Unit 9 When was he born?

Shirley Temple What do you think of her ? talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful kind creative well-known Talented (adj.) : having a natural ability to do something well a talented actor Loving (adj.) : behaving in a way that shows you love someone Outstanding (adj.) : very great Unusual (adj.) : different from what is usual or normal Creative (adj.) : the use of imagination to produce new ideas Well-known (adj.) : famous

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

1.spend + 时间 / 钱 + (in) doing sth. 2.spend + 时间 / 钱 + on sth. 3.spend + 时间 / 钱 +with sb. What do you think of him? He is a loving grandfather. He spends all his free time with his grandson. Who do you admire? I admire … Admire (v) : to respect and like someone because they have done something that you think is good E.g.: Mozart is a super musician. I really admire him.

Period 1a---2c

talentedlovingoutstandingunusual beautiful creativekindfamous

write one or two words to describe the person. 1a

Describe the person. Tony is an outstanding pianist. He is creative and loves music very much. He spends all his free time on it.

Arthur is a loving grandfather. He spends all his free time with his grandchildren.

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

Listen again. Are these sentences about Midori or Laura? Write “M” or “L” on the lines. 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. 5. She’s 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. 2b M M L M L L L M

Who’s Midori? She’s a famous violinist. When was she born? She was born in When did she tour the U.S.? When she was fourteen, she toured the United States.

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 ．（ Unit 3 Section B 3a ） 我打算在美丽的乡村度过时光。

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 ． 昨天我买这本词典上花了 15 元钱。 2. Lucy usually spends many 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 ． 昨天我买这本词典上花了 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

()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 home work. 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. talented unusual creative skating

Period 3a---4

李云迪 ( Li Yundi) pianist love music in 1982 be born a small boy humhum at the age of 4 accordionaccordion when 7 piano take part in take part in 14 in Poland in October 2000Poland first to win the prizewin [c] n someone who plays the piano

Read the article and fill in the chart.

WhenWhat was born When he was a small boy began to learn the accordion When he was seven took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition 1982 could hum songs and difficult pieces of music At the age of four In October 2000 started to learn the piano 3a

Look at the information in activity 2b. Write an article about Laura. 3b Laura was born in She started ice skating when she was four. and became a skating champion when she was ten. She worked very hard. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother.

3c Write about a person you admire.

Is the person a man or a woman? He is a man. Is he alive? No, he isn’t. Was he a n athlete? No, he wasn’t.

1. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four. at the age of four 在四岁的时候 例： He was very clever and at the age of 5 he could read newspapers. 他非常聪明， 5 岁就会看报。 Mozart started writing music at the age of four. 莫扎特在四岁的时候开始写音乐。

2 ． Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. join 与 take part in 两者都表示 “ 参加 ” ， join 指 “ 参加 ” 某种组织。 take part in 表示参加某项 活动。 例： I joined the League Member last year ． 我去年入团了。 When did your brother join the Party? 你哥哥什么时候入的党？ Do you want to take part in our school sports meeting? 你想参加我们学校的运动会吗？

3 ． He was the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history. 在钢琴大赛 70 年的历史中，他是第一 个获得这样荣誉的中国钢琴家。 the 70-year history 70 年的历史，其中 70-year 做 history 的定语， year 不能用复数。 如： an eighty-year old woman 一位八十岁老人

 年龄表达方法 （ 1 ）用基数词表达年龄，可以加上 “…years old” three years old ． （ 2 ）用 when 引导的从句 when I was three （ years old ） （ 3 ） at the age of ＋基数词 at the age of three （ 4 ）基数词＋ -year-old three-year- old ，注意这种表达常作定语

()1. Li Yundi, the famous Chinese pianist, was born _____ August 2nd, A. on B. in C. at () 2. She is _________ girl. A. an eight years old B. an eight—years—old C. an eight—year—old () 3. Both of them _____ the sports meeting and did very well. A. take part in B. join C. took part in D. joined A C C

()4. We didn't go out to play _______ the bad weather. A. because B. because of C. met 5 ． He is learning to play the piano. He wants to be a p_______ in the future. 6 ． She is good at singing English s_____. 7 ． Li Yundi began to learn the accordion at the a____ of four. 8 ．你什么时候参加英语俱乐部？ When will you_____ _____ _____ the English club? B pianist song age take part in

9 ． I took part in the school football team last year. ( 对划线部分提问 ) _______ ________you _______ part in the school football team. 10 ．邓亚萍 1997 年进入清华大学修英语 管理专业。 Deng Yaping _______ _____ Tsinghua University and __________ _______ English and management in Whendidtake went to majored in

tour start stop win become 1.How old were you when you ______ learning English? 2. What can I do to _________ famous? 3.He _______ playing football because of his sore back. 4. The Chinese football team _______ Asia last year. 5. John________ the first prize in the speech competition. started become stopped toured won 1. Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form of the word if necessary.

Deng Yaping was born on the 2 nd of June, She started playing table tennis in 1978 when she was only five years old. She practiced playing ping- pong very hard. When she was ten years old, she joined the Henan table tennis team. Five years later she joined the national table tennis team. From 1993 to 1998 she kept being the number 1 women’s singles player in ITTF. In 1997, she left the team, and went to Tsinghua University to study.

You must have someone you admire. Can you write something about him or her? Introduce him or her to your classmates.

Here is a example: My English teacher is a person I admire. He is medium build. He can make his lesson fun. He often teaches us English songs and play games with us after class. He loves teaching and loves his students.