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1、Unit 3 Amazing peoplePart One Teaching DesignAims and requirements Read an article about a famous explorer and an article about a Chinese astronaut Listen to a list of requirements Talk about famous people and unknown places, and introduce a person Write a biographical article Interview a profession
2、alProcedures Welcome to the UnitStep 1 Brainstorming1. Some amazing people have made our world better through their thoughts and actions. Though Mother Teresa, bill Gates, Beethoven and Zhang Heng are of different times and nationalities, they all devoted themselves to their fields and contributed a
3、 lot to the world. Here are some great people in the pictures. Do you know them? (politician, musician, painter, scientist, astronaut and so on)(图片略)They are great and amazing, because they have made the world or China better and changed a lot through their thoughts and actions, as we all know. Do y
4、ou know some other amazing people like them? Yes, there are many in the world. Open your books to page 41, you will find four great people here. Though Mother Teresa, Bill Gates, Beethoven and Zhang Heng are of different times and nationalities, they all devoted themselves to their fields and contri
5、buted a lot to the world. Discuss their achievements and express your personal opinions about who you consider heroes/heroines. Try to fully participate and actively discuss your ideas.2. Read the instructions and focus on the four pictures. Try to think of information you know about each person. Il
6、l give you a brief introduction first. We are going to talk about four persons. Though they are of different nationalities living in different times, they have a lot in common. What are the common things they share? Try to find the answers by discussing each of the four pictures with your group.Moth
7、er TeresaWho was Mother Teresa? How much do you know about her?What contributions did Mother Teresa make to people?When was she awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?Do you think Mother Teresa set a good example for us to follow? Why?What can you learn from Mother Teresa?It is reported that after she died,
8、about 400 important figures including queens, presidents, prime ministers and the former First Lady Hillary Clinton came to pay final tribute to her. Do you think she was worth respecting?Bill GatesWho is chairman of Microsoft Corporation and the worldwide leader in software?Do you agree Bill Gates
9、has had a dramatic effect on the world of computer technology? Give your reasons.What other information have you got about him?Bill Gates and his wife set up a foundation focusing on improving global health. Is Bill Gates one of your heroes?BeethovenWhat would our world be like if we had no music?Ho
10、w about listening to a piece of music?Are you familiar with the melody? And your feeling?Who wrote it?From your point of view, was Beethoven an amazing person? Was he a musician by nature?Did Beethoven become discouraged and frustrated when he became deaf?Do you think his role could be compared with
11、 Bill Gates?Zhang HengJust now we talked about amazing people from other countries. What about the great people in our country? Have you heard of Zhang Heng?How much do you know about him?What do you think of his invention?Is he worthy of being called an amazing person?All picturesWhat are the commo
12、n characteristics these four people share?What can we learn from them? Are they your heroes/heroines?Below are some famous sayings or quotes from these famous persons. Please match them.Beethoven Bill Gates Mother Teresa 1. “One thing I love about thisdecadeis this is a period where the reality is d
13、riving the expectation.”2. “Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history”3. “The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heavenAnd St
14、. Peter said, “Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.”Keys: 1 Bill Gates 2 Beethoven 3 Mother TeresaStep 2: Sharing information1. Three or four of you form a group and discuss the three questions please.2. Please express your opinions on the three questions, especially on Questions 2 and 3. T
15、hen talk about the effects of these peoples achievements on our lives.Sample answers 1. Yes.2. Nowadays we can do shopping at home, borrow books from the library without leaving our home and conclude transactions just by a punch of the keyboard. These may have seemed strange ten years ago, but now computers have turned them into realities. Computers bring a lot of convenience to our daily life. With computers, we can find information wed like to know; we can solve many complex calculations easily; we can always find solutions to difficult problems.Because of compute
