(共30张PPT)
Module 9
Life history
Unit 1 He left school and
began work at the age of twelve.
Listen to a song.
What is the song about
Warming-up
Think and answer
一月
七月
二月
八月
三月
九月
四月
十月
五月
十一月
六月
十二月
How many months are there in a year
What are they
Pre-listening
Think and Discuss
What festivals do you know
When is it
Pre-listening
Look and say
May Day
International Women’s Day
Children’s Day
Teachers’ Day
What festival is it
When is it
Pre-listening
Look and say.
New Year’s Day
The Spring Festival
Christmas
National Day
Pre-listening
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
a) Teachers’ Day
b) International Women’s Day
c) Christmas
d) National Day
e) Children’s Day
f) New Year’s Day
g) May Day
h) The Spring Festival
1 Match the festivals with the months.
Pre-listening
Talk about when the festivals are.
The Spring Festival is in January or February.
International Women’s Day is in _________.
May Day is in _________.
Children’s Day is in _________.
Teachers’ Day is in _________.
National Day is in _________.
Christmas is in _________.
New Year’s Day is in _________.
December
October
May
June
September
March
January
Pre-listening
2 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.
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Pre-listening
Look and answer
Who is he
What do you know about him
Pre-listening
Look and answer
Do you know this book
What is it about
Pre-listening
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1. Where was Mark Twain from
A. England. B. America. C. China.
2. When was Mark Twain born
A. In 1835. B. In 1845. C. In 1855.
3. When did Mark Twain become famous
A. In the 1840s. B. In the 1850s.
C. In the 1860s.
While-listening
3 Complete the table about Mark Twain.
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 very famous
While-listening
4 Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.
be
become
begin
do
get
go
know
leave
read
take
write
began
became
was/were
did
got
went
wrote
took
read
left
knew
Post-listening
Mark Twain came from ________. He ____ a writer and Tom sawyer was his work. He ________ in 1835. At the age of twelve, he ___________ and ______ work. He _____ for a newspaper and _________on a boat. He ______________ in the 1860s. He ______to Europe. He ___________ to China.
Read and fill
America
was
was born
left school
began
wrote
got work
became famous
went
didn’t come
Post-listening
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
age become Europe newspaper real writer
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
Post-listening
Language points
1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark
Twain.
by在此处表示“由……创作”。
e.g. Hamlet is a play by Shakespeare.
《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的戏剧。
Post-listening
Language points
【辨析】find out, find与look for
find out 发现;查明;弄清 多指通过调查、询问、分析等搞清楚、弄明白某种情况或事实。 强调结果。
find 找到; 发现 指通过寻找,发现某人或某物;有时也指偶然发现。 强调结果。
look for 寻找 指有目的地寻找某人或某物。 强调动作。
Post-listening
Jim couldn’t __________ his mother.
We need to __________ how much it will cost.
She is __________ her son in the park.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
find find out look for
find
find out
looking for
Post-listening
Language points
3. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
at the age of是介词短语,意为“在……岁时”,常在句中作时间状语。
Language points
约翰18岁时去了北京。
John went to Beijing at the age of 18.
Post-listening
Language points
4. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very
famous in the 1860s.
took the name原形是take the name,意为“起名;取名”。
in the 1860s不是具体时间,而是指“19世纪60年代。
“in+the+整数年+s/’s”是表达年代的固定用法。表示
“……世纪……年代”。
e.g. in the 1990s 20世纪90年代
Post-listening
/ɑ / March Mark market
/e day May stay
/i / read teacher
/u / food school too
/ / book good
6 Listen and repeat.
Post-listening
Post-listening
字母组合ar通常读长音/ɑ /;字母组合ay通常读长音/e /,也就是第一个元音字母的名称音;字母组合ea通常读长音/i /,也就是第一个元音字母的名称音;字母组合oo在多数情况下读长音/u:/,少数读短音/ /。
字母组合 ar ay ea oo 音标 /ɑ / /e / /i / /u / / /
单词 party farm dark stay play May teach tea beach zoo food room cook
wood
look
Have a Try!
A smart boy sat in the park.
He looked at the sky far far away.
My hen likes to lay ten fresh eggs everyday.
She had a dream to eat meat every day.
The fool goose looks at the shiny moon in the sky.
The cook takes a book and finds it good.
The rules of pronunciation of ar, ay, ea, oo.
7 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Mark Twain.
e.g. —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
Post-listening
Time Facts
In 1955 was born in Gaomi, Weifang
At the age of 12 left school
At the age of 21 joined the PLA (中国人民解放军)
In 1981 began writing
At the age of 28 took the name Mo Yan
In 2012 won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Make a report about Mo Yan.
Post-listening
Test
根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空一词。
1. 你可以在网上找到这个作家的资料。
You can _______ _______ about the _______ _______ the Internet.
2. 琳达在十五岁时离开学校开始工作。
Linda _______ school and _______ work _______ the _______
_______ fifteen.
find out
writer on
left
began
at
age
of
Post-listening
3. 在19世纪80年代,他为一家报刊写文章。
_______ _______ _______, he _______ _______ a newspaper.
4. 他何时获得了一份在船上的工作?没有人知道确切的日期。
When _______ he _______ work on a boat Nobody knows
the _______ _______.
5. 后来,他在欧洲变得很出名。
Later, he _______ very _______ in _______.
In the 1880s
wrote for
did
get
exact
date
became
famous
Europe
Post-listening
Test
Words and expressions:
National Day, writer, find out, real, newspaper, date, become, in the 1860s.
Sentence patterns:
1. I read Tom Sawyer.
2. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
3. He took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
4. I knew that.
Summary
1. Review the useful words and sentences in the unit.
2. Read and try to recite the dialogue fluently.
Homework
Goodbye!