Module 10

Life history

Language knowledge target:

1.The expression of the months

2. Past simple regular verbs.

(affirmative, negative and interrogative)

3. The vocabulary.

Language skill target:1.To understand the simple conversations

about the past life. To get the accurate

time of the affairs.

2. To talk about the life in the past.

3. To understand the simple person biography.

4. To describe the past experience of oneself

and the others.

Unit 1We listened to the radioLanguage goal:

1. To understand conversations about the life in the past.

2. To understand and be able to ask questions with “did”.

3. To learn months of the year.

Drilling: Activity 5 (Acting out can be done).Key points: when you were a boy,

games like chess.Key structure: Did you do...?

Yes, I did./ No, I didn’t.

Christmas

New year’s Day

Halloween

Thanksgiving

What festival can you think of?

New Year’s Day

Spring Festival

Women’s Day

Labour Day

Children’s Day

Teacher’s Day

National Day

Christmas

January

February

March

May

June

September

October

December

The festivals and the months

April

July

August

November

go away

四月

七月

八月

十一月

走开，离开

Follow the examples:The Spring Festival is in February.

1. Teacher’s Day, September.

2. Children’s Day, June.

3. Christmas, December.

4. New year’s Day, January.

The Teacher’s Day is in September

The children’s Day is in June.

The Christmas is in December.

The New Year’s Day is in January.

Match the months with the seasonsSpring Summe

r Autumn Winter

March June September

December

April July October January

May August November February

Listen and check the dates Octobe

r1999

March 2002

January2003

August2003

When did Tony

Come to China ?

Start school in Beijing ?

Meet Lingling and Daming ?Visit his grandparents?

√

√

√

√

1.come to China

2.start school

3.be born

4.ride a bike

5.listen to the radio

6.watch movies

7.by car

8.by train

9.go away

1.来到中国

2.开始上学

3.出生

4.骑自行车

5.听收音机

6.看电影

7.乘小汽车

8.坐火车

9.走开，离开

Betty’s grandfather did.

Betty’s grandfather didn’t do.

1. rode a bike2. listened to the radio3. played chess4. watched movies5. visited his aunt6. travelled by train

1. didn’t watch television2. didn’t play computer games.3. didn’t travel by car.

Notes:如果要询问别人在过去的某一时间里是否做了什么事，这时我们需要用行为动词一般过去时的疑问形式。其形式为 :

Did you listen to the news in the morning?

早上你听新闻了吗？

Did you watch TV yesterday evening?

昨晚你看电视了吗？

要注意：加了 did 后构成的疑问句中，谓语

动词要变成原形。请看下面列表：

肯 定 否 定 一般疑问 回 答He moved to London at 28.

He didn’t move to London at 28.

Did he move to London at 28?

Yes, he did.

No, he didn’t

We played computer games yesterday.

We didn’t play computer games yesterday.

Did we play computer games yesterday?

Yes, we did.

No, we didn’t.

They did some sport after school.

They didn’t do any sport after school.

Did they do any start after school?

Yes, they did.

No, they didn’t.

My sister started school at six.

My sister didn’t start school at six.

Did my sister start school at six.

Yes, she did.

No, she didn’t.

Language points in the text:

Did you ride a bike to school when you were a boy?

when you were a boy 是时间状语从句． When 在这里是从属连词，意为“当．．．时候”．

e. g: I liked English very much when I was a little girl.

We had games like chess. 意为”我们玩游戏，如：象棋．

Work in pairs. Ask and answer about when you were five years old.

Did you … when you were five years old?

1. …do any sport?

2. …walk to school?

3. …watch films?

4. …listen to music?

5. …play computer games?

Unit 2.

He decided to be an actor.Language goal:

1.To get information from the reading material about William Shakespeare.

2. To introduce a writer you know well.

Drilling: Activity 1. (questions and answers can

be done).

Key points: start doing sth, at the age of

finish school, one of the most

famous writers, move to, watch plays.

《 Hamlet》

《 Romeo and Juliet 》

Great writer of British literary realmShakespeare

莎士比亚四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》、《麦克白》，是其悲剧作品中最著名的四部。故事均取自欧洲的历史传说。《哈》剧写的是丹麦王子哈姆雷特回国奔丧，父王鬼魂诉冤，嘱其报仇。王子装疯，安排“戏中戏”，证实了新王杀兄的罪行。错杀大臣后，王子被打发出国，他洞察新王阴谋，中途折回。新王备下毒酒毒剑，挑唆大臣之子与王子决斗，欲置之于死地，最后三人同归于尽，母后也误饮毒酒而死。《奥》剧写的是威尼斯大将、摩尔人奥赛罗与元老之女苔丝狄蒙娜倾心相爱，冲破家庭阻力结为夫妻并一同出征。旗官伊阿古，因个人私怨而设计诬陷台丝狄蒙娜有私情。奥赛罗轻信中计，亲手将妻子掐死，最后真相大白，奥赛罗悔恨交加，拔剑自刎。《李》剧叙述不列颠王李尔将国土全分给了花言巧语的两个大女儿，而将秉性耿直的小女儿远嫁法国。最终遭到长女次女百般虐待，流落荒野，疯癫而死。《麦》剧写苏格兰大将麦克白受女巫诱惑，在野心和夫人的驱使下，杀君自立，后终日被噩梦纠缠，神思恍惚。其妻也发狂自杀而死。最后王子率兵讨伐，麦克白兵败而死。

Background knowledge

actor

writer

play

poem

marry

move

join

company

become

( 男）演员

作家

戏剧

诗歌

结婚

搬（家）移动

加入，参加

公司，剧团

成为

successful

age

rich

snow (unit 3)

成功

年龄

富有

下雪

Phrases in unit 2

decide to do

finish school

at the age of

have children

move to

start doing

one of…

注意： one of 后面一定

跟名词复数

决定做．．．

毕业

在．．．岁时

有孩子

搬到．．．

开始做．．．

．．．之一

Pre–listening questions:1.Who was Shakespeare?

2.Where was he born?

3.When was he born?

4.How old is he when he died?

Shakespeare Globe

Theatre

莎士比亚环球剧场

A timetable of Shakespeare

1564 1578 1582 1592 1599 1616

Was born

be born, die, finish school, have children, marry, move to, start school

Sentence–making:

e.g: He was born in 1564.

He … 1578.

He … 1582.

finished school

married moved to London

openedGlobeTheatre

died

Write sentences about events in your life

1. At the age of three, _____________________.

2. At six, ________________________________.

3. At nine, _______________________________.

4. At twelve, _____________________________.

1. Our family moved to Beijing.

2. I started school.

3. I helped my mother with housework.

4. I finished primary school.

Complete the passage with the correct from of the words in the box.

be be born become decide die finish have like live marry move start work join

William shakespeare(1) _____ in 1564 in England. When he(2) _____ at school he(3) ____ watching plays and he(4) _____ to be an actor. He(5) _____ school when he was 14 years old. When he was 18 he(6) _____ , and they(7) _____ three children. when he was 28 he(8) _____ to London and(9) _____ a theatre company. He(10) _____ a successful actor and(11) _____ writing plays. He(12) _____ at the Globe Theatre. William shakepeare(13) _____ for 52 years. Finally, when he(14) _____ he was rich and successful.

was born

was liked

decided finished

married had

moved joined

became

started worked

lived

died

Unit 3.

Language in use

Language goal:1.To summarise and consolidate past si

mple questions and negative sentences and the new vocabulary.

2. To finish the module task freely.

Focus: past simple regular verbs

(negative and interrogative).

Drilling: Activity 1&2.

Key points: like sth a lot (very much).

in colour.

Follow the sentence as example, rewrite the sentence.

e. g. We arrived in shanghai last month.

we didn’t arrive in shanghai last month.

Did you arrive in shanghai last month?

Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t.

1. He returned home from Beijing last Wednesday.

He didn’t return home from Beijing last Wednesday.

Did he return home from Beijing last Wednesday?

Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.

2. Her uncle moved to London at the age of

thirty. Her uncle didn’t move to London at the age of thirty.

Did her uncle move to London at the age of thirty?

Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.

Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets

Tony: (1) Did you use (you use) a computer at school?

Tony’s dad: No, I didn’t.

Tony: what (2) _______ (you do) in the evenings?

(3) ___________ (you watch) TV?

Tony’s dad: Yes, I did. But it wasn’t in colour and it (4)_______

(not have) many channels.

Tony: What games (5) _________ (you play)?

Tony’s dad: We (6) ______ (play) football and tennis in the park.

Tony: And then, where (7) _________ (you live)?

Tony’s dad: I (8) _____ (live) in Cambridge.

Tony: (9) _________ (you ride) a bike to school?

Tony’s dad: Yes, I did. I (10) _____ (like) my bike a lot.

Did you do

Did you watch

did you play

played

didn’t have

did you live

lived

Did you ride

liked

Write the months

e. g: When does school start? __________

1. When doses school finish? __________

2. When is your birthday? __________

3. When is your friends birthday? _______

4. When is your mother’s / __________

father’s birthday? __________

5. When did your parents marry? _______

6. When is Spring Festival? __________

In September.

In 1950 people didn’t have email. They didn’t use cell phones or computers. There was no satellite TV or Internet. Cars were expensive so people used bicycles or travelled by bus and train. They didn’t visit other countries on holiday.

Writing about people in the paste. g: Talk about my grandfather:

My grandfather was born …, lived…,

didn’t have…, listened to …, played…,

travalled by ……