Unit12

Success Starts Early

READING AND SPEAKING

A. Warm up

1. When you were a child, what id you want to be when you grew up? Why?

2. Are you still interested in the same career, or do you have a different goal now? What kinds of things are you doing to achieve your goal?

B. Read

1. Who is this reading about?

2. What is the writer’s point of view, or opinion, of these people?Circle a, b, or c.

a. She is impressed.b. She is not impressed.c. She is disappointed.

Kevin Baillie and Ryan Tudhope

Vocabulary

神話故事 ; 童話 幼兒園

直率的

獨立的

有才智的 ; 聰明的

Vocabulary

出色的 ; 傑出的 廣告；宣傳

積極的

指導者 ; 管理人

能幹的 , 有才華的

Vocabulary

專攻 ; 專門從事

商業的 ; 商務的

天才的 , 才幹的

達到了的

C. Read again

1. Kevin Baillie and Ryan Tudhope’s story is like a fairy tale.

2. Baillie wanted to be a lawyer.3. Luckily for us, their plans

changed one day in the ninth grade.

4. They were able to make short movies.

C. Read again

5. He paid the boys $15,000 to create an advertisement.

6. They have worked on about 20 movies.

7. These two talented young men have accomplished a lot in less than 30 years.

8. Just imagine what they’ll do over the next 30 years!

D. Discuss

1. Why did Kevin Baillie and Ryan Tudhope start making movies?

D. Discuss

2. Were Kevin and Ryan just lucky or very skillful?

D. Discuss

3. Which is more important, luck or skill?

VOCABULARY

Antonyms

A. IdentifyA

1. independent

2. outgoing

3. intelligent

4. quiet

5. thoughtful

6. capable

7. motivated

8. talented

B

a. unable

b. unskilled

c. shy

d. lazy

e. thoughtless

f. not smart

g. needy

h. talkative

gcfheadb

B. Pair work

Example:A: This person gets good grades, and she is very smart.B: She’s intelligent!