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(共24張PPT)
Using Language—Listening and Speaking
Unit 1
People of achievement
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
1.listen for general ideas and specific information and listen for reasons；
2.learn how to give time to think in conversation.
3.talk about greatness and achievements.
Do you know these people
Who are they
Pre-listening
Florence Nightingale
Zhong Nanshan
Alexander Fleming
Tu Youyou
Wu Mengchao
1 Alexander Fleming
2 Florence Nightingale
3 Wu Mengchao
4 Zhong Nanshan
5 Tu Youyou
Match the people with their achievements. Then share with a partner what you know about the people and their achievements.
A contributed to a new treatment for malaria
B discovered penicillin
C founded modern nursing
D performed operations well into his 90s
E managed the SARS outbreak
Skills: Read and guess before listening.
Listen to the conversation. Who does each speaker admire Tick the correct boxes in the table below.
Dr Wang Wang Le Anna Smith
Alexander Fleming
Zhong Nanshan
Florence Nightingale
Wu Mengchao
Tu Youyou
Dr Wang
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√
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While-listening
Listen for reasons
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 link can be inferred.
Strategy
vt. 推斷;推定
Listen again and answer the questions below. Your can discuss them with a partner.
1. Why did Anna meet Wang Le at her home
2. Why did Dr Wang decide to become a doctor
3. What kind of person does Wang Le admire Why
4. What advice did Dr Wang give Do you agree with him Give your reasons.
1. Why did Anna meet Wang Le at her home
Because they’re doing a career-planning project together.
2. Why did Dr Wang decide to become a doctor
Because he was always wanted to do great things and help people.
3. What kind of person does Wang Le admire Why
She really admires people like Tu Youyou because her research led to the discovery of artemisinin.
4. What advice did Dr Wang give Do you agree with him Give your reasons.
Dr Wang advises that when you are young, it is very important to find out what really interests you. Also, never lose interest in it when it seems a bit too hard for you. I agree with him because great people challenge themselves to solve difficult problems. It helps them reach their goals and achieve great things.
1. What type of writing is this text
How does the writer develop the text
P9 3
·It's a biography.
·According to the timeline.
Born in Germany
1879
1896
1955
1933
Failed to enter university
1895
Entered university
Graduated from university
1900
Took a job
as a clerk in the Swiss patent office
1902
1905
Entered research full-time at a university
1909
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
1922
Fled
Germany
Passed away
Read the text and complete the timeline. Then introduce Einstein's life story and achievements in your own words.
Make a timeline
Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.
P8 1
Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers
Learn about the structure
Brief introduction (Para.1)
Life experience (Para. 2~4)
Appearance & personality (Para.5)
Great loss (Para.6)
Maybe you can know more about him after reading the passage.
Read the title. What do you expect to read from the text
THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE
改變了我們對宇宙認知的人
Who
How
What kind of person
Scan the passage and answer the questions.
1. What's the main idea of the text
2.Match the main idea with each paragraph.
The text mainly talks about Einstein’s life story and achievements.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
A. Work experience
B. Death
C. General introduction
D. Early life/Education
E. His odd look and anecdotes(軼事)
F. His turbulent mid-life
Can you divide them into three parts
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 3
General introduction (contributions & qualiries)
His life story & achievements
Appearance&Personality
Death
Read the text and complete the timeline.
Born in Germany
1879
1896
1955
1933
1895
Failed to enter university
Entered university
1900
Graduated from university
1902
Took a job
as a clerk in the Swiss patent office
1905
Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers
1909
Entered research
full-time at a university
1922
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
Fled
Germany
Passed away
How does the writer develop the text
It develops chronologically/in time order.
While-reading: study the language features
The text mainly talks about Albert Einstein’s _________ and ______________.
What’s the genre of the text
A. Exposition說明文
B. Biography傳記
C. Argumentation議論文
D. Practical writing應(yīng)用文
life story
achievements
Expressions:
Expressions:
describing appearance
showing personality
slightly odd-looking, kind, funny
despite his peculiarities,...
have a thick moustache and long white hair
Although..., he sometimes forgot things...
...he helped a little girl... her homework
... often encountered..
“...Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein!”
Rhetorical device
Analogy
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Euphemism
as the new Issac Newton
the doors of academic institutions
as though he had just recieved an electric shock
(hair) stood on end
passed away
Function Expression
Showing personality
Although…, he sometimes forgot things…
…h(huán)e helped a little girl…h(huán)er homework
…often encountered …
“…Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein!”
forgetable
affable
popular&famous
humorous
Find the example sentences of these rhetorical devices(修辭手法) in the passage.
Analogy類比 a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features (即把A比作B)
Metaphor隱喻 compares two things that are unrelated, but which is similar in some way (比較兩件不相關(guān)但在某些方面相似的事情)
Simile明喻 compares two things by using words such as “l(fā)ike” or “as” 用“l(fā)ike”或“as”等詞來比較兩件事
Personification 擬人 a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes
賦予一個事物、想法或動物人類的屬性
Euphemism 委婉語 use indirect word(s) to refer to sth. embarrassing or unpleasant (用委婉的詞代替一些令人尷尬/不快的東西)
3.Find the example sentences of these rhetorical devices(修辭手法) in the passage.
Rhetorical device
Analogy
as the new Issac Newton
Metaphor
the doors of acdemic institutions
Simile
as though he had just received an electric shock
Personification
(hair)stood on end
Euphemism
passed away
Analogy 類比 Metaphor 隱喻 Simile 明喻
Personification 擬人 Euphemism 委婉語
Life experience
( growth process and study experience)
Appearance and personality
Impressive stories
Great loss .
.
Brief introduction (Achievements of Einstein)
Einstein's achievements and life story
Write an introduction about someone you admire.
1. choose the person you are going to write about.
2. Make a list of things that need to be included.
3. Use your notes to write about your introduction.
4. Sum up how you feel about this person.

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