Unit 9 When was he born?

Unit 9 When was he born? Section B Period 2 (3a—4)

李云迪( Li Yundi) pianist [c] n someone who plays the piano love music Be born in 1982 a small boy hum at the age of 4accordion when 7 piano takepart in14 in Poland in October 2000 first to win the prize

listen to the tape and write “T” (for true), “F”(for false).

T • Li Yundi was born in 1982 in Chongqing. • He began to learn the piano at the age of four. • He took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. • Li Yundi won the first prize in his group. F T T

3a Read the article and fill in the chart. 1982 could hum songs and difficult pieces of music At the age of four started to learn the piano In October 2000

1. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four. at the age of four在四岁的时候例：He was very clever and at the age of 5 he could read newspapers. 他非常聪明，5岁就会看报。 Mozart started writing music at the age of four. 莫扎特在四岁的时候开始写音乐。

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

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 of the competition to win this prize. 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

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 became a skating champion when she was ten. She worked very hard. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother.

课堂练习与巩固

( )1. Li Yundi, the famous Chinese pianist, was born _____ August 2nd, 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 ( ) 3. Both of them _____ the sports meeting and did very well. A. take part in B. join C. took part in D. joined A C C

B ( ) 4. We didn't go out to play _______ the bad weather. A. because B. because of C. met 5．He is learning to play the piano. He wants to be a p_______ in the future. 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 ge take part in

Thank you !

Self Check

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

Deng Yaping was born on the 2nd of June, 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.she majored in English and management.

You must have someone you admire. Can you write something about him or her? Introduce him or her to your classmates.

Here is a example: My English teacher is a person I admire. He is medium build. He can make his lesson fun. He often teaches us English songs and play games with us after class. He loves teaching and loves his students.

Unit 9 When was he born?