Unit 9 When was he born? Section B Period 1

Mozart a musician --Who’s Mozart? --He’s a musician. --When did he start writing music? --When he was four years old. Talk about this picture.

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talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famous 有天赋的 慈爱的 杰出的，出色的 不寻常的 漂亮的 有创造力的 和蔼的 著名的

1a write one or two words to describe the person. loving, kindcreative, unusual

outstanding, beautiful talented, famous

1b GPOUPWORK Imagine you know the people in the pictures above. Tell your group about the people. A: Arthur is a loving grandfather. He spends all his free time with his grandchildren. grandchild ----grandchildren （外）孙子（女）

2a Listen. Two people are talking about people they admire. Circle the words in the list in activity 1a that you hear. talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famous

1. ____ she is a famous violinist. 2. ____ she was born in ____ She started ice skating when she was four. 4. ____ I saw her play when I was eight. M M M L 2b. Listen again. Write “M” or “L” on the line.

5. ____ She’s a kind and loving grandmother. 6. ____ She was born in ____ She became a skating champion when she was ten. 8. ____ She toured the U.S. when she was fourteen. M L L L

Tapescript Boy: Who do you admire? Girl: I admire Midori. Boy: Midori? Who’s that? Girl: She’s a famous violinist. Boy: Oh, yeah! She’s Japanese, isn’t she?

Girl: Yes, she was born in Osaka in When she was 8, she was already a talented violinist. When she was 14, she toured the US. I saw her play when I was 8.

Boy: Wow. Do you have any of her CDs? Girl: Yes, I do. I play them all the time. But how about you? Who do you admire? Boy: I admire my grandmother, Laura. Girl: Really? Why?

Boy: Well, she was born in Russia in She was an unusual girl because she started ice skating when she was four, and she became a skating champion when she was ten.

Girl: A skating champion? Did she have to work hard? Boy: Yes, very hard. But that was a long time ago. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother.

2c PAIRWORK Look at activity 2b. Ask and answer questions about Midori and Laura. A: Who’s Midori? B: She’s a famous violinist. A: When was she born? B: She was born in A: When did she tour the U.S.?

1. He spends all his free time with his grandson ． 他把他所有的时间都花在他的孙子身上。 spend 意为 “ 花费 …… 时间 / 金钱 ” Tom spent $ 1500 last year at school ． Tom 去年在学校花了 1500 美元。 I’m planning to spend time in the beautiful countryside. 我打算在美丽的乡村度过时光。 Language points

常用句型：  spend …on sth. 在某物 ( 事 ) 上花费 ( 时间, 金钱 )  spend …(in) doing sth. 花 ( 时间或金 钱 ) 干某事 例 : 1. I spent fifteen Yuan on the dictionary yesterday ． 昨天我买这本词典花了 15 元钱。

2. Lucy usually spends much money on her dress. Lucy 通常在穿戴上花费许多金钱。 3. We often spend two hours on our homework every night ． 我们经常每天晚上花两个小时做家 庭作业。

4. We often spend a lot of time (in) doing my homework. 我们经常每天晚上花两个小时做家庭 作业。 ( 与例 3 对比 ) 5. I spent fifteen Yuan (in) buying the dictionary yesterday. 昨天我买这本词典花了 15 元钱。 ( 与 例 1 对比 )

注意 : spend 的主语必须是人, 但句型 “It takes sb ． some time / money to do sth. ” 中 take 的主语应是物, 而不能是人。 例 :It takes us two hours to finish our homework every night ． It took me fifteen yuan to buy the dictionary ．

1. He spends all his free time ___ his son. A. on B. in C. with 2. His uncle is ____ outstanding violinist. A. a B. an C. the D. / 3. He spends much time ____ football at weekends. A. playing B. play with C. to play D. playing with C B A 课堂练习与巩固

4. The teacher often asks Jim not to ___ all his free time ___ video games. A. spend; on B. spends; with C. spend; in D. spending; on 5. He spent all his money ____ this big house.A. in B. on C. for 6. I spent two hours ____ my homework. A. to do B. doing C. do A B B

7. Bill Gates is an _____ person. A. famous B. talented C. outstanding D. kind 8. We spent three hours ___ our homework. A. do B. in doing C. to do 9. He ___ all his free time in playing the piano. A. spends B. takes C. costs C B A

10. Jim is good at many things. So he is very t________. 11. It is not cold in winter so it’s u_______ to see snow here. 12. She’s very c_______ ; she writes and paints. 13. The ice is too thin. It’s dangerous to s_______ on it. alented nusual reative kating