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Warm-upIn this unit you will Read about heroes and heroines and an interview. Talk about people you admire. Listen to dialogues and a radio programme. write a magazine story. Review the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect tenses.Warm-up Do you know these people?SoldierLei FengHistory makerZhou EnlaiHistory makerSun ZhongshanActorLi LianjieSoldierWang ChengSoldierDong CunruiCompereYang lianAthleteLiu XuanFilm CharacterSpider-man 1 Think of different kinds of heroes and heroines:a) a sports or film star you admireb) someone famous for being brave and goodc) the main character from a storyExample a) Yao Ming b) Mother Teresa c) Hamlet Yao MingHamlet is the sensitive and indecisive hero of Shakespeares play.Mother Teresa was a nunwho devoted all her life to helping the poor and sick in India.Classify the adjectives in the Key Words box as positive or negative.Key Wordsbrave, calm, cruel, dangerous, generous, honest, humorous, kind, pleasant, smart, violentAnswers:Positive brave calm generous honest humorous kind pleasant smartNegative- cruel dangerous violentNow write three sentences about some film heroes, heroines and villains that you know well and read them to your group. Use the Key Words to help you.Example Scar is a cruel and dangerous character in Lion King.2 Listen to descriptions of three film characters.Match them with the following adjectives:1 Nemo 2 Bright Jones 3 Dr Octopus a) smart but cruel and violentb) brave and humorous c) pleasant and humorousAnswers: 1 b 2 c 3 aFinding NemoNemoBright JonesBridget Joness DiaryDr. OctopusSpider-manTapescript1 Nemo is the main character in the movie Finding Nemo. Hes a little fish who is often frightened but he never runs away from danger. He also often finds himself in funny situations that make people laugh.2 Bridget Jones is the main character of the book and movie, Bridget Jones Diary. She is a really nice person but is always doing funny things that cause her a lot of trouble and give people a lot of Joy.3 Doctor Octopus is Spidermans enemy in the movie Spiderman .Hes very smart man but his invention makes him kill many people.WritingIn groups, pleas write a character description of a well-known film or television actor without saying who he/she is.Then exchange your description with another group and try to guess who is being described.For exampleHe is a well-known film star. He is from Hong Kong. He is n