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课件32张PPT。七年级下册9Life historyModuleUnit 2
He decided to be an actor.
Ask and answer--When is …?
--It’s in… .Ask and answer about when you were five years old. — Did you ride a bike when you were
five years old?
— Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.
2. — Did you play computer games
when you were five years olds?
— Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.Do you know these plays?《Hamlet》《Romeo and Juliet》《Merchant of Venice》《King Lear》Who is the writer of these
plays?William
Shakespeare1. To master the new words:
successful, build, on, fire, die, rich,
around the world
2. To get information from the reading
material about William Shakespeare.
3. To introduce a writer you know well. Language aims/pleI/
/'p?uIm/
/'m?ri/
/s?k'sesful/
/w?:k/
/bIld/
剧本；戏剧 n.play诗歌 n.poem结婚 v.marryWords and expressions成功的 adj. successfulworkbuild作品；著作 n. 建造 v./?n/
/'faI?/
/daI/
/rIt?/
/'l??ɡwId?/
在…河边 prep.on火；火灾 n.fire死；死去 v.die富有的 adj. richlanguagearound the world语言 n. 世界各地actorwriterplaymarry poemmove company not rich join the army He became successful at the age
of 25.the River Thamesthe Globe Theatre1. Watch and readThen work in pairs .Read the passage
and decide what William Shakespeare.plays poem storiesWilliam Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and poems. He wrote about thirty-eight plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford, England. Like many people 400 years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’t learn to read or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen. He married in 1582 and had three children.
The life of William ShakespeareShakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592. He became a successful actor and began to write plays. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.
In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You can visit the theatre today, but it isn’t the same building. There was a fire in the old theatre. They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s.
William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and successful. You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He’ famous around the world.
2 Put the sentences in the
correct order.a. Shakespeare went to London.
b. Shakespeare’s company built the
Globe Theatre.
c. Shakespeare married.
d. Shakespeare liked plays at school.
e. Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.
f. Shakespeare decided to be an actor.d f c a b e3 Complete the timeline for
Shakespeare.be born build die finish school go to London marryfinished schoolmarrieddiedwent to
London built the
globe
theatre4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare.
Use the information in Activity 3 to help you.

— Was Shakespeare born in 1564?
— Yes, he was.
—Did he leave school in 1582?
— No, he didn’t He finished school in 1578.
5 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
die fire language marry poem rich successfulShakespeare __________in 1582 and had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different ____________ .
Shakespeare also wrote _______ as well. lie was also a _______ and
___________ actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but ifs not the same building. There was a _______ in the old theatre and they built it again. He _______ at the age of fifty-two.
marriedlanguagepoemsrichsuccessfulfirediedLanguage points1. like doing 喜欢做……
e.g. I like playing computer games.
2. at the age of … 在……岁时(=when … was …)
e.g. He died at the age of sixty.
=He died when he was sixty.
3. finish school 毕业
e.g. The boy finished school in 2008.
4. marry 结婚
1)marry sb 与……结婚
e.g. Mary married Jim last year. 2) get married 结婚
e.g. They got married in April, 2009.
3) marry sb to sb 把……嫁给……
e.g. Her father married her to Tony.
4) be married to sb. 与……结婚
e.g. She was married to her husband in 2003.
4. go to 搬往……
e.g. The Smiths moved to New York last year.
5. join 加入
e.g. We’ll go fishing. Do you want to join us?
The man joined the Party last month. 6 Look at the sentences.Wang Dong was born in Guangzhou.
At the age of three, he went to Shenzhen with his parents At the age of six, he started school.
Now write sentences about events in your life.
I was born...
At the age of ...My grandparents were born in the countryside. They both came from a small village in the south of china. They went to the village school when they were young and they both worked on a farm. They didn’t have a television but they listened to the radio. They got married when my grandmother was 22 and my Grandfather was 24. They usually travelled by bicycle and sometimes they travelled by train. They stayed on the farm all their lives. When my father left the village, my grandparents visited him in the city every year.Possible answer:1. you watch it at the theatre _______
2. having lots of money ________
3. being good at your job __________
4. become part of _________
1. Match the words with their meanings.join play rich successful theatreplayrichsuccessful练习：join2.单项选择1.The old man is ill and he doesn’t feel like____.
(广东省中考真题)
A. to eat something B. to eat anything
C eating something D. eating anything
2. NBA star center Yao Ming _________to his long-term girlfriend YeLi in their hometown Shanghai on Monday，August 6, 2007.
（2008年中考真题）
??? A. get?marry???????? B. got?marry
??? C. got married???????? D. has got marriedDC3. The number of students who _____ the English club ___ 20.
(2009年河南省)
? A. take part in, is??? B.?join, are???
? C. take part in, are??? D.?join, is
D1. He started to work when he was
twelve years old. (同义句)
He started to work ___________ twelve.
2. He used a computer at school.
(一般疑问句)
______ use a computer at school?3.按要求改写句子。at the age ofDid he3. He rode a bike to school when he
was a boy. (对划线部分提问)
_________ he ____ a bike to school?
4. Tony started school in October,
1999. (对划线部分提问)
_________ Tony _____ school?
5. He made up his mind to be an actor. (同义句)
He ____________ an actor.decided to beWhen did startWhen did ride6. He married a young woman. (同义句)
He ____ _______ _____ a young woman.
7. She was a member of League for
two years.(同义句)
She ______ the League two years ago.
8. It was December 10, 2009 yesterday.
(对划线部分提问)
_____ _____ the _____ yesterday?was married withjoinedWhat was date Good bye!