Moudle 9 Unit 2

1. Moudle 9 Unit 2 Cartoon heroes

2. Show the students some pictures about cartoon heroes.

3. Lead in • Work in pairs.Answer the questions about the cartoon characters. • What country do they come from? • Nero is from America;Shrek is from America;the Monkey King is from China;Tintin is from Belgium;Snoopy is from America.

4. Are they recent cartoons or old cartoons? • Nero and Shrek are very new,and the Monkey King ,Tintin and Snoopy are old cartoon characters.

5. Use the words in the box to describe the cartoon characters. • cute emperor fan club heaven lovable mess monster private

6. Play the recording twice .Ask the students to answer the questions. • How many cartoon heroes are there in the passage?What are they? • Five .Nero Shrek the Monkey King Tintin Snoopy • Who's the creator of Snoopy? • Charles Schultz.

7. Nemo: • Shrek: • the Monkey King: • Tintin: • Snoopy: cute lovable monster emperor heaven mess fan club lovable private

8. Read and choose the sentence which best summaries the passage. • Not all popular cartoons are recent;some have been popular for many years. • The most popular cartoons are published as books and not as films. • Many people who read cartoons today are children. • Many cartoons which were created in the West have become very popular in China. T

9. Answer the questions • "have won the hearts of young peoplein China and all over the world" • Does this mean that they love them or they don't like them? • This means that they love them.

10. "the Emperor in heaven " • Is heaven a pleasant or an unpleasant place in the cartoon? • Heaven is not a pleasant place in the story.

11. "Nero ,a cute orange-and-white fish-----Charlie Brown's lovable dog-----" • Are they sweet or ugly? • They are sweet.

12. Talk and write • Ask the students to talk about their favourite cartoon heroes,then write a paragraph describing the cartoons.

13. Thank you.