Lesson 2

History Maker

滁州中学英语组 朱义国

Guess and Talk

First read these sentences then match

these descriptions with the photos.

1. fought for the rights of black

people in the USA.

2. led the 1911 revolution and

founded the first republic of

China.

4. worked to help poor people

in India.

3. invented the light bulb, the

moving picture camera and

many other things.

He led the 1911 revolutio

n and founded the first R

epublic of China. And w

e call the city “the city of

Zhongshan in honor of h

im.

He is a history maker.

How much do you know about them?

He invented the ligh

t bulb, the moving pi

cture camera and ma

ny other things.

He is a great inventor.

He invented lots of

things and changed the

world a lot.

His discoveries changed

and improved our life.

She worked to help

poor people in India

She is one of the most

successful women in

the world.

She won the Noble Peace Prize in 1979,

said:“ I touch the poor as touch the

Jesus”.

He is a black man. He was born in

1929. He fought for the rights

of black people in the

USA.

He devoted his life to the

equality of the black.

He won the prize of

Nobel Peace.

Yes, their actions did much to

advance the society. They made

things so important that it will be

recorded in the history book. They set

examples to us.

Are they history makers? Why?

heroes

Listen to learn

How to express agree and

disagree?

Let’s speak

agree, think, you’re right, don’t

agree, in my opinion, personally

First, please listen to the tape, fill in

the blanks with the key words .

Key words

Well, I (1) ______Mother Teresa is i

mportant, because she spent her who

le life working with poor and sick pe

ople.

I’m sorry, but I (2) __________.

(3) ____________, Dr Sun Yat-sen

is very important .

think

don’t agree

In my opinion

He led the 1911 revolution and

founded the first republic of

China.

Yes, (4)___________, but I think

Tomas

you’re right

Edison is important, too. He

created so many machines and

inventions that we still use today.

I (5) _____with you, but (6) ________ ,

I think Martin Luther King is also

quite important , because he fought

against racism and his actions

changed American society.

agree personally

You are going to listen to a radio progr

amme about Martin Luther King. Mak

e sure you understand the Key words.

experience

racism

equal

influence

victory

protest

march

经验种族主义平等的影响 斗争

胜利抗议游行

struggle

Listening Strategies

1. Before listening ,make sure you

understand the task.

So now please have a try, predict

the answers of sentences T or F.

2. If possible, try to guess the

answer.

Listen to the radio programme.

Use the Listening Strategies to

help you.

3.When you listen the first time, don’t

panic! You will not understand

everything-just try to get the

general idea.

T

F

T

1.Martin Luther King was

from the United States.

2. Martin’s first experience of

racism was with a bus driver.

3.His first victory was to win

the equal rights for blacks to

sit on buses.

F 4.He went to prison sixteen time

s for organising protests.

5. He organised a march to

Washington in 1963.T

T

F

T

6. He made a famous speech

there beginning with the

words : “I have a dream…”

7. He received the Nobel Peace

Prize in 1965.

8. A white man killed him in 1968.

Pronunciation : StressListen to the sentences and

underline the stressed

words.

1. He was born in Atlanta in 1929.

2. Martin liked Gandhi’s ideas

about peaceful protest.

3. He organised a march to

Washington.

4. A white man killed him.

SpeakingWork in pairs. Read the parag

raphs below and take turns to c

hoose a hero. Ask and answer

the following questions.

1. What did/does your hero

fight for?

2. Who did/does your hero

help?

3. Where did/ does your hero

work?

Homework

What can you learn from the

heroes introduced in this unit?

Write down your views and

explain them to your partner.