课件40张PPT。9Life historyModuleUnit 1
He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
Teaching aims1. To master the new words:
Nation Day, writer, find out, real,
newspaper, date, become
2. To master the sentences:
I read…
He left school at the age of…
I know…/mɑ:t?/
/'eIpr?l/
/d?u:n/
/d?u:'laI/
3月 n.March4月 n.April6月 n.Women’s Day妇女节 n. 国庆节 n.June儿童节 n.National DayWords and expressionsChildren’s Day7月 n. July/'?:g?st/
/sep'temb?/
/?k't?ub?/
/n?u'vemb?/
/dI'semb?/
/'raIt?/
8月 n.9月 n.September10月 n.November11月 n.find out12月 n.作家 n.DecemberAugustOctoberwriter发现；查明；弄清/'rI?l/
/'nju:s,peIp?/
/Iɡ'z?kt/
/deIt/
/bI'k?m/
真实的；真正的 adj.在…岁时报纸 n.exact准确的；确切的 adj. in the 1860s日期 n.at the age of成为 v.daterealnewspaperbecome在19世纪60年代What are they doing?In which month is it?January February The Spring Festival is in
January or February.Guessing game.New Year’s DayJanuary New Year’s Day is in January.Lover’s DayFebruary Lover’s Day is in February.April Fool’s Day April April Fool’s Day is in April.Labour DayMayLabour Day is in May.Children’s DayJuneChildren’s Day is in June.JulyParty’s DayParty’s Day is in July.Army DayAugustArmy Day is in August. Teachers’ DayTeachers’ Day is in September.SeptemberNational DayNational Day is in October.OctoberThanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day is in November.NovemberChristmas Day DecemberChristmas Day is in December.January
February
March
April
May
June July
August
September
October
November
December Teachers’ Day
Women’s Day
Christmas
National Day
Children’s Day
New Year’s Day
Labour Day
Spring Festival1 Match the festivals with the months.Have a talkNow talk about when the festivals are.Spring Festival is in January or February.
New Year’s Day….
Children’s Day ….
… …
1. Betty’s grandfather’s life was / wasn’t different from Betty’s.
2. Betty's grandfather was born in April 1935 / 1955.
3. Betty’s grandfather went to America / England in October / November 1941.2 Listen and choose the correct answer. √√√√Did you see The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Tom SawyerListen to their talk and check the sentences.1.Tom Sawyer is written by the famous English writer, Mark Twain.
2. Mark Twain left school and began work in his childhood.
3. Mark Twain wrote for a newspaper and got work on a boat.
4. Mark Twain became very famous in the 1960s and began his stories.
5. Mark Twain went to Europe and China.√×√××Read and answer the following questions about Mark Twain.1. --- Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri?
_______________________________--- No, he didn’t.2. --- Was Mark Twain his real name?
_______________________________3. --- Did Mark Twain leave school at sixteen?
_______________________________--- No, it wasn’t.--- No, he didn’t.4. --- Did Betty read Tom Sawyer?
_______________________________5. --- Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer?
_______________________________6. --- Did Mark Twain come to China?
_______________________________--- Yes, she did.--- Yes, he did.--- No, he didn’t.Now complete the table about Mark Twainwas born in Missourileft school and began worktook the name Mark Twain and became very famousbe
become
begin
do
get
go
know
leave
read
take
write
was/were
became
began
did
got
went
knew
left
read
took
wrote
4 Find the past form of the verbs in the
conversation.5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.age become Europe newspaper real writer1. He began work at the ________ of twelve.
2. His ________ name was Samuel Clemens.
3. He wrote for a(n) __________ .
4. He ________ very famous.
5. He went to ________ ,but he didn't come to China.
6. He is a great ________.
agerealnewspaperbecameEuropewriter1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain. by, 在这里表示“由…(创作)，出自”。如： Hamlet was by Shakespeare
《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的。
It’s a painting by Van Gogh.
这是一幅凡·高的画。Language points2. We can find out about him on the Internet. find out 发现，查明，弄清楚 1) find sth. out (经研究或询问)了解到，找出信息，后面常和由特殊疑问词(what / when / how / who等)引导的从句连用。如：
Can you find out what time the plane leaves?
你知道飞机几点起飞吗？
The engineer hurried to find out when the accident happened.
工程师赶忙去找事故是什么时间发生的。3. He left school and began work at the age of
twelve.“at the age of twelve”意为：在12岁的时候
=“when he was twelve ”
表达在12岁的时候我们还可以用: at 12/at age 12.如： Mark Twain died at the age of 75.
马克· 吐温是75岁死的
In china, schooling stars at age 6.
在中国，6岁开始上学。
He started piano at 7.
他7岁开始学钢琴。4. But he took the name Mark Twain and became
very famous in the 1860s.“take a name”相当于“choose to have a new name” 开始使用新名字。
如： Are you going to take your husband’s name when you get married?
你结婚后会改用你丈夫的姓吗？
in the 1860s 不是具体时间，而是指“19世纪60年代” “in + the +整数年 + s ”为固定用法，表示“…世纪…年代”。
如: in the 1990s 20世纪90年代5. He went to Europe as well. as well 也，还 (1) as well常用作状语, 作“又；也”解, 相当于too或also, 常位于句末, 无须用逗号与句子分开。如：
I am going to London and my sister is going as well（＝going, too）.
我要到伦敦去, 我妹妹也要去。
I not only play the guitar, I sing as well（＝I also sing ）.
我不但弹吉他, 而且还演唱。 (2) as well 在口语中也可用于句中, 作“也好, 也行”或“倒不如”解, 用来缓和语气。如：
You may as well go.
你去也好。 课堂小测验1. A: Did you play the guitar when
you were five?
B: Yes, _______.
2. A: What did he do?
B: He _____ (撰稿)for a newspaper.
3. He _________ (become) very
famous in the1860s.
4. He _____ (去) to school by bus last
week. wrote 根据提示补全句子。I didbecamewent 根据句意及首字母写单词。
1. New Year’s Day is on J_______ the first.
2. M__ the first is Labour’s Day.
3. We love our teachers. We say “Happy
Teachers’ Day!” on S________ the tenth.
4. June the first is C________ Day.
5. O______ the first is our National Day.anuaryayeptemberhildren’sctober1. He was b____ in 1975.
2. My father r____ a bike to school when he
was ten.
3. T____________ is September 10.
4. There are four s ______ in a year.
5. --What did you do in s_______?
--I often went swimming .
6. The Spring Festival is in J______ or
F________.ornodeeachers’ DayeasonsummeranuaryebruaryGood bye!
