Unit 5 When was he born?
[00:06.46]Section B
[00:08.19]1a Look at these people.Under each picture,
[00:13.94]write one or two words to describe the person.
[00:18.35]talented loving outstanding unusual
[00:25.78]beautiful creative kind famous
[00:33.58]Arthur Tony Sarah Vivian
[00:40.83]1b GROUPWORK
[00:44.38]Imagine you know the people in the pictures
[00:47.47]above.
[00:49.37]Tell your group about the people
[00:53.66]Arthur is a loving grandfather.
[00:57.04]He spends all his free time with his grandson.
[01:00.61]2a Listen.
[01:02.69]Two people are talking about people they admire.
[01:05.67]Cirlce the words in the list inactivety 1a
[01:08.45]that you hear.
[01:11.20]Who do you admire?I admire Midori.
[01:15.13]Midori?Who's that?
[01:17.39]She's a famous violinist.
[01:19.79]Oh,yeah!She's Japanese,Isn't she?
[01:23.56]Yes ,she was born in Osaka in 1971.
[01:27.91]When she was eight,
[01:29.50]she was already a talented violinist.
[01:32.65]When she was fourteen,
[01:34.57]she toured the United states.
[01:36.85]I saw her play when I was eight.
[01:39.31]Wow.Do you have any of her CDs?
[01:42.52]Yes,I do.I play them all the time.
[01:46.40]But how about you?Who do you admire?
[01:49.37]I admire my grandmother,Laura.Realy? Why?
[01:53.77]Well,she was born in Russia in 1932.
[01:57.50]She was an unusual girl because she started
[02:00.26]ice skating when she was four,
[02:02.49]and she became a skating champion
[02:04.26]when she was ten.
[02:06.19]A skating champion?Did she have to work hard?
[02:09.68]Yes,very hard.But that was a long time ago.
[02:13.96]Now she's a kind and loving grandmother.
[02:17.81]2b Listen again.
[02:20.20]Are these sentences about Midori or Laura?
[02:24.68]Write "M"(for Midori) or "L" (for Laura)
[02:28.39]on the lines.
[02:30.46]2c PAIRWORK
[02:33.99]Look at activity 2b.Ask and answer questions
[02:38.58]about Midori and Laura.
[02:41.98]Who's Midori?
[02:44.14]She's a famous violinist.
[02:46.81]When was she born?
[02:48.91]She was born in 1971.
[02:51.79]When did she tour the U.S.?
[02:56.26]3a Read the crticle and fill in the chart.
[03:01.66]Li yundi,a well-known Chiness pianist,
[03:04.92]alway loves music.
[03:07.11]He was born in 1982 in Chongqing.
[03:11.36]When he was a small boy,he could hum songs
[03:14.34]and difficult pieces of music.
[03:16.93]He began to learn the accordion
[03:18.55]at the age of four,
[03:20.18]and he startes to learn the piano
[03:22.08]when he was seven.
[03:23.76]In October 2000,Li Yundi took part in the 14th
[03:29.07]Chopin International Competiton in Poland.
[03:32.74]He won first prize in his group.
[03:36.67]He was also the first Chinese pianist,
[03:39.48]in the 70-year history of the competition
[03:42.06]to win this prize.
[03:44.17]3b Look at the information in activity 2b.
[03:49.17]Write an article about Laura.
[03:53.16]Laura was born in 1932.
[03:57.77]She started ice skating when she was four.
[04:02.06]3c Write about a person you admire.
[04:06.99]4 GROUPWORK Ten Questions
[04:11.55]Your classmates have to guess the name of
[04:14.83]a person you admire.
[04:17.44]They can ask you ten questions.
[04:21.10]Is the person a man or a woman?
[04:24.38]He is a man.
[04:26.68]Is he alive?
[04:28.19]No,he isn't.
[04:30.99]Was he an athlete?
[04:32.91]No,he wasn't.
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