MODULE 11 National heroes Unit 1 What did Zhan Tianyou do? Vocabulary and listening Complete the passage with these words. bridge build engineer foreign government museum national hero patriotic railroad tunnel Zhan Tianyou is a (1) national hero . He was the (2) of a (3) in the mountains with many (4) and (5) . The Chinese (6) wanted a Chinese engineer to (7) it. They didn't want (8) engineers. There's a (9) about him in Badaling. It's a very (10) story. Now listen and check. Listen and read. Daming: Hi, Tony! Hi, Lingling! What did you think of the film about Zhan Tianyou on television last night? Tony: I didn't see it. Who is Zhan Tianyou? Lingling: He's a national hero. Tony: What does he do? Darning: You mean, what did he do? He was the engineer of a famous railroad. It started in Beijing and it finished in Zhangjiakou. Tony: When did he work on it? Darning: From 1905 to 1909. The British and the Russians wanted to build it, but the government didn't want foreign engineers. Tony: Why didn't they want them? Darning: Because they wanted a Chinese engineer for a Chinese railroad. Lingling: It was very difficult to build because it was in the mountains and there were many bridges and tunnels. Tony: When did Zhan Tianyou die? Lingling: He died in 1919. When he died, the Chinese opened a museum about his life in Badaling near the Great Wall. Darning: It's a very patriotic story and a very good film. Learning to learn When you write words in your notebook, underline the stressed syllable: Foreign, government, engineer. Unit 2 He trained for five years. Reading and vocabulary Match these words with the photos. astronaut Earth national flag space spacecraft wave Read the news...
