Step 1 : Leading in

1. Step 1 : Leading in Guessing the age T: How old are you? S: I’m……years old T: So you were born in1991.

2. Step 2 : Presentation A: Who is he ? B: He is Yao Ming . A: What does he do ? B: He is a basketball player . A: Who is he ? B: He is Ronaldo . A: What does he do ? B: He is a football player . Ronaldo Brazilian – football player Internationalstars famous Yao Ming - -basketball player

3. A:Who is she ? B:She is Duli. A:What does she do? B:She is a shooter. A:When was she born? B:She was born in 1982. won the first gold medal a champion

4. A:Who is he ? B:He is Liu Xiang. A:What does he do? B:He is a runner. A:When was he born? B:He was born in 1983. Liu Xiang ---runner 07,13,1983

5. Liu Xuan ---- gymnast 1979.3.12 Tiger Woods ---- golf player 1975. 12 .30,

6. Famous People Wang Nan ping-pang player Born:1978

7. Famous People Tian Liang a diving player Born:1979

8. Famous People Guo Jingjing a diving player Born:1981

9. Guest house Michael Jordan the International star 国际性的

10. Guest house Deng Yaping

11. Guest house David Beckham

12. Guest house Martina Hingis

13. Step 4 : Listening 1b Listen and write the year the sports star was born under each photo. Deng Yaping ping-pong player Born 1973 Michael Jordan basketball player Born__________ 1963

14. Martina Hingis tennis player Born _________ David Beckham football player Born_________ 1980 1975

15. Step 5 : Pairwork Practice the conversation about Deng Yaping below. Then make conversations about the other sports stars. A: Who’s that? B: That’…… . He/ She is a …… . A: When was he/ she born? B: He/ She was born in…… .

16. Unit 9 When was he born?

17. 1973 1980 1975 1963 1976 1968 1973 1975 1980 1982 Pair work:(两人一组操练以下对话） A: Who’s that? B: That’s×××. She\He is a great\famous\nice×××. A: When was she born? B: She was born in×××

18. Ronaldo Brazilian – football player Tiger Woods -- golf player (golfer) 1975. 12 .30, Played football for the national team.(国家队) talented

19. Liu Xuan --gymnast 1979.3.12 110-meters hurdle race ;. equal a world record . 12.1991 seconds won a gold medal at the World Championship(世锦赛) champion

20. a famous basketball player NBA总冠军次数：6次 （90-91，91-92，92-93，95-96，96-97，97-98） ·总决赛MVP次数：6次（90-91，91-92，92-93，95-96，96-97，97-98） ·常规赛MVP次数：5次（87-88，90-91，91-92，95-96，97-98） Played for The Bull(公牛队) from 1984 to 2001 got great achievement Michael Jordan

21. When did he start playing basketball for The Bull ? He started playing basketball for The Bull in 1984 When did he stop playing basketball? He stopped playing basketball in 2001 How long did he play basketball? He played basketball for 17 years. from 1984 to 2001

22. She has a new world record for swimming. running eating hamburgers drinking beer Liu Zige swimmer 2‵4〝 18 Broke the world record

23. Charles Smith has a world record for sneezing. When did he start sneezing? Sneeze-sneezing When did he stopsneezing? How long did Charles Smith sneeze?

24. Donna Green has a world record for hiccupping. When did he start sneezing? Hiccup-hiccupping （打嗝） When did he stopsneezing? How long did Donna Green hiccup?

25. 2a Listen and fill in the “how long”column in the chart. in 1922 in 1990 Jan.13, 1981 Sept.16,1983 978 days

26. Make a survey(调查你的同学或者老师的出生年份） The year he or she was born Useful expressions (可借鉴的表达） A: Where were you born? B: I was born in… Name

27. Make a report like this: Lucy was born in 1990. She was 15 years old. Lilei was born in 1996. he was 14 years old.

28. 2C Fill in the blanks with information from the chart in activity2a. Practice the conversation with a partner. Then have the same kind of conversation about Donna Green. A: how long did Charles Smith hiccup? B: He hiccupped for 69 years and_______________ months. A: When did he start hiccupping? B: He started in______________. A: When did he stop hiccupping? B: He stopped in_______________. 5 1922 1990

29. A：How long did Donna sneeze? B：She sneezedfor ___A：When did she start sneezing?B：She started sneezingon _____.A：When did she stopped sneezing?B：She stopped on_____. 978 days sneezingworld record

30. Do you know the famous persons? Who is that ? What does he do ? When was he born ? A: Who’s that ? B: That’s Lu Xun. He was a great Chinese writer. A: When was he born ? B: He was born in 1881. / on September 25th ,1881 Lu Xun -- writer (09, 25, 1881 -1936)

31. old Liu Xuan won a gold medal at the World Championship (世锦赛) when she was 17 years. Mozart started writing music when he was Four years old. Mozart --musician 01,27, 1756 ~ 1791

32. 秀兰·邓波儿简历 　　英文姓名：Shirley Temple 　　中文姓名：秀兰·邓波儿 　　出 生 地：加利福尼亚， Shirley Temple became a movie star when she was 3 years old. 　　父母姓名：乔治·弗朗西斯、格特鲁德·邓波尔 　　个 　 性：秀兰·邓波儿是个非常聪明伶俐的小姑娘。 　　贡 　 献： 秀兰·邓波儿·布莱克还是小姑娘的时候，她就是真正的大明星，被数以亿计喜欢她的影迷所崇拜。 　　获奖和其他荣誉： 1935年，秀兰·邓波儿成为有史以来获得奥斯卡奖的第一个孩子！同年“美国电影科学学会”还授于她“1934年最杰出个人”称号。 He performed Beijing Opera when he was 10 years old. 圣莫尼卡 Shirley Temple movie star 04 ,23, 1928 Mei Lanfang Beijing Opera actor 09 ,24, 1894 A lovely girl called Shirley Temple

33. Student A, read this article and fill in as many blanks as you can in the chart. Student B, go to page 86.

34. Michael Jordan Born:1980 Born:1963 They are both famous basketball players./international stars.

35. David Beckham Ronaldo Born:1976 Born:1975 Both of them are well-known football players

36. Do you know who he/she is? • Zhou Jielun • Birthday---1980. 1.18 A famous singer

37. Do you know who he/she is? • Chen Huiling • Birthday---1973.9.13 • A popular singer

38. Do you know him? • Liang ChaoWei • Birthday --- 1962 A famous film star • A: Who’s that? • B: That’s …… • A: How old is he? • B: He is……years old. • A: When was he born? • B: He was born • in……

39. Mozart started writing music 4 01,27, 1756 ~ 1791 Tiger Woods started golfing 10 months 1975.12.30 Ronaldo played football for national team 17 Shirley Temple became a movie star 3 04 ,23, 1928 Liu Xuan won a gold medal at the World Championships 17 1979.3.12 1976 Mei Lanfang first performed Beijing Opera 10 09 ,24, 1894

40. Started golfing ten months old 3 years old became a movie star Started writing /wrote music 4 years old Performed Beijing Opera 10 years old played soccer for national team 17 years old Won a gold medal at the World Championships 17 years old

41. It was difficult/ interesting It was difficult/ interesting It was tired but happy It was comedy called… …. A few friends Had a good time

42. Report: I started things early . I went to my first movie when I was 8 years old. It was a thriller called Huapi. It was very scary.

43. Step 5 : Groupwork A: How old were you when you started going to school？ learning English… playing basketball.. when you learned to ride a bike? draw a picture play computer games When you first went to a movie? Watched TV B:I was ……years old. (at the age of…)

44. Do pair work: A: Who do you admire(羡慕.钦佩)? B: …. A: Why do you admire him/her? B: Because….

45. Look at these people. Under each picture, write one or two words to describe the person. loving creative outstanding talented kind unusual beautiful famous

46. 2a Listen. Two people are talking about people they admire. Circle the words in the list in activity 1a that you hear. talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famous

47. A: Who is Midori? B: She is a Violinist. A: When was she born? B: She was born in 1971. A: When did she tour the U.S? B: In 1985. Name: Midori From: Japan Job: violinist Birth: 1971 1985: toured the U.S.

48. Name: Midori From: Japan Job: violinist Birth: 1971 1985: toured the U.S. Midori was born in 1971.She is Japanese. She is a famous violinist. She toured the U.S in 1985. violinist

49. Name: Laura Birth: 1932 Job: ice skatingplayer In 1936: started ice skating In 1942: became a skatingchampion

50. A: Who is Laura? B: She is an ice skatingplayer. A: When was she born? B: She was born in 1932. A: When did she start ice skating B: In 1936. A: When did shebecome a skating champion B: In 1942 Laura wasborn 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.