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2 Task Writing a biographical article Task Writing a biographical article

3 New words and expressions in TASK (M2U3) biographical adj. 传记 ( 本 ) 的 biographical data 传记材料 a biographical dictionary 人名辞典 a biographical novel 传记体小说

4 identify vt. 识别, 鉴别, 把... 和... 看成 … 样 specific adj. 特定的, A specific word has a specific meaning in a specific sentence. cardinal number. 基数 accurately adv. 正确地, 精确地 ordinal adj. 顺序的, 依次的 ordinal number 序数

5 context n. 上下文, 文章的前后关系 No content without context. inspire vt. (P53) 鼓舞, 感动, 激发, 启示, 使生灵感, 产生 vi. 吸入, 赋予灵感 C V (curriculum vitae) 个人简历 (p54) objective n. 目标, 目的, adj. 客观的 (p54/2)

6 outgoing adj. (p53/10) 对人友好的 ; 开朗的 外出的, 出发的 退去的 ; 即将离职的 an outgoing personality 开朗的性格 an outgoing ship 离岸的船 the outgoing ambassador 即将离职的大使 gorilla n. 大猩猩, 壮而残暴的男人

7 veterinarian n. 兽医 (p56 A) switch n. 开关, 电闸, 转换 vt. 转换, 转变 (p57c) thought-provoking : adj. (p56) 引起思考的, 发人深省的 internship n. 实习医师, 实习医师期 (p54/4) volunteer: n. 自愿者, v. 自愿 adj 自愿的 (p54/4)

8 Skills building 1: Listening for figures Answer some simple questions: 1. How old are you ? 2.Which floor are you on at school? 3. What is the date today? 4. How old is your father?

9 1. Kinds of figures Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers Plural form of numbers

10 (1) Cardinal and Ordinal numbers Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers one two three four fourteen forty seventeen seventy first (1st) second (2nd) third (3rd) fourth (4th) fourteenth (14 th ) fortieth (40th) seventeenth (17th) seventieth (70th)

11 (2) Plural form of figures in the twenties in the thirties in the forties in the fifties in the sixties in the seventies in the 20s (20’s) in the 30s (30’s) in the 40s (40’s) in the 50s (50’s) in the 60s (60’s) in the 70s (70’s)

12 Can you read out these numbers? 1. 25,000 2. 108,000 3. 32,000 4. 10,200,200 5. 五十周年 6. 五百万四千 (5,004,000) 7. 八十万六百 (800,600) *the fiftieth anniversary

13 Game-playing Ask one student to say a number and another one to translate it into Chinese. Do it in chain.

14 2. Figures can refer to age Susan will be 16 next month. date Tom was born on 17th December 1988. percentage Anna scored 90 percent in her English test. price Susan bought a T-shirt for $ 20. street number Ye Ping lives at 198 Jiangsu Road time Ivy is playing tennis at six o’clock this evening telephone number Please call at 13657659771 fax number My fax is 999,567,534.

15 3. Modifier of numbers We can use certain words and phrases to express an approximate number or to modify a number. about, around, more than, under, at least

16 P52 Listening Steve Fossett became interested in balloons in his late(1) _________________.He has been a balloonist for(2) ____________years. He was (3) ____________Years old when he flew around the world. He finally achieved success when he tried for the (4) ____________ time. He swam across the English Channel in (5)_____________. He has broken (6) ________________ world records. 30s 10 58 6th 1985 14

17 Step 1 Finding a speaker for your school Part A: Requirements for speaker: 1.Must be older than _______but younger than ______ 2.Must live in or near __________. 3.Available between the ________of May and the _______of June. 4.Able to speak from _______o’clock until _______o’clock. 5.Prepare a speech of _______hours, with _______hour for questions and answers. 18 35 Nanjing 30th 2nd 10 13 two one

18 6.Must have achieved something______ or________. 7.Must be able to speak_______and_____. 8. Nationality:_______ preferred. 9. Experience as speaker would be_____. 10._______and outgoing personality. exciting, important English Putonghua Chinese helpful friendly

19 Homework Write a biographical article

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