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Module 9 life history
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
1. Teachers' Day is in ______________.
2. National Day is in _______________.
3. Christmas is in _________________.
4. Children's Day is in _____________.
5. May Day is in ___________________.
6. New Year's Day is in______________.
7. Spring Festival is in ______________.
8. Woman's Day is in _______________.
September
October
December
June
May
January
January or February
March
Q:What other festivals do you know?
___________ is /are in___________
Warming up
December
January
February
March
May
June
July
September
October
November
April
August
Q1:Which month do you like? I like______because____.
Q2:When were you born? I was born in/on________.
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 / English in October / November 1941.
Mark Twain :1835-1910 Nationality:
Job:
Works:
What are they talking about?
They are talking about Mark Twain's_________.
A. Job B.work C. life history.
Listening task
Read and fill in blanks in your group.
America
a writer
Tom Sawyer
He was born
He left school and began work
He got work on a boat
He took the name Mark Twain
and became famous
leave
begin
get
take
become
Mark Twain Nationality
(国籍) 1.
job 2. Works(作品) 3.
Life
experiences in1835 4.
at the age of 12 5.
later 6.
In the 1860s 7.
pairwork
Work in pairs.Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain.
-Did Mark Twain his real name?
-What was Mark Twain's job?
...
Life history
Nationality
job
works
Life experience
?
personality
achivement
birthplace...
Retell.
America
a writer
Tom Sawyer
He was born
He left school and began work
He got work on a boat
He took the name Mark Twain
and became famous
Mark Twain Nationality
(国籍) 1.
job 2. Works(作品) 3.
Life
experiences in1835 4.
at the age of 12 5.
later 6.
In the 1860s 7.
Retell.
America
writer
Tom Sawyer
...born...
Mark Twain Nationality
(国籍) 1.
job 2. Works(作品) 3.
Life
experiences in1835 4.
at the age of 12 5. ...leave...begin...
later 6. ...get...
In the 1860s 7. ...take...become...
1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
by “由…...(创作),出自”。
Hamlet was by Shakespeare.
It’s a painting by Van Gogh.
2. We can find out about him on the Internet.
find out 发现,查明,弄清楚
You can?find out?many advantages in city life.
Can you find out what time the plane leaves?
辨析
find,find out,look for
(1) find意为“找到、发现”,通常指找到或发现具体的东西,也可指偶然发现某物或某种情况,强调的是找的结果。
When did you find my pen?
(2) look for意为“寻找”,是有目的地找,强调“寻找这一动作。
I can’t find my pen. I’m looking for it everywhere.
(3) find out意为“找出、发现、查明”,多指通过调查、寻问、打听、研究之后“搞清楚、弄明白”,通常含有“经过困难曲折”的含义,指找出较难找到的、无形的、抽象的东西。
Please find out when the train leaves.
1. Jim couldn’t _______ his hat.
2. I can’t _______ my book.
3. She is __________ her son.
4. I’m __________ my watch.
5. He can’t ________ his pen.
6. What are you __________?
7. I’m __________ my maths book. I can’t ______ it.
8. I can ________ the truth of the fact.
find
find
looking for
looking for
find
looking for
looking for
find
find out
用find,find out,look for完成句子。
3. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
(1) work(n)工作,劳动
He is looking for work now.
(2) at the age of意为“在……岁时”,后面接基数词。
He was a middle school student?at the age of?14.
when sb. was / were ... year(s) old = at the age of
4. I don’t know the exact date.
date n. 日期
The?date?on the coin is 1956. ??
辨析
What?day?is?it?today??
What’s?the?date?today??
(1) become v. 变得,成为
He became famous.
注:become是瞬间动词,不能与表示一段时间的状语用。
5. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
(2) in the 1860s指“19世纪60年代”
“in + the +整数年 + s ”表示“...…世纪…...年代”。如:
in the 1990s
在20世纪90年代
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
be different from
find out
at the age of
in the 1860s
as well
leave school
get work on the boat
take the name
exact date
real name
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