Unit 2 Section A 3a-3c 课件 2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“激励人心的人物”主题，系统呈现中外榜样人物（如袁隆平、屠呦呦、居里夫人等）的成就与品质，通过词汇学习、对话阅读（3a）、问题匹配等环节，以学习支架形式引导学生从人物认知过渡到语言表达，构建知识脉络。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与语言能力培养，既展现中国榜样的家国情怀，也涵盖外国名人的科学精神，助力学生跨文化理解。通过“ It was + adj. + of sb + to do sth”句型练习和小组演讲（3c），提升语言表达与思维品质，学生在合作中增强学习能力，教师可借助结构化活动高效开展教学。

Inspiring People Unit 2 Section A (3a-3c) Yuan Longping He is the father of hybrid rice. He developed a new kind of rice and helped reduce hunger. He also taught farming skills to people worldwide. It was great of him to help millions of people have enough food. 3 Sima Qian He was a historian and writer. He finished the great history book Shiji and made important work on the ancient Chinese calendar. It was persistent of him to keep writing when he met difficulties. 4 Michael Faraday He was a great British physicist and chemist. He dropped out of school young and had no formal schooling, but he made many great scientific discoveries. It was amazing that he achieved so much with little school education. 5 Marie Curie She was a great female scientist. She made important discoveries and won two Nobel Prizes. It was difficult for women to do top scientific research in her time. 6 Isaac Newton He was a world-famous physicist. He developed modern physics and put forward important scientific laws. It was important for all humans that he built the foundation of modern physics. 7 Isambard Brunel He was a great engineer of the 19th century. He built Britain’s first railways, ships, bridges and tunnels and helped the UK develop into a modern nation. It was creative of him to design so many influential transport projects. 8 Florence Nightingale She created modern nursing. She volunteered to care for wounded soldiers and called for cleaner hospitals to stop disease spread. It was kind of her to push for better medical care for all people. 9 Tu Youyou She is a medical researcher. She discovered artemisinin to cure malaria and saved countless lives around the world. It was admirable of her to spend years researching traditional Chinese medicine. 10 Zhan Tianyou He is a great railway engineer. He designed and built China’s own early railways and solved many difficult construction problems. It was brave of him to build railways with independent Chinese technology. 11 Zheng He He was a famous explorer in ancient China. He led large sea voyages to many foreign countries and promoted cultural and trade communication. It was amazing that he made such long sea travels hundreds of years ago. 12 Famous heroes are great role models, but ordinary people can also be inspiring. Now let’s read a dialogue to see three students’ different role models. Skimming What inspiring people are mentioned in the dialogue? Chen Jie Adam Yaming Read and Match each student with the person they admire most. I.M. Pei Wang Yaping Adam’s father Who does admire? Careful-reading Read and answer the questions. 1. What two buildings of I.M. Pei are mentioned in this dialogue? the Suzhou Museum 2. What makes I.M. Pei's designs so amazing? He created a beautiful balance between the East and the West. the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum / p r m d/ / lu v (r)/ / b l ns/ n.平衡;均衡 Careful-reading Read and answer the questions. 3. What makes Wang Yaping special? She is China’s first woman to walk in space and the first woman to teach a live class from space. 4. What two good qualities does Chen Jie describe Wang Yaping with? She is full of courage and wisdom. 5. Why does Adam look up to his father? / k r d /  n.勇气;胆量 / w zd m/ n.智慧;才智 Careful-reading Read and answer the questions. 3. What makes Wang Yaping special? She is China’s first woman to walk in space and the first woman to teach a live class from space. 4. What two good qualities does Chen Jie describe Wang Yaping with? She is full of courage and wisdom. 5. Why does Adam look up to his father? Because his father always supports and encourages his exchange study here. 3a Read the conversation and complete the chart. the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum and the between the East and the West designed Suzhou Museum created a beautiful balance China’s first woman to and to from space full of walk in space teach a live class courage and wisdom supported and encouraged Adam’s exchange study here Inspiring people Retell according to the chart. Summary 1. Ask the person you admire ① Who is the person you admire the most? ② Who inspires you? ③ Who do you look up to? 2. State the person you admire My favourite person is / My biggest inspiration is . Introduce one’s achievements He designed / She is China’s first woman to . Talk about people’s qualities It is (very/really) + adj. + of sb + to do sth. She is full of Listen to the conversation. Pay attention to the questions the speakers used. Then role-play the conversation. 3b Adam: Hi, everyone. Who is the person you admire the most? Yaming: My favourite person is I.M. Pei. Adam: Did he design the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum? Yaming: Yes. It was very creative of him to design it. The Suzhou Museum is also one of his amazing designs. He created a beautiful balance between the East and the West. Adam: Wow, you really know a lot about him! Yaming: I read books and reports about him. I want to be a creative person like him. Adam: What about you, Chen Jie? Who inspires you? Chen Jie: Wang Yaping, of course, China’s first woman to walk in space. She is full of courage and wisdom. She was also the first woman to teach a live class from space. What about you, Adam? Who do you look up to? Adam: Me? My biggest inspiration is not a famous person. It’s my father. It’s really very nice of him to support and encourage my exchange study here. Work in groups. Discuss who you admire and why. Use the words and expressions to help you. 3c creative brave amazing inspiring full of courage full of wisdom great curiosity dream big never give up Now it's YOUR turn to talk about someone you admire. Use the expressions in the box. 充满勇气 充满智慧 强烈的好奇心 胸怀大志 永不放弃 adj. 勇敢的;无畏的 v. 勇敢面对;经受(困难) I admire Yuan Longping. He is full of wisdom. He worked hard to help people have enough food. He is my inspiration. What about you? Who inspires you? Who is the person you admire the most? My mother. She is very brave. She always tries her best when meeting difficulties. I look up to her very much. And you? Who do you look up to? I admire Tu Youyou. She has great courage. Her discovery helps many sick people. Speaking Work in groups Wang Yaping is the person I truly admire. She was brave enough to fly into space twice. She is China’s first woman to walk outside the space station. She taught a live class from space. She is inspiring because she dared to dream big and never gave up, even when facing difficulties. Speaking I think the couple are inspiring and full of wisdom. They had great curiosity about nuclear physics, dreamed big for our country’s science and never gave up their research work. Attention 1. It was very creative of him to design it. 他能设计出它,真是极具创造力。 2. It’s really very nice of him to support and encourage my exchange study here. 他支持并鼓励我在这里交换学习,实在太好了。 Read and translate the sentences into Chinese. Tip:it为形式主语,真正的主语是后面的动词不定式. Can you give some similar sentences? It + be + 品质形容词 + of sb + to do kind, nice, good, clever, wise, brave, creative, careful, polite, honest, generous, hard‑working, helpful, thoughtful, patient, silly, foolish, careless, rude Now work in groups to prepare our own short speech. Group work 3c Work in groups. Discuss who you admire and why. Use the words and expressions to help you. 4 students a group Content: Write your short speech. Tell who you admire and explain why. Show time: The whole group comes to the front together, and each member shares your own speech in turn. creative brave amazing inspiring full of courage full of wisdom great curiosity  dream big  never give up … Group work My role model story The person I admire the most is . He/She is a/an . He/She once . It was of him/her to . I want to learn from him/her and try my best to in the future. That’s my role‑model story. Group work Possible expressions Show time! Checklist Task Finished Clearly tells who you admire and why Key Sentence Used Correctly uses It was of sb. to do sth. Fluency & Pronunciation Clear pronunciation, smooth speech Group Participation All 4 members take turns to speak Role models guide our way. Learn from them, and become a better you. 榜样指引前路,向榜样学习,成就更好的自己。 Homework Draw a cartoon portrait of your role model and write down three sentences to introduce him or her Must-do Choose-to-do 1. Retell the 3a conversation to your parents 2. Complete your salon speech with the frame we learned in class Language points Point 1 balance n.平衡,均衡,余额,天平;v.(使)保持平衡,权衡 get/achieve a balance between and 在和之间取得平衡 He created a beautiful balance between the (1) n.平衡 a balance between A and B A 与B 之间的平衡 eg: You should try to keep a balance between work and relaxation.你应该尽量保持工作与休闲的平衡。 keep/lose one’s balance 保持/失去平衡 eg: She nearly lost her balance as the bus suddenly moved forward. 公交车突然向前移动,她差点失去平衡。 Point 2 courage n.勇气,胆量,胆识 have the courage to do sth. 有勇气做某事 with courage 勇敢地 She is full of courage and wisdom. take/lose courage 鼓起/丧失勇气 eg: I took the courage to travel by myself. 我鼓起勇气独自旅行。 courage to do sth 做某事的勇气 eg: We all admire his courage to try new things. 我们都钦佩他勇于尝试新事物的勇气。 2) wisdom n. 智慧;学问 拓展:wise adj. 聪明的;明智的 wisely adv. 聪明地;明智地 e.g. Experience is the mother of . 经验是智慧之母。 She made a very decision. 她做了一个非常明智的决定。 You need to manage your time . 你需要明智地管理你的时间。 wisdom wise wisely Point 3 Who do you look up to? 你钦佩的人是谁? look up to sb. 钦佩;仰慕 e.g. Chinese astronauts are regarded as heroes. We all look up to them. 中国航天员被视为英雄,我们都仰慕他们。(绥化中考) You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of younger kids look up to you. 你很受大家欢迎,格蕾丝,很多比你小的孩子都很崇拜你。 拓展:look的相关短语: look forward to doing期盼;盼望 look out for 当心/提防 look down upon/on 看不起;轻视 练习:—Who do you admire most? —Zhong Nanshan. We all him. A. look forward to B. look up to C. pay attention to D. take part in B Point 4 brave adj. 勇敢的;无畏的 / v. 勇敢面对;经受(困难) (1) 【形容词】勇敢的;无畏的 可作定语或表语,通常用来形容人。 e.g. These brave astronauts’ hard work is good for China and the whole world. 这些勇敢的航天员们所付出的努力,既有益于中国,也造福于全世界。 (2025 遂宁中考) (作定语) Military training taught us to be brave and strong and never to give up. 军训教会我们勇敢坚强,永不放弃。(作表语) (2)【动词】勇敢面对;经受(困难) e.g. It was time to brave the rush hour traffic again. 又是该勇敢地面对上下班拥挤交通的时候了。 练习:She faced all dangers (brave). bravely Point 5 Point 6 She was also the first woman to teach a live class from space. 辨析:live、living、lively与alive live living lively alive 作形容词时,读作/la v/,意为“现场直播的” 意为“活着的”,强调健在 意为“活泼的;生气勃勃的” 意为“活着;有生气的”,侧重生与死之间的界限 They like watching the live matches. 他们喜欢观看现场直播的比赛。 He’s one of the greatest living composers. 他是仍然健在的最伟大的作曲家之一。 He is a lively and clever boy. 他是一个活泼聪明的男孩。 Nobody knows if he is alive or dead. 没人知道他是活着还是死了。 Exercises 二、短文填空。 Tu Youyou, born in 1930, is a famous Chinese scientist. She won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1. (find) out artemisinin(青蒿素). When Tu was a high school student, she became interested in both traditional Chinese medicine and modern 2. (west) medicine. She carried out her work in the 1960s and 1970s. 3. that time, malaria(疟疾) could take away people’s lives. Scientists all over the world had already tried over 240,000 times but 4. (fail). Tu Youyou, 5. member of the Academy of Traditional Chinese finding Western At failed a Medicine, Beijing, began to study Chinese herbs(药草). Her work was based on strict and 6. (science) methods. She and her team read a lot of ancient Chinese 7. (medicine) books and did hundreds of experiments. They never gave up even when they faced repeated failures. After years of hard work, she made a great 8. (discover)—artemisinin. This medicine has saved millions of lives around the world, especially 9. poor areas. What makes her so 10. (admire) is not only her great scientific medical discovery in admirable achievement but also her courage. She even volunteered to test the medicine on 11. (she) to make sure it was safe. Tu Youyou is also a person full of 12. (kind). She often shares her experience with young 13. (research) and encourages them to keep exploring. Tu Youyou hopes 14. (spread) the value of traditional Chinese medicine to the world. 15. the research was easy or difficult, she always stuck to her goal. herself kindness researchers to spread Whether 三、补全对话。 A: Nick, what are you reading? B: Famous People in China. A:1. B: I like Zhang Heng, Bi Sheng and Du Fu best. A:2. B: He was a great Chinese poet(诗人). A: You want to be a poet, don’t you? B: No. 3. A: Zhang Heng? Are you interested in science? Who do you like best among them? What did Du Fu do? I want to be a scientist like Zhang Heng. B: Yes, I am. I like science very much. Science has changed the world a lot. A:4. B: Bi Sheng was a great inventor who never gave up. A:5. And his inventions make our life easier and happier. I read his stories when I was only eight. B: We should try our best in everything, just as he did. A: I agree. What do you know about Bi Sheng?/What do you think of Bi Sheng? How do you like Bi Sheng? You’re right./ So he was./ I agree with you. Lavf59.14.100 $