By Shijuan

singers

basketball player football player

Bruce Lee made kung fu popular in the west

Edison inventor invented the light bulb

nun Mother Teresa spent all her life caring for the poor

Zheng He Columbus explorer found America [iks'pl ɔ :rə]

Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the moon the first Chinese to walk in space astronaut Zhai Zhigang

football player Pelé played four times in the World Cup

the king of rock and roll singersinger Elvis Presley [ 'elvis 'presli ] Jay Chou

Guess what these famous people are. nunfilm starastronaut explorer football player singer astronaut explorer film star football player nun singer

What did they do? 1.Bruce Leea. was the first man to walk on the moon. 2.Christopher Columbusb. was the king of rock and roll. 3.Mother Teresac. made kung fu popular in the west. 4.Neil Armstrongd. spent her life caring for the poor. 5.Pelée. discovered America. 6.Elvis Presleyf. played four times in the World Cup Make complete sentences using the above information. e.g. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

1.Who does Eddie think is the greatest person in the world? 2.Does Hobo know who Paul Yum is? 3.Who is Paul Yum? Listen and answer

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Language Points: 1. Who do you think is the greatest person that has ever lived, Eddie? ★ do you think 是插入语， that has ever lived 是定语 从句，其中 that 指前面的 the greatest person ，叫关 系代词，指人的关系代词也可以用 who 。 e.g. He is the man that / who I’m looking for.

2. He’s the person who invented my favourite food. ★ discover 指初次看见本来已存在但以前未被发现的 事物，意思是 “ 发现 ” 。如： Columbus discovered America in ★ invent 是指创造前所未有的事物，故作 “ 发明 ” 解。 例： Edison invented the light bulb ．

Free talk What have you learnt from these great people? You will succeed as long as you work hard.

Who do you think is the greatest person? Why do you admire him? What’s your ideal? I think __________ is the great person. I admire him because he/she is the person who ____________. I want to be _____________ (a singer, an inventor…etc)

Complete the sentences 1.Yang Liwei is the first ____________ ( 宇航员 ) in China who travelled in the space. 2.Many young students want to be ________ ( 歌星 ) when they grow up. 3.Can you tell me who the telephone. 4.Did Marie Curie （发现） Po （钋） and Radium( 镭 )? 5.——Have you Bill Gates? —— Yes, of course. He is the hero of the youth. 6.He spent his life ___________ ( 关爱 ) the poor. astronaut singers invented caring for discover heard of

7. 章子怡是中国最受欢迎的电影明星之一。 Zhang Ziyi is in China. 8. 这是我至今看过的最好的一部电影。 This is the that I. 9. 从那之后我没收到他的来信。 I have never him then. one of the most famous film stars best film have ever seen heard fromsince

Homework Remember the words and expressions. Write something about a famous person. Preview Reading.