(共32张PPT)
Unit 4 Growing up
Task
Words review
unusual
cell
cancer
surprise
to one’s surprise
research
death
adj. 不寻常的
n. 细胞
n. 癌症
n. 惊奇;诧异
令某人惊奇的是
n. 研究;调查
n. 死,死亡
Warming up
Which kind of person has influenced
you most
pop stars 2. sports stars
3. movie stars 4. your family members
5. your friends 6. policeman
7. soldiers (战士) 8. …
Fu Qiang, from Ma’anshan, Anhui.
He has donated the most blood in his province so far.
Something unusual about him:
The person who has influenced me most.
blood cells
people with blood cancer
He has also donated his blood cells to
people with blood cancer.
to my surprise
donate his body for medical research after his death
friendly
Review the words about a person's qualities
and explain why he/she influenced you most.
clever
generous
patient
curious
polite
creative
kind
hard-working
My brother influences me most because he is serious about everything.
Doctor Wang influences me most. Because she is patient with every patient.
Mr Wu is asking each of the Class 1, Grade 9 students to write about the person who has influenced him or her most. He shows them an article. Listen to it and answer the following questions.
The person who has influenced me most
A
* Who has influenced the author most
* How old is her father
* What is her father like
* What has her father done since 1990
* What surprised the author
* What does the author realize now
Her father.
He is in his fifty.
She realizes that her father has a heart full of love.
He is kind and helpful.
He has donated blood many times.
Her father has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.
Read the article and summarise the main points about the author’s father.
Who
What does he/she look like
What is special about him/her
What do you think of him/her
What has he/she done
a person who has influenced me most
She was born in 1880 and passed away in 1968.
She was blind and deaf.
The person who influenced me most
She wrote The Story of My Life.
a world-famous writer and educator
go on studying
devote her life to helping others
set up an organization to help blind and deaf people in the USA
pass away at the age of 88
The whole world felt sad about it.
a great woman with a heart full of love
A: Hi,…
B: Hi,…
A: Who has influenced you most in your life
B: ……
A: What does he/she look like
B: ……
A: What is special about him/her
B: ......
A: What has happened to him/her
B: …...
A: What do you think of him/her
B: ……
Language points
1. My father is in his fifties.
in one s fifties 在五十多岁时(fifties 前可插入 early, late, mid-, middle)
类似表达:
in one’s teens/ twenties/ thirties/ forties/…
她有二十五、六岁。
She was in her mid-twenties.
他当时已经快八十岁了。
He was then in his late seventies.
Practise
2. He is ready to help anyone.
be ready to do sth. (1) 乐于做某事
(2) 准备好做某事
我准备好开始我新的校园生活。
I’m ready to start my new school life.
托尼乐于和我们一起做家务。
Tony is ready to do the housework with us.
Practise
donate意为“捐赠,赠送(财物等)(尤指对慈善事业)”,常用donate ... to… “捐献……给……”。如:
She donated her books to the library.
她把自己的书捐赠给了图书馆。
3. He has also donated blood cells to people with blood cancer.
Practise
4. To my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.
surprise 作动词,意为“使……惊奇”;surprise作名词,意为“惊奇,诧异”;surprising是形容词,意为“令人惊讶的”,常用来修饰事物;surprised也是形容词,意为“吃惊的,惊讶的”,常用来指人。
Practise
用所给单词的适当形式填空。
The most __________ (surprise) thing is that he has been fired after working there for only half a month.
句中的to everyone’s surprise意为“令大家惊讶的是”。
令我吃惊的是,他没有告诉我就去日本了。
To my surprise, he went to Japan without telling me.
Practise
surprising
You want to write about a person who has influenced you most. Prepare some notes first. Write the answers to the following questions.
B
1. Who has influenced you most in your life
__________________________________
2. What does he/she look like
_________________________________
3. What is special about him/her
_________________________________
4. What has he/she done
_________________________________
5. What do you think of him/her
_________________________________
Write about the person who has influenced you most. Use the article on page 60 as a model.
C
Look through the article again and underline some useful expressions:
… is the person who has influenced me most.
… is in his/her twenties/ thirties/ forties/…
You will not find anything unusual about him/her until…
… has always been kind/ helpful/…
To my surprise, …
When I was a little girl/boy, I could not understand…
Now I realize that…
Sample writing
In my life, The person who has influenced me most is Mr Jing,my middle school teacher who taught me Maths. He is now in his forties.
His class are quite different from the other teachers. In his class,We have got more interested in class and got more chance to show ourselves. Our creativity and imagination were developed enormously through the active participation.
On the other hand, she let us think more about life by sharing her experience.And what's more, she taught me how to live on my own. she gave me not only the knowledge, but also the courage and confidience.
I have learnt a lot from from Mr Jing,I will never forget him.
Sample Writing
My grandfather died many years ago, But I still cannot stop thinking of him from time to time. My grandfather was born in the 1940s. He was an ordinary person, but he made the people around him happy and comfortable.
My grandfather was always ready to help others. He used to grow a lot of flowers in pots and sent them to neighbors to decorate their houses. After he retired, he often offered to help look after the children when their parents were not at home.
My grandfather loved writing. He always told me that writing could make people feel calm and bring people pleasure as well. He kept writing short articles for newspapers and magazines all his life. In this way, he shared his experiences with as many people as possible. He also taught me how to write a good article. There were many books in his study. He said that reading good books could help us learn more about the world.
I have learnt a lot from my grandfather. I will never forget him.
1. 直到你走进屋子才会发现不同寻常之处。
You _________________________________
you enter the house.
2. 他把自行车给一个无力购买自行车的男孩。
He gave his bicycle to a boy ______________
____________.
3. 年轻人应该照顾年长者。
The young ___________________________
____________ the elderly.
Exercises
翻译句子:
will not find anything unusual until
who can not
afford one
should care for / look after /
take care of
4. 冰箱里有剩余的牛奶吗?
___________________ in the fridge
5. 她似乎每天精力充沛。
She ____________________ every day.
6. 我们都应该有一颗爱心。
We ______________________________.
Is there any milk left
seems to be energetic
should all have a heart full of love
根据提示翻译下列句子。
1. 令我惊讶的是爸爸不同意给我买新自行车。
__________________________________
_________________________________
2. 王老师乐于帮助别人。
_________________________________
_____________________________
3. 简才刚刚四十出头。
__________________________________
To my surprise, my father didn’t agree to buy me a new bike.
Mr Wang is ready to help others.
Jane is only in her early forties.
Homework
Recite the words and phrases.
Do after-school exercises.
Write something about the person who has influenced you most.
Prepare for the next unit.
Thank you