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Unit 5 Lesson 3
第3课时
六年级
WORDS
Word Learning
scientist
Word Learning
America
Word Learning
blind
SENTENCES
Who is that man?
He is Newton.
Sentence Learning
Where was he born?
He was born in England.
Sentence Learning
Why is he famous?
He was the first person to find out why apples fall from trees.
Sentence Learning
Is he your favourite famous person?
Yes, he is.
Sentence Learning
Who is that woman?
She is Helen Keller.
Where was she born?
She was born in America.
What did she do?
She wrote many books.
A Let’s read.
1. Look at the pictures. Who are they?
Helen Keller was born in America in 1880. When she was very young, she got very sick. After that, she could not hear, speak or see. Helen worked very hard. she learned how to read, write and talk. When she was 20,she went to university. She is famous for writing many books and helping the deaf and blind.
Isaac Newton was a famous scientist. He was born in England in 1643. When he was a child, he was very quiet. He was always thinking about things. One day he was reading a book under an apple tree. He saw an apple fall from the tree. He thought, “ Why do apples fall? What makes them fall?” He was the first person to find out why.
Ouch! I don’t like falling apples!
They are Helen Keller and Isaac Newton.
name country job Why is she/he famous?
Helen Keller America writer She is famous for writing many book and helping the deaf and blind.
Issac Newton England scientist He was the first person to find out why apples fall.
Passage 1: Helen Keller Passage 2: Isaac Newton
2. Fill in the chart.
3. Give a title for each passage.
book
apples
B Let’s play.
Choose a famous person from Part B and write about him/her.
C Let’s write.
Let’s Check
A Listen and match.
Many years ago, there was a young girl called Marie. She loved studying. She did not care what was happening around her.
One day, Marie was studying very hard. Her sister wanted to play with her. She danced, sang and played jokes behind Marie, but Marie just studied.
Marie’s sister then put some chairs around Marie. If Marie moved, the chairs would fall over. Marie sat and read a whole book, but the chairs did not move.
Marie’s full name was Marie Curie. She became a very famous scientist when she grew up.
B Let’s read.
Answer the questions.
1.What was Marie’s full name?
1.Marie Curie.
2.What did she like to do when she was a little girl?
2.She liked to study.
3.What did she do when her sister played jokes behind her?
3.She just studied.
4.What did she do when she grew up?
4.She became a very famous scientist.
5.What do you learn from the story?
5.When we study, we shouldn’t care what is happening around us.
C Let’s talk.
D Let’s write.
structures vocabulary
Why is he/she famous?
He/She is famous for... inventor, artist, scientist, poet writer, American, French, Danish, poem, paint, invention, invent, study, story
Checkpoint
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books. When she started writing, some people said the books were bad. Twelve companies said they didn’t want them, but she didn’t stop writing. Later, she sold 11 million books in one day!
Story Time
A Let’s read.
It is impossible to live without failing at something...
——J.K. Rowling
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is one of the most famous basketball players in the world. When he first went to his high school, he couldn’t play on the school team. They said he was too short! Later, he said that not getting on the team was good. It made him work harder and become a better player.
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. ... I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
——Michael Jordan
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was not a good student at school. He couldn’t hear very well and was too active. His teacher didn’t like him and said that he was too stupid to learn. He only went to school for three months! He went home and studied with his mother.At last, he became a famous inventor, interesting more than 1,000 things.
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that do not work.
Ludwig van Beethoven
When Beethoven was young,he was not very good at music. His teachers thought that he would never be successful. Beethoven’s father did not agree. He became his son’s teacher, and Beethoven became a famous composer, or writer of music. There is something else special, too. He wrote some of his music when he was completely deaf!
Beethoven can write music because he can’t do anything else!
name job story
J.K. Rowling inventor someone said he would never
be successful
Michael Jordan writer someone said he was stupid
Thomas Edison composer someone said he was too short
Ludwig van Beethoven basketball player someone said her books were bad
B Match the people to their jobs and their stories.
C Retell one of
the stories.
1. Review Lesson 3.
2. Write a short passage about a famous person.
Homework
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