1. Unit 3 Dreams and Dreamers
Follow your heart and don’t let anyone steal your dreams.

2. Getting Ready
1. Study the following pictures and tell in what ways they are related with “dreams”. A C B

3. As far as “dreams” are concerned,
A. fish and submarines are closely related because __________________________.
B. birds and planes are closely related because ___________________.
C. the moon and space exploration are closely related because __________________________________________________________________.
they can swim in the water
they can fly in the sky
in the past, the moon was mysterious and entering the moon was our dream. The space exploration made the dream realized.

4. dreams keep us going forward
2. Work in pairs and tell what “dreams” mean to you. What is your dream and what will you do to make your dream come true? Then write a few sentences about it. Your sentences may be like this:
To me, “dreams” mean______________ because______________________________. My dream is to ______________________and I will _______________so as to make my dream come true.
my ambition
dreams keep us going forward
enter a key university
do what I can

5. Fast-reading Skim the text and answer the following questions.
What’s the dream of the boy in the story?
Why did he get a large red “F” ?
Did the boy realize his dream?

6. Careful-reading a seven-page paper dream a large red F a horse ranch
Read the text carefully and complete each of the following sentences, then put them in the correct order according to the story.
When he was a senior, Monty wrote ____________________ about his dream.
Monty made his ______ come true.
Monty turned in the paper, but got ______________.
Monty’s dream was to own ______________.
The teacher asked Monty to see him____________.
a seven-page paper
dream
a large red F
a horse ranch
after class

7. keep rewrite father 6) Monty made up his mind to ______ his dream.
7) The teacher promised to give Monty a better grade if he would ________the paper with a more realistic goal.
8) Monty asked his ________ for advice.
The correct order is:
_____________________________
rewrite
father

8. 2. Decide whether each of the following statements is True (T) or False (F). Correct the false ones.
( ) 1) Monty Roberts once told me a story about one of his friends.
( ) 2) When Monty was a high school student, he often followed his father to move from here to there.
( ) 3) In his paper, Monty described his dream not only in words but also in pictures. F
himself T F
diagrams

9. Monty’s dream was unrealistic
( ) 4) The teacher gave Monty a red F on his paper because he thought Monty was too young to have such a dream.
( ) 5) The boy tried to get some advice from his father, but his father refused to give him any.
( ) 6) Monty didn’t pay any attention to his teacher’s suggestion, and turned in the same paper a week later. F
Monty’s dream was unrealistic F
encouraged him to make up his own mind T

10. ( ) 7) Monty’s teacher thought of himself as a dream stealer because he thought he had stolen the dreams of a lot of his students.
( ) 8) The purpose of this story is to encourage us to follow our dreams.
3. Read the following sentences from the text, paying attention to the italicized parts.
1) Once when I was there he told me a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer…(Line2, Para.1) T T

11. the son of an itinerant horse trainer
Here, “ a young man” refers to
____________________________________.
2) That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. (Line1,Para.2)
Here, “he” refers to _________.
3) He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher.(Line4, Para.2)
Here, “it” refers to _______________________.
4)The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. (Line1,Para.3)
the son of an itinerant horse trainer
the boy
the seven-page paper

12. the teacher’s suggestion for him to rewrite his paper
Here, “it” refers to ___________________________________________________________.
5) He said, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.” (Line2, Para.4)
Here, “you” refers to ____________.
6) When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. (Line5, Para.5)
Here, “I” refers to ____________.
the teacher’s suggestion for him to rewrite his paper
the teacher
the teacher

13. 4.Retell the story.
When he was a boy, Monty was asked to write a _____ about his dream. His dream was to own a horse _______. He ______ it in, but got an ____. His teacher asked him to ______ his paper with a more _______ goal. He asked his father for advice, but his father didn’t give any. The boy made no ______ of his paper. The boy ______his
paper
ranch
handed F
rewrite
realistic
kept
change

14. dream. After many years, the boy’s dream came true
dream. After many years, the boy’s dream came true. His schoolteacher with his students ______ out on his ranch. His teacher admitted that he was a dream ______. No matter what happens, _________ your heart and don’t let anyone ______ your dream. The purpose of the passage is to encourage us to follow our dreams.
camped
stealer
follow
steal

15. Discussion Work in groups and discuss the following questions.
What role do “dreams” play in our life?
What can we learn from the text?