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Module9 Life history
外研版 英语 七年级下册
Unit1
Warming up—Pre-listening—While-listening—Post-listening—Exercises —Summary
1. Curriculum words: writer, real, newspaper, exact, date, become, April, March, July, June, December
2. Useful expressions: find out, at the age of, in the 1860s, write aout, take the name
3. Functions: Talking about a holiday journey in the past
4. Grammar: Past simple wh-questions.
5. Sentences: ① He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
② But he took the name Mark Twain and became very
famous in the 1860s.
Warming up
1. What is the festival
2. When is it
3. What do you on that festival
Look at the pictures and say.
New Year’s Day
January / Jan. 一月
/ d a nju ri/
3
e
e
｀
Did you have a good time last New Year’s Day
have- had
is in January or February.
February / Feb.二月
/｀ febru ri /
e
The Spring Festival
Do you know the exact date
[iɡ'z kt]
[deit]
Tree Planting Day 植树节
Women’s Day
March / Mar. 三月
/ mα:t∫ /
Did you plant trees last Tree Planting Day
Women’s Day is in March.
April / Apr. 四月
/｀ eIpr l /
e
April Fool’s Day 愚人节
/ fu:l /
Did you play jokes on your classmates last April Fool 's Day
April Fool’s Day is in April.
May 五月
/ meI /
=May Day
Labour Day
/｀ leib r /
e
Did you take a trip last May Day
take- took
May Day is in May.
Children’s Day
June / Jun. 六月
/ d u:n/
3
Did you get any presents last Children’s Day
get- got
Children’s Day is in June.
July / Jul. 七月
/ d u
3
｀laI /
July 1st
The birthday of the Party is in July.
Party’s Day 建党节
Army Day 建军节
August / Aug.八月
C /
:g st /
e
Did you know a lot about the army
know- knew
Army Day is in August.
Teachers’ Day
September / Sept.九月
/ sep
｀temb /
e
Did you make a card for your teachers last Teachers' Day
make- made
National Day
It’s our country’s birthday.
October / Oct. 十月
k
/e
e
C /
｀t ub
Did you leave home and go out on National Day
leave- left
go- went
November / Nov. 十一月
e
/e
/ n u
｀vemb
（感恩节）
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is in November.
Christmas Day
December / Dec.十二月
/e
/ dI
｀semb
Did you write a Christmas card to your friends last year
write - wrote
Christmas Day is in December.
Match the festivals with the months.
January
February
March
April
May
June
Teachers’ Day
Women’s Day
Christmas
National Day
Children’s Day
New Year’s Day
May Day
Spring Festival
July
August
September
October
November
December
Pre-listening
Spring Festival is in January or February.
Listen and choose the correct answer.
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.
was
1935
America
October
Mark Twain
1. Who is he
2. What is he famous for
3. What do you know about him
Time Facts
In 1835
At the age of twelve
In the 1860s
born in Missouri
left school and began work
took the name Mark Twain and became famous
Listen and fill in the blanks.
While-listening
When did Mark Twin begin work
2. Did he go to New York
3. When did he become famous
At the age of twelve.
Yes, he did.
He became famous in the 1860s.
Listen again and answer the questions.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
1. 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 ________.
age
real
newspaper
became
Europe
writer
age become Europe newspaper real writer
Read and find the past form of the verbs in the passage.
be
become
begin
do
get
read
go
know
leave
read
take
write
was/were
became
began
did
got
read
went
knew
left
read
took
wrote
动词规则变化
1.直接加ed：work-- worked
2.以e结尾的单词，直接加d：
live — lived
3.以辅音字母+y结尾的，变y为i加ed：
study — studied
4.以元音字母+y结尾的，直接加ed：
enjoy — enjoyed
5.以重读闭音节结尾的，双写最后的辅音字母+ed：
stop — stopped
Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain.
— Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri
— No, he didn’t.
Was Mark Twain his real name
2. Did Betty read Tom Sawyer？
3. Did Mark Twain leave school at sixteen？
4. Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer
5. Did Mark Twain come to China
Post-listening
1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
by 1) 在这里表示“由…(创作)，出自”。
Hamlet was written by Shakespeare
Language points
2) 在……旁边
He sat by the window.
3) 通过
Lingling learned English by listening to music.
2. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
“at the age of twelve”=“when he was twelve ”=at 12
at the age of 在......岁时
I began to write at the age of forty.
I began to write at 12/at age 12.
I began to write when I was 12.
3. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous
in the 1860s.
“take a name”=“choose to have a new name”
开始使用新名字。
in the 1860s 指“19世纪60年代”
“in + the +整数年 + s ”为固定用法，表示“…世纪…年代”。
in the 1990s 20世纪90年代
in one’s twenties 在某人20几岁时
4. real adj. 真实的；真正的
The film is based on real stories.
exact adj. 准确的；确切的
I don’t remember the exact date.
5. become v. (became)成为
Mark Twain became a very famous writer in the 1860s.
变得
It becomes hotter and hotter.
1 与...不同
2 找到，发现
3在...岁时
4 在...19世纪60年代
5 也
6 离开学校
7 在船上工作
8 使用...名字
9 确切日期
10 真名
at the age of
be different from
find out
in th 1860s
as well
leave school
get work on the boat
take a name
exact date
real name
一、汉译英。
Exercise:
1. Li Bei w_____ many poems in his life.
2. My father r____ a bike to school when he was ten.
3. T____________ is September 10.
4. Lu Xun's r_____ name is Zhou Shunren.
5. --When did you know him
--I k_____ him when I was young.
6. The Spring Festival is in J______ or F________.
rote
ode
eachers’ Day
eal
new
anuary
ebruary
二、补全句子。
Summary
Functions:
Talking about a holiday journey in the past
Structure
Past simple be (affirmative negative and interrogative) short answers.
Key words
writer, real, newspaper, exact, date, become, April, March, July, June, December
Expressions
find out, at the age of, in the 1860s, write aout, take the name
Key sentences
① He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
② But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
Homework
1. Finish all the exercises .
2. Read the passage three times
3.Try to talk about your writer. Try to use the past simple tense.
