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UNIT2 GREAT PEOPLE
Welcome to the Unit
Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, you will be able to
1. Learn some new words and expressions about describing great people.
2. Introduce some great people in history and talk about them.
发明
Personal Profile
Thomas Edison
an American inventor
invented over 1,000 inventions
Who invented the light bulb?
He is known as the king of inventions.
[?n'vent?]
[?n'vent?]
[ ?n?ven?n ]
[?t?m?s ?edisn]
发明家
发明
发明物,创意
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Christopher Columbus
an Italian explorer
one of the first Europeans to discover America
Who discovered America?
[??t?lj?n]
[ ?k?spl?:r? ]
[?kr?st?f? k??l?mb?s]
[ju:r?pi:n]
意大利的
探险者
欧洲人
Personal Profile
William Shakespeare
an English writer
a great writer of English literature
Who wrote the play?
['wilj?m] [??eikspi?]
['n
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Nelson Mandela
a South African fighter
a fighter for the rights of black Africans all his life
Who was the first president of South Africa?
['nelsn m?n?del?]
[??fr?k?n]
南非的
斗士
Personal Profile
Peter Tchaikovsky
a Russian composer
a composer of classical music
Who composed the music?
[t?a?'k?:fski:]
r??n]
俄罗斯的
Personal Profile
Qian Xuesen
a Chinese scientist
the pioneer of China’s Space technology programme
Who was he?
中国太空技术项目的先锋
New Words:
invent (v) 发明
inventor(n) 发明者
invention(n) 发明物;创意
explorer (n) 探险者
fighter(n) 斗士
Italian(n/adj) 意大利人; 意大利的
Russian(n/adj) 俄罗斯人;俄罗斯的
South African(n/adj) 南非人;南非的
European(n/adj) 欧洲人;欧洲的
explore (v)
fight (v)
Italy
Russia
South Africa
Europe
What were these famous people ?
inventor
explorer
writer
president
scientist
composer
Match and Remember
1. Christopher Columbus
2. William Shakespeare
3. Qian Xuesen
4. Thomas Edison
5. Nelson Mandela
6. Peter Tchaikovsky
Chinese, the pioneer of China’s space technology programme
b. South African, a fighter for the rights of black Africans all his life
c. American, created over 1,000 inventions
d. Italian, one of the first Europeans to discover America
e. Russian, a composer of classical music
f. English, a great writer of English literature
中国太空技术项目的先锋
一生为争取非洲黑人权力的斗士
第一批发现美洲的欧洲人之一
一位古典音乐的作曲家
一位英国文学的伟大作家
创造了一千多项发明
Complete the table
Name Nationality Job What he did
Columbus
Shakespeare
Qian Xuesen
Edison
Mandela
Tchaikovsky
Italy
England
China
America
South Africa
Russia
explorer
writer
scientist
inventor
president
composer
one of the first Europeans to discover America
a great writer of English literature
the pioneer of China’s space technology programme
created over 1,000 inventions
a fighter for the rights of black Africans all his life
a composer of classical music
Discussion
Why are they called great people ?
Because they are very famous.
/they improve the way we live.
/they make great contributions(贡献)to the world.
/......
Let's talk about great people like this:
A: Who do you think is the greatest person who has ever lived ?
B: I admire … most.
A: Why do you think he is the greatest person?
B: Because
he made us enjoy the beauty of literature./gave black people rights./made China stronger.…
Listen and Answer
1.Who does Eddie think is the greatest person
in history?
2.Why does Eddie think he is the greatest
person in history?
Paul Yum. [p?:l ‘j?m]
Because he invented Eddie’s favourite food.
Read with emotions
Complete the passage
Eddie thinks Paul Yum is the ____________________ person in ______________________. But Hobo doesn't know who Paul Yum is. He says he has never __________________________him before. Do you know who Paul Yum is. He is the ________________________ who ______________________ Eddie's favourtie food.
greatest
history
heard of
inventor
invented
Language points
1.Who do you think is the greatest person in history?
你认为谁是历史上最伟大的人?
do you think 是该疑问句中的插入词语
eg: 你认为我们需要做些什么来保护环境?
What do you think we should do to protect the environment?
in history 在历史上
eg:这在历史上从未发生过。
It has never happened in history.
Language points
2.I’ve never heard of him.我从来没有听说过他。
hear of + sb./sth: 听到或知道某人[某事物]的情况
eg: 自从他离开后,我再没听到过他的消息。
I have never heard of him since he left.
hear about + sth. : 听到关于某事物的消息,比 hear of内容具体一些
eg:我刚刚听到了他被提升的事(promotion)。
I've just heard about his promotion.
hear from 收到某人的来信 (get a letter from sb/ receive a letter from sb)
eg: 我一个月没有收到我笔友的来信了。
I haven't from my penfriend for a month.
3. He is an inventor.他是一位发明家。
inventor (n)发明家 invent (v)发明 invention(n)发明物
eg:(1)印刷术是中国人先发明的。Printing ________________________________by the Chinese.
(2)托马斯·爱迪生,一位伟大的发明家,发明了1000多种发明物。
Thomas Edison, a great______________________, ________________________ over 1,000 _______________________ .
动词变名词(人)
① 常见+er worker, farmer, reporter, swimmer,shopper
②+or visitor, actor,director,survivor,collector
③+ist artist, pianist, scientist,physicist
④+r writer dancer, driver, composer,explorer
manager
Language points
was invented
inventor
invented
inventions
4. discover&invent
1)discover 指“发现”某种本来存在,而以前未被发现的事物或未为人所知的东西。
如:We discovered this beach while we were sailing around the island.
我们在围绕这个海岛航行时发现了这个海滩。
2) invent 指“发明”,即原来没有而后来发明创造的东西。
如: He invented the first electric clock.
他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
eg:( ) 1. Gilbert ________________electricity and Edison ____________________ the electric light bulb.
A. discovered, invented B. discovered, discovered
C. invented, invented D. invented, discovered
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Language points
In-class Test
一、词汇填空
1. Thomas Edison had lots of ___________________________(发明物)during his lifetime.
2. The ancient Chinese __________________________(发明)tea that is now very popular all over the world.
3. The little boy wants to become a brave ___________________________ (斗士)when he grows up.
4. (2016 扬州)As a great ___________________________ (发明家). Thomas Edison made a difference to our life.
5. These special clothes are those ___________________________ (Russia).
6. —Who do you think was the greatest ___________________________ (explore) in history?
—I think Christopher Columbus was.
7. I prefer ____________________________ (Italy) food to Spanish food.
8. (2015 盐城)The UK is an old ___________________________ (Europe) country, Where there are many palaces and castles.
inventions
invented
fighter
inventor
Russians'
Italian
European
explorer
二、选择填空
( ) 1. Do you know who ________________the lamp and who ____________________ America first?
A. discovered, invented B. discovered, discovered
C. invented, invented D. invented, discovered
( ) 2. —Have you __________________ Zhang Lili?
—Yes, she is the most beautiful woman teacher in China.
A. heard of B. heard from C. heard out D. heard
( ) 3. What___________________will happen in the future?
A. are you thinking B. do you think
C. you think D. did you think
In-class Test
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( ) 4 (2016 苏州)Steve Jobs was full of ___________________—always coming up with new ideas which led to great changes in society.
A. instruction B. invitation C. introduction D. invention
( ) 5. (2018 南京)—Simon, do you know who invented the kite?
—Sure! It _____________________ by Mozi over 2000 years ago.
A. is invented B. invented
C. was invented D. will be invented
In-class Test
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三、句子翻译
1.哥伦布是历史上最伟大的探险家之一。
Columbus was one of ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. 你知道谁发明了第一部照相机吗?
Do you know ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________?
3.鲁迅是中国文学巨匠。
Lu Xun was a great writerof _______________________________________________________________________________________.
4.你有没有听说过一个叫Paul的电影演员?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ called Paul?
5.曼德拉是一位终生为非洲黑人争取权利的斗士。
Mandela _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
In-class Test
the greatest explorers in history
who invented the first camera
Chinese literature
Have you ever heard of an actor
was a fighter for the rights of black Africans all his life
Some famous sayings by great people
Do?not?,?for?one?repulse?,?give?up?the?purpose?that?you?resolved? to?effort?.?
?不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
— William Shakespeare
Genius in one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的努力。
— Thomas Edison
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.登上高峰后,你会发现还有更多的山峰要翻越。
— Nelson Mandela
Many people have changed the way we live.
These people are famous for the great things they did.
Maybe we can’t be great, but we can still do something to make the world better.
Let's work together to make a better world.
1. Review the words,phrases we have learnt today.
2. Finish off the after-class exercises.
Homework
Thanks for listening!