初中英语山东版七年级下--Unit 5-A

Unit 5 When was he born?
[00:07.82]Section A
[00:09.40]Language Goal:Talk about famous people
[00:15.08]1a Make a list of international sports stars
[00:20.21]you know.
[00:21.81]1b  Listen and write year the sports star
[00:25.34]was born under each photo.
[00:28.80]Conversation 1
[00:32.31]Who's that?That's Deng Yaping.
[00:35.15]She's is a great Chinese ping-pong player.
[00:37.74]When was she born?She was born in 1973.
[00:42.93]Conversation 2
[00:46.07]Who's that.That'Michale Jordan.
[00:48.73]He's a great Amierca basketball player.
[00:51.58]When was he born?He was born in 1963.
[00:56.80]Conversation 3
[00:59.83]Who's that?That's Martina Hingisl.
[01:02.80]She a great Swiss¹ tennis player.
[01:04.82]When was she bord.She was born in 1980.
[01:10.17]Conversation 4
[01:13.53]Who's that?That's Davis Beckham,
[01:16.63]He's a great British soccer player.
[01:18.96]When was he born?He was born in 1975.
[01:24.58]1c  PAIRWORK
[01:28.20]Practice the conversation about Deng yaping
[01:31.12]below.
[01:32.77]Then make conversations about the other sports
[01:35.61]stars.
[01:37.00]Who's that?
[01:38.77]That's Deng Yaping.
[01:40.61]She is a great Chinese ping-pong player.
[01:44.27]When was she born?
[01:46.47]She was born in 1973.
[01:51.14]2a  Listen and fill in the "How long" column²
[01:54.71]in the chart.
[01:56.33]Who's that?Charles Smith.
[01:59.03]He holds the world record for hiccupping.
[02:01.98]He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.
[02:05.21]When did he start hiccupping?
[02:07.44]He started hiccupping in 1922.
[02:10.49]And when did he stop?He stopped in 1990.
[02:14.88]How could he hiccup³ for that long?I don't know.
[02:19.07]Oh,look,this is Donna Green.
[02:22.08]What's she famous for?Sneezing.
[02:24.70]She sneezed for 978 days.
[02:28.41]Really?When did she start sneezing?
[02:31.87]Let's see.It says she started sneezing
[02:35.71]on January 13,1981,
[02:40.00]and she sneezed until September 16,1983.
[02:44.57]Wow!That's a long time.
[02:47.89]2b  Listen again and fill in the "Started" and
[02:52.78]"Stopped" columns⁴ in the chart above.
[02:56.69]2c PAIRWORK
[02:59.36]Fill in the blanks with information from the
[03:02.35]chart in activity 2a.
[03:05.49]Practice the conversation with a partner.
[03:09.53]Then have the same kind of conversation about
[03:12.52]Donna Green.
[03:14.77]Grammar Focus⁵
[03:16.74]When was he born?
[03:18.79]He was born in 1895.
[03:22.33]How long did he hiccup?
[03:24.81]He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.
[03:29.84]When did he start hiccupping?
[03:32.94]He started hiccupping in 1922.
[03:37.35]3a  PAIRWORK
[03:40.28]Student A,read this article and fill in as
[03:44.06]many blanks as you can in the chart.
[03:47.96]Student B,go to page 69.
[03:52.55]You are never too young to start doing things.
[03:55.38]For example,Tiger Woods stares golfing when
[03:58.50]he was only was four year old.
[04:00.89]Mozart startes writing music
[04:02.51]when he was four years old.
[04:04.75]And Ronaldo,the great Brzailian soccer player,
[04:07.87]played for his national team
[04:09.37]when her was seventeen.
[04:11.53]3b  Now exchange information with your partner
[04:16.82]and fill in the chart.
[04:19.57]Who is Shirley Temple?
[04:22.23]She's a movie star.
[04:24.35]When did she become a movie star?
[04:27.50]When she was three years old.
[04:30.90]4a INTERVIEW
[04:33.86]How old were you when...
[04:37.78]How old were you when you started doing 
[04:41.02]the things below?
[04:43.24]Interview your classmates and fill in the chart.
[04:48.70]Name
[04:50.67]Achievement
[04:52.72]learned⁶ to ride a bicycle
[04:55.91]started learning⁷ English
[04:58.44]started playing a sport
[05:01.34]first went to a movie
[05:04.23]first had a party
[05:06.70]Age
[05:08.28]More information
[05:11.57]4b  Tell your classmates what you learned about
[05:16.05]one student.
[05:18.22]Selina started things early.
[05:21.67]She went to her first movie when she was three
[05:25.50]years old!
[05:27.30]It was a comedy called...
[05:28.93]

1 Swiss   

adj.瑞士的；瑞士人的

参考例句：

• The Swiss I know all are clever.我认识的瑞士人都很聪明。
• Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.现今瑞士的手表在世界各地出售。

2 column   

n.列，柱形图；专栏；圆柱；纵队

参考例句：

• I often read his column in the local paper.我经常在当地的报纸上看到他的专栏文章。
• A column of soldiers marched down the highway.一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进。

3 hiccup   

n.打嗝

参考例句：

• When you have to hiccup,drink a glass of cold water.当你不得不打嗝时，喝一杯冷水就好了。
• How long did he hiccup?他打嗝打了多久？

4 columns   

n.柱( column的名词复数 )；纵队；栏；（舰队的）纵列

参考例句：

• The temple is supported by marble columns. 这座庙宇由大理石柱支撑。
• There are two columns on each page of this dictionary. 这本词典每一页有两栏。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。