Dai Ningru Jintan No 4 Middle School

Dai Ningru Jintan No. 4 Middle School

A dream pursuer a person who is following or chasing sb.

Fast reading 1. What does Monty Roberts own in San Ysidro? He owns a horse farm 2. What grade did he get? He got a large red F on his first page. 3. Did his father help him with a decision? No, he did nothing.

Careful reading read the passage loudly and do the exercise

1. What is the best title of the passage ? A. Dream-stealer B. An unforgettable experience C. Flying with your belief D. Struggling of life 2. The teacher thought Monty's dream was unrealistic because ______. A. He lived in a poor family. B. The boy didn't have enough ability to do that. C. The dream was too far away from him D. The boy was poor.

3. What does the teacher mean by saying “I was something of a dream stealer”(in para 7)? A. The teacher was too greedy to steal many things from the kids. B. The teacher failed to help many kids to achieve their goals C. The teacher always refused to praise kids. D. The teacher treated the kids in an unfair way.

4. Why did Monty tell others his experience? A. He wanted other people to know more about his life experience. B. He wanted to tell others his house was a best place to put on the events to raise funds. C. He hoped people could understand what was important to help young people to achieve their goals. D. He thought his story was good enough to attract others.

Structure Analysis

part 1. (para 1. ) ntroduction Brief i______ Part 2. (para 2 -7) A story about a dream pursuer ________ Part 3 (para 8) _________ Conclusion

Careful reading Read para 1 and answer the questions.

1. What does the writer use the house for ? The writer uses the house to hold fund-raising activities to pick up money for youth at risk programs 2. What was the young man’s life like ? He was the son of a horse trainer and had to go with his father from farm to farm, training horses.

Task-based reading Read paras 2 -7 and fill the table

The boy’s dream of____a 200 –acre _____ owning horse farm with a 4, 000 -squarefoot house in the_______. center The teacher’s an unpractical _____dream: have no opinion money, resources or nothing; family isn’t ____either, helpful that’s impossible to make it rewrite The teacher’s _______this paper with a more requirement realistic goal Father’s words make your own important yourself decision by _____. Monty’s decision ____ later a week ______, handed in the keeping same paper, _____his dream

What can you learn from Monty’s story?

have a dream (make a plan) Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Believe yourself keep pursuing one’s dream be confident Follow your dream, no matter how difficult to realize it. never give up (never give in to difficulties) (never lose heart)

2. What’s your dream? 3. How can you realize your dream?

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (德国诗人、戏 剧家 歌德. J. M. ) My dream is … (I dream of doing …) To realise /live my dream, firstly, … Seconly, … Last but not least, … Faced with difficulties, I…

Homework: write down your dream