9B Unit 2 Great people Welcome to the unit

popular beautiful power modern strong well-known Are they great ( 伟大 ) people?

People with contributions to the world People who changed the world Is Kim Soo Hyun really a great man? What kind of people are great?

` Thomas Edison American an inventor 发明家 invented 发明 over 1,000 inventions 发明物 bulb

` Christopher Columbus Italian an explorer 探险家 one of the first Europeans 欧洲人 to discover America

` William Shakespeare English a writer a great writer of English literature 文学

` Nelson Mandela South African 南非人 a president a fighter 斗士 for the rights of black Africans all his life

` Qian Xuesen Chinese a scientist the pioneer 先锋 of China’s space technology programme

` Peter Tchaikovsky Russian 俄罗斯人 a composer 作曲家 a composer of classical 古典的 music

Read and Learn Read and Learn Contribution 贡献 invent 发明 an inventor 发明者 invention 发明物 an explorer 探险者 Italian 意大利人 European 欧洲人 literature 文学 South African 南非人 fighter 斗士 pioneer 先锋 Russian 俄罗斯人 composer 作曲家 classical 古典的

Guessing game Chinese, the pioneer of China’s space technology programme Qian Xuesen

Guessing game South African, a fighter for the rights of black Africans all his life Mandela

Guessing game American, created over 1000 inventions Edison

Guessing game Italian ， one of the first Europeans to discover America Columbus

Guessing game Russian, a composer of classical music Tchaikovsky

Guessing game English, a great writer of English literature Shakespeare

A Mr Wu is showing the Class1, Grade 9 students the pictures of some famous people. Help the students write the correct word under each picture. inventorexplorerwriter president scientist composer

B Mr Wu is telling the students about the famous people in Part A. Help the students match the names on the left with the correct information on the right. 1 Christopher Columbus ______ 2 William Shakespeare ______ 3 Qian Xueshen ______ 4 Thomas Edison ______ 5 Nelson Mandela ______ 6 Peter Tchaikovsky _______ a Chinese, the pioneer of China’s space technology programme b South African, a fighter for the rights of black Africans all his life c American ， createdover1000 inventions d Italian ， one of the first Europeans to discover America e Russian, a composer of classical music f English, a great writer of English literature d f a c b e

Make a new dialogue A: In the six great men, who do you admire most? B: I admire … most. A: Why do you think he is the greatest person? B: Because he made us enjoy the beauty of literature. /gave black people rights. /made China stronger. … What about you? A: I admire…. …

Who else do you think is a great person? Why? Do you want to be a great man? What kind of person do you want to be? What should you do now?

1.Who does Eddie think is the greatest person in the world? 2.Does Hobo know who Paul Yum is? 3.Who is Paul Yum? Listen and answer Listen and answer

1.Who does Eddie think is the greatest person in the world? 2.Does Hobo know who Paul Yum is? 3.Who is Paul Yum? Paul Yum. No, he doesn’t. He is the person who invented Eddie’s favourite food. Answer the questions

Read and act

Complete the sentences 1.Columbus is the first _________ ( 探险家 ) in Europe to discover America. 2.Mandela is a _____( 斗士 ) for the rights of black Africans. 3.Many young students don’t like ______ ( 古典的 ) music. 4.Chinese people ___________ ( 发明 ) paper. 5.He was the ________ ( 先锋 ) of China’s space technology programme. 6. He had thousands of _______( 发明 ) all his life, so he was the greatest _______ ( 发明家 )in history. fighter explorer classical invented pioneer inventions inventor

1.Bell _________ the telephone in Marie Curie ___________ radium in the laboratory in Shakespeare _________ many characters. 4. The boy ________ his lost dog at last. 5. The teacher wanted to ___________ who had broken the door. 6. Edison didn’t ___________ electricity, but _________ the light bulb. find, find out, invent, discover, create invented discovered created found find out discover invented

Homework Remember the words and expressions. Recite the conversation between Eddie and Hobo. Write something about a famous person. Preview Reading.