Unit9WhenwashebornPeriod1Learninggoals1.Learntotalkaboutexceptionalpeople2.NewlanguageWhenwasheborn?Hewasbornin1895.Howlongdidhehiccup?Hehiccuppedfor69years.Period1ListeningandSpeakingStep1WarmingupandleadinWarmingupbyaskingquestionsHello,everyone!Ihadapartyyesterday.Whatkindofparty?Canyouguess?Itwasmybirthdayparty.Yes,IwasbornonNovember5th,1972.Whataboutyou?Let’sfindoutwhenwereyouwereborn.T:Whenisyourbirthday?S:April22T:Whenwereyouborn?S:19—NowpleasepayattentiontothestructureSb+was/were+born+in+year出生于xxxx年Weuseittoexpresswhenisourbirthday.Forexample:IwasbornonOctober25th,1975.StepⅡDiscussion1aTalkingaboutinternationalsportsstarsT:Doyoulikesports?Ithinkmanyofyoulikeit.Whatsportdoyoulike?S:football,volleyball,tennis,tabletennis,basketballandsoon.T:Ok!Iknowyouaresportsfans.Youmustknowthefamoussportsstars.Ihavesomepicturesofthem.Doyouknowthem.Let’smakealist.InternationalSportsStarsWhatkindofsportDoyoulikehimorher?Why?MichaelJordanBasketballsupermanDengYapingTabletennisPertinacityMartinaHingisTennisresourcefulDavidBeckhamfootballHandsomePleasethinkaboutthesequestions.Whatsportdoesheorsheplay?Doyoulikehimorher?Whyorwhynot?Step2Listeningandspeaking1.Listentothetapeandwritetheyearwhenthesportsstarwereborn.Iwillplayittwice.Firsttimeyoucanonlylistenandthesecondtimeyoucanwrite.2.Checktheanswersbymakingconversationslikethis:Who’sthat?She’sDendYaping?Whenwassheborn?Shewasbornin1970.Readthetapescriptandtrytounderlinetheexpressionsandshadowthewhen/howlongquestions3.PairworkFirstlet’slookatthedialogueaboutDengYaping.Pleasereaditafterme.Whenyoureadpleasepayattentiontothepronunciationsandintonations.Nowmakethesimilardialogueaboutotherpeoplewithyourpartners.I’dliketoasksomepairtoactitout.Forexample:A:Who’sthat?B:That’sMichaelJordan.HeisagreatAmericanbasketballplayer.A:Whenwasheborn?B:Hewasbornin1963.Step3Listening1.Lookatthepictures.Whataretheydoing?LearnthenewwordsHiccup打嗝sneeze打喷嚏worldrecordmeansthebestintheworldLet’slistentothetapecarefullyandfillinthechart.Whilelistening,trytogettheimportantthing---“howlong”2.Listenagainandfillinthe“started”and“stopped”columns.Readthetapescriptandtrytounderlinetheexpressionsandshadowthewhen/howlongquestions3.FillingthechartandspeakingFirstlet’sfillintheblankwiththeinformationfromthechartinlastpart.Pleasepracticetheconversationwithyourpartner.MakethesamekindofconversationaboutDonnaGreen.Thestudents’conversationmaybelikethis.A:HowlongdidDonnaGreensneezing?B:Shesneezingfor978days.A:Whendidshestarthersneezing?B:ShestartedonJanuary13,1981.A:Whendidshestopsneezing?B:ShestoppedonSeptember16,1983.GrammarFocusPleasegooverthispartbyyourselves.Putyourquestionstomeifyouhaveany.Pleasepayattentiontothetenseandthepastformsofverbs.Whenwetalkaboutthingsinthepast,weshouldusethepasttense.Thepastformof“be”is“was”or“were”.Totheregularverbs,“ed”shouldbeaddedafterthem.Andasfortheirregularverbsweshouldremembertheirpastforms.Step4Interviewing1.Boysandgirls,let’splayagame,aninterview.Lookatthechartandinterviewyoupartnersbyaskingthequestion.Howoldwereyouwhen…?2.Whowouldliketotellushisreportabouthisinterview?Johnstartedthingsearly.Helearnedtorideabicyclewhenhewasonlythreeyearsold.Sometimeshefelloffthebike,buthenevergaveup.Hewasabraveboy.Step5SummaryTodaywehavelearnedanotherkindofexceptionalpeople—Mr.CharlesSmithwhohasaworldrecordforhiccuppingandMs.Greenwhohasaworldrecordforsneezing.Keepononegoalyouwillsucceedatlast.Everydayyoupractise,atlastyouwillsucceedsomeday.Thisislikethewayyoulearn,daysanddaysyoukeepworkinghardonit,youwillcollectyourfruitsomedaylikesay,gotoafamousuniversity,andtobeafamousprofessororascientist,orasucceededbusinessman.Step6HomeworkPractiseactivitiesinActivity2aand2c.
