Unit 9

When was he born?

Li Yundi

pianist

Read the article.3a

[pi'ænist]

Read the article and fill in the chart.

When What

was born

When he was a small boy

began to learn the accordion

When he was seven

took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition

1982

could hum songs and difficult pieces of music

At the age of four

In October 2000

started to learn the piano

Language pointsLanguage points

1. take part in 表示“参加”，相当于 join 。但是 take part in 一般表示参加某项活动， join 指“参加”某种组织。 She took part in the national English

contest last year.

她去年参加了英语竞赛。 He joined the Communist Party of China.

她加入了中国共产党。

根据汉语意思填空。I ______ the League Member last year ． 我去年入团了。When did your brother ______ the Party?

你哥哥什么时候入的党？Do you want to ___________ our school

sports meeting?

你想参加我们学校的运动会吗？

joined

joined

take part in

2. 70-year history 意思是“ 70 年的历史”，其中 70-year 做 history 的定语

He was the first Chinese pianist in the

70-year history.

在钢琴大赛 70 年的历史中，他是第一个获得这样荣誉的中国钢琴家。an 80-year-old man 一位 80 岁的老人

年龄表达方法 :1. 用基数词表达年龄，可加“… years

old” three years old 2. 用 when 引导的从句 when I was three （ years old ）3. at the age of ＋基数词 at the age of three4. 基数词＋ -year-old （只作定语） three-year-old

Examples:

He began to learn the piano at the age of four.

He began to learn the piano when he was four (years old).

He began to learn the piano as a four-year-old child.

Look at the information in activity 2b. Write an article about Laura.

Laura was born in 1932. She started ice

skating when she was four.

She became

a skating champion when she was ten. She

worked very hard. Now she’s a kind and

loving grandmother.

3b

Write about a person you admire.

You must have someone you admire. Can

you write anything about him or her?

Introduce him or her to your classmates.

3c

Here is an example.

My English teacher is the person I admire.

He is medium build. He can make his lesson

fun. He often teaches us English songs and

plays games with us after class. He loves

teaching and loves his students.

A: Is the person a man or a woman?

B: He is a man.

A: Is he alive?

B: No, he isn’t.

A: Was he an athlete?

B: No, he wasn’t.

Guess the name of the person you admire.

4

tour start stop win become

1. How old were you when you ______ learning English?2. What can I do to _________ famous?3. He _______ playing football because of his sore

back.4. The Chinese football team _______ Asia last year.5. John________ the first prize in the speech competition.

started

become

stopped

toured

won

Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form of the word if necessary.

Read the information about Deng Yaping. Then write an article about her.

Deng Yaping was born on the 2nd of June, 1973.

She started playing table tennis in 1978 when she was

only five years old. She practiced playing ping-pong

very hard. When she was ten years old, she joined the

Henan table tennis team. Five years later she joined the

national table tennis team. From 1993 to 1998 she kept

being the number 1 women’s singles player in ITTF. In

1997, she left the team, and went to Tsinghua

University to study.

1. Li Yundi, the famous Chinese pianist, was born _____ August 2nd, 1982.

A. on B. in C. at2. She is ________ girl.

A. an eight years old B. an eight – years - old C. an eight – year - old

3. Both of them _____ the sports meeting and did very well.

A. take part in B. join C. took part in D. joined

A

C

C

Practice

4 ． He is learning to play the piano. He wants to be

a

p_______ in the future.

5 ． She is good at singing English s_____.

6 ． Li Yundi began to learn the accordion at the

a____ of four.

7 ．你什么时候参加英语俱乐部？ When will you_____ _____ _____ the English

club?

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ong

ge

take part in

8 ． I took part in the school football team last year.

( 对划线部分提问 )

_______ ________you _______ part in the school

football team?

9 ．邓亚萍 1997 年进入清华大学修英语管理专业。 Deng Yaping _______ _____ Tsinghua University

and __________ _______ English and management

in 1997.

When did take

went to

majored in

Homework

Do other exercises in this part.