泛读+Unit+1+Confronting+Failure.ppt

Failure is an event, never a person.? ~William D. Brown, Welcome Stress! Failure doesnt mean you are a failure... it just means you havent succeeded yet.? ~Robert Schuller There is no failure except in no longer trying.? ~Elbert Hubbard Try again.? Fail again.? Fail better.? ~Samuel Beckett Failure as opportunity? Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.? ~Henry Ford So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ~JK Rowling 【玩具总动员】（Toy Story ），1995 【虫虫危机】（A Bugs Life），1998 【玩具总动员2】（Toy Story 2），1999 【怪物公司】（Monsters, Inc.），2001 【海底总动员】（Finding Nemo），2003 【超人总动员】（The Incredibles），2004 Pixar Animation Studios 【汽车总动员】（Cars），2006 【料理鼠王】（Ratatouille），2007 【机器人总动员】（WALL?E），2008 【飞屋环游记】（Up），2009 【玩具总动员3】（Toy Story 3），2010 【汽车总动员2】（Cars 2），2011 Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the regions large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the high-tech sector. Silicon Valley Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of cutting-edge entrepreneurs, engineers and venture capitalists. Understanding Narrative Passages 6”W”: when, where, who, what, why how. 3 Main Parts (narrative mode) The introduction(引出话题) The development (叙述主要内容) The conclusion(结论，感悟，发现，或是建议……) Refer to P10-P11 Reading skills The first story is about connecting dots. Introduction (what?) How to attract readers’ attention to the following narration? Clue? So why