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1、UNIT 11 Famous People 第1页/共33页Unit 11 Famous People Part A Communicative Function Listening Strategy Part B Pre-listening Task Listening Tasks Text A Musician-Turned Economist Speaking Tasks Part C Additional Listening Movie Time Time to Talk第2页/共33页Identifying the Speakers Attitude As was said in t

2、he previous lesson, a speakers attitude or opinion towards what he/she is discussing often has to be inferred. We need to rely on information embedded in his/her choice of details, use of language, information, etc. to find out what the speakers attitude is towards his/her subject matter, or whether

3、 his/her opinion of the character depicted is favorable or not.Unit 11 Famous People- Part A P111Listening Strategy第3页/共33页1. What is the speakers attitude towards Napoleon? 2. What is the speakers attitude towards Tome Cruise? 3. What is the speakers attitude towards Kofi-Annan?Positive Positive, r

4、espectful Neutral Unit 11 Famous People- Part A P111neutral negative positiveSympathetic respectfuldisrespectful第4页/共33页Script Passage 1 Napoleon was many things but he was, first of all, remembered as a military leader. Rising from an artillery officer to the commander of the French army, he waged

5、war after war against neighboring countries. In 1804, he declared himself emperor and became the most powerful man in the world. At one time he controlled most of Europe. But Napoleons power was short-lived. His defeat came when he decided to attack Russia. Soon the whole of Europe rose against him,

6、 eventually forcing him to give up his throne. In 1821, he died alone on the small island of St. Helena. Unit 11 Famous People- Part A 第5页/共33页Script Passage 2 Tom Cruise has always represented cool, but somehow over the last couple of years, he has gone from just another Hollywood pretty boy to a c

7、ertified world renowned actor. It seems that everything he touches turns to gold. Not everyone likes him, but at least now almost everyone respects him. His movies make millions, he is an international star men envy him, and women love him. Unit 11 Famous People- Part A 第6页/共33页Script Passage 3 His

8、critics agree that the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is a dignified moral idealist. But hes also tough. Elected to the post in 1996, thanks largely to the USs displeasure with Boutros-Ghali, Annan has proved to be energetic and willing to press Americans to accept greater internation

9、al responsibility. As the host of 159 heads of state at this years Millennium Summit in New York September 6 to 8, he advocated intervention against war, disease and poverty. Unit 11 Famous People- Part A 第7页/共33页A Musician-Turned EconomistWord BankUnit 11 Famous People- Part B P114stockbroker 证券和股票

10、经纪人 retailing 零售业digit 数字develop 产生appreciation 鉴赏力consulting 承接咨询业务的chief 首领，领袖，长官drive 驱动，推动第8页/共33页A Musician-Turned EconomistWord BankUnit 11 Famous People- Part B P114musician-turned economist 乐师出身的经济学家Federal Reserve Board 联邦储备董事会run low 将耗尽，几乎用光withdraw from 离开,退出New York Universitys School o

11、f Commerce 纽约大学商学院Wall Street 华尔街Ph.D 博士学位，获得博士学位者第9页/共33页Alan GreenspanParents and childhoodfathermotherborn ongrew up inA 1) .worked in 2) .3) .4) . EducationIn the mid-1940sIn 1949In 1977studied at a 5) in New York, graduated with a degree in 6) fromNYU School of 7) .got a 8) at NYUearned a 9) fr

12、om NYU Working experienceAfterleaving ColumbiaUniversityIn the mid-1950sIn 1987worked for the national 10) .Conference Boardopened an 11) Companybegan to work in the 12) .March 6, 1926 retailing stockbroker economics music school New York PhD Masters degree Commerce Federal Government economic consu

13、lting Industrial Exercise 2Unit 11 Famous People Part B 第10页/共33页Exercise 11. a. More than 10 years. b. 12 years. c. 5 years. d. 4 years.2. a. They were poor. b. They divorced. c. They deserted him. d. They moved to New York.3. a. Baseball and basketball. b. Tennis and baseball. c. Music and tennis.

14、 d. Sports and music.Unit 11 Famous People- Part B P115 第11页/共33页4. a. It is a pity that Greenspan has given up his career as a musician. b. Today Greenspan as Chief of the Federal Reserve Board can do whatever he likes. c. Greenspans income was higher when he worked on Wall Street. d. Greenspan was

15、nt very good at his studies since he earned his PhD at the age of 51. 5. a. Positive. b. Neutral. c. Negative. d. Critical第12页/共33页Typescript Unit 11 Famous People- Part B A Musician-turned Economist Alan Greenspan, who has been Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board for over a decade, is regard

16、ed as one of the most i m p o r t a n t m e n b y m a n y p e o p l e i n t h e w o r l d . Greenspan was born on March 6, 1926. His father was a stockbroker and his mother worked in retailing. When he was 4 years old, his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother in New York. Young Alan was

17、a shy boy but he was very good at large numbers. When he was only five, his mother would get him to add two three-digit numbers in his head. He loved baseball and tennis. And, like his mother, he developed a deep appreciation for music. In the mid-1940s he studied briefly at a music school in New Yo

18、rk, and then toured the country for a year with a music band. Then he entered New York Universitys School of Commerce and graduated第13页/共33页Typescript Unit 11 Famous People- Part B with a degree in economics. He got a Masters degree at NYU in 1949, and shifted to Columbia University to work on his P

19、hD. When his money ran low, he withdrew from graduate school and went to work for the National Industrial Conference Board. He eventually earned a PhD from NYU in 1977. In the mid-1950s Greenspan opened an economic consulting company. In 1987 he began to work in the Federal Government. Today his wor

20、k as Chief of Federal Reserve Board is much the same as the work he did on Wall Street, trying to understand how the economy is working and what drives it; offering suggestions for improvement. He is, however, making less money. 第14页/共33页Edwin Powel Hubble was a tall, _, athletic man. During his lif

21、etime, his research was _ on nebulae, which are misty patches of light in the sky. In 1924, he announced the discovery of a star in a nebula. He _ that his star was much further away than anyone had thought and that therefore the nebula was not inside our galaxy, but a galaxy of stars just like the

22、Milky Way, only much further away. His discovery _ the world to realize that the universe was much bigger than had been previously _._. This supported the Big Bang theory of how the universe came into being.Hubble died in 1953. _, the Hubble Space Telescope.Part C Edwin Hubble P121elegantfocusedcalc

23、ulatedenabledpresumedclassifycontentobservationsrateTo honor his great contribution to space exploration, The greaterthe distance between them, the faster they move away from each otherhis name was chosen for the worlds most powerful space telescope第15页/共33页Time To Talk_1Unit 11 Famous People- Part

24、C 第16页/共33页Time To Talk_1Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第17页/共33页Time To Talk_2Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第18页/共33页Time To Talk_2Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第19页/共33页Unit 11 Famous People- Part C Time To Talk_3第20页/共33页Time To Talk_3Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第21页/共33页Questions or discussion1

25、. Can you name some famous people you know about?2. Who impress you most? Why?3. Do you know anything about Alan Greenspan?4. How come his name is on everyones lips in the USA?Additional question for discussion1. Generally speaking, what do people who become famous have in common?2. Do you want to b

26、e famous? Why or why not?Unit 11 Famous People- Part B P112-113第22页/共33页第23页/共33页Movie TimeUnit 11 Famous People- Part C 第24页/共33页Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第25页/共33页Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第26页/共33页Unit 11 Famous People- Part C 第27页/共33页Speaking Tasks - Dialogue 1A: Have you read anything

27、interesting recently?B: Yes, an article about an architect.A: An architect? Who?B: Bei Yuming.A: Oh, Ive heard of him. He is a Chinese American.B: Quite right. He was born in 1917 in Guangzhou.A: Where did he go to school?B: He graduated from a middle school in Shanghai, then went to study at Massac

28、husetts Institute of Technology in the USA and in 1940 got a BA in architecture. Then in 1946 he earned an MA in architecture from Harvard University.A: I heard he is a world-famous architect.B: Yes. In many parts of the world, there are buildings designed by him. The Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing

29、is one of them.第28页/共33页Speaking Tasks - Dialogue 2A: Whos that man in the picture?B: Dont you know? Well, Im not going to tell you, but you may ask me five questions to work out who he was.A: That sounds fun! You said “was”. Do you mean he is no longer alive?B: Yes. Thats question 1.A: Ok. What was

30、 his nationality?B: British.A: When was he born and when did he die?B: Thats two questions.A: Oh, come on.B: All right. He was born in 1940 and died in 1980. two more questions left.A: What did he do?B: A singer and song writer.A: What were his famous songs?B: One of the famous songs he wrote was “A

31、 Hard Days Night”.A: John Lennon, I bet.B: You got it.A: And I made it in five questions.、B: Good for you.第29页/共33页Words from celebritiesUnit 11 Famous People- Part A All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人。 法 Dumas pre大仲马 Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 Socrates 苏格拉底 Living

32、without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。 J. Ruskin 鲁斯金 Victory wont come to me unless I go to it. 胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 M. Moore 穆尔 A great man is always willing to be little. 伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。 R. W. Emerson 爱默生 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。 T. Fuller 富勒 Goals determine what you are going to be. 目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。 Julius Erving欧文 第30页/共33页Unit 11 Famous