T: Good morning / afternoon, everyone!

S: Good morning / afternoon, Sir / Madam!

T: First I want to check your homework. Turn to page 7. Tell me the answers.

Check the answers with the whole class.

T: Yesterday, we talked about money. Today we will talk about people with millions of money. That is...

S: Millionaire.

T: Good. Now look at the pictures first.

Show the following pictures on the screen.

T: Do you know who they are? And can you say something about them?

S: I know the one in the first picture. He is Li Jiacheng. In the early days of his life, he nearly made a living from nothing. However, with his intelligence and diligence, he becomes one of the richest people in the world. He has donated a lot of money to develop education, medical care, etc.

T: Good. We can say he is an honor of us Chinese. How about the second one?

S: He is Bill Gates. He is chairman of Microsoft-the worldwide leader in software. According to the Forbes magazine, with an estimated wealth of $53 billion in 2006, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held this position for many years. And also he is a charitarian (慈善家).

T: Good! They have a lot of money. They enjoy a rich person's life; meanwhile they also enjoy helping others. The person we are going to talk about today may be some different from the two. He enjoys a common person's life. He is Charles Gray.

Step II Fast-reading

Get the students to read the text on page 8.

T: Let's see what happened to our hero, Charles Gray. Look through the text, and