1、Task writing a biographical articleThis section consists of a series of activities which provide opportunities to learn and practice language skills. Each of the three steps is preceded by a skills building activity. Try to learn how to write a curriculum vitae and a biographical article.Skills buil
2、ding 1: listening for figuresIn this part you will learn when to use cardinal numbers or ordinal numbers and how to identify specific numbers when listening. You will also learn what words or phrases can be used to express an approximate number or to modify a number. Listen to an interview and fill
3、in the figures you hear. 1. First lets review different forms of numbers. Please give the ordinal form of the numbers below. 1-12 Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers formation one first/1st 1. 序数词1-3为特殊变化 two second/2nd 2. 4-12在基数词词尾加-th构成。 three third/3rd 注意fifth, ninth, twelfth的词形变 four fourth/4th 化。
4、 five fifth/5th nine ninth/9th twelve twelfth/12th 13-19基数词在数词3-9后加-teen构成，其中13和15发生拼写变化，分别为thirteen, fifteen 13-19序数词在基数词后加-th构成。如：thirteen-thirteenth 20-90整十位数在基数词2-9之后加后缀-ty构成，其中20，30，40，50拼写发生变化，分别为twenty, thirty, forty, fifty; 构成序数词时，将词尾y变成i加eth, 如：sixtysixtieth/60th 十位数之间的数，由十位数加个位数构成，中间用连字符号。
5、构成序数词时，十位数用基数词表示，个位数用序数词表示。如：21/ twenty-onetwenty-first/ 21stNote:When we talk about the date or want to talk about something in order, we use ordinal numbers, for example, 1st January, on the third floor, the second one on the left, etc.We can use numbers to talk about time, date, age, price, stree
6、t number, percentage, etc.2. Go over Points 1 to 3 on page 52. Pay special attention to the word stress when listening to the numbers, such as fifteen and fifty, eighteen and eighty. 3. Look at Point 4 to learn how to express an approximate number or modify a number.1. Listen to the tape and fill in
7、 the figures you have heard.TapescriptInterviewer: Welcome to Spotlight. Todays interview is with the famous balloonist, Steve Fosssett. Welcome, Steve.Steve: Hello.Interviewer: So when did you first become interested in balloons, Steve?Steve: I started becoming interested in balloons quite late in
8、life. It was in my late thirties.Interviewer: How long have you been a balloonist?Steve: For ten years.Interviewer: Youve only just recently managed to achieve your dream of flying around the world, at the age of fifty-eight, havent you?Steve: Yes. I have, finally. That was the sixth time I tried.In
9、terviewer: I also know that youre quite a good swimmer too. Would you like to tell us something about that?Steve: Sure. I swam across the English Channel between France and England in nineteen eighty-five.Interviewer: And youve broken fourteen world records too. How do you do it?Steve: Just the usua
10、l hard work and practice, like everything in life.Interviewer: Thank you, Steve. Thats all weve got time for today. Goodbye.Answers(1)30s/thirties (2)10/ten (3)58/fifty-eight (4)6th/sixth(5)1985/nineteen eighty-five (6)14/fourteenStep1: finding a speaker for your schoolListen to the headmaster to fi
11、ll in the note. The headmaster wants a person to speak to the school. He will talk about what kind of person he needs. Listen carefully and complete an advertisement with what you have heard. 1. Listen to the tape and fill in the note sheet in Part A on page 53.TapescriptHeadmaster:I have been think
12、ing about what kind of speaker we should invite to the school. I want you to look for someone young enough that students can relate to him or her. It does not matter if the person is a man or a woman, but they should be no older than thirty-five. But, they do need to be old enough to have done somet
13、hing exciting or important, so they should be at least eighteen years old. So, older than eighteen but younger than thirty-five, and if they have some experience as a speaker already, that would be helpful. I think Id also prefer to have someone who is Chinese, so the students can really understand
14、his or her experiences. Yes, a Chinese person is preferred, but he or she must be able to speak both English and Putonghua. Now, there are certain things you need to look for. We cant pay travel money or for a stay in a hotel, so we need someone who is from Nanjing. This person will need to be here
15、sometime between the thirtieth of May and the second of June. It doesnt matter which day, as long as its between those dates, and he or she can speak for three hours, from ten a.m. until one p.m. The speech should last for two hours and there should be one hour kept for questions and answers with th
16、e students. Hmm, what else? The only other thing I can think of is what the person is like. The person we choose must be friendly and outgoing and happy to spend time talking with the students at our school. Now, if you can write up an advertisement for me, that would be really helpful, Thanks!Answe
17、rsA 1. 18,35 2. Nanjing 3. 30th, 2nd 4. 10, 13 5. two, one6. exciting, important 7. English, Putonhua 8. Chinese 9. helpful 10. friendly2. Please use the information you get from the tape to complete the advertisement in Part B on page 53.AnswersB (1)important (2)(your school name) (3)June (4)18 (5)
18、Nanjing (6)English/Putonghua (7)Putonghua /English (8)outgoingSkills building 2: reading a CVHere we will learn what a CV (curriculum vitae) is and what should be included in a CV so as to know how to read a CV in English.1. Do you know what a CV is and when a CV is needed? (A CV is a summary of one
19、s education and work skills. CV stands for curriculum vitae. When one wants to get a job, his/her CV will be presented to the employer. So a CV is very important if he/she wants to get the job.)2. Go over the six points on page 54 that describe what a CV should include and should not include. Pay at
20、tention to the order in which education and experience are listed on a CV.Note that if someone wants to find a job, his or her CV usually includes Identification, to tell others who you are and how to contact with you; Objective, to tell the kind of job you want to get. This item can be omitted some
21、times; Education, to list the names of the schools at which you studied and the graduation dates. The name of the most recent school should be listed first, and then the second most recent one. The first school that you went to should be the last one written down; Experience, to tell your past jobs,
22、 company names, location and position held for past jobs, other experiences, such as work, either professional, internship or volunteer. Note that experience related to the job being applied for should be listed first, and any other experience related to the job wanted can be listed. The most recent
23、 one should be listed first; References, to tell the names of the persons who once worked or studied together with you and their contact information. This is usually done when requested. The referees should never be your family members; and at the end of a CV, theres usually the item Other, to tell
24、the honors youve got and activities you have taken part in, your hobbies and interests.3. To make sure that you know how to write a curriculum vitae, Id like to leave you 5 minutes or so to write a CV about yourselves and then present it to the class.4. Go over the CV excerpts on page 54 individuall
25、y and explain the reasons for your choices.Answers1 1994-1998 Beijing University1990-1994 No.1 High School2 Wang Bing 123 Nanjing Road 5555 8920 wbing3 Referees: English teacher Ms Lu Xia 5555 4334 Mr Zhang Xi 5555 5433Step 2: introducing a speakerIn this part you are asked to introduce a speaker ac
26、cording to a CV to develop your speaking skills. You will first read the CV and take some notes. Then talk about the person in pairs according to the notes you have taken. 1. Read the CV in Part A on page 55, take notes individually, and then list the information you find, such as the persons name,
27、address, age, nationality, experience abroad, language, education, work experience and interests, including personality.Note that western people usually use Mandarin instead of Putonghua when referring to the Chinese language. Whether you think the person is fit for the principals requirements or no
28、t and why? You may look at page 53 to review what the principals requirements are.Answers1. Gao Jian2. 9407 Zhongshan Nan Road Flat DNanjingChina3. Female4. 29 (Born in 1975)5. Putonghua (native); English (fluent)6. 2002-2003 Was a Goodwill Ambassador for China Travelled around the world giving spee
29、ches and introducing Chinese culture2002 Started a school to help students get accepted to study-abroad programmes1998-2002 Worked as an English teacher in a college1981-1991 Lived in Australia7. BA in English; Goodwill Ambassador for China; start a school; a college teacher for years8. Travel and a
30、dventure9. Friendly, outgoing2. Work in pairs to practice what you should say to the principal about the candidate. Then Id like some of you to present your speech to the whole class. You may begin your speech like this: I think we have got a good person to speak to the whole school. Her name isPoss
31、ible example I think we have got a good person to speak to the whole school. Her name is Gao Jian. She is 29 this year and lives in Nanjing. She lived in Australia from 1981 to 1991. Then she came back and studied in Nanjing No.5 High School. She graduated from Beijing University in 1998. After grad
32、uation she worked as a Goodwill Ambassador for China. She traveled around the world giving speeches and spreading knowledge about Chinese culture. She is good at not only Chinese but also English. I think her experiences are exciting and will inspire our students.Skills building 3: organizing inform
33、ationIn this part you will learn how to group pieces of information about a person into three different sections and how to organize the information in a logical order. You are to organize some notes about a famous woman scientist, Dian Fossey, into the appropriate sections. Then you will put some p
34、aragraphs in the correct order to complete an article.1. First lets read Points 1,2 and 3 on page 56 to learn more about how to group the information into different sections and how to organize the information in a logical order.When we want to write an article about a person, we usually divide the
35、article into three sections: introduction, body and conclusion. Before writing, we should know who we are writing the article for.Introduction: Who we are going to write about and why we are writing about him/her.Body: Details about the person, for example, what he/she did, what he/she said, his/her
36、 opinions, the facts, the statistics, etc.Conclusion: The important result of his/her deeds and what people think about him/her.2. Next lets go over Part A on page 56. Work in pairs first to group the notes given into three sections. Then well check the answers together.AnswersA 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5 B
37、6 B 7 B 8 B 9 I 10 I 11 C 12 C3. Please go over the six paragraphs in Part B on page 57 and explain the reasons for your answers.AnswersB ECBADF Paragraph E tells us who the passage is about. Paragraph C, B, A and D tell us some detailed information about the person in the order of the events that h
38、appened. Paragraph F is the conclusion of the whole passage.Step 3: Writing a biographical articleWe have learned how to group and organize information about a person, so please write a biographical article for the person you have dealt with in Step 1and 2. You may use the article about Dian Fossey
39、as a sample to write this article.1. Go over Step 3 to learn what you will do. Try to find all the information about Gao Jian you can get in Steps 1 and 2.2. Please write a biographical article about Gao Jian for the school newspaper.3. Please do Parts A and B in Listening on page 102 in Workbook. A
40、fter you finish the note sheet through listening to a radio programme and a conversation, you should finish the letter in Part C on the same page. Possible example We are going to invite Ms Gao Jian to our school to give a speech at the end of this month. She once lived in Australia and has traveled
41、 around the world. She is friendly and outgoing. She knows China and Chinese culture quite well, and she also knows about the world. She was born in Yangzhou. In 1981 she went to Australia and lived there until 1991. Then she came back to China and studied in Nanjing No.5 High School. She is good at
42、 both Chinese and English. She studied English Language and Literature in Beijing University from 1994 to 1998. After graduation, as a Goodwill Ambassador for China, she traveled around the world giving speeches and introducing Chinese culture. She likes travel and adventure. In 2002, she started a school to help poor students get accepted to study-abroad programmes. She will talk about studying in foreign countries, as many students are thinking about this. We are looking forward to her coming.
