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born (bear 的过去分词） v. 出生；出世 international adj. 国际的； 世界（性）的 record n. 记录；（尤指运动中的）最高记

录 hiccup v. n. 打喷嚏 too … to… 太……以致不能…… golf v.n. （打）高尔夫球 Brazilian adj. 巴西的；巴西人的 national 国家的； 全国的；民族的 achievement n. 成就；成绩

perform v. 演出；表演 gymnast n. 体操运动员 gold n. 金子；黄金 adj. 金的 medal n. 奖牌；奖章 championship n. 冠军称号；铞标赛（常作 -s) golfer n. 高尔夫球运动员 become v. 成为；变成 call v. 把…… 叫做；称呼；为 ……取名

Famous People

Ping-pong player

Den Yaping

Wan Nan

Waldner

Famous Peoplebasketball player

Michael Jordan

Yao Ming

Football player

David Beckham

Ronaldo

diving player

Guo Jingjing

Tian liang

tennis player

Martina Hingis

Li Ting

Singers and actors

Jay Chou

Jack Chan

Activity 1a

Make a list of international sports stars you know.

Activity 1bListen and write the year the sports star was born under each photos.

Deng Yaping

ping-pong player

Born: _______

Michael Jordan

basketball player

Born: _______

Martina Hingis

tennis player

Born: _______

David Beckham

soccer player

Born: _______1973 1963 1980 1975

Activity 1c Practice the conversation about Deng Yaping below.

A: Who’s that?

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

A: When was she born?

B: She was born in 1973

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s . is a great .

A: When was born?

B: was born in 1973

Then make conversations about the other sports stars.

Michael Jordan He

American basketball player

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He

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Activity 2a/2bListen and fill in the Chart.

Who

Has world

record for How long Started Stopped

Charles Smith Hiccupping 69 years and

5 months

Donna Green sneezing

1922 1990

978 days January 13,1981

September 16,1983

Activity 2c Pair workFill in the blanks with information from the chart in 2a.

A: How long did Charles Smith hiccup?

B: He hiccupped for ____ years and ___ months.

A: When did he start hiccupping?

B: He started in ______.

A: When did he stop hiccupping?

B: He stopped in __________

69 5

1922

1990

Grammar Focusstop to do sth. 停下来去做事stop doing sth. 停止做某事start to do sth 开始做某事start doing sth 开始做某事When was he born?

He was born in 1895.

How long did he hiccup?

He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.

When did he start hiccupping?

He started hiccupping in 1922.

Activity 3areading

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.

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You are never too young to start doing things. For example, Shirley Temple was a movie star when she was only three years old. Mei Lanfang first performed Beijing Opera when he was ten. And Liu Xuan, the Chinese gymnast, won a gold medal at the World Championships when she was seventeen.

Fill in as many blanks as you

Achievement Age

Tiger Woods golfing

Shirley Temple

Mozart

Mei lanfang

Ronaldo

Liu Xuan

movie star

writing music

performing Beijing Operaprofessional soccer starWorld Championship gold medal

ten months old

three years old

four years old

ten years old

fifteen years old

seventeen years old

Role play

A: Who is _______________?

B: _____ is a ________.

A: When did _____ become a ________?

B: When _____ was _____________ .

Shirley Temple

She movie star

she movie star

she three years old

How old were you when…?How old were you when started doing the things below?

Interview your classmates and fill in the chart.

Name Achievement Age More information

learned to ride a bicycle

Started learning English

started playing a sport

first went to a movie

first had a party