Fame usually comes to those who are
thinking about something else.
Choose a number and guess who he is.
He was a great commander and helped
America win the Revolutionary War.
He was the 1st president of the United
States and served two terms as president,
proving to be a very wise, caring, and
fair leader.
A skilled and able diplomat, he served as
the Chinese foreign minister.
He was the first Premier of the People's
Republic of China.
Time Magazine has announced that he
was the person who most shaped and
influenced our lives because of his
great theories and inventions.
His Theory of Relativity is well-known.
He was a Swedish industrialist who
invented explosives.
He endowed a $9 million fund in his will,
which was to be used as awards for
people whose work most benefited
humanity.
Talk about the contributions of the above figures with
your partner and describe them with the following words.
Predict the content of the following text based on the title
and pictures.
Read the text quickly and underline the adjectives
which are used to describe Alfred Nobel.
skillful excellent imaginative inventive
quick outstanding forward-looking generous
Can you provide
some backgrounds?
Can you guess the
meaning of “linguist”
according to the
following words?
Do you know the
verbs of these words?
die
What does cause
mean here?
In Wenchuan Earthquake, Cheng Guangbiao was
so generous that he donated 10,000,000 yuan.
This memorial was built to
remember the heroes that died
for the establishment of the
People’s Republic of China.
discover
兄弟情谊
Read the text and get the main idea of each
paragraph. If you cannot find the main idea in
the text, you can write it by yourself.
Para. 1: Nobel had a rich family and great achievements.
Para. 2: Nobel cared deeply about the whole of mankind.
Para. 3: Nobel divided his wealth into 5 parts in his will.
Read paragraph 1 and complete the following
chart with the missing information.
chemist linguist
1833
explosives
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.
meaning
mankind
time &money
peaceful
Italy
chemistry
nationalitiespeace
5
Read Nobel’s will and fill in the blanks.
Tell the story of Alfred Nobel and his will
in groups based on the chart above.
Read the statements about the facts and opinions on
Nobel. Write “F” for a fact and “O” for an opinion.
F
O
O
F
F
O
O
F
1)-4)5) 3)-8) 6)-5) 7)-2)
Now match each opinion with its supporting fact(s).
T
e
a
m
1
T
e
a
m
2
T
e
a
m
3
Read the text carefully. Then discuss and
answer the following questions.
1. Prepare for a debate on the topic:
To be a famous figure in history a man
must make great contributions to mankind.
YES! NO!
2. Preview Word Power and do the exercise.
Homework
To be a famous figure in history a man
must make great contributions to mankind.
YES! NO!
Choose a number and then guess which word it is.
1
2
3
4 5
6
7
8
Which one do
you choose?
inventive
able to think of new and interesting
ideas
outstanding
extremely good; excellent
relating to or involving money
financial
memorial
a statue, stone, etc. that is built in
order to remind people of an important
past event or of a famous person who
has died
a legal document that says what is to
happen to sb's money and property
after they die
will
ideal
an idea or standard that seems
perfect, and worth trying to achieve
or obtain
worthy
an important person
planning for the future; willing to
consider modern ideas and methods
forward-looking
Complete the following summary of the text with the
proper forms of the words above.
will
outstanding
inventive
forward-looking financial
ideals
memorial
worthies
Complete the following sentences with the
appropriate forms of the phrases in the box.
1) He _____________________(敏于领悟) what his
neighbour had told him.
2) Development of this county _____________(在于教育).
3) Some films__________________________________
(使教育与娱乐相融合).
was quick to understand
lies in education
combine instruction with entertainment
4) Don’t you _______________________(担心丢掉工作)?
5) For over 100 years, men _____________________(寻找
黄金) in the hill.
6) Now he’s grown up he no longer________________
(对……感兴趣) his stamp collection.
7) He once told me that he__________________________
_______(宁愿乘火车旅行而不愿坐飞机).
8) Here is the important document and _________________
(全文如下).
had searched for gold
takes an interest in
would rather travel by train than
by plane
it goes as follows
care about losing the job
Review what you have learned about suffixes and
write down the required forms of the colored words in
the sentences.
attract
supportive
inventive
finance
industrial
consider
prepare
receive
Find from the text the words which share the same
roots with the words listed below.
skillful generous imaginative
chemical government linguist
excellent original discovery
brotherhood youth nationality
1) An _______usually takes place against a background of
widespread _________________ .
2) For all this wealth, he was _________ , because he thought
he was _______________in his marriage.
3) His arrogance made him absolutely _____________ and
____________, so he had nearly no friends.
4) You must give _________ attention to driving for it’s
___________for a green-hand to drive while talking.
5) One is ________to stay healthy if he has an________ diet.
unrest
unemployment
unhappy
unsuccessful
unbearable
unacceptable
undivided
unsafe
unable unhealthy
Structures with Participles
Read the following dialogue and try to understand
the structures of the coloured parts.
Read the following examples carefully, paying special
attention to the colored parts. Then fill in the blanks.
subject
with
adjective
passive
adverbial logical
Complete the following sentences by using
the structures with participles.
1) She could not leave _______________________
(her work, unfinish).
2) ______________________(the price of gold, go
up), South Africa’s economy turned better.
3) (there, be)_________________ nothing else to
do, we went home early.
4) Peter soon fell asleep,___________________
(the light, still, burn).
with her work unfinished
With the price of gold going up
There being
with the light still burning
5) The rain stopped, _______________________
(rainbow, see, in the sky).
6) He was left alone in the empty house,
________________ (hands, tie).
7) (there, have) ________________ not
enough evidence, we could do nothing.
8) (it, be) ____________ interesting to take
photos, Tommy took photography as a hobby.
with rainbow seen in the sky
with his hands tied
There having
It being
Read the following sentences and underline the structures
with participles, then translate them into Chinese.
1)His car caught in a traffic jam, he was late for work.
2) There having been no rain, the flowers withered.
3) The park with all the trees putting out tender greens is
quite beautiful.
由于堵车,他上班迟到了。
由于没有下雨,花都枯萎了。
公园里的树长出了嫩绿的叶子,非常漂亮。
4) Without anything left in the cupboard, she went out to get
something to eat.
5) With the exams coming next week, I have no time for a
social life.
6) From space the earth looks like a huge, water-covered
globe with a few patches of land sticking out above the
water.
7) It being impossible for most students to turn in their
papers as scheduled, the teacher decided to give them
another two days.
橱柜里空空的,她只得出门去找吃的。
下周就要考试了,我没有时间应酬。
从太空看, 地球像一个巨大的布满水的球体,上面
有几快陆地突出水平面。
由于大多数学生不能按计划交论文,老师决定再多
给他们两天时间。
Look at the picture and write at least five sentences to
describe it with participles. The given words may help
you a lot.
Homework
Look at the pictures and the words in the box to
guess what the coming conversation will be about.
Now listen and check your prediction.
Listen again and decide whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F).
F
F
T
T
If you want to win the Nobel Prize, you must have some
bright ideas. There is a competition called “Designers for
Tomorrow”. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.
a new kind of road sign
rocks falling trains moving
a care running over the road
Simon West plans to design____________________.
With his design, now we can see___________, ____________
kids playing___________or ______________________. Quite a warning!
What is your bright idea? Discuss in groups what you
plan to do. When you tell your group members your idea,
try to use these expressions:
Read the short passage and discuss with your partners to
answer the questions.
Work in pairs to talk about the questions with the
help of some of the words in the box.
1) Why did American children ask for pennies instead of
candies?
2) Why did the children in other countries need help? What
do you think their living conditions were like?
3) How did American children help them?
The Project Hope logo means society cares for
the development of young people like the ocean
supports the rising sun. The calligraphy was done
by Mr Deng Xiaoping in 1990.
Write a composition entitled The Project Hope
in China based on your oral work. You may
include the ideas from your book in your
composition.
Homework
Do you know the Chinese name of the book?
How did Darwin write the book?
The following words are from the passage. Read
their English explanations and write the Chinese
meaning on the line.
Tick the facts which are true about Darwin
based on your common sense.
Now check your answers by reading the text.
What do naturalists study?
extra + ordinary
Is want a
verb here?
How do you
understand the
sentence?Which part is the
eastern tip of
Brazil?
The Great Voyage
Galapagos Islands
Peru
Chile
Skim the text to complete each of the following topic
sentences and then write the corresponding letter at
the beginning of each paragraph.
no interest evolution
suggestion boarded
information
30
Beagle
coast
stopped
extraordinary animals
The correct order: D B A E C
1) What was the major aim of Charles Darwin’s voyage?
The major aim of his voyage was to study the coast of
South America.
2) Why was Charles Darwin chosen as a member of the
Beagle’s crew?
Because one of his friends suggested that he be given
the job as naturalist aboard.
3) What was Charles Darwin’s interest while studying at
Cambridge?
He was more interested in animals than studying.
Answer the following questions according to the text.
4) What did he do in South America?
He collected rocks, plants, animals and fossils and
discovered 7 new species of animals. He also made notes
of his observations and classified and listed what he had
collected with great care.
5) How do you understand the underlined sentence in the
last but one paragraph?
The subjunctive mood is used in this sentence to suggest
that the stop in the Galapagos Islands is very important.
Here are some statements describing what Darwin did.
Read the text and put them in the correct order.
2
6
3
4
5
1
Read the following sentences carefully and decide
what each of the coloured words refers to.
Complete the summary with the information you get
from the text.
Beagle
naturalist
curiosity
evolution
collected
classified collection
extraordinary
The Origin of Species
origin