2.Do you know the numbers?
Revise the numbers and the years: 13,30,45,134,567,1976,1992,2005 etc.
1.Students think of some stars , for example: Deng Yaping, David Beckham, Tian Liang, Liu Xuan, Yao Ming, Anna Kournikova(库尔尼科娃)
1. Game: How many international sports stars do you know?
Ask a student to come to the front, say some sentences about a famous person or one of the classmates, including his or her birth date, occupation, and so on. And ask other Ss to guess who he or she is talking about. Later, the student gives the answer and shows the pictures.
T: Now, let’s play a game. I’ll ask a student to come here and talk something about a famous person or your classmate, and you guess who he or she is, understand?...
Step 2.Presentation
3. 能用有关的形容词来描述人，并能用一般过去时来谈论熟知的、敬佩的人物.
II. The topics单元话题
1 表述自己在过去的生活经历。
2 询问他人过去的一些生活经历和所取得的成绩。
3 写一篇短文把自己和周围同学的生活经历写出来。
4 写一篇简短的人物传记。并附上人物的小档案。
III. 重要句型概览
Who’s that? That’s Deng Yaping.
What’s her job? She is a great ping-pong player.
When was she born? She was born in 1973.
When did she become a ping-pong player?
She became a ping-pong player when she was 3 years old. / When she was 3 years old.
When did she …? When she was … years old.
How long did she …? When did she stop …?
When did you …? I … when I was … years old.
I first ….when I was … years old. I was/felt happy/tired/excited.
IV. 重要词组概览
learn to do sth. 学会做某事 start doing(to do) sth.开始做某事
have a party 举行一次聚会 was(were) born 出生于
stop doing sth. 停止做某事 free time 业余时间
see sb. do sth.看见某人做某事 begin doing(to do) sth.开始做某事
at the age of在几岁(多大年龄)的时候 take part in 参加
VI. Teaching important points and difficult points教学重难点
用过去时态描述或谈论人和事。
VII、典型课例分析研讨：
Unit5 When was he born?
第一课时SA(1a-2c)
Step1 Warming up
2. 掌握一般过去时态的以how long , when , where 等疑问词开头的特殊疑问句.
1. Learn to use “be born” to ask sb sth
1 我妹妹能歌善舞，多才多艺。
My sister is ______ _____ singing and dancing , she’s _______.
2 她于1976年出生于一个贫穷家庭。
She _____ ______ ______ a poor family in 1976.
3 那个钢琴家在他十五岁时，就变得有名气了。
The ______ ______ ______ when he was fifteen.
4 这本小说太难，我看不懂。
This novel is ______ difficult _____ me ______ understand.
5 他很忙，所以凌晨一二点钟到家就算不上不寻常了。
It’s not ______ ______ him to get home at one or two in the early morning.
1 His uncle is ______ outstanding violinist.
A a B an C the D /
2 Mr Lee _____ the CEO of a big company when he was 35.
A becomes B become C became D becoming
3 The _____ played very well in the concert.
A violin B piano C accordion D pianist
4 I’m hungry please give me _____.
A a bread B some breads C a piece of bread D two pieces of breads
5 Did you have a party last night? Yes, we _____.
A did B had C were D have
6 What do you know _____ Chopin?
A of B for C about D from
7 Mike likes playing ____ golf while I like playing _____ piano.
A the; the B a; a C /; the D the; /
8 His parents took him to the park _____ the morning of May 1st.
A in B at C on D for
9 What do you want to _____ at the meeting?
A tell B say C speak D talk
10 He likes to _____ funny stories to make people______.
A say; laugh B talk; to laugh C tell; laugh D speak; laughing
11 He spends much time ______ football at weekends.
A playing B play with C to play D playing with
12 The teacher often asks Jim not to _____ all his free time _____ video games.
A spend; on B spends; with C spend; in D spending; on
13 When she heard the news, she was _____ angry _____ a word.
A too; to B too; to say C too; say D very; to say
14 Both of them _____ the sports meeting and did very well.
A take part in B join C took part in D joined
15 ______ were you born? I was born in Suzhou on March 6,1990.
A When B What time C when and where D Where and what time
1 He did housework the day before yesterday.(改为一般疑问句)
______ he ______ housework the day before yesterday?
2 She knew something about Miss Evans.(改为否定句)
She ______ ______ _____ about Miss Evans.
3 The boy is so young that he can’t go to school.(改为同义句)
The boy is _____young _____ go to school.
4 While still a small girl, she could play the violin well.(改为同义句)
While _____ ______still a small girl, she could play the violin well.
5 Her pet is alive.(用dead改为一般疑问句)
______ her pet alive____ _____?
1 Jim is good at many things. So he is very t_____.
2 It is not cold in winter so it’s u______ to see snow here.
3 She’s very c______ ; she writes and paints.
4 He is learning to play the piano. He wants to be a p_______ in the future.
5 The ice is too thin. It’s dangerous to s______ on it.
6 She started ice skating at the age of four and b______ a skating champion when she was ten.
7 She is good at singing English s_____.
8 Li Yundi began to learn the accordion at the a____ of four.
9 The musician wrote many pieces of m_____ in his life.
10 Michael Jordan is an I_______ sports star.