Task
Writing a biographical article
New words and expressions in
TASK (M2U3)
biographical
adj.
传记(本)的
biographical data
传记材料
a biographical dictionary
人名辞典
a biographical novel
传记体小说
identify vt.
识别, 鉴别, 把...和...看成…样
specific adj.特定的,
A specific word has a specific
meaning in a specific sentence.
accurately adv.正确地, 精确地
cardinal number.基数
ordinal adj. 顺序的, 依次的
ordinal number 序数
context n.
上下文, 文章的前后关系
No content without context.
inspire vt. (P53)
鼓舞, 感动, 激发, 启示, 使生灵感, 产生 vi.
吸入, 赋予灵感
C V (curriculum vitae)个人简历 (p54)
objective n .目标, 目的, adj.客观的
(p54/2)
outgoing adj. (p53/10)
对人友好的; 开朗的
外出的, 出发的
退去的; 即将离职的
an outgoing personality
开朗的性格
an outgoing ship
离岸的船
the outgoing ambassador
即将离职的大使
gorilla n.
大猩猩, 壮而残暴的男人
veterinarian n. 兽医 (p56 A)
switch n.开关, 电闸, 转换
vt. 转换, 转变(p57c)
thought-provoking : adj. (p56)
引起思考的, 发人深省的
internship n.<美>实习医师, 实习医师期
(p54/4)
volunteer: n.自愿者, v.自愿 adj 自愿的
(p54/4)
Skills building 1: Listening for figures
Answer some simple questions:
1. How old are you ?
2.Which floor are you on at
school?
3. What is the date today?
4. How old is your father?
1. Kinds of figures
• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers
• Plural form of numbers
(1) Cardinal and
Ordinal numbers
Cardinal
numbers
one
two
three
four
fourteen
forty
seventeen
seventy
Ordinal numbers
first (1st)
second (2nd)
third (3rd)
fourth (4th)
fourteenth (14th)
fortieth (40th)
seventeenth
(17th)
seventieth (70th)
(2) Plural form of figures
in the twenties
in the thirties
in the forties
in the fifties
in the sixties
in the seventies
in the 20s (20’s)
in the 30s (30’s)
in the 40s (40’s)
in the 50s (50’s)
in the 60s (60’s)
in the 70s (70’s)
Can you read out these
numbers?
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1. 25,000
2. 108,000
3. 32,000
4. 10,200,200
5.五十周年
6.五百万四千 (5,004,000)
7.八十万六百 (800,600)
*the fiftieth anniversary
Game-playing
Ask one student to say a
number and another one
to translate it into
Chinese. Do it in chain.
2. Figures can refer to
age
date
percentage
Susan will be 16 next month.
Tom was born on 17th December 1988.
Anna scored 90 percent in her English
test.
price
Susan bought a T-shirt for $ 20.
street number Ye Ping lives at 198 Jiangsu Road
time
Ivy is playing tennis at six o’clock this
evening
telephone number Please call at 13657659771
fax number
My fax is 999,567,534.
3. Modifier of numbers
• We can use certain words and
phrases to express an
approximate number or to
modify a number.
about , around, more than,
under, at least
P52 Listening
Steve Fossett became interested in
balloons in his
30s
late(1) _________________.He
has been a
balloonist for(2) ____________years.
He
10
was (3) ____________Years
old when he
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flew around the world. He finally achieved
success when he tried for the (4)
6th
____________
time. He swam across the
1985
English Channel in (5)_____________.
He has broken (6) ________________
14
world records.
Step 1 Finding a speaker for your school
Part A: Requirements for speaker:
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1. Must be older than _______but
35
younger than ______
Nanjing
2. Must live in or near __________.
30th
3. Available between the ________of
2nd
May and the _______of
June.
4. Able to speak from _______o’clock
10
until _______o’clock.
13
two
5. Prepare a speech of _______hours,
one
with _______hour
for questions and
answers.
exciting,
6.Must have achieved something______
or________.
important
English
7.Must be able to speak_______and_____.
Putongh
8. Nationality:_______
Chinese preferred.
9. Experience as speaker would be_____.
helpful
friendly
10._______and
outgoing personality.
Homework