Unit 2 Inspiring People Section A (1a～2d) 学案 2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 2 Inspiring People — Section A (1a~2d) 学案

人教版九年级上册  2026-2027学年

学习目标

掌握admire, creative, courage, discovery, drop out, spread, pioneer等词汇。

能听懂1a-2d关于榜样人物的对话，获取人物、职业、成就和敬佩原因。

能使用Who do you admire? I admire... because...表达敬佩的人物及理由。

能理解中外榜样人物的成就和精神品质，树立向榜样学习的意识。

板块一：课前预习 Pre-class Preview

❶ 词汇预习表

词汇/短语	中文释义	课件语境/用法
admire	钦佩；赞赏	Who do you admire? / admire sb. for sth.
discovery	发现	make many important discoveries
drop out of school	辍学	dropped out of school at an early age
spread	传播；扩散	stop the spread of diseases
pioneer	先驱；开拓者	a pioneer of computer science
do research on	研究……	do research on farming
play a big part in	发挥重要作用	played a big part in reviewing the Chinese calendar

❷ 话题预测

请写出你知道的三位鼓舞人心的人物，并写出他们的领域。

1. ____________________  Field: ____________________

2. ____________________  Field: ____________________

3. ____________________  Field: ____________________

板块二：课堂探究 Class Exploration

❶ Look and share

1. Who do you see in this picture?

I see ________________________________________________________________.

2. Do you know any of these people's stories?

I know the story of ____________________. He/She ____________________.

3. What do these people have in common?

They are ____________________, ____________________ and ____________________.

❷ 1a Match the people with their professions（完整任务）

People: Yuan Longping / Marie Curie / Sima Qian / Michael Faraday

Professions: scientist ________  physicist ________  historian ________  chemist ________

❸ 1b Listen and match（完整任务）

Listen to the conversations. Match the speakers with the people they admire.

1. Yaming ________

2. Peter ________

3. Fu Xing's father ________

4. Emma's grandma ________

5. Ms Gao ________

❹ 1c Listen again and complete the notes（完整任务）

Person	Notes
Yuan Longping 袁隆平	developed a new kind of rice and helped __________ hunger; trained people to ______________ on farming
Michael Faraday 迈克尔·法拉第	did research in physics and chemistry even though he didn't _________ a formal education; dropped out of school at an early age, but he found ____________ to study
Sima Qian 司马迁	was the ________ of the book Shiji; played ___________ in reviewing the Chinese calendar at that time
Marie Curie 玛丽·居里	made many important discoveries in __________ and chemistry; won _________ Nobel Prizes

❺ Role-playing 1（完整对话）

Ms Gao: Class, who do you admire the most? Yes, Yaming?

Yaming: I really admire Yuan Longping. It was great of him to develop a new kind of rice and help reduce hunger.

Ms Gao: That's great! Yuan Longping also trained many people to do research on farming in China and other parts of the world. Who else inspires you? Yes, Peter?

Peter: I admire Michael Faraday very much. It was amazing that he did scientific research in physics and chemistry even though he didn't receive a formal education.

Ms Gao: Yes, Michael Faraday dropped out of school at an early age, but he found every chance to study and became a great scientist. Thanks!

❻ Role-playing 2（完整对话）

Ms Gao: Who do your parents or grandparents admire? Do you know, Fu Xing?

Fu Xing: Yes, Ms Gao. My father loves history. He admires Sima Qian.

Ms Gao: Ah yes, the writer of the book Shiji (Records of the Historian). He also played a big part in reviewing the Chinese calendar at that time.

Fu Xing: Oh, I didn't know that. But I know he was the kind of person who never gave up.

Ms Gao: Right. It's always important to keep going in life. What about you, Emma?

Emma: My grandma told me about Marie Curie, a great scientist. She made many important discoveries in physics and chemistry.

Ms Gao: Yes. I admire Madame Curie too! It was difficult for women to do that kind of work back in those days. And she won two Nobel Prizes!

❼ 1d Talk about who you admire

A: Who do you admire?

B: I admire ____________________ because ____________________.

A: I think ____________________ is great / inspiring because ____________________.

Dialogue sample 1: A: Who do you admire? B: I admire Yuan Longping because he worked his whole life to develop hybrid rice. He helped feed billions of people in China and around the world. A: I think he is inspiring because he never gave up even when his research faced many difficulties.

Dialogue sample 2: A: Who do you admire? B: I admire Marie Curie because she was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields. Her work on radioactivity changed science forever. A: I think she is great because she kept studying and discovering new things, even when people didn't believe in her.

❽ 2a Match the people with their achievements（完整任务）

1. ________ was an important engineer in the 19th century.

2. ________ volunteered as a nurse to help the wounded soldiers.

3. ________ made important discoveries in physics.

4. ________ created a test to see if a computer could really think like a person.

People: Isambard Brunel / Florence Nightingale / Alan Turing / Isaac Newton

❾ 2b Listen and write names（完整任务）

Listen to the conversation. Who does each family member admire?

1. Dad: ________.