unit 3 amazing people. amazing people ----bill gates started microsoft, the biggest computer...
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Unit 3 Amazing people
amazing people
----Bill Gates started Microsoft, the biggest computer technology company in the world.
---Mother Teresa won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work among the poor people of India in 1979.
---Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of all time.
---Zhang Heng invented the first tool in history for reporting earthquakes.
Mother Teresa
Bill Gates
Beethoven Zhang Heng
Group-work
1.Mother Teresa won a Nobel Peace Prize for…in 1979.
2. She made great contributions for the peace of the world.
3.She is a Christian, and was loved and worshipped in India.
4.She was given the highest honour as Gandi by the governme
nt of India
1.Mother Teresa won a Nobel Peace Prize for…in 1979.
2. She made great contributions for the peace of the world.
3.She is a Christian, and was loved and worshipped in India.
4.She was given the highest honour as Gandi by the governme
nt of India
1.Bill Gates started Microsoft, the biggest…
Bill Gates
2.He is a chairman and chief architect of Microsoft
Corporation.
3. He employs more than 55,000 people in 85 countries
and regions.
4.He is the richest man in the world
1.Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of all time.
Beethoven
2.During his life he created many beautiful and famous works.
3.He became totally deaf at the age of 45.
4.He successfully finished the ninth and tenth symphony at last.
1.Zhang Heng invented the first tool in history for reportin
g earthquakes.
seismograph
[]
2.Zhang Heng was a famous scientist in the East Han Dynasty in the Chinese history.
11.‘….‘…MusicMusic is neither old nor modern: it is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the periods are of interest only to the students of music history…’students of music history…’
2.‘The other day I dreamed that I was 2.‘The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven…And St. Peter at the gates of heaven…And St. Peter said,“Go back to Earth, there are no said,“Go back to Earth, there are no slumsslums up here.” ’ up here.” ’
3.‘One thing I love about this (3.‘One thing I love about this (decadedecade) ) is this is a period when the reality is is this is a period when the reality is driving the expectation.’driving the expectation.’
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Pair--work:
1. Do you have your own hero/heroine?Who is your hero/heroine? []n. 女英雄 What is he/ she?
Why do you admire her/ him?
What made him /her famous?
2. Act out your dialogues.
感动中国年度人物
牛玉儒 梁万俊 刘翔
明正彬 任长霞 袁隆平
Some of the people who moved China last year!
Question:What are the common characteristics these
people share? []n. 特征
hard-working
unselfish
confident
determined 坚定的creative 富有创造性的
imaginative 富有想象力的…
Group--work:• Choose 2 students who move you in
our class. Give me your reasons.
感动 14 班学期人物
Open-Task
Design ：设计 how to be a successful person?
Group-work
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, Still more effort.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited passion. [] 热情
无论什么事 , 只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功 .
胜利不会向我走来 , 我必须走向胜利 .
可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得 : 努力 , 努力再努力 .
JK Rowing…
• 1. was born ________,and taught _______at home and abroad before she started writing books.
• 2. first thought about writing the Harry Potter books when she was traveling on a ______.
• 3.started to write Harry Potter books in ____and worked on the first book for ______years.
EnglandEnglish
train
five1990
JK Rowing:
• 4. could only write the book when her baby was ______.
• 5. had the book published in ____ because several publishers turn it down before one took ______ in it.
• 6.lives with her husband and ________ children in Scotland.two
interest
1998
asleep
Her family and books:
• 1. Her husband is a _____.
• 2. She has one boy called Davidand one girl vcalled Jessica. Jessica is ____ than David.
• 3. There will be ____ books in total
doctor
older
seven
part C• 1.Harry potter 2.family
• 3. husband 4. children
• 5. Scotland 6. English
• 7. asleep 8.five
• 9. seven
Homework:
After class, please find more information about some other famous people and share it with your classmates.
Good staying with you!
Thank you!
Good staying with you!
Thank you!