2. Unit 9 When was he born?

4. Li Yundi pianist Read the article. 3a [pi'ænist]

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

6. Language points 1. take part in 表示 “ 参加 ” ，相当于 join 。 但是 take part in 一般表示参加某项活动， join 指 “ 参加 ” 某种组织。 She took part in the national English contest last year. 她去年参加了英语竞赛。 He joined the Communist Party of China. 她加入了中国共产党。

7. 根据汉语意思填空。 I ______ the League Member last year ． 我去年入团了。 When did your brother ______ the Party? 你哥哥什么时候入的党？ Do you want to ___________ our school sports meeting? 你想参加我们学校的运动会吗？ joined take part in

8. 2. 70-year history 意思是 “70 年的历史 ” ，其 中 70-year 做 history 的定语 He was the first Chinese pianist in the 70-year history. 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。 an 80-year-old man 一位 80 岁的老人

9. 年龄表达方法 : 1. 用基数词表达年龄，可加 “…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 （只作定语） three-year-old

10. Examples: He began to learn the piano at the age of four. He began to learn the piano when he was four (years old). He began to learn the piano as a four- year-old child.

11. 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. She became a skating champion when she was ten. She worked very hard. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother. 3b

12. Write about a person you admire. You must have someone you admire. Can you write anything about him or her? Introduce him or her to your classmates. 3c

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

14. A: Is the person a man or a woman? B: He is a man. A: Is he alive? B: No, he isn’t. A: Was he an athlete? B: No, he wasn’t. Guess the name of the person you admire. 4

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

17. Read the information about Deng Yaping. Then write an article about her.

18. Deng Yaping was born on the 2 nd 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.

19. 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 Practice

20. 4 ． He is learning to play the piano. He wants to be a p_______ in the future. 5 ． She is good at singing English s_____. 6 ． Li Yundi began to learn the accordion at the a____ of four. 7 ．你什么时候参加英语俱乐部？ When will you_____ _____ _____ the English club? ianist ong ge take part in

21. 8 ． I took part in the school football team last year. ( 对划线部分提问 ) _______ ________you _______ part in the school football team? 9 ．邓亚萍 1997 年进入清华大学修英语管理专业。 Deng Yaping _______ _____ Tsinghua University and __________ _______ English and management in 1997. Whendid take went to majoredin

22. Homework Do other exercises in this part.