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Module 9 Unit 1
He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
What is your horoscope (星座)
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/ d em na /
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/ li br /
/ sk pi /
/s d te ri s/
/k pr k n/
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/ pa si z/
When were you born Were you born in ...
Guess
People who are ... were born in ...
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
May Day
Spring Festival
Report: ______is in ______.
OR______ is on______.
Match P54
Listen and talk about grandpa’s past life
What do you know about Betty’s grandpa
· Betty’s grandfather’s life was ______ _______Betty’s.
· Betty’s grandfather was born in _______ in ___________.
· Betty’s grandfather went to _________ in __________.
different from
April 1935
England
America
October 1941
Betty’s grandpa’s past life
Listen and answer
1. What was Tony reading
2. Why was Tony reading
the book
3. How did Tony know about the writer
He was reading Tom Saywer.
Because he was writing about
him for the English class.
He found out about Mark Twain on the Internet.
Tom Sawyer,
by Mark Twain
What may they find out about Mark Twain
famous works(作品)
real name
life experiences(经历)
readers’ comments
writing features(特点)
marriage(婚姻)
Prediction
Mark Twain—Samuel Clemens Country He was an ____1____ writer. Life At the age of 12 he ____2____.
Later he got work on a ____3____.
In the ____4____ he took his pen name.
What does Tony think of him ____5____. 1. A. American B. English C. Australian
2. A. left home B. began work C. wrote books
3. A. bus B. train C. boat
4. A. 1840s B. 1860s C. 1880s
5. A. funny B. kind C. famous
1860
In the 1860s
1860-1869
Listen and choose
What made Mark Twain famous
1.He left school, wrote for a newspaper and began work at the age of twelve.
2. Later he got work on a boat.
3. He went to many other cities.
4. He went to Europe as well.
Mark Twain’s different life experiences made his works different from others.
Read and think
“ I came in with Halley's Comet (彗星)in 1835. It is coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with it. ” ——By Mark Twain
Mark Twain (12 inches)
1965,7,31 be born
1987 leave school and begin work
1998 begin her stories and create(创造)Harry Potter
1990-2000 take the name J.K. Rowling
write a series of (一系列) books about Harry Potter
become famous
get married
J.K. Rowling
Interview
read name: Joanne Rowling
A: It’s our pleasure to welcome J.K Rowling here.
B: Good to see you.
A: When were you born
B: I was born in...
.......
A: Thank you so much!
B: You’re welcome.
Interview
A: Reporter B: J.K Rowling
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 12.
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
writer
became
Europe
newspaper
Revision
1.阅读报纸
2.取名
3.在19世纪60年代
4.确切的日期
5. 发现；查明
6. 妇女节
7. 在...岁时
8. 也
9. 期望做某事
10. 生活经历
11. 婚姻
12. 与...相关
read newspapers
take the name
in the 1860s
exact date
find out
Women’s Day
at the age of...
as well
expect to do...
life experience
marriage
be related to
was/were
became
knew
left
began
did
got
read
took
wrote
Women’s Day
National Day
Children’s Day
take the name
三、请根据中文写出对应的英语句子。
1.马克吐温一位著名的美国作家。
Mark twain is a __________ __________ __________.
2. 他12岁离开学校开始工作。
He __________ school and __________ work __________the __________of twelve.
3. 后来他得到一个在船上的工作。
__________ he __________ __________ on a __________.
famous American
writer
left began
at age
Later got work
work
