1、Unit 1 People of AchievementUsing Language(1)年年 级：高级：高二二 学学 科：英语（人教版）科：英语（人教版）In this class,you will1.practise listening for gist,opinions,and reasons through a conversation in English about people of achievement;2.practise using language fillers to make natural conversations;3.state your understand
2、ing and opinions of great people.Learning Objectives What makes great people?Most great people are talented and hard-working.Many are perfectionists who are unwilling to accept anything but the best.Both talent and effort are important.If a person doesnt have some talent,it is possible that even tho
3、ugh he or she works hard,it will be difficult to succeed.Review What personal qualities do great people have?generous;considerate;selfless;strong-willed;ReviewPage 6-7Using Language Look at the pictures.Do you know these people?Who are they?Warm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know these people?Who a
4、re they?Elon MuskWarm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know these people?Who are they?Bill GatesWarm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know these people?Who are they?Jack Ma(Ma Yun)Warm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know these people?Who are they?Alexander FlemingWarm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know
5、 these people?Who are they?Florence NightingaleWarm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know these people?Who are they?Zhong NanshanWarm-up Look at the pictures.Do you know their achievements?Warm-up Match the people with their achievements.（创立创立）Activity 1 Match the people with their achievements.Then l
6、isten to a conversation between Dr Wang,his daughter Wang Lin,and his daughters friend Anna,and check your answers.（创立创立）Activity 1Listen and Check1.Elon Musk founded high-tech and futuristic companiesAS:Hi,Dr Wang!Hi,Wang Lin!Did you hear?Elon Musks company just launched another rocket.DW:Elon Musk
7、?Whos he?AS:Hes the guy who founded a private space company,and also some other companies.The companies he founds are all really high-tech and futuristic.Hes made millions of dollars.2.Bill Gates made home computing accessibleAS:Yes,exactly!And Dr Wang,I think you misunderstood me just now.I agree w
8、ith you.I like those people because they have worked so hard to achieve their goals and have positive contributions to society.Its not just due to how much money they make,and Bill Gates has given us home computers.I think we need more creative people like them.Listen and Check3.Jack MaWL:Well,dont
9、forget Jack Mas contribution.Without him,I wouldnt find it easy to shop online!made great advancement in online shoppingListen and Check4.Alexander FlemingDW:Well,you two,its great that theyve been able to become so successful and make all that money,but money isnt everything.Just look at people lik
10、e Alexander Fleming,who discovered penicillin discovered penicillin(青霉素)Listen and Check5.Florence NightingaleDW:and Florence Nightingale,the founder of modern nursing founder of modern nursingListen and Check6.Zhong NanshanDW:and my own personal hero,Dr Zhong Nanshan,who managed the SARS outbreak m
11、anaged the SARS outbreakListen and Check Match the people with their achievements.Then listen to a conversation between Dr Wang,his daughter Wang Lin,and his daughters friend Anna,and check your answers.Activity 1 Listen to the conversation again.Who does each speaker admire?Tick in the table below.
12、Activity 2 Who does Dr Wang admire?Activity 2 Who does Dr Wang admire?Activity 2 Who does Wang Lin admire?Activity 2 Who does Wang Lin admire?Activity 2 Who does Wang Lin admire?Activity 2 Who does Anna Smith admire?Activity 2 Who does Anna Smith admire?Activity 2 Listen to the conversation again.Wh
13、o does each speaker admire?Tick in the table below.Activity 2Activity 3 Listen again and answer the questions.1.Why does Dr Wang say“money isnt everything”?2.What is the real reason Anna admires the famous people,and what examples does she give?3.What kind of person do you think Wang Lin admires?Why
14、?Listen for reasons Listen again and answer the questions.When people give their opinions or decisions on a matter,they often give reasons for them.Sometimes,the reason is introduced by words such as because or due to.At other times,the reason is given right after the opinion or decision,and the lin
15、k can be inferred（推断推断）.Listen for reasonsActivity 3 Listen again and answer the questions.1.Why does Dr Wang say“money isnt everything”?2.What is the real reason Anna admires the famous people,and what examples does she give?3.What kind of person do you think Wang Lin admires?Why?Listen for reasons
16、Activity 3 Listen again and answer the questions.1.Why does Dr Wang say“money isnt everything”?Because he doesnt believe that money alone is a true measure of success.Activity 3 Listen again and answer the questions.2.What is the real reason Anna admires the famous people,and what examples does she
17、give?Because they have worked so hard to achieve their goals and have positive contributions to society.She mentions Elon Musk and Bill Gates.Activity 3 Listen again and answer the questions.3.What kind of person do you think Wang Lin admires?Why?She admires people that do good things and inspire he
18、r,because she mentions these two things when she talks about how wonderful her father is.Activity 3 Brainstorm the names of some great people and write them in the table below.Albert Einstein;Christopher Columbus;Martin Luther King,Jr.;Thomas Edison;Activity 4 Discuss what makes these people great.T
19、ry to use the following language fillers to give yourself time to think.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S1:To me,Bill Gates is a great man.S2:Why do you think that?S1:Well,I guess,because hes one of the worlds most successful businessmen.You see,almost everyone uses his products on
20、their computers.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S2:Let me think about that for a moment.I guess thats true,but I dont think that makes him great.When Gates started out,there were many other computer systems that were just as good or better than Windows.He didnt invent something comp
21、letely new.He was just lucky.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S1:Well,er,maybe luck had something to do with it,but great people make their own luck because theyre clever and work hard.S2:I dont really think thats true.A lot of clever people work hard and never have good luck.S1:Then
22、 who do you think is great?Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S2:Thomas Edison,because he had so many inventions that helped mankind.The light bulb,the record player,films The world we live in now is a world that Edison made for us.Without his original ideas,we would not have much of t
23、he modern technology we have today.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S1:Im not sure that his ideas were really that original.For example,Edison didnt really invent the light bulb.Rather,he invented the first successful light bulb.The idea for the light bulb had been around for a long
24、time,but because Edison worked harder,he was able to succeed where many people had failed.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S2:Hang on a second.I believe that Edisons inventions have helped far more people than Bill Gatess.S1:I simply disagree.S3:You know,I think that I have to disagr
25、ee with both of you.The greatest person I know of is John Watson.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S1:Really?Whos he?Ive never heard of him.S3:How shall I put this?Hes just a regular guy.One night he was taking his dog for a walk when he saw a house on fire.A woman was standing outsid
26、e the house screaming because her two kids were trapped inside and were going to burn to death Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S3:John didnt even think twice but just ran into the burning house to look for them.He found both kids upstairs in their bedroom,hiding in a closet.He took
27、them one by one,and dropped them out of the window to safety.But the fire became too strong,so he wasnt able to make it out himself.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.S2:Wow!He gave up his own life to save others.What a brave man!Well,I guess you dont have to be famous to be great.S1:I guess not.Activity 5 Discuss what makes these people great.Try to use the following language fillers to give yourself time to think.Activity 5 Try to draw conclusions about the meaning of greatness.The following expressions may help you.(P7)HomeworkThank You
