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Using language:
Explore the meaning of greatness
(Listening & Speaking)
UNIT 1 People of Achievement
Teaching Objectives
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
use the strategies for noting down key words to acquire the opinions of speakers’ view of great people and the reasons of admiration by a conversation about people of achievement;
realize the importance of language fillers ;
apply language fillers to express their understanding and ideas to talk about great people.
Review
What personal qualities do great people have?
Hard-working
Committed
Patient
Selfless
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Pre-listening
Look at the pictures
Do you know these people? Who are they?
Zhong Nanshan
Jack Ma (Ma Yun)
Elon Musk
Bill Gates
Alexander Fleming
Florence Nightingale
Pre-listening
Look at the pictures
Do you know their achievements?
Activity 1
1 Match the people with their achievements. Then listen to a conversation between Dr Wang, his daughter Wang Lin, and his daughter’s friend Anna, and check your answers.
1 Elon Musk
2 Bill Gates
3 Jack Ma (Ma Yun)
4 Alexander Fleming
5 Florence Nightingale
6 Zhong Nanshan
A founder of modern nursing
B founded high-tech and futuristic companies
C managed the SARS outbreak
D made great advancement in online shopping
E made home computing accessible
F discovered penicillin
创始人 ,创始
合于未来的
青霉素,盘尼西林
爆发
进步
易得到的
Activity 2
Listen to the conversation again. Who does each speaker admire? Tick in the table below.
Dr Wang Wang Lin Anna Smith
Elon Musk
Bill Gates
Jack Ma
Zhong Nanshan
Florence Nightingale
Alexander Fleming
Dr Wang
TIPS
1.Focus on whether the speaker’s attitude towards them is positive or negative.
2.Pay attention to the adjectives used by the speakers.
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Activity 3
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Why does Dr Wang say “money isn’t 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?
TIPS