Unit 9

When was he

born?

Months of the year

January February March

April May June

July August September

October November December

first-1stsecond-2ndthird-3rdfourth-4thfifth-5thsixth-6thseventh-7theighth-8thninth-9thtenth-10th

eleventh-11thtwelfth-12thnineteenth-19thtwentieth-20thtwenty-first -21sttwenty-second -22ndtwenty-third -23rdtwenty-fourth-24thtwenty-fifth-25th

International Sports Stars

Football: Famous football players

David Beckham

Ronaldo

Basketball: Famous basketball players

Michael Jordan

Yao Ming

Tennis: Famous tennis players

Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova

Ping-pong: Famous ping-pong players

Deng Yaping Wang Nan Zhang Yining

Diving: Famous divers( 跳水 )

Tian Liang Guo Jingjing

1b Listening

Deng Yapingping-pong playerBorn: 1973 1963

Michael Jordanbasketball playerBorn:

Martina Hingistennis playerBorn: 1980

David Beckhamfootball playerBorn: 1975

Tapescript

Conversation 1

Boy: Who’s that?

Girl: That’s Deng Yaping. She’s a

great Chinese ping-pong player.

Boy: When was she born?

Girl: She was born in 1973.

Conversation 2

Girl: Who’s that?

Boy: That’s Michael Jordan. He’s a

great American basketball player.

Girl: When was he born?

Boy: He was born in 1963.

Conversation 3

Boy: Who’s that?

Girl: That’s Martina Hingis. She’s a

great Swiss tennis player.

Boy: When was she born?

Girl: She was born in 1980.

Conversation 4

Girl: Who’s that?

Boy: That’s David Beckham. He’s a

great British soccer player.

Girl: When was he born?

Boy: He was born in 1975.

2a 2b Listening

sneeze v. 打喷嚏

I’ve been sneezing all morning.

我上午一直打喷嚏。

hiccup v. 嗝

Who Charles Smith Donna Green

Has world record for hiccupping sneezing

How long

Started

Stopped

69 years and 5 months

1922

1990

978 days

January 13, 1981September 16, 1983

Girl: Who’s that?Boy: Charles Smith. He holds the world record for hiccupping. He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.Girl: When did he start hiccupping?Boy: He started hiccupping in 1922.Girl: And when did he stop?

Tapescript

Boy: He stopped in 1990.

Girl: How could he hiccup for that long?

Boy: I don’t know. Oh, look, this is

Donna Green.

Girl: What’s she famous for?

Boy: Sneezing. She sneezed for 978

days.

Girl: Really? When did she start

sneezing?

Boy: Let’s see. It says she started

sneezing on January 13, 1981, and

she sneezed until September 16,

1983.

Girl: Wow! That’s a long time.

2cA: 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

A: How long did Donna Green sneeze?

B: He sneezed for ____ days.

A: When did he start sneezing?

B: He started ___________________.

A: When did he stop sneezing?

B: He stopped ____________________.

978

on January 13, 1981

on September 16, 1983

1. Has world record for … 　 record n. 记录 , 履历 , 档案 , 报告 , 唱片 v. 标明 , 将 ... 录音 如： classroom record 　　 课堂记录 world record 　　 　　 世界记录 speed record 　　 　　 速度记录 time record 　　　　 时间记录

Explanation

set (up) a new record 创新纪录hold record 　　　　 保持记录 enter on the records 　 载入记录 beat (break, cut) the (a) record

打破记录 a record run 　　 　 打破记录的赛跑write a record of one’s journey

写下旅行记录

have an honourable [a criminal] re

cord 　　 有光荣的 [ 犯罪的 ] 履历 a matter of record 　 有案可查的事件 2. When was he born?

他什么时候出生的？ He was born in 1895.

他出生于 1895 年。

be born 意为 “出生”，后面加介词短语 “ in 1895”. 这实际上是被动语态，结构为 “ be+ 动词的过去分词”表示 “主语被 ....” 在句中，人是被生出的，因此用被动态， born 原形是 bear ，意为产生、生育。

3. start doing sth. start to do sth.

begin to do sth

都可以表示开始做某事。 start 意为“开始”后接名词，动名词或动词不定式。 eg: The old men started singing / to

sing.

老人们开始唱歌。

They started the party with dancing.

他们以跳舞来开始这个晚会。 另外， start 还有“开动、发动、创办、出发”等词义。 eg: My father couldn’t start the car.

我父亲起动不了那车。

start 与 begin 同义，都是 “开始”，但在表示 “开动、发动、创办、出发”等词意讲时， 应该用 start, 不能用 begin 。

Student A, read this article and fill

in as many blanks as you can in the

chart. Student B, go to page 86.

3a Pairwork

Tiger Woods

Shirley Temple

Mozart

Mei Lanfang

RonaldoLiu Xuan

too…to 太 … 而不能

golf ( 打 ) 高尔夫球

write music 作曲

Brazilian 巴西的

play for 效力于

national team 国家队

Key words:

perform 演出 gymnast 体操运动员gold medal 金牌 championships 锦标赛

You are never ____ young ___ start d

oing things. For example, Tiger Woods s

tarted _______ when he was only ten mo

nths old. Mozart started _______ ______

when he was four years old. And Ronald

o, the great _________ soccer player, __

_______ his _____________ when he was

seventeen.

too to

golfing

writing

music

Brazilian

played for national team

You are never too young to start doin

g things. For example, Shirley Temple w

as a movie star when she was only three

years old. Mei Lanfang first __________

Beijing Opera when he was ten. And Liu

Xuan, the Chinese ________, won a ___

________ at the World ______________

_ when she was seventeen.

performed

gymnast gold medal

Championships

Tiger Woods Shirley Temple

Achievement

( 成就 , 功绩 )

Age

Tiger Woods

Shirley Temple

Mozart

Mei Lanfang

golfing 10 months old

movie star 3 years old

wrote music 4 years old

Performed Beijing Opera

10 years old

Achievement

( 成就，功绩 )

Age

Ronaldo

Liu Xuan

played for national team

17 years old

World Championships gold medal

17 years old

1. too ... to ... 太 ... 而不能 e.g.

a. The boy is too young to dress

himself.

这个男孩太小了 , 还不能自己穿

衣服。

1. too ... to ... 太 ... 而不能 e.g.

a. The boy is too young to dress

himself.

这个男孩太小了 , 还不能自己穿

衣服。

Explanation

b. This house is too big to clean in one da

y.

这幢房子太大了，一天内打扫不完。 c. She is too young to go to school.

她太小不能去上学。

b. This house is too big to clean in one da

y.

这幢房子太大了，一天内打扫不完。 c. She is too young to go to school.

她太小不能去上学。

2. achievement 　 n.

成就 , 功绩 , 完成；达成 , 成功 ,

成绩 　 Flying across the Atlantic for the fir

st time was a great achievement.

　 首次飞越大西洋是一个伟大的功 绩。

2. achievement 　 n.

成就 , 功绩 , 完成；达成 , 成功 ,

成绩 　 Flying across the Atlantic for the fir

st time was a great achievement.

　 首次飞越大西洋是一个伟大的功 绩。

　 Such a goal was impossible o

f achievement.

　这样的目标是不可能实现的。

　 Such a goal was impossible o

f achievement.

　这样的目标是不可能实现的。

Section B

How to describe the person?

loving, kind creative, unusual

outstanding, beautiful talented, famous

2a Listening

talented loving outstanding unusual

beautiful creative kind famous

2b Listen again.

1.___ She is a famous violinist ( 小提 琴手 ).

2.___ She was born in 1971.

3.___ She started ice skating ( 滑冰 )

when she was four.

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4. ___ I saw her play when I was eight.

5. ___ She’s a kind and loving grandmot

her.

6. ___ She was born in 1932.

7. ___ She became a skating champion w

hen she was ten.

8. ___ She toured ( 巡回演出 ) the U.S.

when she was fourteen.

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Tapescript

Boy: Who do you admire?

Girl: I admire Midori.

Boy: Midori? Who is that?

Girl: She’s a famous violinist.

Boy: Oh, yeah. She’s Japanese, isn’t

she?

Girl: Yes, She was born in Osaka in

1971. When she was eight, she

was already a talented violinist.

When she was fourteen, she

toured the United States. I saw

her play when I was eight.

Boy: Wow. Do you have any of her

CDs?

Girl: Yes, I do. I play them all the

time. But how about you? Who

do you admire?

Boy: I admire my grandmother,

Laura.

Girl: Really? Why?

Boy: Well, she was born in Russia in

1932. She was an unusual girl

because she started ice skating

when she was four, and she

became a skating champion when

she was ten.

Girl: A skating champion? Did she

have to work hard?

Boy: Yes, very hard. But that was a

long time ago. Now she’s a kind

and loving grandmother.

3a Read the article and fill in the chart.

well-known 有名的，出名的pianist 钢琴家 hum 哼唱song 歌曲piece （音乐的）首accordion 手风琴

at the age of 在…岁take part in 参加Chopin 肖邦 ( 波兰作曲家、钢琴家 )

competition 比赛Poland 波兰

Li Yundi, the well-known Chinese pi

anist, always loved music. He was born

in 1982 in Chongqing. When he was a s

mall boy, he could hum songs and diffi

cult 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, Li Yundi took part in the 14th

Chopin International Piano Competit

ion in Poland. He won the first prize i

n his group. He was also the first Chi

nese pianist in the 70-year history of t

he competition to win this prize.

When What

was born

when he was a small boy

began to learn the accordion

when he was seven

took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition

1982could hum songs and difficult pieces of music

at the age of four

started to learn the piano

in October 2000

3c Write about a person you admire.

Fu Mingxia is a famous diver ( 跳水运动员 ). She was born in 1978. When s

he was four years old, she started divin

g. At the age of 12, she won her first wo

rld diving champion.

Fu Mingxia won her first

Olympic gold medal

at the Barcelona ( 巴塞罗那 ) Olympi

c Games. In Barcelona she became Chi

na’s youngest Olympic gold medallist (

奖牌获得者 ) when she was 14. Fu Mi

ngxia had the best gift for her 14th bir

thday.

1. at the age of 在 ... 岁时 At the age of 4, Mike began to write poems. 迈克四岁时就开始写诗。2. take part in 参加（ ...... 活动 ） join, 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。

Explanation

e.g. He joined the Party at the age of 40.

他 40 岁时入了党。 When did your brother join the

Army?

你哥哥什么时候参的军？ Do you want to take part in the

sports meeting?

你想参加运动会吗？

3. win the first prize 赢得第一名 4. 年龄表达方法 （ 1 ）用基数词表达年龄 , 可以加上 “ ... years old”, 如 : 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 , 如 :three-yea

r-old ， 注意 : 这种表达常作定语。 如： a three-year-old boy.

1. Fill in the blanks with the words

given. Change the form of the word if

necessary.

1. How old were you when you _______

learning English?

2. What can I do to _______ famous?

started

become

Self check

tour start stop win 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 2nd of J

une, 1973. She started playing table ten

nis in 1978 when she was only five year

s old. She praticed playing ping-pong v

ery hard and serious. When she was te

n years old, she joined the Henan table

tennis team. Five years later she

2a Reading

joined the national table tennis team.

From 1993 to 1998 she kept being the

number 1 women’s singles player in I

TTF (The International Table Tennis

Federation ). In 1997, she left the team,

and went to Tsinghua University to st

udy English and management.

Practice

1.When ___ your birthday? (be)

2.How old ____ he last year? (be)

3.When ____ your sister born? (be)

4.When _____ the twin sisters born? (be)

is

was

was

were

5. My father is going to Beijing ___ Dec

ember 11th.

6. ___ 1999, we went to the Great Wall

with Tonny.

on

In

根据下面的提示写一篇 70 词左右的短文，要求条理清晰，语句通顺。 提示：昨天下午，王老师领我们去参观王叔叔的工厂。当我们到达那里的时候，王叔叔已经在门口等我们了。我们去了第一车间（ No. 1 Workshop ）。在那里，我们和工人们一起劳动、交谈，学到了好多东西。

Homework

Thanks for

listening!