Unit 2 Warm-up

吴小凰

In 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.

athlete

奥运首金陈燮霞2008 Olympic Games

刘璇北大再续冠军路

女子 200 米蝶泳冠军刘子歌

郭晶晶吴敏霞 3 米跳板冠军

美国梦八战胜西班牙夺回男蓝金牌

男子体操团体冠军

女子艺术体操全能银牌

奥运神话 -- 游泳 8 块金牌获得者菲尔普斯

残奥会中国首金男子 100 米自由泳 S3 级冠军杜剑平

• Paralympic Games

• 男子 50 米自由泳 S8 级冠军王晓福

男子 800 米 T53 级冠军李虎召

• 女子铅球 F42-46 级冠军郑宝珠

神舟七号飞船在酒泉卫星发射中心升空

• rocket

神舟七号飞船在机场进行卸运

• 即将返回的神舟七号载人飞船正在做环绕地球第 44 圈的飞行

Manned spaceship

神舟七号航天员出征仪式

astronaut

Do you know these people?

Are they heroes?

What do you think of them?

History maker

History maker

Soldier Lei Feng

Soldier

Dong Cunrui

Soldier

Wang Cheng

Actor Li Lianjie

Film Character

Spider-man

1.Think of different kinds

of heroes and heroines:

a)a sports or film star you

admire

Yao Ming

Mother Teresa was an unusual woman who devoted all her life to helping the poor and sick in India.

Hamlet is the sensitive and indecisive（优柔寡断的） hero ofShakespeare’s play.

Classify the adjectives in the Key

Words box as positive or negative.

Key Words

brave, calm, cruel, dangerous,

generous, honest, humorous, kind,

pleasant, smart, violent

Positive

brave calm

generous honest

humorous kind

pleasant smart

Negative

cruel dangerous

violent

2. Now 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

humorous

Nemo Finding Nemo

Bright JonesBridget Jones’sDiary

Spider-manⅡ Dr. Octopus

Tapescript 1. Nemo is the main character in

the movie Finding Nemo. He’s a

little fish who is often frightened

but never runs away from

danger. He often finds

himself in funny situations that

make people laugh.

2. Bridget Jones is the main

character of the book and movie,

Bridget Jone’s Diary. She is

really a 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 Spiderman’s

enemy in the movie Spiderman

Ⅱ.He’s a very smart man but his

invention makes him kill many

people.

Homework: WritingIn groups, please 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 not very tall but strong and brave. His action is humorous and funny. He is famous as Chinese kung Fu. Who can it be?

Jackie Chan