　新目标八年级 ( 上 ) Unit 9

　新目标 八年级(上) Unit 9

Unit 9 When was he born? 河南刘志勇

【教学内容】： • Section B: 3a 3b 3c 4 and self check • 阅读理解训练 • 课文中重要句型及短语的用法 • 【教学目标】： • 要求学生能读懂名人简介的文章, 填写相应的表格; 并能书写名人的生活简介。

Read the article and fill in the chart. 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.

阅读短文判断正误 ( )1.Li Yundi didn’t love music. ( )2. He began to learn the accordion when he was seven. ( )3. He took part in the 14th Chopin International piano Competition in England. ( )4. He was born in 1982 in Changsha. ( )5. He won the first prize. F F F F T

1982 could hum songs and difficult pieces of music at the age of four started to learn the piano in October 2000

3b Look at the information in activity 2b. Write an article about Laura. Laura was born in 1932. She started ice skating when she was four. And she became a skating champion when she was ten. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother.

3c Write about a person you admire.

Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form of the word if necessary. tour start stop win become 1. How old were you when you ______ learning English? 2. What can I do to _______ famous? started become

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. stopped toured won

Deng Yaping was born on the 6th of Feb , 1973……

Name: Deng Yaping Date of birth: 6th of Feb /1973 1978: starts to play table tennis 1983: joins the Henan table tennis team 1988: joins the national table tennis team 1997: goes to Tsinghua University, majors in English and management 1993-1998: number 1 women’s singles player in the ITTF

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 practiced playing ping-pong very hard. 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.

Language points 1. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four. at the age of four在四岁的时候例: Mozart started writing music at the age of four. 莫扎特在四岁的时候开始写音乐。

2. Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. join与take part in两者都表示“参加”，join指“参加”某种组织。take part in 表示参加某项活动。

例: I joined the League Member last year. • 我去年入团了。 • When did your brother join the Party? • 你哥哥什么时候入的党？ • Do you want to take part in our school sports meeting? • 你想参加我们学校的运动会吗？

3. He was the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history. 在钢琴大赛70年的历史中, 他是第一个获得这样荣誉的中国钢琴家。 the 70-year history 70年的历史，其中70-year做history的定语, year不能用复数。如：an eighty-year old woman 一位八十岁老人

年龄表达方法 • (1) 用基数词表达年龄，可以加上“…years old” three years old． • (2) 用when引导的从句 when I was three (years old) • (3) at the age of ＋基数词 at the age of three • (4) 基数词＋-year-old three-year-old, 注意这种表达常作定语

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

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

5. He is learning to play the piano. He wants to be a p_______ in the future. 6. She is good at singing English s_____. 7. Li Yundi began to learn the accordion at the a____ of four. 8. 你什么时候参加英语俱乐部？When will you___________ the English club? ianist ong ge take part in

9. I took part in the school football team last year. (对划线部分提问) ________ you ____ part in the school football team. 10. 邓亚萍1997年进入清华大学修英语管理专业。 Deng Yaping _______ Tsinghua University and __________ English and management in 1997. take When did went to majored in

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新目标八年级 ( 上 ) Unit 9