Lottery Winners
In 2000, Ken Partridge, a factory worker, won $1million in the Michigan lottery. Partridge had a party and left his job. Then he moved to California and started a business selling cars. Five years later, all the money was gone and the business was dead. Partridge returned to Michigan and went back to work in the factory.
His experience is common among lottery winners. Susan Black , a New York financial adviser, says,“Winning the lottery can be a disaster. In our culture, people believe that money solves problems. Often it causes more problems than it solves.”
There are three big dangers. First, there is the sudden fame. The winners appear in the newspaper with a check for millions of dollars, standing next to a beautiful girl. But they didn’t work for this fame, and usually they aren’t ready for it. This can cause emotional problems.
Secondly, all kinds of people start knocking on the door. For example, Evelyn Adams , who won the New Jersey lottery twice(in 1985and 1986), says,“Everyone wanted my money. I never learned one simple word in the English language------No!”She spent $ 5.4 million in just a few years, and learned that winning money often means losing friends.
Finally, lottery winners usually don’t know how to look after their money. For example, a recent study found that the first thing lottery winners do is buy a huge house and luxury furniture. Another thing they all do is buy experience cars for the family. Very few invest the money intelligently, so when the money is gone, the dream ends too!
一、讀前活動(pre-reading activities)
Free talk
1. The aim is to get familiar with the students and introduce the topic of the passage.
2. Have a free talk with the students by saying:
Teacher: I’m very glad today; I will treat you to lunch. Why? Guess!
(The students give different answers)
Teacher: I’ll tell you. I’m a lottery winner now and I will have lots of money. But I don’t know how to spend it. Could you give me some good advice?
(The students give different advice.)
Teacher: Thank you for your good advice. I will invest my money intelligently. This lesson, we will meet another lottery winner. His name is Ken Partridge. He got $1 million. How would he spend the money? What would happen to him? Do you want to know?
Students: yes.
Teacher: ok. Let’s read the passage: lottery winners
教學設計評價：Pre-reading的目的是引起學生的注意，激發學生的興趣和認識需要，以形成學習的期待，促進學生積極參與。Pre-reading要具有一致性，關聯性，直觀性，啓發性和趣味性。師生透過談及彩票獲獎請客等內容匯入閱讀主題。
二、讀中活動(while-reading activities)
Step1. Skimming for the main idea
Ask students to read the text quickly, then get the general idea, and after that, do the following exercises.(T or F )
1. Lottery winners know how to look after their money at last.
2. Ken Partridge moved to America to sell cars.
3. Winning the lottery doesn’t cause more problems than it solves.
4. Winning lottery is a very happy thing in the winner’s life.
5. There are three disadvantages when you win the lottery.
教學設計評價： 略讀這種方法也稱爲瀏覽法或快速閱讀法，其目的是培養學生的快速閱讀技巧和獲取文章整體資訊的能力，以使學生理解課文的表層意思。它要求學生不按常規逐詞逐句地讀，而是一個意羣一個意羣地掠讀，省略大量與所尋資訊關係不重要的詞、短語或句子。爲了使學生儘快進入情境，閱讀前教師要先提出問題讓學生帶着問題去讀。 Step2. Careful reading for detailed information.