1、Nanjing NO.13 Middle SchoolTask Writing a biographical articleSkills 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
2、 numbers (1)Cardinal and Ordinal numbersCardinal numbers Ordinal numbersonetwothreefourfourteenfortyseventeenseventyfirst(1st)second(2nd)third (3rd)fourth (4th)fourteenth (14th)fortieth (40th)seventeenth(17th)seventieth (70th)(2)Plural form of figuresin the twentiesin the thirtiesin the forties in t
3、he fifties in the sixtiesin the seventiesin the 20s(20s)in the 30s (30s)in the 40s (40s)in the 50s (50s)in the 60s (60s)in the 70s (70s)Can you read out these numbers?1.25,000 2.108,000 3.32,000 4.10,200,200 5.十四点三十分 6.五十周年 7.五百万四千 8.八十万六百Game-playingAsk one student to say a number and another one t
4、o translate it into Chinese.Do it in chain.2.Figures can refer toage Susan will be 16 next month.date Tom was born on 17th December 1988.percentage Anna scored 90 percent in her English test.priceSusan bought a T-shirt for$20.street number Ye Ping lives at 198 Jiangsu Roadtime Ivy is playing tennis
5、at six oclock this eveningtelephone numberPlease call at 13657659771fax numberMy 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 ListeningSteve Fossett became interested in
6、balloons in hislate(1)_.He has been a balloonistfor(2)_years.He was(3)_Years old when he flew around the world.He finally achieved success when he tried for the(4)_ time.He swam across the English Channel in(5)_.He has broken(6)_ world records.30s 10586th198514 Step 1 Finding a speaker for your scho
7、olPart A:Requirements for speaker:1.Must be older than _but younger than _2.Must live in or near _.3.Available between the _of May and the _of June.4.Able to speak from _oclock until _oclock.5.Prepare a speech of _hours,with _hour for questions and answers.1835Nanjing 30th 2nd1013twoone6.Must have a
8、chieved something _ or _.7.Must be able to speak _ or _.8.Nationality:_ preferred.9.Experience as speaker would be _.10._and outgoing personality.excitingimportantEnglishPutonghuaChinesehelpfulfriendlyPart BWanted!Exciting Speaker(2)_is lookingfor an exciting person to give a talkat our school in Ma
9、y or(3)_.Have you achieved You must be(4)_ to 35years of something exciting age and live in or near _.or(1)_?The speaker we choose will Do you want to speak(6)_and(7)_inspire students with have a friendly and(8)_your experiences?Personality.importantYour school nameJune 18 NanjingEnglish Putonghuaou
10、tgoing Skills building 2:reading a CVA CV includes:Identification:name,address,contact information(phone number and e-mail address)Objective:what kind of job you want to get Education:the names of the schools at which youstudied and graduation dates Experience:your past jobs,company names,location a
11、nd position held for past jobs References:names of the persons who once worked orstudied with you and their contact information Other:honors you have got,hobbies and interests P54 The CV excerpts(answers)1.1994-1998 Beijing University1990-1994 No.1 High School2.Wang Bing*123 Nanjing Road*5555 8920*w
12、bing gets 3.Referees:English teacherMs Lu Xia Football coach Mr Zhang Xi 5555 5433 Step 2 Introducing a speaker1 Name:_ 2 Home:_3.Male/Female:_ 4.Age:_5.Language spoken:_6.Experience:_Gao Jian9407 ZhongShan Nan Road*Flat D*Nanjing*ChinaFemale29Putonghua(native);English(fluent)2002-2003 a Goodwill Am
13、bassador for ChinaTravelled around the world giving speechesand introducing Chinese culture2002 Started a school to help students get acceptedto study abroad programmes1998-2002 Worked as an English teacher in a college_7.Achievement(s):_8.Interests:_9.Personality:_1981-1991 Lived in AustraliaBA in
14、English;Goodwill Ambassadorfor China;start a school;a college teacher for many yearsTravel and adventureFriendly and outgoing Skills building 3:organizing information3 important sections1.Introduction:Who we are going to write about and why we are writing about him/her2.Body:Details about the person
15、(what he/she did;what he/she said,his/her opinions,the facts,the statistics,etc.)3.Conclusion:The important result of his/her deed and what people think about him/her)P56 Part A Introduction:_ Body:_ Conclusion:_9,101,2,3,4,5,6,7,811,12P57 Part BE-C-B-A-D-F Paragraph E tells us who the passage is ab
16、out Paragraphs C,B,A and D tell us some detailed information about the person in the order of the events that happened Paragraph F is the conclusion of the whole passage.Step 3 Writing a biographical article1.Introduction:who the article is about why a speaker has been invited to the school when she
17、 will speak why she is interesting what kind of personality she hasStep 3 Writing a biographical article2.Body:where she was born where she has lived where she lives now where she studied what job(s)she has had what interesting things she has done what her hobbies/interests are Step 3 Writing a biog
18、raphical article 3.Conclusion:why your schoolmates should be excited to listen to her what can be learned from listening to her talk A sample 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 travelled around the world.She
19、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 1981she went to Australia and lived there until 1991.The she came back to China and studied In Nanjing No.5 High school.She is good at both Chinese and English.She s
20、tudied English Language and Literature in Beijing University from 1994 to 1998.After graduation,as a Good will Ambassador for China,she travelled 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 progammes.She will talk about studying in foreign countries,as many students are thinking about this.We are looking forward to her coming.Homework