1、Unit 4 Growing up,Task,unusualcellcancersurpriseto ones surpriseresearchdeath,adj. 不寻常的 n. 细胞 n. 癌症 n. 惊奇；诧异 令某人惊奇的是 n. 研究；调查 n. 死，死亡,Objectives,To learn to talk about a persons life To learn some key words and useful expressions,Words: unusual cancer cell surprise research death Phrases: to ones su
2、rprise in ones fifties be ready to help sb. donate blood Patterns: is the person who has influenced me most. You will not find anything unusual about him/her until When I was a little girl/boy, I could not understand Now I realize that,Who is the person influenced you most?,My grandfather!,He is Mic
3、hael Jackson!,My math teacher Jack.,friendly,Review the words about a persons qualities and explain why he/she influenced you most.,clever,fair,patient,curious,polite,creative,kind,hard-working,Mr Wu is asking each of the Class 1, Grade 9 students to write about the person who has influenced him or
4、her most. He shows them an article. Listen to it and answer the following questions.,The person who has influenced me most,A,* Who has influenced the author most?* How old is her father?* What is her father like?* What has her father done since 1990?* What surprised the author?* What does the author
5、 realize now?,Her father.,He is in his fifty.,She realizes that her father has a heart full of love.,He is kind and helpful.,He has donated blood many times.,Her father has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.,Read the article and summarise the main points about the autho
6、rs father.,Who,What does he/she look like,What is special about him/her,What do you think of him/her,What has he/she done,a person who has influenced me most,Look through the article again and underline some useful expressions:, is the person who has influenced me most. is in his/her twenties/ thirt
7、ies/ forties/ You will not find anything unusual about him/her until has always been kind/ helpful/ To my surprise, When I was a little girl/boy, I could not understand Now I realize that,You want to write about a person who has influenced you most. Prepare some notes first. Write the answers to the
8、 following questions.,B,1. Who has influenced you most in your life?_ 2. What does he/she look like?_ 3. What is special about him/her?_ 4. What has he/she done?_ 5. What do you think of him/her?_,Write about the person who has influenced you most. Use the article on page 60 as a model.,C,Language p
9、oints,1. My father is in his fifties.,in one s fifties 在五十多岁时（fifties 前可插入 early, late, mid-, middle） 类似表达： in ones teens/ twenties/ thirties/ forties/,她有二十五、六岁。 She was in her mid-twenties. 他当时已经快八十岁了。 He was then in his late seventies.,Practise,2. He is ready to help anyone.,be ready to do sth. (1
10、) 乐于做某事(2) 准备好做某事,我准备好开始我新的校园生活。 Im ready to start my new school life.,托尼乐于和我们一起做家务。 Tony is ready to do the housework with us.,Practise,donate意为“捐赠，赠送(财物等)(尤指对慈善事业)”，常用donate . to “捐献给”。如：,She donated her books to the library. 她把自己的书捐赠给了图书馆。,3. He has also donated blood cells to people with blood c
11、ancer.,Practise,4. To my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.,surprise 作动词，意为“使惊奇”；surprise作名词，意为“惊奇，诧异”；surprising是形容词，意为“令人惊讶的”，常用来修饰事物；surprised也是形容词，意为“吃惊的，惊讶的”，常用来指人。,Practise,用所给单词的适当形式填空。 The most _ (surprise) thing is that he has been fired after
12、working there for only half a month.,句中的to everyones surprise意为“令大家惊讶的是”。,令我吃惊的是，他没有告诉我就去日本了。 To my surprise, he went to Japan without telling me.,Practise,surprising,Now two minutes to test your spelling.,Spelling Bee,1. English-Chinesecancer unusual donate cellbe ready to help others in ones fifti
13、es 2. Chinese-English令某人惊奇的是 研究，调查,When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best.,请点击,根据提示翻译下列句子。,1. 令我惊讶的是爸爸不同意给我买新自行车。_ 2. 王老师乐于帮助别人。_ 3. 简才刚刚四十出头。_,To my surprise, my father didnt agree to buy me a new bike.,Mr Wang is ready to help others.,Jane is only in her early forties.,Homework,1. Finish the exercises in Learning English. 2. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 5.,
