Unit 10 I’m going to be a basketball player

Section A

Task 1

farmer solider scientist

postman singer driver

• Do you know them?

Task 2• Do you know these jobs?

• Do you think these jobs are interesting?

computerprogrammer

basketball player

airline pilot

engineer teacher actor

Task 3• Listen and match the items below

1. computer programmer2. professionalbasketball player3. engineer4. actor

a. take actinglessonsb. study

computersciencec. practice basketball everydayd. study mathreally hard

Task 4• Work in pairs and have conversations

about the other jobs.A: What are you going to be when you

grow up?B: I’m going to be a basketball player.A: How are you going to do that?B: I’m going to practice basketball every

day.computer programmer; basketball player; airline pilot; engineer; teacher; actor

Task 5• My opinions about jobs

exciting boring easy difficult interesting

actor

artist

DJ

police

Writer

…

√ √ account

cashier

reporter

teacher

…

Task 6• Listen to the tape and check the correct boxes in

the picture:

• What is Chi going to do?

Task 7 • Listen to the tape, and fill in the chart

What? Chi wants to be an actor.

Where?

How?

When?

He is going to move to New York.Chi is going to take acting lessons.He is going to finish highschool and college first.

Task 8

• Work in pairs, and make a similar dialogue like these:

A: What are you going to be when you grow up?B: I’m going to be a journalist.A: How are you going to do that?B: I’m going to write articles and send them to

magazines and newspapers.A: Where are you going to work?B: I’m not sure yet. Maybe Beijing or Shanghai.