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Unit 3
江苏省仪征中学 赵春慧
Biography (传记)
Biographical article
a book or an article of a person’s life written by somebody else.
Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California to Joanne Simpson and a Syrian father. In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino. In 1976, Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple Computer in the Jobs family garage. The first personal computer was sold for $666.66. By 1980, Apple had already released three improved versions of the personal computer. In 2004, Jobs was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his pancreas, which was successfully treated. Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011 and subsequently assumed the role of Chairman of the Board. On October 5, 2011, Jobs passed away, which is a great loss to the world.
Task
Writing a biographical article
Step 1: finding a speaker for your school
Requirements for speaker:
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 _________.
A. Your headmaster has asked you to help find a person to speak to your schoolmates.
35
helpful
English
Nanjing
Skills building 1: listening for numbers
Requirements for speaker:
5 Available between ______ May and 10 June.
6 Able to speak from two o’clock 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.
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two
friendly
Wanted !
Exciting Speaker (1) ____________________is looking
for an exciting person to give a talk
at our school in May or (2)________.
Have you achieved You must be (3) ____to 35 years of
something exciting age and live in (4)___________.
or important?
The speaker we expect should:
Do you want t