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Unit 1
People of Achievement
Using Language
Language Competence
Master the language features and writing techniques of biographical texts, and use relevant sentence patterns to describe people.
Learning Ability
Apply various reading strategies to analyze text structures, and use what they have learned to complete the writing tasks.
Cultural Awareness
Understand different cultural backgrounds and values, and establish correct outlooks on life, values and worldviews.
Thinking Quality
Collect and analyze the deeds of outstanding people, extract their excellent qualities, and reflect on their own growth.
Learning Objectives
Teaching Focus
Focus on guiding students to grasp the language elements and writing skills of biographical texts, and integrate cultural understanding into language learning and application.
Teaching Challenges
Help students transform language input into high - quality output in writing, and deeply internalize cultural values and positive qualities through critical thinking.
Teaching Focus and Teaching Challenges
Part 1
Reading
Lead-in
Guessing game
a Jewish
a brilliant scientist
Get Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921
E=mc
The theory of relativity
According to the picture and title, what’s the purpose of this text
Pridication
Give an introduction to Albert Einstein
Skimming for the text
brief introduction
early life & background
achievements
struggles & challenges
personal characteristics
impact & legacy
Skimming for the main idea of each paragraph.
Read the text and complete the timeline.
Activity 1
1879
Born in Germany
1896
1900
1905
1922
1933
1955
1895
1902
Earned a doctorate in physics
Took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office
Graduated from university
Entered university
Tried but failed to enter
university in Switzerland
1909
Able to quit his job at the patent office and enter research full-time at a university
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
Had to flee Germany
Died in the United States
Find the descriptions that tell us what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was.
He is a slightly odd-looking and he had a thick moustache and long white hair.
He is smart, courageous, kind, popular, funny, peculiar and forgetful.
What rhetorical devices are used in the passage
After two years of looking for work as a teacher, Einstein took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office. While working there, out of a strong passion for knowledge, he continued to study, carning a doctoratc in physics in 1905. That same ycar, which was later recorded as a miracle year in science, he published four extraordinary physics papcrs. Following this, he gradually became famous throughout the world as the new Tsaac Newton.
....
On 18 April 1955, it was reported that Einstein had passed away, and the whole world mourned the great loss of a brilliant scientist.
analogy 类比
euphemism 委婉
What rhetorical devices are used in the passage
To the public, he was seen as a slightly odd-looking but kind and funny man. He had a thick moustache and long white hair, which sometimes stood on end as though he had just received an electric shock. Although he was a genius, he sometimes forgot things, like his friends’ birthdays. But despite his peculiarities, he was loved by his friends and neighbours. There is even a story about how he helped a little girl who knocked on his door and asked for help with her homework. In fact, Einstein often encountered people on the street who would stop him and ask him to help explain things. After many such occasions, he finally started saying, “ Pardon me! Sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein!”
personification 拟人
simile 明喻
Reading
Circumstances changed in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, who was Jewish, found the doors of academic institutions closed to him. As a consequence he had to flee Germany. After spending time in Europe, he finally took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,USA. Following that, he continued to make great achievements in physics and mathematicse.
metaphor 暗喻
The organization of a biography.
Summary
contribution accomplishment
birth
education
early career
Appearance
personalityAnecdotes
Death and comment
brief introduction
early life & background
achievements
struggles & challenges
personal characteristics
impact & legacy
major events
milestones
Difficult period
注意：
运用正确的时态。描写人物的外貌、性格、兴趣等常用一般现在时，而描写人物的出生地、教育背景、经历、事迹时常用一般过去时
Part 2
Writing
写作积累
（1）引出人物介绍的开头句式
1. When talking about......, I can't help but think of......, a famous .......
2. The person I admire most is...,
3. Of all the outstanding people, I admire… the most.
4. There are many respectable people around us. The one who I admire most is...
（2）简单介绍人物背景 (出生日期/出生地+职业/兴趣)
1. 出生于 be born in /on
2. 对……有强烈的兴趣 have/show strong interest in
3. 在……方面有天赋 have a gift/talent for
写作积累
（3）讲述该人物的主要经历和重要成就。
1. After graduating from…., he / she spent most of the time doing...
从……毕业后，他/她大部分时间都花在做……
2. With strong will and great determination, he achieved the great success in.
凭借坚强的意志和坚定的决心，他在……方面取得了巨大的成功.
3. Despite many difficulties, he/she managed to overcome them.
尽管有许多困难，他/她还是成功克服了
4. She poured his/her heart and soul into…and made great contributions to…
她全心全意投入…, 并为…做出了巨大贡献…
写作积累
（4）人物评价及对作者的影响。
1. As a great..., he/she will be remembered by us forever.
作为一位伟大的……，他 / 她将永远被我们铭记。
2. It is his determination that inspires me to go on when I have difficulty in learning.
正是他的决心激励着我在学习遇到困难时继续前行。
3. Having set a great example for us, he is an excellent person who fully deserves our admiration and respect.
他为我们树立了一个很好的榜样，是位完全值得我们钦佩和尊敬的优秀人物。
Writing
Write an introduction about someone you admire.
Sample
When people talk about sacrifice and charity for others, the name that most often comes up in my mind is Mother Teresa. In fact, she is so famous for her work that her name is most often used nowadays as a point of comparison by which others are judged (for example, “He may do some good work, but he’s no Mother Teresa”). Interestingly, though her name is still heard quite often, many younger people have no clear idea who she was.
Sample
Mother Teresa’s real name is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, where is now the modern-day Republic of Macedonia. When she was a young girl, she decided that she wanted to help poor people in India, so when she was 18, she left home and eventually made her way to Darjeeling, India. She formally became a nun in 1931, and took “Teresa” as her new name. In the beginning, she was just a teacher of other nuns. However, in 1946 she felt stirred to help the poorest of the poor in Calcutta (modern-day Kolkata). She began to work full-time there in 1948 and was allowed to form her own charity group in 1950. In time, her group grew to thousands of members, helping orphans, refugees, the disabled, the most ill, and the poorest people around the world.
Sample
However, Mother Teresa is most famous for her Home of the Dying and the Destitute in Calcutta. This work began when she found a poor man dying alone in the street of Calcutta, and decided that she had to do something to help, as nothing could be worse than dying alone in the streets. Workers for the Home of the Dying and the Destitute would find dying people in the streets, and bring them to the centre, where they would be cared for, fed, and loved until their final moments.
Sample
For her work, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. When she died on 5 September 1997, she was given a state funeral by the government of India, which was attended by more than 15,000 people and broadcast around the world on TV, with many world leaders singing praises to her.
People who met Mother Teresa often remarked at how small she was—she was only 152 cm tall. She was also very quiet and gentle in the way she behaved. This all proves that even the smallest or gentlest people can still do great and mighty things.
Part 3
Assessing
Your Progress
Activity 1
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.
gentle sum up circumstance encounter novelist patent
1. To our surprise, he was actually the ____________ and caring father of three children.
2. To ____________, his fame and wealth were gained through hard work and his in-depth knowledge of his business.
3. A genius for invention, Thomas Edison obtained scores of ____________.
gentle
patents
sum up
Activity 1
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.
gentle sum up circumstance encounter novelist patent
4. Under no ____________________ should we do terrible things to other people.
5. As a botanist, he takes notes on the properties of any plant he ___________.
6. The first-person narrator is a stylistic device that has been used by ____________ many and poets throughout the ages.
encounters
novelists
circumstances
Activity 1 2
What do you know about Sun Yat-sen Read the passage, and then fill in the blanks with relative pronouns or adverbs.
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) was widely considered to be the founder and forerunner of modern China. He was only in power for a short time, when he was president of the country in 1912. So it may seem odd to some people ____________ knowledge of China may be limited that he is such an important figure. However, his influence is not based on his time in office, but on his continuous struggle for a better society and his concern for all Chinese people.
whose
Activity 2
What do you know about Sun Yat-sen Read the passage, and then fill in the blanks with relative pronouns or adverbs.
He also put forward many advanced ideas ____________ brought the Chinese people together, in particular, the Three Principles of the People. These principles were inspired by Lincoln, _______________ he admired, and were developed when he was travelling overseas, ____________ he went to find support for his country. The first principle is about nationalism, ____________ indicates that China should never be divided and should not be under any foreign control.
which
who/whom
where
which
Activity 2
What do you know about Sun Yat-sen Read the passage, and then fill in the blanks with relative pronouns or adverbs.
The second is about people's rights. It means that all people have great value and should also have the same rights. The third is about people's livelihood, ____________ means that the government should create opportunities for people to make a good living.
which
Homework
1. Summarise what we have learnt in this lesson;
2. Prepare for the next lesson
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