Unit 23 A famous person

Lesson 91

Revision

Bill Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation.

When he was 13 years old, he started to play with computers.

In 1995 he began this company with his friend Paul Allen. … …

Talk about yourselves.

Presentation

We all love our parents. We have special days for them. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Do you know when these days are? Have you spent these special days with your parents? What did you do for them? Are you going to buy something as presents?

Read and practice

• Will Kate buy a gift for her father?

New words

T-shirt

pleased

A: I think we can buy him a T-shirt.

B: I’m sure she is very pleased.

Language Points

3. I’m sure that . . . 句型

1. plan to do sth.

I plan to learn to drive during the holiday.

2. be pleased means be happy

The teacher is pleased with what the students have done.

Practise

• I’m sure he will pass this exam.• I’m not sure where he lives.• I’m sure that . . .

Read and complete In 2000, Bill Gates read ___book about ___ bad disease that kills many people in poor countries. ____disease is called TB and it kills millions of people every year. There is ____ medicine that can help people with TB, but it is too expensive for poor people. So Bill Gates decided to buy ____medicine for them. He gave away 21 billion dollars. That is ____ lot of money! Gates thinks that it is right for rich people to help poor people. “I am ____very lucky man,” he says. “_____ people in poor countries are very unlucky. I must help them.”

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Thea

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athe

Articles: a, an, the

New words and phrases

TB is a kind of disease.

Unlucky is the opposite of lucky.

A: Lucy fell off her bike yesterday.

B: unlucky.

A: But she didn’t hurt herself. It’s really lucky.

A billion is 100 million.

billion 1,000,000,000

decide disease TB (tuberculosis)

lucky

unlucky

million 1,000,000

1. millions of, thousands of, hundreds of

e.g.

There are thousands of people in the square.

Millions of people die of disease every year.

2. It’s+ adj. + for sb. to do sth.

e.g.

It’s easy for them to climb the trees.

It’s good for you to do more sports.

Explain

Listening • Listen and then fill in the blanks.

Mark is one of Bill’s good________. He knew Bill well ______he was a small boy. They ______up together in Seattle. Mark thought Bill was ________ from them when he was very________. He was _______ than them when he was ____ or ____ years old. Bill _______ like an adult (成人 ), and __________his friends could not___________ him. He was much ______ than his classmates in maths and ________. He became ___________ in computers when he studied____Lakeside, a very ________boys’ school in the city. The students at that school were all ______.

friends when grew

different young

smarter 9

10

talked sometimes

understand better

science

interested at

famous bright

Exercise Fill in the blanks with proper article if necessary.

1. I have _____ book. It's ____ interesting book. I bought _____book _____ day before yesterday.

2. My brother likes to play ____ basketball while I like to play _____ violin.

3. _____ picture on _____ wall is very beautiful.

4. _____ Changjiang River is _____longest river in _____ China.

5. I have bought ____new car. It is ____American car. It is made in _____ USA.

a an the

the

/ the The

the The

the /

a an the

1. When shall we go to see our teacher?

I’ m not sure _____________________________.

2. Can they finish the work in time?

I’m not sure ______________________________.

3. The little girl is waiting for us.

I’m sure ________________________.

4. What shall I do to help him?

I’m not sure _______________________________.

5. How can we solve the problem?

I’m not sure _______________________________.

when we shall go to see our teacher

If/whether they can finish the work in time

the little girl is waiting for us

what I shall do/what to do to help him

how we can solve/to solve the problem

Rewrite the sentences.

Homework

• 1. Tell the story of Bill Gates to your friends or parents.

• 2. Do exercises on page 111.• 3. Finish off the workbook exercise.

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