Unit 9

When was he born?

Language goal:

Talk about famous people

Teaching Importance: 1.too…to…

2. start doing sth….

A

BC

Pictures Name Job Birthday How long

started

Zhang Yining

table tennis player

1982.

10

16

years

1988

Ronaldo soccer player

1976.9

16

years

1988

Williams tennis player

1980.6

10

years

1994

1.Who’s that?2.When was he/she born?3.How long did he/she play…?4.When did he/she start playing…?

Task 1 Make the conversation

You are never too young to start doing things. For example, Shirley Temple was a movie star when she was only three years old. Mei Lanfang first performed Beijing Opera when he was ten. And Liu Xuan, the Chinese gymnast, won a gold medal at the World Championships when she was seventeen.

Read this article

Name Job Achievement Age

Tiger Woods

Shirley Temple

Mozart

Mei Lanfang

Ronaldo

Liu xuan

golfer

movie star

musician

Beijing Opera actor

soccer player

gymnast

golfing

making movie

writing music

performing Beijing Opera

played for national team

World Championships gold medal

10 months old3 years old4 years old

10 years old17 years old

17 years old

Task 2 Write an article to introduce yourself.

My name is Tom. I was born in 1980. When I was six years old, I went to school. I loved drawing very much. So when I was seven, I started learning drawing. When I was eleven years old, I went to Middle School. I loved English very much. So I became an English teacher.