(共17张PPT)
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
Module 9 Life history
Leading in
Look at the pictures and say the English name.
The Spring Festival
Teachers’ Day
International Women’s Day
National Day
Children’s Day
May Day
Leading in
Match the festivals with the months. Then talk with your partner.
Spring Festival is in January or February.
Presentation
Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.
be become
begin do
get go
know leave
read take
write
Presentation
Listen and repeat.
/ ɑ / March Mark market
/ e / day May stay
/ i / read teacher
/u:/ food school too
/ / book good
Listening
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.
Time Facts
In 1835
At the age of twelve
In the 1860s
Listening
Listen to the dialogue and complete the table.
born in Missouri
left school and began work
took the name Mark Twain and
became very famous
Speaking
Role-play the dialogue.
Speaking
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain.
— Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri
— No, he didn’t.
1. 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
No, it wasn’t.
Yes, she did.
No, he didn’t.
Yes, he did.
No, he didn’t.
Work in groups and find out the key expressions.
Cooperative studying
1. 看这个 _______________________
2. 享受这本书 _______________________
3. 在……岁时 _______________________
4. 国庆节 _______________________
5. 出生于 _______________________
look at this
enjoy the book
at the age of
National Day
be born
Find out the sentences including the past simple tense in the dialogue.
Cooperative studying
Summarize the structure of the past simple tense.
Cooperative studying
肯定句: 主语+动词过去式+其他.
否定句: 主语+didn’t+动词原形+其他.
一般疑问句: Did+主语+动词原形+其他
肯定回答: Yes, 主语+did.
否定回答: No, 主语+didn’t.
Ask and answer in pairs using the structure of the past simple.
Cooperative studying
Consolidation
Group work: 介绍自己喜爱的中外作家及其简单的人生经历。
My favourite writer is a famous Chinese writer Lao She. He was born in...
Summarize what you learned from this lesson.
Summing up & Homework
1. Words and phrases:
National Day, writer, find out, real, newspaper, date,
become
2. Sentence patterns:
I read...
He left school at the age of...
He took the name...
I knew...
1. Read the words and the dialogue fluently.
2. Write a passage: The story of my
favourite writer.
Homework.
Summing up & Homework
