2. Period 1 Jane

3. Months of the year January------- Jan. February ------- Feb. March --------- Mar. April ------------ Apr. May ----------- May. June ------------- Jun. July ------------ July. August -----------Aug. September --- Sep. October --------- Oct. November ---- Nov. December ------- Dec. How many months are there in a year ?

4. first-1 st second-2 nd third-3 rd fourth-4 th fifth-5 th sixth-6 th seventh-7 th eighth-8 th ninth-9 th tenth-10th eleventh-11 th twelfth-12 th thirteenth-13 th fourteenth-14 th fifteenth-15 th sixteenth-16 th seventeenth-17 th eighteenth-18 th nineteenth-19 th twentieth-20th twenty-first(21 st ) twenty-second(22 nd ) twenty-third(23 rd ) twenty-fourth(24 th ) twenty-fifth(25 th ) twenty-sixth(26 th ) twenty-seventh(27 th ) twenty-eighth(28 th ) twenty-ninth(29 th ) thirtieth(30 th ) thirty-first(31 st )

5. What is the date( 日期 ) ? It is …… 31st 7 月 星期六 10 月 星期一 23rd 3 月 星期五 19th Oct. 23rdJuly 31stMar. 19th

6. When is your birthday? My birthday is March 5th. When were you born? I was born in 1990.

7. A: When was she born? B: She was born in 1981. 1981.11.6 She was born on December 6, 1981.

8. Group work: Talk about yourself and your friends. Using When were you born? When was he / she born?

9. That’s Wang Liqin. He is a ping-pong player. He was born in 1978. Who’s that? When was he born? Wang Liqin / 1978

10. The Olympic Games

11. Who ’ s your favorite international sports star? I think … is my favorite sports star. Free talk 1a

12. Do you know them? Deng Yaping David Beckham 贝克汉姆 Tian Liang ping-pong player football player diver What does she/ he do? Talk about international sports stars

13. Liu XuanYao MingMartina Hingis gymnast gymnast（体操运动员） basketball player tennis player Talk about international sports stars

14. 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 _____________. He is a great ____________________. A: When was he born? B: He was born in _ 1963 _____. Michael Jordan American basketball player

15. A: Who’s that? B: That’s _____________. She is a great _________________. A: When was she born? B: She was born in ______. A: Who’s that? B: That’s _______________. He is a great ___________________. A: When was he born? B: He was born in ______. Martina Hingis Swiss tennis player 1980 David Beckham British football player 1975

16. Name: Liu Xiang Job: athlete--runner Birthday: 13,July 1983

17. Birthday:12,Sep 1980Birthday:22,Sep1976 Name: Yao Ming Name:Ronaldo Job: basketball playerJob: football player

18. Martina HingisMichael JordanDavid Beckham Born_____ Deng Yaping ping-pong playerbasketball playertennis playerfootball player 19731963 1980 1975 PAIRWORK 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. Listen and write the year the sports star was born under each photo 1b 1c

19. Jay January 18 th 1979 Cool, popular, singer Name: F.I.R Birthday:Oct.1984 Job: Singer Guo Jingjing diver October 15 th 1981 won a gold medal in the Olympic Game Jolin September 1980 a popular singer Yao Ming Basketball player 1980

20. hiccup （打嗝） sneeze 打喷嚏

21. WhoHas world record for How longStarted Stopped Charles Smith hiccupping69 years and 5 months Donna Green sneezing 1922 1990 978 days Jan.13, 1981 Sep.16,1 983 2a Listen and fill in the “how long” column in the chart.

22. 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. 695 1922 1990 2C Fill in the blanks with information from the chart in activity 2a. Practice the conversation with a partner. Then have the same kind of conversation about Donna Green.

23. A: How long did …play basketball? B: He played for … years. A: When did he start playing basketball? B: He started in …. A: When did he stop playing basketball? B: He stopped in …. Name: Deng Yaping 1978: starts playing ping-pong 1998: stops playing ping-pong Name: Lang ping( 郎平 ) 1978: starts playing volleyball 1985: stops playing volleyball Name: Fan Zhiyi （范志毅） 1989:starts playing football 2000:stops playing football

24. Write a passage about Charles and Donna. You can begin like this: Charles and Donna hold the World record. Charles was born in… Born:1937 Charles Donna Born:1961 1922:starts hiccupping 1990:stops hiccupping Jan.13, 1981:starts sneezing Sept.16,1983:stops sneezing

25. Summary: When were you born? →I was born in 1981. When was he born? →He was born in 1992. When was she born? →She was born in 1895. you play basketball? →I played basketball for two years. How long did he play chess? →He played chess for 213 days. she hiccup? →She hiccupped for one year and two months. When did he start hiccupping? →He started hiccupping in 1922. When did he stop hiccupping ? →He stopped hiccupping in 1990.

26. 1.Recite 1c, 2c. 2.Write down you favorite stars or players about when they were born and how long did they start their work.

27. Good bye!