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Talk about the pictures

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In England1939.3. 12

In Australia1955.8.22

In China1990.11.30

In Canada2000.9.18

Where was she born? She was born in England.When was she born? She was born on March 12 1939

some international sports stars

( Kahn)

(Beckham) (Vieri)(Rivaldo）

(Figo) (Carlos) (Ronaldo) (MichaelOwen)

( Zidane) (Shevchenko) (Sun Jihai) liuxiang

Conversation1-Who’s that?

-That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great Chinese ping-pong player.

-When was she born?

-She was born in 1973.

Conversation2-Who’s that?

-That’s Michael Jordan. He’s a great American basketball player.

-When was he born?

-He was born in 1963.

Section A 1b

Converation3

-Who’s that?

-That’s Martina Hingis. She’s a great Swiss tennis player.

-When was she born?

-She was born in 1980.

Converation4

-Who’s that?

-That’s David Beckham. He’s a great British soccer player.

-When was he born?

-He was born in 1975.

-Who’s that?

-Charles Smith. He holds the world record for hiccupping. He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.

-When did he start hiccupping?

-He started hiccupping in 1922.

-and when did he stop?

-He stopped in 1990.

-How could he hiccup for that long?

-I don’t know. Oh, look, this is Donna Green.

-What’s she famous for?

-Sneezing. She sneezed for 978 days.

-Really? When did she start sneezing?

-Let’s see. It says she started sneezing on January 13,1981,and she sneezed until September 16,1983.

-Wow! That’s a long time.

2a 2b

3a

You are never too young to start doing things. For example, Tiger Woods started golfing when he was only ten months old. Mozart started writing music when he was four years old. And Ronaldo, the great Brazilian soccer player, played for his national team when he was seventeen.

3b1, -Who is Mei Lanfang? -He was a Beijing Opera performer. -When did he become a Beijing Opera performer? -When he was ten years old.2, -Who is Ronadlo? -He is a famous soccer star. -When did he become a soccer star? -When he was seventeen.3, -Who is wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? -He was a famous musician. -When did he start writing music? -When he was four years old.4, -Who is Liu Xuan? -She is a gymnast. -When did she win an Olympic gold medal? -When she was fifteen.

learned to ride a bicycle?

started learning English?

started playing sports? first went to a movie?

first had a party?Who helped you?etc

How old were you when you

4a Interview

talented loving

Outstanding unusual

beautiful kind

creative famous

4b Tell your classmates what you learned about one student.

Section B1a

2afamous talented unusual kind loving

The words that should be circled:

2b

1. ____She is a famous violinist.2. ____She was born in 1971.3. ____She started ice skating when he was four.4. ____I saw her play when I was eight.5. ____She is a kind and loving grandmother.6. ____She was born in 1932.7. ____She became a skating champion when shewas ten.8. ____She toured the US when was fourteen.

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-Who do you admire?

-I admire Midori.

-Midori? Who’s that?

-She’s a famous violinist.

-Oh, yeah. She’s Japanese, isn’t she?

-Yes, she was born in Osaka in 1971. When she was eight, she was already a talented violinist. When she was fourteen, she toured the United States. I saw her play when I was eight.

-Wow. Do you have any of her CDs?

-Yes, I do. I play them all the time. But how about you?

Who do you admire?

-I admire my grandmother, Laura.

-Really? Why?

-Well, she was born in Russia in 1932. She was an unusual girl because she started ice skating when she was four, and she became a skating champion when she was ten.

-A skating champion? Did she have to work hard?

-Yes, very hard. But that was a long time ago. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother.

2c

A. Who is Midori?B. She is a famous violinist.A. When was she born?B. She was born in 1971.A. When did she tour the US?B. When she was fourteen.

3a.Read the article and fill in the chart. Li Yundi, the 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, Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won the first prize in his group. He was also the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history of the competition to win this prize.

When What

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 3c

Fu Mingxia is a famous diver. She was born in 1978. When she was four years old, she started diving. At the age of 12, she won her first world diving champion.

Fu Mingxia won her first Olympic gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. In Barcelona she became China’s youngest Olympic gold medallist when she was 14. Fu Ming xia had the best gift for her birthday.

4. Ten questions

Self check

1. 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 ______ the first prize in the speech

competition.

started

become stopped

toured

won

2. Deng Yaping was born on the 2nd of June, 1973. She started playing table tennis in 1978 when she was only five 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 first women’s singles player in ITTF.

In 1997, she left the team, and went to Tsinghua University to study English and management.

Just for fun See you!

Who are they? Where were they born?

When were they born?

I.What kinds of sports do we have in our track and field events?

long jump

high jump

hop step and jump

shotputting

relay race

hurdle race

boys’ 400-metre racethe boys’ 400 metres

girls’ 200-metre racethe girls’ 200 metres

girls’1500-metre racethe girls’1500 metres

Medals:

The medals of the 1st Summer Olympics

The medals of the 26thSummer Olympics(gold medals,silver medalsand bronze medals)

Useful Expressions1.be born was born / were born

“ 出生于”e. g We were born in Wuhan. He was born in September.2. on May 18,1987 (on 用于具体

的日子前）e.g Kate was born on the morning

of June 3,1990.3. for + 时间段 ( 用 how long 提

问）e.g We watched TV for two hours l

ast night. How long did you watch TV las

t night ?4. move to +n 表“搬家

（迁）”

e.g The Greens moved to China two years ago . When did the Greens move to China ?

6. enjoy sth / enjoy doing sth 喜爱某事 / 喜爱做某事 e.g They enjoy reading books.

7. so –so adj “ 一般的，马马虎虎的”e.g My business is so-so He’s a so-so basketball player.

8. good luck with sth “ 祝某人在某方面好运”e.g Good luck with your English.

5. 时间段 + ago ( 用 when 提问）

Exit

Exit

skating

volleyball

running

Relay race

Exit

Ping-Pang ballfootball

swimming

Exit

wrestling

sailing

shooting

horse riding

A: How old is …?

B: He / She is….

A: When was he / she born ?

B: He was born on …..

A: Where was he / she born ?

B: I’m sorry I don’t know. You’d better ask himself / herself.

A: Where were you born,…?

C: I was born in….

A: How long did you live there?

C: For about …years. Then my family moved here.

A: Why did you move here?

C: Because my father found work here.

A: Do you enjoy living here?

C: Yes,I do .Very much.

Revision

What day is it today?

What day was it yesterday?

What is the date of today?What was the date of yesterday?

It is Friday.

It is Thursday.

It is Friday.

It is May 18.

It was May 17.