1. Unit 9 When was he born? (3a ---- 4b Section A) Teacher: XU FAN Time: Nov. 30th, 2006

2. Task1: Pairwork Look at the following pictures and the information. Make new conversations according to 1c and 2c.

3. Liu Guoliang, a Chinese table tennis athlete Date of birth: Jan. 10th, 1976 Time of beginning: 6 years old Time of ending: March in 2003 win many gold medals in Olympic Games and World Championships

4. Liu Xuan, a Chinese gymnast Date of birth: Mar. 12th, 1979 Time of beginning: 8 years old Time of ending: 2001 play gymnastics

5. Zhang Guorong, a Chinese actor and singer Date of birth: Sep. 12th, 1956 Time of beginning: 1977(singing) 1978 (performing in movies) Time of ending: Apr. 1st, 2002

6. Fu Mingxia, a Chinese diving athlete Date of birth: Aug. 16th, 1978 Time of beginning: 1987 Time of ending: 2000 dive v. 跳水

7. Michael Schumacher, a German race driver Date of birth: Jan. 3rd, 1969 Time of beginning: 1984 Time of ending: September, 2006 drive race cars

8. Martina Hingis, a Swiss tennis athlete Date of birth: Sep. 30th, 1980 Time of beginning: 2 years old Time of ending: Feb, 2002

9. Michael Jordan, an Amerian basketball athlete Date of birth: Feb. 17th, 1963 Time of beginning in NBA: 1984 Time of ending: 1999

10. Tiger Woods, American golfer Mozart, Austrian Composer Ronaldo, Brazilian soccer athlete Mei Lanfang, Beijing Opera actor Shirley Temple, American movie star

11. Task 2: 3a, 3b Pairwork Student A, read the article on page55. Student B, read the article on page84. Fill in as many blanks as you can in the chart. Now exchange information with your partner to complete the chart.

12. AchievementAge Tiger Woods started golfing10 months old Shirley Temple became a movie star3 years old Mozart started writing music4 years old Mei Lanfang performing Beijing Opera 10 years old Ronaldo played for national team 17 years old Liu Xuan won Championships gold medal 17 years old

13. Task 3: Groupwork Interview your group members by asking “How old were you when you …?”. And fill in the chart. Choose one of you to tell the classmates what you learned about each one of your group members according the example.

14. Homework: Write an interview report about your family members or your group members.

15. Thank you! Good-bye!