大学与体验英语综合教程2 UNIT5.doc

Unit 5　　Ways to Success 　　In this unit, you will 　　★　first listen, and then interview some successful people?　　★　read about famous people and their success stories　　★　write about the advantages of getting a good education　　★　practice the use of relative and appositive clauses　　★　write greeting cards for achievements　　★　visit Culture Salon to read quotes from famous people Passage A My Advice to Students: Education Counts ? 　Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it’s okay to drop out of college since that’s what I did. 　?　　A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking guidance for their son or daughter. “How can we steer our child toward success?” they ask. 　 　　My basic advice is simple and?heartfelt: Get the best education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn.　?　It’s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at?Harvard1?for three years before dropping out — and I’d love to have the time to go back. As I’ve said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should?reconsider.　?　Kathy Cridland, a sixth-grade teacher in?Ohio1, wrote to say, “Several of my students?claim?that you never finished high school. Since you are a success, my studentsperceive?that as a reason not to care much about getting a good education.”　?　　I finished high school! 　?　　The computer industry has lots of people who didn’t finish college, but I’m not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropping out of high school. I?actually?don’t know any high school?dropouts, let alone any successful ones. 　?　In my company’s early years we had a bright part-time?programmer?who threatened to drop out of high school to work full-time. We told him no. 　?　Quite a few of our people didn’t finish college, but we?discourage?dropping out. Having