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(共32张PPT)
Unit 1 People of Achievement
Using Language (Listening and Speaking)
Lead-in
Do you know these people Who are they What are their achievements
Before Listening
Match the people with their achievements. Then share with a partner
what you know about the people and their achievements.
( ) 1. Alexander Fleming
( ) 2. Florence Nightingale
( ) 3. Wu Mengchao
( ) 4. Zhong Nanshan
( ) 5. Tu Youyou
A. contributed to a new treatment for malaria
B. discovered penicillin
C. founded modern nursing
D. performed operations well into his 90s
E. managed the SARS outbreak
B
C
D
E
A
While Listening
Listen to the conversation. Who does each speaker admire Tick the
correct boxes in the table below.
Name Dr Wang Wang Le Anna Smith
Alexander Fleming
Zhong Nanshan
Florence Nightingale
Wu Mengchao
Tu Youyou
Dr Wang
Listen again and answer the questions below. You can discuss them with a
partner.
Listen for reasons
When people give their opinions or decisions on a matter, they often give reasons for them. Sometimes, the reason is introduced by words such as because or due to. At other times, the reason is given right after the opinion or decision, and the link can be inferred.
1. Why did Anna meet Wang Le at her home
Because they’re doing a career-planning project together.
2. Why did Dr Wang decide to become a doctor
Because he has always wanted to do great things and help people.
3. What kind of person does Wang Le admire Why
She really admires people like Tu Youyou because her research led to the discovery of atemisinin.
Listen again and answer the questions below. You can discuss them with a
partner.
Listen for reasons
When people give their opinions or decisions on a matter, they often give reasons for them. Sometimes, the reason is introduced by words such as because or due to. At other times, the reason is given right after the opinion or decision, and the link can be inferred.
4. What advice did Dr Wang give Do you agree with him Give your reasons.
Dr Wang advises that when you are young, it is very important to find out what really interests you. Also, never lose interest in it when it seems a bit too hard for you. I agree with him because great people challenge themselves to solve difficult problems. It helps them reach their goals and achieve great things.
Dr Wang: Hi, Anna! Please come in.
Anna Smith: Hi, Dr Wang! Long time no see!
Dr Wang: Yes, so you’re here to see Wang Le
Anna Smith: Yes, we’re doing a career-planning project together.
Wang Le: Hi, Anna!
Dr Wang: So I’ll leave you two alone ...
Anna Smith: Please don’t go, Dr Wang. Actually, we were planning to interview you. Do you
have time now
Dr Wang: Me
Wang Le: Yes, Dad. We want to know what made you choose your career as a doctor.
Dr Wang: That’s a good question. Well, long story short, I’ve always wanted to do great
things and help people, which might explain why I entered this line of work.
Anna Smith: So were there any people who influenced you
Dr Wang: Oh, for sure. I would say people like Dr Zhong Nanshan, who managed the SARS
outbreak back in 2003, and Dr Wu Mengchao, who performed liver operations well
into his 90s.
Transcript
Anna Smith: So they were like your role models
Dr Wang: Yes, exactly. I admired them because I saw the greatness in them. You two must
have role models too, right
Wang Le: Yes, that’s right. One of mine is Tu Youyou, whose research led to the discovery of
artemisinin. I really admire people like her.
Anna Smith: My personal heroes are Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, and Florence
Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Countless lives were saved due to their
amazing work.
Dr Wang: Those are certainly some great people. I admire them too.
Anna Smith: So, Dr Wang, what advice do you have for us, the younger generation
Dr Wang: I think when you are young, it is very important to find out what really interests
you. Also, never lose interest in it when it seems a bit too hard for you.
Anna Smith: Thanks, Dr Wang, that’s really good advice! Successful people always push themselves
to do difficult things.
Transcript
Dr Wang: That’s, right, Anna. They challenge themselves to solve difficult problems. It helps
them reach their goals and achieve great things.
Anna Smith: Yes, exactly! Thank you very much for your time, Dr Wang. You’ve been so helpful!
Wang Le: And by the way, if we’re talking about people who do good things and inspire
people—for me, it’s you, Dad ...
Transcript
After Listening
Work in groups. Brainstorm the names of some great people and write
them in the table below.
Ordinary people
Scientists
Environmentalists
Explorers
Inventors
Politicians
Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, ...
Rachel Carson, Qu Geping, ...
Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, ...
Thomas Alva Edison, Benjamin Franklin, ...
Mao Zedong, Karl Heinrich Marx, ...
...
Discuss what makes these people great. Try to use the following language
fillers to give yourself time to think.
Giving time to think
(Er/Oh/Um,) let me see/think ... Right./Sure.
Well, er, ... Really
Yeah, I mean, I understand what you’re saying ... Well, I guess ...
Anyway, ... You see/know, ...
Just a moment. So, ...
Hang on a second. Well, it’s on the tip of my tongue.
May I think about that for a moment I’ve nearly got it, er, ...
How can/shall/should I put this/it What I want to say is ...
Let me think about this/that for a moment.
A: To me, Bill Gates is a great man.
B: Why do you think that
A: Well, I guess, because he’s one of the world’s most successful businessmen. You see, almost everyone uses his products on their computers.
B: Let me think about that for a moment. I guess that’s true, but I don’t think that makes him great. When Gates started out, there were many other computer systems that were just as good or better than Windows. He didn’t invent something completely new. He was just lucky.
A: Well, er, maybe luck had something to do with it, but great people make their own luck because they’re clever and work hard.
B: I don’t really think that’s true. A lot of clever people work hard and never have good luck.
A: Then who do you think is great
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B: Thomas Edison, because he had so many inventions that helped mankind. The light bulb, the record player, films ... The world we live in now is a world that Edison made for us. Without this original ideas, we would not have much of the modern technology we have today.
A: I’m not sure that his ideas were really that original. For example, Edison didn’t really invent the light bulb. Rather, he invented the first successful light bulb. The idea for the light bulb had been around for a long time, but because Edison worked harder and was cleverer than everyone else, he was able to succeed where many people had failed.
B: Hang on a second. I believe that Edison’s inventions have helped far more people than Bill Gates’s.
A: I simply disagree.
C: You know, I think that I have to disagree with both of you. The greatest person I know of is John Watson.
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A: Really Who’s he I’ve never heard of him.
C: How shall I put this He’s just a regular guy. One night he was taking his dog for a walk when he saw a house on fire. A woman was standing outside the house screaming because her two kids were trapped inside and were going to burn to death. John didn’t even think twice but just ran into the burning house to look for them. He found both kids upstairs in their bedroom, hiding in a closet. He took them one by one, and dropped them out of the window to safety. But the fire became too strong, so he wasn’t able to make it out himself.
B: Wow! He gave up his own life to save others. What a brave man! Well, I guess you don’t have to be famous to be great.
A: I guess not.
Sample
Use your discussion to draw conclusions about the meaning of greatness.
The following expressions may help you. Then report back to the class.
The greatest person I know of is ..., who ...
To be great, a person should ...
To me, greatness means ...
Why do you think that
That’s true, but ...
I want to be like because he/she ...
has achieved financial success
has invented new products
has made great discoveries
serves as a good role model
brings happiness to other people
makes great contributions to society
Workbook
Listening and Speaking (P63)
Before Listening
Discuss these questions with a partner.
1. Do you think it is easy for a person to live alone in a forest observing wild
animals What might this person need and what difficulties might he/she face
I think it would be quite difficult to live in a forest alone. Finding food, washing clothes and dishes, and other parts of daily life would take a lot of time and would be quite hard.
2. Look at the photos below. What do you know about Jane Goodall and her
achievements
Jane Goodall is famous for her observations of wild chimpanzees in their natural habitat. For more than 50 years, Jane has fought to protect animals, including setting up the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977. And in 1991, she set up the Roots & Shoots programme, which teaches young people around the world how to protect the environment.
While Listening
Listen to a speech about Jane Goodall and answer the questions below.
1. How was Goodall’s research method different, and how did it benefit her study
She did not number the chimps, but rather give them names so she could see them as individuals.
2. In what ways did Goodall’s work change the way people thought about chimps
She discovered that they also ate meat rather than just nuts and berries, and also that they were capable of making their own tools.
3. What does the Roots and Shoots programme do
It teaches young people around the world how to protect the environment.
4. Why is Goodall an inspiration to the speaker
She inspires the speaker through her love for the environment and her desire to educate young people.
Narrator: Hello. Today, I’d like to talk to you about my hero, Jane Goodall.
Jane is famous for her observations of wild chimpanzees in their natural habitat. As a
child, she always dreamt of studying animals, and when she became an adult, she
finally got the chance.
Goodall spent many years with chimpanzees in a Tanzanian national park. At first, the
chimps mistrusted her and kept their distance, but eventually they saw her as harmless.
Goodall did not follow traditional scientific research methods. She did not number the
chimps, but rather give them names so she could see them as individuals. Goodall’s
work changed the way people thought about chimps. She was able to discover how
they communicate, and gave us invaluable information on their social structure and
culture. She discovered that they also ate meat, rather than just nuts and berries, and
also that they were capable of making their own tools.
Transcript
For more than 50 years, Jane Goodall has fought to protect animals, including setting
up the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977. And in 1991, she set up the Roots & Shoots
programme, which teaches young people around the world how to protect the
environment.
Following her countless years of hard work, in 2002, Goodall became a UN
Messenger of Peace. She serves as an inspiration to me. She inspires me through her
love for the environment and her desire to educate young people. I hope you will find
her an inspiration as well.
Thank you.
Transcript
After Listening
Talk about your heroes in groups. The following questions may help you.
1. Who is your hero
2. What do you know about the person’s life
3. What are one or two stories that can help your
audience form an impression of your hero
4. Why do you like or admire this person
5. How does this person inspire you
1. Who is your hero
Huang Wenxiu
2. What do you know about the person’s life
She was born in 1989 in Guangxi. She gave up the opportunity of working in big cities after she received a master’s degree from Beijing Normal University in 2016. She accepted the appointment to work as the Party Chief of Baini village back in Guangxi.
3. What are one or two stories that can help your audience form an impression
of your hero
For instance, she helped one farmer, Huang Bangxuan, obtain a subsidy to begin growing his own fruit trees. Another farmer, Wei Naiqing, obtained a discounted loan with Huang’s help and was able to plant his own tea oil trees.
4. Why do you like or admire this person
She gained the respect of the villagers living in poverty by demonstrating a sincere desire to understand their problems and to find solutions. She knew the risk of travelling in bad weather, but she took that risk because she wanted to help people who could have been affected by the flood.
5. How does this person inspire you
She’s my inspiration because she gave up the opportunity to live and work in a big city and chose to return to her hometown to help the locals instead.
Give a speech about your hero. The following tips can help you give a
well-rounded speech.
Greet the audience.
Use the points from your discussion.
Use a quote where necessary.
Form an emotional connection through stories about the person.
Make eye contact with different people in the audience.
Provide a clear and concise conclusion.
Hello, everyone. I’d like to talk to you about my hero, Huang Wenxiu. She was born in 1989 in a small village of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. She gave up the opportunity of working in big cities after she received a master’s degree from Beijing Normal University in 2016. She accepted the appointment to work as the Party Chief of Baini village back in Guangxi. Though many people did not take her seriously when she started out in this little village, Huang eventually won the hearts of the people with her hard work and perseverance. Today, many people remember her fondly and mourn the loss of this young woman who had touched the lives of many.
When Huang first began to work in Baini, a village in Baise’s Leye county, she was determined to find solutions to help the poor. Unfortunately, she discovered that she was treated with suspicion and even hostility from some of the poor households. Some people questioned her motives, believing that she was only pretending to care about their welfare to
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improve her own career prospects. Others found the idea of escaping poverty to be unrealistic. Disheartened, Huang sought out the former Party Chief of Baini and was told that the villagers would accept her only if they knew her.
Bearing that advice in mind, Huang worked hard to gain the respect of the villagers. She learnt to speak the local dialect. She rolled up her sleeves and worked together with the locals to do household chores. She even went with them to their farms to plant seeds and pick fruit. Once the villagers began to be warm to her, Huang found it easier to learn about their problems and help them to find solutions. For instance, she helped one farmer, Huang Bangxuan, obtain a subsidy to begin growing his own fruit trees. Another farmer, WeiNaiqing, obtained a discounted loan with Huang’s help and was able to plant his own tea oil trees.
Since the beginning of her stint as the Party Chief of Baini from 2018, Huang was a
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proponent of local agriculture. Under her stewardship, orange farmland increased by 300%. Experts were also invited to Baini to share their knowledge on how to improve the quality of the produce and to make the process more efficient. Huang’s efforts had directly or indirectly led to a tremendous reduction in poverty: less than 3% of the villagers live in poverty today, compared to 23% over a year ago.
Sadly, on 17 June 2019, Huang perished during a flash flood on her way to Baini, when her car was swept off the mountain and washed into the valley. Her friends and family had tried to dissuade her from making the trip due to the bad weather, but she had persisted, fearing the village would be flooded.
Today, Huang Wenxiu has been honoured as a “national model for poverty alleviation” by the government, in acknowledgement of her fight against poverty. I admire her because she worked tirelessly to improve the life of the people in poverty. She took on the responsibility of helping others. She is a model for us all.
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Words and Expressions
founded high-tech and futuristic companies (P6)
创建高科技和未来主义公司
found /fa nd/ vt. 创建；建立；把……建立在
例句
Their marriage was founded on love and mutual respect.
他们的婚姻建立在爱情和互相尊重的基础上。
拓展
founder n. 建立者；创立者
例句
He is the founder of International Sports Management Limited.
他是国际体育管理有限公司的创始人。
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At other times, the reason is given right after the opinion or decision, and the link can
be inferred. (P6)
另一些时候，理由是在意见或决定之后给出的，并可以推断出联系。
infer / n f (r)/ vt. 推断；推定
搭配
infer ... from ... 从……中推断出……
例句
What can we infer about the author from the text
从文章中我们能推断出作者的什么信息？
The police inferred, though they didn’t exactly say it, that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
虽未明说，警方却暗示他们发现她的行迹相当可疑。
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Interview a classmate about people he/she admires and ask for reasons. Next class, present the conversation in class.
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