1. Unit1 When was he born?
五四制鲁教版八年级下

2. A: When was…born?
A: When did …start…?
Born:1980
1989: started playing
basketball

3. A well-known pianist
adj. 著名的 n.钢琴家

4. new words
athlete n.运动员
accordion n. 手风琴

5. new words
Chopin
He is form Poland (波兰)

6. new words
could modal v. (can 的过去式) 可以,能，可能
hum v 作嗡嗡声，哼唱
piece n. (艺术品，音乐的)幅，篇，首
alive adj. 活着的，在世的
take part in 参加……参与……

7. Fast Reading
LiYundi, a well-known Chinese pianist, always loved music. He was born in 1982 in Chongqing. When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four, and he started to learn the piano when he was seven. In October 2000, LiYundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won first prize in his group. He was also the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history of the competition to win this prize.

8. T F F T Decide true (T) or false (F) according to 3a.
( )1. He began to learn the piano when he was seven.
( )2. He took part in the 14th Chopin International piano Competition in England.
( )3. He was born in 1982 in Zhu Zhou.
( )4. He won the first prize. T F F T

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

10. Careful Reading
LiYundi, a well-known Chinese pianist, always loved music. He was born in 1982 in Chongqing. When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four, and he started to learn the piano when he was seven. In October 2000, LiYundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won first prize in his group. He was also the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history of the competition to win this prize. 哼歌
在----四岁的时候 参加
他也是在这个有着70年历史的比赛上获得这个奖项的第一位中国钢琴家

11. Loud Reading
LiYundi, a well-known Chinese pianist, always loved music. He was born in 1982 in Chongqing. When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four, and he started to learn the piano when he was seven. In October 2000, LiYundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won first prize in his group. He was also the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history of the competition to win this prize.

12. Retelling at the age of 4 When he was seven In October 2000 Li Yundi

13. Information Box Name : Deng Yaping Date of birth : February 6th,1973
1978 : starts to play table tennis
1983 : joins the Henan table tennis team
1988 : joins the national table tennis team 主修
1997 : goes to Tsinghua University, majors in
English and management 管理
: number 1 women’s singles player
in the ITTF
女子单打选手

14. Deng Yaping was born on the 6th of February ,1973
Deng Yaping was born on the 6th of February ,1973. She started playing table tennis in 1978 when she was only five years old. She praticed playing ping-pong very hard and serious. 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 English and management.

15. Guessing game

16. Questions … Is the person a man or a woman?
Is he / she alive? adj. 活着的，在世的
Was he / she an athlete? n. 运动员
Can he / she … well?
Is he / she …than I ? …

20. Groupwork
Write about a person you admire.
The others guess who he is.

21. started become stopped toured won tour start stop win become
Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form of the word if necessary. Then make your own sentences with the words.
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_________ first prize in the speech competition.
started
become
stopped
toured
won

22. 课堂练习与巩固
1. Li Yundi, the famous Chinese pianist, was born ____ October 7th, 1982.
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 A C

23. 3. Both of them _____ the sports meeting and did very well.
A. take part in B. join
C. took part in D. joined
4. We didn't go out to play _____ the bad weather A. because B. because of C. met C B

24. but labor and diligence.
What did we learn in this class?
Genius is nothing
but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。

25. Write about a person you admire.
Homework
Write about a person you admire.