大学体验英语三版第1册第2单元.pptVIP

;Passage A Think About It Read About It Talk About It Write About It;1. What do you dream of becoming?;2. What did you do when you had problem in realizing your dream?;Read About It Language Points Content Awareness Language Focus;All Great Journeys Start with a Dream ; Besides being the drummer and chief lyricist for the rock band “Rush”, Neil Peart is also an author and philosopher. Look at how beautifully he expresses the relationship between life and a dream: “Life is just a candle and a dream must give it flame.” Richard M. DeVos, the founder of Amway Corp., also writes about the flame of hope: “No life is more tragic than that of the individual who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping, but never giving it a chance to happen. He nurses the flickering dream, but never lets it break out into flame.”; Most of us have a dream, aspiration, or heart’s desire. But the trouble is most of us have the on / off switch of our dream set to OFF. Whenever we say, “I can’t,” we set the switch to OFF. Whenever we believe we can, we set the switch to ON. Simple, isn’t it? Just because I believe I can do something doesn’t mean there won’t be any problems. But once I believe I can do it, I will seek solutions for every problem I stumble on. And since it is a law of life that we find what we look for, if I look for solutions, I will find them. Any worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing. Once I realize I can do it, the next step is to make a commitment. As soon as we make a commitment, great power is released. What seemingly were insurmountable hurdles are now reduced to obstacles of laughable insignificance.; Our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great. We don’t have to become the world’s greatest pianist, an Olympic medal winner, or an internationally acclaimed superstar. An aunt of mine sold gloves in a department store for most of her life. Her dream was to be the friendliest and most helpful salesperson around. Year after year, the same customers w