angeles and found 70 percent of
respondents said they wanted to visit Korea after they
saw the video.“
• Out of the streets of Gangnam, which is the part of
Seoul south of the Han River, businesses are using
Psy and his song to help sell products.
merchants
• And some other 8.____________say
ever since
"Gangnam Style" went viral, they have seen an
increase in foreign shoppers.
• Kwon Da-na runs a clothing shop in Gangnam's
trendy Apgujeong neighborhood.
• "Sometimes there are more foreign customers than
Korean shoppers coming to my store. When I turn on
the Gangnam Style song and open the door, some
people come in off the street. They 9._______a
lot" .
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• South Korea expects to see more than 10 million
foreign visitors this year. And according to the Korea
Tourism Organization, Korean pop music, known as
K-POP, is one of the country's biggest draws. And
now thanks to Psy, the KTO plans to use Gangnam
Style to attract more foreign 10.________.
tourists
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• 3. Life is all about choices. The bottom line
is it is your choice how you live your life.
• 4. When she saw the expressions on the
face of the doctors, he was really scared,
but after a few weeks of intensive care, he
was released from hospital.