2 History Makers

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1、2HistoryMakersObjectives■Topractiselisteningforgistandforspecificinformation.■Toexpressopinionsandtoagreeordisagreewithotherpeople’sopinions.■Topractisesentencestress.ResourcesusedCassette,library/referencesourcesonhistorymakers.Possibleproblems■Studentsmaypanicwhenlisteningtothetapethef

2、irsttimeandtrytounderstandeveryword.EmphasisethatthisisnotnecessarytocompletetheexercisesuccessfullyandremindthemthattheyoftenlistenforgistinChinese.■Somestudentsmayfinditdifficulttohearthestressesinasentenceoraword.Regularexercisesandeartrainingwillhelpandwillalsoraiseawarenessofstresse

3、dwordsinsentencesinChinese.BackgroundThomasEdison(born1847)wasoneofthemostfamousinventorsofmoderntimes.Duringhislifetime,Edisonacquired1093patentsforhisinventionswhichincludedthelightbulb,thephonographandthemovingpicturecamera.Healsomadeimprovementstothetelephone.Thiswasaremarkableachiev

4、ementforsomeonewhohad,attheageof12,lostalmostallhishearing.However,Edisondidnotlethisdisabilitystophimfromachievingsuccessasaninventor,manufacturerandbusinessman.DrSunYat-sen(born1866)holdsaspecialplaceinthehistoryofmodernChina.HeisrecognisedbyChinesepeopleeverywhereasthe“Fatherofthe1911

5、XinhaiRevolution”.Originally,aphysicianbytraining,SunenteredpoliticswhenhesawChinabeingdestroyedbyweakrulersandJapaneseinvaders.In1911,SunsuccessfullyledarevolutionwhichoverthrewtheQingDynasty.Shortlyafterwards,hefoundedtheRepublicofChinaandtriedmakingChinaintoastrongandunifiedcountry.Ro

6、utesthroughthematerial■Ifyouareshortoftime,setsomeexercisesforhomeworkandomitExercise8.■Ifyouhavetime,studentscandomoreresearchaboutfamoushistorymakersandgiveshorttalksaboutoneofthem.■Ifyouhavetwoperiodsforthislesson,asuitablenaturalbreakisafterExercise5.LanguagePower:pages68?C69.Listeni

7、ngBeforeyoustartExercise1■Beforestudentsstartthisexercise,askthemtolookatthetitleofthislesson(HistoryMakers)andofthepreviouslesson(ModernHeroes)anddiscusswhatthedifferencesandsimilaritiesarebetweenheroesandhistorymakers.■Studentsthenlookatthepicturesandseeiftheycannamethe