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? • • • • • • • • 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 58 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: 18 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