This is English 3Changes in life.ppt

This is English 3Changes in life April 2010年11月3日 In this unit Study language related to occupations and living; Practise talking about the past; Practise talking about the future; Study attributive clauses; Learn to express opinions. Activity 1 Read the text Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn’t want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68,his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son. But he was unhappy. But he was unhappy. He didn’t know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressed because he hated being retired/. Then one day Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again. He is now 76 He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased for the products. He has developed the export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and employed three young designers. They have been all over the world to get new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn’t been bored since he bought the factory. businessman merchant, businessman, trader, tradesman, dealer 这些名词均有“商人”之意。 merchant: 指从事批发生意的大商人，尤指从事国际贸易的大商人， businessman: 指有经验、善于经营、从事各种买卖活动的买卖人、实业家或工商业家。 trader: 指从事贸易工作的人，也指贩子。 tradesman: 指零卖商人，开小店的商人。 dealer: 指商人时多与表商店的字连用。 Used to used to, would 这两个词均含“过去惯常，过去总是”之意。 used to: 指客观地表示过去的习惯，既可是过去经常发生的动作，又可是过去一向存在的状态，比would通