英语人教版九年级全册学生上课资料.doc

Passage A The importance of details John and Bob joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bob to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary worker. John could not take it anymore, sent his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not value hard-working staff. The boss knew that John worked very hard for years. He thought for a moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.” John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he found a man selling watermelon. The boss asked him how much each kilogram was. John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss that the watermelon was $1.2 per kg. The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bob to come to his office. He asked Bob to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bob went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelon. The price is $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg. He has 340 melons in total. Every melon weighs about 2kg. They were bought two days ago,and they are fresh, red and of good quality.” John was very impressed and knew the difference between himself and Bob. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bob. My dear friends , a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out a chance and catch it to achieve his success. If a person sees one year ahead while another sees only tomorrow, the difference between a year and a day is 365 times. How could you win? (Word count: 320) Word list: resign v.辞职— resignation n. 辞呈，辞职信 criticism n.批评 Q:What have you learn from the passage? Passage B Coffee and cup A group of graduates got together to vi