Unit 7

Topic 1

When is your birthday?

Section A

Warming Up

1.How many days are there in a year?

2.How many months are there in a year?

3. Can you speak out the names of the months?

Write the months:

1.This is the month after June. _______

2.This month starts with ‘S’. _______

3.This is the first month of the year. ______

4.This month has three letters in its name.______

5.This month has only 28 or 29 days.

________

6.this month starts with ‘O’. _______

July

September

January

May

FebruaryOctober

1.January Jan. 7.July Jul.

2.February Feb. 8.August Aug.

3.March Mar. 9.September Sep.

4.April Apr. 10.October Oct.

5.May May 11.November Nov.

6.June Jun. 12.December Dec.

GUESSING GAME

Try to guess the months of the festivals ( 节日 ).

Group 1Ready?

Christmas

(December. 25th)

Army’s Day

( August. 1st)

Valentine’s Day

(February 14th)

Father’s Day

Group 2Ready?

New Year’s Day

(January 1st)

National Day (October 1st)

Teachers’ Day (September

10th)

Macao’s Back-to-country Day

December 20th

Group 3Ready?

Singles Day (November

11th)

Women’s Day (March 8th)

November

Children’s Day (June 1st)

Group 4Ready?

Fool’s Day (April 1st)

Fool’s Day

May Day (May 1st)

Party’s Day (July 1st)

Mother’s Day

Listen and circle the months you hear.

January February March

April May June

July August September

October November December

3b Work alone.

1847 1930 1983 1973

Language points

年份的读法 :

1. 一般情况分两位来读 , 如 1880, 可以读作 :eighteen eighty, 1979 可以读作 nineteen seventy-nine

2. 也可以按数字读 , 如 2000, 可以读作 two thousand, 2007 可以读作 t

wo thousand and seven

3. 注意以下几个 :

1078 ten seventy-eight

1900 nineteen hundred

1905 nineteen o five 或者 nineteen hundred and five

3a. Work alone1.Read these years.

1900 nineteen hundred

1904 nineteen o four

1976 nineteen seventy-six

2000 two thousand

2008 two thousand and eight

1840 eighteen fourty

2.Say and write these years in English.

1800

1820

1903

2009

2050

eighteen hundred

eighteen twenty

nineteen o three

two thousand and nine

twenty fifty

1996 nineteen ninety-six

Michael Phelps

Listen and answer.1 When was Michael Phelps born?

2 Where was he born?

3 Who is a big fan of Phelps?

He was born in June,1985.

He was born in Maryland, the U.S.A.

Michael is a big fan of Phelps.

Language points1 know about 了解，知道。He knows about Yao Ming very well. 他非常了解姚明。2 be born 出生，出世，后可跟时间或地点。He was born in Hunan. 他在湖南出生。3 in 表示时间，用于月、季节、年 , 也用于泛指上午、下午、晚上。in May 在五月 in the morning 在上午

凡有“具体日”，应用 “ on”. 如： on Sunday , on August 1st只有“月或年”，应用“ in” 如： in May, in 1978 ， in the morning

注意：具体的某一天的上下午晚前也用 on在一个下雨的晚上 on a rainy evening 在八月 1 日的早上 on the morning of August 1st.

1. 在 12 月 5 号 2. 在一月 3. 在 2008 年4. 在 1987 年 10 月 3 号 5. 在 1999 年

9 月6. 在下午 7. 在晚上 8. 在星期三早上1.on December 5th 2.in January3.in 20084.on October 3rd, 1987 5.in September, 19996.in the afternoon 7. at night 8. on Wednesday morning

1978 年 10 月生于辽宁

1981 年 10 月生于北京

---When was she born?---She was born in October ,1981.---Where was she born?---She was born in Beijing.

---When was she born?---She was born in October,1978.---Where was she born?---She was born in Liaoning.

Liuxiang

1983-7-13

Shanghai

Who is he?

When was he born?

Where was he born?

Yaoming

1980-9-12

Shanghai

Who is he?

When was he born?

Where was he born?

Dengyaping

1973-2-6

Henan

Who is she?

When was she born?

Where was she born?

Who is she?

When was she born?

Where was she born?

Tianliang

1979-8-27

Chongqing

Who is he?

When was he born?

Where was he born?

Jan. 18th, 1979

Taiwan

Apr. 7th, 1954

Hongkong

Aug. 8th, 1969

Beijing

Who is he/ she?When / Where was he/ she born?

Jun. 28th,2010, Zhaoqing

Oct. 23rd,2003, Dongping

Jan. 6th, 2008, Guangzhou

When was she born ?

She was born…… ？Where was she born?She was born in…… ？

Pair WorkAsk and answer with your partners about his/her birthday and birthplace.

---When were you born?

---I was born on……

---Where were you born?

---I was born in …….

Have a try

Try to find the person according to the ID card you have. Here are the tips :1 He/ She is near you with an ID card in the same color.2 Ask and try to find in English.3 Stick ( 粘贴 ) the card to his/her body when you find him/her.4 You can’t show your card to anybody.5 The more you find, the better you will be.

Pair Work

Do you have your favorite star

Try to ask your partner something about his/ her favourite stars. You can start like this:

---Who is your favorite star?

---When/Where was she/he born?

---Why do you like him/her?......

My favourite StarMy favorite star is …..

He / She was born on ……

He/ She is from… (He/She was born in…)

He / She likes ……

......,

I like him/ her very much .

Summary

1 Everyday sentences( 日常用语 ):

When was he/she born ?

He/She was born…… ？Where was he/she born?

He/She was born in…… ？2 the way of telling the datesin January, in 1978, on June 1st

3 .was born 出生于 be 过去式 : was （单数） /were （复数）

Homework1 Read and recite 1a of Section A

2 Try to remember the months

and date

3 Try to make a survey in your

group about their birthdays and

birthplaces.

Thank you for

attending