DREAMERS & DOERS

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DREAMERS & DOERS

New Password 4-Chapter 1

+PRE-READING

+PRE-READING

Which would you prefer? Who would like to …?

Let’s do a class questionnaire about working.

a. b. c. d.

Start his own business

Work in a family business

Work for a small locally owned company

Work for a large international company

+PRE-READING

What does “entrepreneur” mean?

What kind of people can become entrepreneurs?

Can you name some famous entrepreneurs?

a person who has a good idea and use it to start a business

+PRE-READING

Match the words with the definitions:

1. CEO

2. Page views

3. Made his first million

4. e-Bay

5. Wage

6. Real estate

Let’s look at the vocabulary next to the reading.

a. an amount of money a worker earns

b. Earned his first 1.000.000

c. Visits to a website

d. The business of selling houses other buildings, or land

e. A website for buying and selling things online

f. The person at the head of a company, Chief Executive Officer

+FAST READINGOpen your books page 3.

+FAST READING

Do not use dictionary. Do not ask your teacher about the vocabulary. Do not follow with a pen or your finger. It

slows you down. After fast reading, you just need to find the

topic & main idea. You don’t have to understand every word or sentence.

You have 4 minutes.

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Topic: What is the reading about? Main idea: What does the reading say about the topic? What is the difference between

topic & main idea?Main idea is a sentence, topic is not.

Topic & Main idea

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What is the topic?

a. Dreams about the futureb. People who start up businessesc. Ways you can make a lot of money

Topic & Main idea

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What is the main idea?

a. It is important for a young person to have a dream about the future.

b. Some very young people have become successful entrepreneurs.

c. It is easier to start your own business when you are very young.

Topic & Main idea

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Why didn’t you use dictionary during the first reading?

Because you need to learn guessing meaning from context. You will always have words that you don’t know in your tests, so it is very important to learn guessing.

Guessing Meaning from Context

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What does context mean?The words and sentences before and after the word. Context helps you guess the meaning. For example, look at the context of make a living:“Constanza met some people who were highly skilled at

making clothes but could not make a living at it. Instead, they supported themselves washing dishes or cleaning rooms. “

The context of make a living: to make enough money from your work to support yourself.

Guessing Meaning from Context

+VOCABULARYWork in pairs.Fill in the bingo grid with 9 of the target words .If you have the word on the screen on your card, cross that square.The first pair that crosses all the words on the card wins!

+Client: noun

a person like a customer, who pays for the services of a professional

We have to wait in line for our dentist because she has a lot of clients.

+make a living: verb

to make enough money to support yourself

It is hard to make a living if you don’t have university education.

+Hire: verb

to give someone a job

We are moving tomorrow, so I hired three men to carry the heavy boxes.

+come up with: verb

to be the first to think of

Miranda has come up with a terrific idea.

+risk: noun

a chance that something bad may happen

The fireman took a great risk to save the young woman’s life.

+Drive: verb

cause something

You are driving me crazy.

+Earn: verb

to get money by working

When you have a good job you can earn a lot of money.

+design: verb

to produce an idea and draw the plans for it

An architecture’s job is to design buildings.

+Turn into: verb

to take something and change it into something else

Caterpillars turn into butterflies.

+Set up: verb

to start, prepare, or build something

Mark Zuckerberg set up Facebook in 2004.

+ad: noun

pictures, words, short movies that we see on TVs and newspapers to sell a product

Yesterday, I was watching a film on TV, and in 2 hours there were 10 breaks for ads. I hate ads!

+Mean: verb

to plan to do something, have something in mind as a purpose

I didn’t mean to make you angry.

+Fair: adjective

acceptable, right for everybody

Our company pays a fair amount of money to the workers. That’s why everyone likes working here.

+Willing: adjective

ready or prepared to do something

My students are quite willing to learn English.

+CAREFUL READINGLet’s read the text again.

+CAREFUL READING

Read the text carefully.

You can ask your teacher if you don’t understand words and sentences.

After careful reading, you need to answer questions about details.

+READING RACEWork in groups of 3 or 4.You will answer reading questions about the text.You need to answer by showing your board after 15 seconds.The group with the most correct answers wins!

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1. Pierre Omidyar set up his business and then sold it.

2. Ontenada hired her mother to work for her.

3. Cameron made a lot of money as a young entrepreneur.

4. Entrepreneurs of any age must be willing to take risks.

5. Daniel Negari has a computer service agency.

6. Ashley Qualls set up her website to make money.

7. The people who work for Constanza get a fair paycheck.

Reading for Details: Are these sentences True, False, or Doesn’t say?

True

False

Doesn’t say

True

Doesn’t say

False

True

+READING RACE

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

a. Young entrepreneurs have various reasons for what they do.

b. Most young entrepreneurs start their businesses by accident.

c. Young entrepreneurs dream of becoming a CEO.

Topic & Main idea

+READING RACE

What is the main idea of paragraph 6? Write a sentence.

Young entrepreneurs may have to decide whether or not to hire their parents.

Topic & Main idea

+POST-READINGTalk about the speaking questions in pairs.

+POST-READING

When do people drive you crazy? Why should people hire you? What are your

good qualities? In the future, what do you want to set up? How will you earn money when you graduate?

Partner A: asks & Partner B: answers

+POST-READING

What are you always willing to eat? Talk about one ad you liked or hated. In the future, how do you plan to make a

living? What does “I didn’t mean to hurt you” mean?

Partner B: asks & Partner A: answers

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