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Unit 1 New Perspective Part I Communication Skills Task 1 Warm up Teaching tips: Encourage students to discuss the life attitudes they hold and the benefits of a good life attitude. Ask them whether they want to change their life attitudes. Task 2 Listening Exercise 1 Culture Tips: Henry Ford He was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and the father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. (From Wikipedia) Keys: See the audio script Audio Script （无音频，需要录音） Nicole: Hey, Nancy, have you heard Margaret got promoted? Nancy: Yes, I have. The achievement is awesome considering of all the hardships she’s been through. Nicole: Yeah, I really admire her. She is such an optimist. Nancy: Me, too. It’s inspiring to see how much an optimist achieves. They are winners of life while pessimists are losers. Nicole: I can’t agree with you more. When there are dark clouds in life, optimists search for the silver lining of opportunity while pessimists merely complain. Nancy: Uh-huh. It’s amazing how one’s attitude affects his achievements. A positive attitude really makes a big difference. Nicole: Do you know attitudes also affect one’s health? Nancy: No. I don’t. Enlighten me. Nicole: A certain group of researchers are said to have taken personality tests of some people, and they tracked their health status for 30 years. You can guess for the result. Nancy: The optimists turned out to be healthier? Nicole: Yeah. The optimists are reported to have better physical and mental functioning. Meanwhile, they also lived longer on average than pessimists. Nancy: Wow, that’s so incredible. I think sometimes I am a little bit pessimistic. It’s time for a change. Nicole: Yes. Actually, it’s not that difficult to change. Just remember, whenever you hold a negative thought, immediately replace it with a positive one. Keep training yourself like this, and then you will be an optimist. Nancy: That’s good news for all the pessimists. It’s not too late to