Unit 6 Fame and Fortune

Unit 6 Fame and Fortune

授课类型

(Class Type)

：

Lecturing and practice

授课课时安排（

Teaching Periods

）：

2 periods

本授课单元教学目标

(Teaching Objectives)

：

In this unit students are required to:

1.

learn some useful words and expressions related to the topics of fame

and fortune;

2.

learn how to use proper words and expressions to talk about qualities

that help people succeed, and to talk about the advantages and

disadvantages of fame and fortune;

3.

get

to

know

some

useful

information

and

knowledge

concerning

the

topics

of fame and fortune;

4.

conduct a series of speaking activities to develop their oral English

communicative competence.

本授课单元教学重点

(

Main Points of

Teaching)

：

Enabling

students

to

talk

about

the

topics

related

to

fame

and

fortune

in English by using proper words and expressions

本授课单元教学难点

Difficult Points of

Teaching)

：

How to mobilize all the students to take an active part in all class

activities so that they can flexibly and properly use the words,

expressions and samples learned in this unit to talk about the topics

related to fame and fortune.

教学手段

(Teaching Aids)

Multimedia (audios, videos, pictures, texts), blackboard.

本授课单元教学步骤及时间分配

(Teaching Procedures and Time

Allotment)

：

1. Warming-up Activities

1.1 Two students’ oral

presentations of the famous persons they admire

(about 10 minutes)

1.2 Lead-in (about 15 minutes)

1.2.1 Ask students’ some questions:

1) Can you name some famous people you know about?

2) Who impresses you most? Why?

1.2.2 Offer

students

some

useful

expressions

related

to

the

description

of famous people

1) I’m deeply impressed by his/her talent in…

2) I respect them for their contribution to

humanity/education/inju stice/terrorism.

3) His/Her most impressive accomplishment is…

4) I look up to them for their devotion to sports/public health.

5) Celebrities usually get a lot of media attention/often have no

poverty.

1.2.3 Ask students to classify the famous people according to the chart

Business

Sports

Movies

Music

Politics

Bill Gates

Hu Xueyan

Li Ka- Shing

Ma Yun

Yao Ming

Bruce Lee

Song Zuying

Wen Jiabao

Bing Xin

Qi Baishi

David Beckham

Michael Jordan

Liu Xiang

Audrey

Hepburn

Zhang Yimou

Michael

Jackson

Barack Obama

Princess Diana

Hillary

Clinton

Jin Yong

Da Vinci

Beethoven

Zhang Ziyi

Jay Chou

literature

Helen Keller

Jane Austin

Art

Van Gogh

Xu Beihong

1.2.4 Show students some pictures of famous people

Audrey

Hepburn,

Liu

Xiang,

Yao

Ming,

Bruce

Lee,

Barack

Obama,

Ma

Yun,

Michael Jackson, Buffet, Solos, Ma Xuesheng, Zong Qinghou, Nan Cunhui.

2. In- class Activities

2.1 Individual work : Error Correction (related to the text p25) (about

7minutes)

(There is one mistake about each person, please try to find the wrong

information and correct it.)

Barack

Obama

David

Beckham

the 44th President of the United States, is the second African

American to hold the office. (the first)

an English footballer, has become an elite advertising brand and a

top fashion icon. He is married to former Spice Girl Melanie Brown.

(Victoria Beckham)

Bill Gates

Microsoft’s Chairman, started Microsoft himself when he was only

nineteen.(founded with Paul Allen )

Vincent Van

19th-century

German

artist,

famous

paintings

include

Sunflowers

and

Gogh

Princess

Diana

Starry Night.(Dutch artist )

British royal, known for her glamour and humanitarian work, died in

Paris in 1999. (1997)

Sun Li, and Zhou Xun. (Xu Jinglei)

Ziyi Zhang

one of the

Four Young Dan actresses

in China, along with Zhao Wei,

Bruce Lee

Japanese-American

film

star,

appeared

in

Kung- fu

action

films

in

the

early 1970s. (Chinese-American)

Jay Chou

well-

known for composing all his own songs. but he doesn’t compose

any song for other singers. (Compose songs for other singers)

2.2 Pair work (about 12minutes)

2.2.1 Ask students work in pairs and role play

The teacher asks the students to work in pairs and act an interview.

Suggest that one student be a reporter and the other the famous person

he/she admires. Tell the reporters to take a minute to write down a few

questions to ask during the interview.

2.2.2 Offer some useful expressions related to the interview

Inquiring:

1) When was born? And where?

2) What kind of family was…from?

3) What about… edu

cation?