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.
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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
Think of different kinds of heroes and heroines: 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 of Shakespeare’s play.
Classify the adjectives in the Key Words box as positive or negative. brave, calm, cruel, dangerous, generous, honest, humorous, kind, pleasant, smart, violent
Positive Negative brave calm generous honest humorous kind pleasant smart 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: smart but cruel and violent 1 Nemo 2 Bright Jones b) brave and humorous c) pleasant and humorous 3 Dr Octopus
Nemo Finding Nemo
Bridget Jones’s Diary Bright Jones
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: Writing In 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 example He 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