NAME:MUH.

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LESSONSI
X
READTHEREADI
NGI
NSTRUCTI
ONCAREFULLY
THEPOWEROFENGLI
SH
JackMai saf or
merEngl isht eacher .Hei st heownerofAl i
babaGr oup,the
l
argeste-commer cecompanyi nChi na.JackMawasnotpr of
ici
entatcomput er.Even
before1995,hehadnev ertouchedt hingsnamedcomput er.Butnowhei sasuccessf ul
i
nternetbusinessmanwhoi sabl et ocompet ewi t
ht hewor l
d'slargeste- commer ce
‘
ebay ’
.Attheageof12,JackMahasbeeni nterestedi nEngl i
sh.Eighty earsofhi s
chi
ldhoodwer espentbycy cli
ngf or40mi nutest oahot elneartheLakeofHangzhou,
about160km f r
om Shanghai .China,att hatt i
me,wasj ustopeningupt ot heoutside
worldandmanyt ouri
stscomef orav i
sit
.Wi t
hhi scour age,JackMabecameat our
gui
def orfreeinor dertolearnandt opr acticehisEngl ish.Experience,thatmakesMa
mor eopenmi ndedandmor eglobali
zedt hanhi speer s.
Withadet er minat i
on,Mal earnedEnglishandt ookuniv er
sityent r
ancet est.He
wasf i
nall
yaccept edi nt heUniversityofHangzhou, akindofTeacher s'Trai
ningCol l
ege
i
nt hepast .Af t
ergr aduatingf r
om t heUniversity
,Mawast heonl yoneoutof500
studentsassignedt ot eachEngl i
shatt heUniversit
y.Hissalarywasabout120r enmi nbi
orequivalentto142, 500r upi
ahspermont h.But ,Mast i
llhadadr eam.Af t
erdev oti
ng
hi
msel fteachingf orf i
vey ear
s,hewoul dstartahot eloranot herbusiness.In1992,he
appli
edqui t
eal otf ormanydi f
ferentposi ti
ons,buthedi dn’tmakei t.Eventuall
yhewas
acceptedatKFCout l
etf orasecr etarymanagerposi t
ion.Besides,Maal soworkedasa
tr
anslatorforat radingcompany .Onedayoneofhi sf r
iendsshowedhi m aninternet.
Thenhewasl ookingf orsomethingbutdi dnotfindanydat aaboutChi na.Then,Maand
hi
sf ri
endmadeasi teaboutchi na.
InMar ch1999, Maandhi steam of18peopl elaunchedasi tecal l
edAlibaba.com
i
nMa’ sapartmenti nHangzhou,Zhej iangPr ovi
nce.Wi ththissite,Mawasdr eamingof
creati
ng a faci l
it
yt hatcoul df acil
i
t at
e business act i
vit
ies ofsmal land medi um
entrepreneur
s.Af t
erexperiencingvariousupsanddowns, Ma’ sbusinessf i
nallyshowed
result
s.Justlikethechallengesf acedbyt heot herInter
netbusinesst obusiness(B2B)
compani esint heworld,
consumerconf i
denceist hekey .Quickl
yl ear
nedt heshor t
ages
andmendedt hem up, Al
ibaba.com coul dgraduall
yriseupandgr owbi gger.
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MKUBAHASAI
NGGRI
S01
Undert heleadershi
pofMa, Alibabathendev el
opedrapidlyandr eachedi tspeak
i
nOct ober2005.Att hatt i
me,Al i
babacooper atedwi t
hYahoo!Wi thaf undofUSD1
bil
l
ion,Yahoo!bought40% owner shipofAl ibaba,whileMat ookov erYahooChi na
operati
ons.Fr om there,theAl i
babaGr oupwasf ormed.Thecompanyconsi stsofa
vi
rtuale-commer cesi tesgl obal
ly,Alibaba.com andTaobao,sear chengi ne(Yahoo!
China),onl
inepay ment s(Ali
pay),andbusi nesssof tware(Al
isoft)
.St ar
tingf rom the19
personnelatMa’ sapar tment,AlibabaGr oupnow hasmor et han5, 000empl oy ees
servi
ngmi l
lionsofuser swor l
dwide.Mai sverypr oudofit
sidentityasaChi neseci t
izen
andagr eatflouri
shper soninChina.
Magr ew 100%inChi na.TaughthimselfEngl i
shatt hebeginni
nginChina,and
hasnev erstudi
edout si
deChi na.Byusi ngthepowerofEngl ish,heisnow notonly
achiv
einggreatbenefit
sf r
om hi sEngli
shskil
ls,butalsobr i
ngi
ngmor ebenefi
tstohis
communi t
yinpar ti
cul
arandt otheworldingeneralf
rom themostpower ful
thi
nghehas:
ENGLISH.Wi tht hepowerofEngl ish,Mai schasingabi ggerdream tobecomet he
great
este-commer ceinthewor l
dforaper i
odof5y ears.
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ələr Adj
ekt
iva

3 Chasi
ng Pengej
aran caesi
ng Nomi
na

4 Gr
eat
est Ter
hebat gr
eit
est Adj
ekt
iva
THEMI
NDMAPPI
NG

Chal
lenges Gr
eat
est

Engl
ish

Success

OpenMi
nd Cour
age
THEESSAY

Engl i
sh.Doesl ifeneedt omast erEnglish?Theansweri sofcour seweneedt o
mast erit.I fwel ookatt hest or
yofJackMahei samongt hemostsuccessf ulpeoplei n
thewor ld. Butwedon' tknow t hati nhi sst oryJackMaf acedsev eralchal l
enges
chall
enges.Jacki sor iginallyf r
om Chi na.Butt heabi li
tytospeakEngl i
shisnoti ndoubt .
Hei sf l
uenti nlanguagenotf rom tut oringclass.Buthel ear nedbyt r
y i
ngt obeat ourist
guidef ort ourists.Unt ilhecansetuphi sowncompany .
Noonewoul dhav et houghtt hatJackMawhowasbor ni ntoapoorf ami l
yisnow
oneoft her ichestpeopl ei nt hewor ldandast heowneroft heAl ibabacompany .Thisi s
theresul toft hehar dwor kofaJackMawhowant st ocont i
nuel earningev ent houghhe
wasbor nf rom apoorf ami ly. Buthewasabl et obecomet heper sont hegr eat
est
thankst ohi spr ofi
ci encyi nEngl i
sh.Formanypeopl e,manyt hi
nkt hatt hi
si simpossible.
As pr ooft hatJackMa i sunder est i
mat ed byot hers. He hasa br i
lli
anti dea by
developinganonl inemar ketatt het i
mewhent heinternetbegant obeknown.Nobody
beli
ev es t hathe wi l
lsucceed. Because ev eryone say si t'
s a st range i dea to do
somet hingwi tht hei nternet .
Aquest ionf oral lofus.Canwebecomesuccessf ulpeopl eli
keJackMaori si t
possiblet osur passi t? Theanswer ,ofcour se,canbet ot ryopenmi ndandgetoutof
yourcomf ortzone.Li ket ryingt olear nt ospeakEngl i
shev ent houghIdon' tli
keit.What
i
sneededi swi ll
ingnessandcour age.Aswel lasassumi ngwhyot hersar ecapabl e
whileImy selfam not? .Theanswerr equireshar dwor kl ikeat ruest or yfrom JackMa
whodi dnoti mmedi atelygetsuccess,buthedar edt opi ckupt hatsuccess.Thenwe
becomet hegr eatesti nt heend.Thenwemustmot i
vateour selv esfirstthatwecanbe
l
ikethem.
QUESTI
ONSREGARDI
NGLESSONSI
X

1.WHATDOYOUTHI NKOFJACKMA’ SLIFEINTHEPASTANDATTHEPRESENT?

(SCORE1- 10)
WhatIt hi
nkisthatJackMai nthepastfacedmanydi ff
icul
tchal
lenges.
Moreover,weknowt hatJackMawasbor nfr
om apoorf ami l
y.Wecani magine
howdiffi
culttheli
feofJackMa,whomi ghtbewor kingtohelphisparentsfi
nd
i
ncomef ortheirdai
lyneeds.Besi
des,healsostudiedearnestl
ysothathecould
beprofi
cientinEngli
shandhadbeenat ouri
stguide,evenhehadser vedasan
Engl
ishteacher.

2.IFYOUCONNECTJACKMA’ SLIFEQUALI TYTOTHEKEYSTOBESUCCESSFUL

PEOPLE( REFERTOMI DTESTMATERI ALS),CANJACKMABECATEGORI ZED
ASASUCCESSFULPERSON?WHI CHHABI TSDOESJACKMAHAVE?WHYDO
YOUTHI NKSO?( SCORE:1- 20)
Ofcour seaJackMacanbesai dtobeasuccessf ulperson.Ahabitthat
JackMadoeswhenher eal l
ywant st opur suesomet hi
ng. Thepr oofatt he
begi
nningoftheemer genceoft heinternetatt hatti
mehehadageni usideaby
wanti
ngt ocreatesomet hingont heinternet.It hi
nksobecauseweknow t he
stor
yofJackMawhoi sof tenunder esti
mat edbyot hers.Buthenev ergaveup
evenmay behemi ghttakel essonsfrom peopl ewhounder estimatehi
m,sohe
canlearnfr
om hismi stakesunt ilfi
nall
yhecanr i
sefrom adversi
tyandcanput
himsel
finahigherplace.Wi thsopeoplewer eamazedt oseeit.

3.I
N YOUROPI
NION,DOESJACKMA’
SENGLI
SH SKI
LLSGI
VEI
MPACTTO HI
S
 LIFE?EXPLAINYOURANSWER( SCORE:1-10)
.
OfcourseJackMa'sEngl
i
shabi
li
tyhasabigimpactonhisli
fe.Weknow
heisanat i
veofChina.Butt
heabil
i
tyt
ospeakEngli
shcanmakei tcompetewith
Europeans. Infact
,weknow thatAl
ibabaisawel l
-knowncompanyandt he
companywasf oundedbyJackMat hankst ohi
sideaandhi sprofi
ciencyin
Engli
shthatisnodoubt.

4.WHATLESSONSOFLI FECAN WELEARN FROM THESTORYOFJACKMA?

(SCORE:1- 10).
Event houghwear ebor nfrom poorfamili
es. Wemusthav east rong
determinati
ont opursueourdreams.Ther eisaquotethatsays"Eff
ortwi
llnot
betrayther esul
ts"
.Soi fwereall
ymeani t,onedaywewi l
lgetthebest.Being
thebesti snoteasy ,i
ttakesabigsacr i
fi
ce,becauseabigsacrif
iceisdi
rectl
y
proport
ional towhatweget.

5.IFYOUANALYZETHETEXTABI TCLOSER,ACCORDI NGTOYOU,WHYDOES

THEWRI TERWRI TESUCHASTORY?( SCORE:1- 10)
.
Thewr i
tertr
iestomov ethehear tsoft hereader
ssot hattheycanbe
mot i
vatedbythestory.Allcanbesuccessf ul,aslongashewant stowor khard
andmosti mport
antl
yiftherearemistakes,don'tmakeitabur
den, butmakei ta
l
ifelessonsowecanl earnfrom mistakes.accor di
ngtothesay i
ng" Don'
tbe
afr
aidtot ry
,mist
akesar ethebestteachersifyouhonestl
yadmitthem andwant
tolearnfrom t
hem".