Unit 9 When was he born?

What day is it today? What day was it yesterday? What is the date today? What was the date yesterday?

Months of the year January February March April May June July August September October November December

When were you born? When was your mother born? I was born in September. She was born on October first. They were born … When were they born?

The Olympic Games

Questions: 1.In which year and on which day did China get the chance to host the 2008 Olympic games? 2. How many gold medals did China gain in Athens in 2004? 3. Who gave you the deepest impression in Athens in 2004? 4. Where will the 2012 Olympic Games be held? 5. What’s the slogan for the 2008 Olympic Games? One world, one dream! July,13, In England.

International Sports Stars What kind of sport Do you like him or her? Why? Michael Jordan Deng Yaping Martina Hingis David Beckham Basketball Table tennis Tennis Football superman pertinacity resourceful handsome You must know the famous sports stars. I have some pictures of them.Do you know them. Let’s make a list. What sport does he or she play? Do you like him or her? Why or why not?

A: Who’s that? B: That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great Chinese ping-pong player. A: When was she born? B: She was born in 1973.

Name: Wang Liqing Job: Table tennis player Champions for many matches 1978 Birthday: Famous, outstanding Began to play: 1984

Name: Liu Xiang Job: Athlete The champion for 2004 Olympic Games Birthday: 1983 Famous, talented

Name: YaoMing Job: basketball player Height: 2.16m Birthday: 1980 famous,talented, outstanding

Name: Tiger Woods Job: Golf player Number1 golf player in the world Started: 3 years old Talented, outstanding

Name: Mei Lanfang Job: Beijing Opera Artist Birthday: Began his career in 1902 Acted for 60 years Outstanding, famous creative, talented

Whoholds world record How long StartedStopped Charles Danna Green Section A, 2a Listen and fill in the chart: hiccupping 69years and 5 months sneezing978 days January 13,1981 September, 16,1983

A: How long did Charles Smith hiccup? B: He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months. A: When did he start hiccupping? B: He started in 1922 A: When did he stop hiccupping? B: He stopped in 1990.

Grammar focus: 1.When was he born? He was born in When did he start his career? He started when he was 6years old. 3. How long did he act? He acted for 60 years. 4. What about his career? He’s talented and outstanding.

AchievementAge Tiger Woods Shirley Temple Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mei Lanfang Ronaldo Liu Xuan Section A 3a Started golf10 months old Writing music Four years old First performed Beijing Opera Ten Played for his national team Seventeen Won a gold medal at the World Championship Seventeen Movie starThree year old

A: Who is Mozart? B: He ’ s a musician. A: When did he start writing music? B: When he was four years old years old. Section A, 3b

NameAchievementAgeMore information Learned to ride a bicycle Started learning English Started playing sports First went to a movie First had a party Section A, 4a

Section A, 4b John started things early. He learned to ride a bicycle when he was only three years old. Sometimes he fell off the bike, but he never gave up. He was a brave boy.

Section B, 3a 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 Started to learn the piano In October, 2000.

Section B, 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.

Section B, 3c My head 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.

Section B, 4 A: Is the person a man or a woman? B: He is a man. C: Is he alive? B: No, he isn ’ t. D: Was he an athlete? B: No, he wasn ’ t.

tour start stop win become 1.How old were you when you started learning English? 2.What can I do to become famous? 3.He stopped playing football because of his sore back. 4.The Chinese football team toured Asia last year. 5.John won the first prize in the speech competition. Self check 2

Deng Yaping was born on the 2 nd of June, She started to play table tennis when she was five. She joined the Henan table tennis team at the age of ten. In 1988, she became a member of the National Table Tennis Team. She was still number 1 women’s singles player in IFTF from She went to Tsinghua University, majoring in English and management in Self check 2

Closing down by writing your autobiography: Suppose you are a famous person, for example, a scientist or pianist. A newspaper reporter wants to write a brief biography for you. Can you write one for yourself, too? My name is Li Ping. I come from Taiyuan. When I was young I loved music very much. I studied playing the violin from Professor Hu when I was six. Professor Hu was very strict with me. I played very hard. I won the first prize at the City Competition in I will go on with my career. I shall never give up.

Complete the dialogue 1. A: Who’s that? B; _____ Yao Ming. He is a great __. A: When was he ___? B: He _________. 2.A: ___? B: I am not sure. I guess that’s Antonio Lee Davis. A. Yes, you are right. Do you know ___ he was born? B: I don’t know. We can get on line to get more information.

3. A: _________? B: I think that’s Sun Yue. A: When ___________? B: I __.Maybe she ____ in A: ___________? B: I think that’s Fu Mingxia. She is a great _______. A: ___________? B: She was born in 1975.

Pair work: Talk about the following famous persons. Name: Sun WenName: Guo Jingjing

Pair work: Talk about the famous persons.

Pair work : Compare the two persons.

Pair work: Complete the dialogue. !.A: ______ are you? B: I’m twelve. A: __________? B; I was born ___ ; A;___ you have a party yesterday? B: Yes, I ___. A:_________ did the party start? B: At 4:50. A: ________ did the party last? B: About two hours.

Fast reading In 2004, Chinese athletes gained 32 gold medals. It was the historical record. Among them there were some medals that we never got before. For example, we never expected women’s double tennis to enter the final match. The athletes gave our Chinese people a big pleasant surprise.Another big surprise is from a young man named Liu Xiang who gained a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdle race. In the race there were many famous sportsmen. Liu beat them and won the race.

Chinese women’s volleyball team also gave us a kind of encouragement. We are proud of them. In 2008 the 29th Olympic Games will be held in our country.It is a great chance for China. All Chinese people are expecting we can gain more gold medals not only from the sports but also from the spirit. We believe the Olympics is in everyone’s heart and we also believe One Dream One World.

Questions 1. What do you think the title should be? 2. In 2004 which team got the team medal and encouraged us? 3. Who beat Alan Johnson? 4. What sport did we never expect to win? 5. Why do we say 2008 is a big chance for China?

Pair work : My achievement: Born: ________ First learned to ride bike: _______ First learned to swim: __________ First learned to play sports : ___ First learned English : _________ First learned to cook : _________ First had a party :_______ First go to a movie:__________

Do you want to be my friend? I was born in In 1995 I began to learn to play the piano. In 1996 I went to the primary school near my home. And in 1999 I took part in the piano competition in my province. I got the second prize. I thought it was a chance for me to learn more from others. In 2002 I began to study in No 13 Middle School. And now I am busy getting ready for the mid-term exam. I believe hard work can bring me success. Do you want to be my friends? Come and contact me at Reading and Writing exercise: 你在网上看到一网页, 作者为交一些朋友, 向大家介绍 自己的经历. 你很感兴趣, 也写一篇介绍自己的文章, 给 这为网友发过去.

Answer the following questions: 1.How old is Johnny now? 2. How old was he when he took part in the competition? And what was the result? 3. What is he doing now? 4 What do you think of Johnny? 5. How can you touch Johnny? Write a letter to Johnny.

Home work Write a short composition about your first time.

1.national 2.grandson 3.ice skating 4.Asia 5.alive 6.gold medal 7.song 8.tour 9.can—could 10.person 11.university 12.number 13.be born 14.record 15.too…to… 16.because of 17.talented 18.loving 19.creative 20.outstanding 21.unusual 22. well-known 23.athlete 24.gymnast 25.pianist 26.violinist 27.championship 28.achievement 29.management 30.take part in