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课题
People of Achievement
章节
选择性必修1 U1 Period 4
课型
Listening and Speaking
课时
1
教
学
目
标
By the end of this period, students are expected to be able to:
1. Identify great people and their major achievements.
2. Use listening strategies to get specific information from the conversation.
3. Practise oral expressions for thinking time and discussion.
4. Understand the meaning of greatness and talk about what makes a person great.
重点
1. Enable students to get specific information by listening to the conversation.
2. Help students learn to discuss the qualities of great people and the meaning of greatness.
难点
1. Enable students to catch speakers’ admiration objects through listening and apply listening skills in practice.
2. Enable students to express their opinions about greatness with proper fillers and sentence patterns.
教 学 过 程
Step 1 Lead–in
Teachers ask the following questions:
Q1: Are you familiar with these figures?
Q2: Can you name them?
Show pictures of Florence Nightingale, Zhong Nanshan, Alexander Fleming, Tu Youyou, Wu Mengchao.
Lead-in sentence: Now let's find out more about them!
Step 2 Pre-listening
Task 1 Match the people with their achievements
Ask students to match each person with corresponding achievement, then share what they know about these people with partners.
1 Alexander Fleming A contributed to a new treatment for malaria
2 Florence Nightingale B discovered penicillin
3 Wu Mengchao C founded modern nursing
4 Zhong Nanshan D performed operations well into his 90s
5 Tu Youyou E managed the SARS outbreak
Suggested answers
1‑B 2‑C 3‑D 4‑E 5‑A
Step 3 While-listening
Task2 Listen to the conversation. Who does each speaker admire?
Ask students to listen and tick the correct boxes in the table.
Task3 Listen again and answer the questions. Students can discuss them with a partner.
Why did Anna meet Wang Le at her home?
Why did Dr Wang decide to become a doctor?
What kind of person does Wang Le admire? Why?
What advice did Dr Wang give? Do you agree with him? Give your reasons.
Suggested answers
Because they’re doing a career‑planning project together.
Because he has always wanted to do great things and help people.
She really admires people like Tu Youyou because her research led to the discovery of artemisinin.
Dr Wang advises that when you are young, it is very important to find out what really interests you. Also, never lose interest in it when it seems a bit too hard for you. I agree with him because great people challenge themselves to solve difficult problems. It helps them reach their goals and achieve great things.
听力文本 Listening text
Dr Wang: Hi, Anna, please come in.
Anna Smith: Hi, Dr Wang! Long time no see!
Dr Wang: Yes, so you’re here to see Wang Le?
Anna: Yes, we’re doing a career‑planning project together.
Wang Le: Hi, Anna!
Dr Wang: So I’ll leave you two alone…
Anna Smith: Please don’t go, Dr Wang. Actually, we were planning to interview you. Do you have time now?
Dr Wang: Me?
Wang Le: Yes, Dad. We want to know what made you choose your career as a doctor.
Dr Wang: That’s a good question. Well, long story short, I’ve always wanted to do great things and help people, which might explain why I entered this line of work.
Anna Smith: So were there any people who influenced you?
Dr Wang: Oh, for sure. I would say people like Dr Zhong Nanshan, who managed the SARS outbreak back in 2003, and Dr Wu Mengchao, who performed liver operations well into his 90s.
Anna Smith: So they were like your role models?
Dr Wang: Yes, exactly. I admired them because I saw the greatness in them. You two must have role models too, right?
Wang Le: Yes, that’s right. One of mine is Tu Youyou, whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin. I really admire people like her.
Anna Smith: My personal heroes are Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, and Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Countless lives were saved due to their amazing work.
Dr Wang: Those are certainly some great people. I admire them too.
Anna Smith: So, Dr Wang, what advice do you have for us, the younger generation?
Dr Wang: I think when you are young, it is very important to find out what really interests you. Also, never lose interest in it when it seems a bit too hard for you.
Anna Smith: Thanks, Dr Wang, that’s really good advice! Successful people always push themselves to do difficult things.
Dr Wang: That’s right, Anna. They challenge themselves to solve difficult problems. It helps them reach their goals and achieve great things.
Anna Smith: Yes, exactly! Thank you very much for your time, Dr Wang. You’ve been so helpful!
Wang Le: And by the way, if we’re talking about people who do good things and inspire people—for me, it’s you, Dad…
Step 4 Post‑listening & Speaking
Task4 Brainstorm great people in groups
Students work in groups, think of great people of different categories and fill in the table.
Task5 Discuss what makes these people great. Learn language fillers for thinking time.
Useful fillers(给自己思考时间的口语填充语)
(Er/Oh/Um,) let me see/think ...
Well, er,....
Anyway, ...
Just a moment.
Hang on a second.
May I think about that for a moment?
How can/shall/should I put this/it?
Right./Sure.
Really?
Well, I guess, ...
You see/know, ...
So, ...
I’ve nearly got it, er, ...
Well, it’s on the tip of my tongue.
What I want to say is…
Sample dialogue:
Jack: Bob, what makes these people so great?
Bob: Um, May I think about that for a moment?
Jack: Lucy, what’s your opinion about it?
Lucy: I think it’s the persistence that makes them great just like the father of India, er, ... It’s on the tip of my tongue, but ...
Bob: Gandhi.
Lucy: Right.
Bob: Besides, I guess it’s also their wisdom that keeps them free from the danger till success.
Lucy: What’s more, they work very hard and concern people a lot.
Jack: I totally agree with what you guys said.
Task6 Draw conclusions about the meaning of greatness and report to class
Use the given expressions to organize your ideas and make a class report.
Useful expressions
The greatest person I know of is..., who...
To be great, a person should ...
To me, greatness means ...
—Why do you think that ?
—…
That’s true, but ...
I want to be like_____ because he/she ...
has invented new products
has made great discoveries
serves as a good role model
brings happiness to other people
makes great contributions to society
has achieved financial success
Sentence examples
① The greatest person I know of is Zhong Nanshan, who makes great contributions to society.
② To be great, a person should serve as a good role model.
③ To me, greatness means bringing happiness to other people.
④ —Why do you think that?
—Because great people always think more of others.
⑤ —That’s true, but achieving wealth alone cannot make a person great.
⑥ I want to be like Tu Youyou because she has made great discoveries.
Complete group‑report sample
The greatest person I know of is Zhong Nanshan, who makes great contributions to society. To be great, a person should serve as a good role model. To me, greatness means bringing happiness to other people. Some people have achieved financial success or invented new products, but real greatness lies in devoting ourselves to the public. I want to be like him because he always puts people’s lives first.
Step 5 Summary and homework
Summarize: Review great people’s achievements and the key expressions for discussion.
Homework: Think about one person you admire most, prepare a short oral introduction about him or her.
板书设计
Unit1 People of Achievement
Period4 Listening and Speaking
教学反思
In some activities, individual differences of students may not be fully considered, which may result in some students falling behind the teaching schedule. Teachers should give weaker students more hints and thinking time in group discussion.
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