1、Unit 3writing a biographical article1. How old are you?2. Which floor are you on at school?3. What is the date today?4. How old is your father? Work in pairs and discuss some simple questions:Skills building 1: Listening for numbers1. Kinds of figures Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers Plural form of

2、numbersCardinal numbers Ordinal numbers one two three five eight seventeen forty ninety two first (1st) second (2nd) third (3rd) fifth (5th) eighth (8th) seventeenth (17th) fortieth (40th) ninety second (92nd)(1) Cardinal and Ordinal numbers: in the twenties in the thirties in the forties in the fif

3、ties in his sixties in her seventies in the 20s (20s) in the 30s (30s) in the 40s (40s) in the 50s (50s) in his 60s (60s) in her 70s (70s)(2) Plural form:注意：When we talk about the date or when we want to talk about something in order, we use ordinal numbers.當(dāng)我們談?wù)撊掌诨虍?dāng)我們按順序談?wù)撌虑闀r(shí)，我們使用序數(shù)詞。Revision & Lea

4、d-in How to read cardinal numbersIn 1992, the population of Shanghai was 1,12, 835, 432.We use “thousand”We use “million”one billion, twelve million, eight hundred and thirty-five thousand, four hundred and thirty-two.ninteen ninety two We use “billion”in 1803in 1985,in 1949,in 2000,in 2008,in 2009I

5、n eighteen-o- threein nineteen eighty fivein nineteen forty ninein two thousandin two thousand and eightin two thousand and nine1341,94923,8762,234,5671,234,567,890one hundred and thirty-fourone thousand, nine hundred and forty-ninetwenty three thousand, eight hundred and seventy-sixtwo million, two

6、 hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-sevenone billion, two hundred and thirty-four million, five hundred and sixty-seven thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nineTranslation1. 大約二十五個(gè)學(xué)生 2. 第四個(gè)房間3. 在他三十幾歲時(shí) 4. 1998年7月19日5. 一件六十多元的襯衫 6. 在八點(diǎn)鐘左右7. 51,070 8. 十六點(diǎn)二十三分9. 在19世紀(jì)六十年代10. 八十九萬零四

7、百一十五Modifier of numbersWe can use certain words and phrases to express an approximate number or to modify a number. about, or so, around, more than, over, less than, under, below, at most, at least, more or less Figures can refer to age Susan will be 16 next month.date Tom was born on 17 December 19

8、88.percentage Anna scored 90 per cent in her English test.price Susan bought a T-shirt for $ 20.street number Ye Ping lives at 798 Jiangsu Road.time Ivy is playing tennis at six oclock this evening.Listen to an interview to Steve Fossett and fill in the numbers.In 2002, Steve Fossett became the _ pe

9、rson to fly around the world alone in a balloon without stopping. He had to try _ times before he finally succeeded. Steve was in his late _ when he circled the world in a balloon. He set _ world records in his life. In 2004, he and his teamfirstsixfifties116set a world record by sailing around the

10、world in _ days. sadly, in _, he was flying a plane alone when the plane disappeared. the plane and his body were not discovered until one year later.200758Step 1: finding a speaker for your schoolA Your headmaster has asked you to help find a person to speak to your schoolmates. Listen to his requi

11、rements and fill in the note below.1. Must be older than 18 but younger than _.2. Experience as a speaker would be _.3. Must be able to speak _ and Chinese.4. Must live in or near _.35Requirements for speaker:helpfulEnglish Nanjing5. Available between _ May and 10 June. 6. Able to speak from two ocl

12、ock until _. 7. Prepare a _-hour speech, with an extra half an hour for questions and answers.8. Must be _ and happy to spend time talking to students.20fourtwofriendlyPart B: (your school name)June18NanjingEnglishChinese friendly1. What is a CV? A CV is an introduction of your work skills and educa

13、tion.2. When is a CV used? When you want to get a job, your CV will be presented to the employer. So a CV is very important if you want to get a job.Skills building 2: Reading a CVIdentification: name, address, contact informationObjective: the job you want to getEducation: the most recent school co

14、mes first, the names of the schools and graduation dates A CV includes:Experience: your past jobs, company names, location and position held for past jobsReferences: names of the persons who once worked or studied together with you and their contact informationOther: honours you have got, hobbies an

15、d interestsStep 2: introducing a speakerTell the Ss: Western people usually use Mandarin instead of Putonghua when referring to the Chinese language. Take notes from the CV individually, and then check the answers with the whole class.Ask Ss:Do you think the person is fit for the principals requirem

16、ents? Why?introducing a speaker1. Name: _2. Home: _ _3. Male/Female: _4. Age:_5. Language spoken: _ _Gao JianFemale29flat D, 9407 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, ChinaChinese (native); English (fluent)6. Experience: _ _ _ _ _2009-2010Travelled around the world giving speeches and introducing Chinese cultur

17、e_2008Started a school to help students get accepted to study-abroad programmes2004-2008 Worked as an English teacher in a college1995-1996 Lived in Australia7. Achievement (s): _ _ 8. Interests: _ start a school; a college teacher for years travel and adventure A biographical article Introduction2.

18、 Body3. ConclusionSkills building 3: organizing informationAn interesting opening about who you are going to write about and why you are writing about him/her. Introduction Details about the person and use one main idea/theme per paragraph (what he/she did; what he/she said, his/her opinions, the fa

19、cts, the statistics, etc.)2. BodyA surprising or interesting concussion if possible. 3. ConclusionRead these notes about Dian Fossey. Write I for introduction, B for body and C for conclusion in the boxes. Then organize the notes into the best order, writing the correct letters in the blanks.Introdu

20、ction: _Body: _Conclusion: _a b d e h jc gf iorder: _g c e h b a j d i fThe headmaster invited Gao Qian to speak to your schoolmates about her adventures. Write a biographical article about her for your school newspaper.Step 3 Writing a biographical articleWe are going to invite Ms Gao Qian to our s

21、chool to give a speech on the 30th of May. She once lived in Australia and has travelled around the world. She is friendly and outgoing. She knows China and the Chinese culture quite well, and she also knows about the world.Introduction She was born in Yangzhou in1982. In 1995 she went to Australia

22、and lived there for one year. Then she came back to China and studied in Nanjing No.5 High school. She is good at both Chinese and English. She graduated from Peking University in 2004. After graduation, she worked as an English teacher in a college for 4 years.BodyIn 2008, she started a school to h

23、elp poor students get accepted to study-abroad programmes.She likes travel and adventure and has been to different places around the world. She will talk about studying in foreign countries, as many students are thinking about this. We are looking forward to her coming.Conclusion【寫作訓(xùn)練】請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面的提示信息以“A

24、simple man of great achievements”為題用英語寫一篇短文介紹愛因斯坦。 愛因斯坦(Albert Einstein)，20世紀(jì)最偉大的科學(xué)家之一，以“相對(duì)論”聞名。 出生日期：1879年3月14日 出生地：德國(guó) 教育及成就：14歲前自學(xué)高等數(shù)學(xué)；17歲開始在瑞士學(xué)習(xí)；1905年獲博士學(xué)位；1905-1915年從事物理學(xué)方面的研究工作；1921年獲諾貝爾物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng) 喜歡音樂，生活儉樸，淡泊金錢和名譽(yù)注意：1. 詞數(shù)：150左右。2. 可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。3. 參考詞匯：相對(duì)論the theory of relativity 【寫作提示】1. 此類文章屬于人物介紹。一般應(yīng)包括以下內(nèi)容：人物的姓名、性別、籍貫等；人物的出生日期；人物的教育經(jīng)歷等；人物的貢獻(xiàn)等；反映人物本質(zhì)特征的典型事件。結(jié)尾一般總述人物的功績(jī)。2.寫此類文章需注意：所選事跡要典型，具有代表性，以突出其成就；對(duì)人物介紹要真實(shí)、公正、客觀；時(shí)態(tài)的選用一般以過去時(shí)態(tài)為主，同時(shí)根據(jù)需要穿插其他時(shí)態(tài)。 3. 常用表達(dá)： theory, field, a doctors degree, discovery, the Nobel Prize, learn . by oneself, be fond of, lead a . life, be born in . . be consider