Reading task
1. The teacher often ______ us __ how to learn English. The teacher gives some _____ on how to learn English
2. You’ve ___ me ___ a very difficult _______.
3. Please don’t _________, you still have more chances.
Fill in the proper phrases or words to finish the following sentences :
advises
on
put
in
position
lose heart
advice
4. Mr Green ________________ his son who was having an operation.
5. He is still very _______ politics though he has retired.
6. It’s impolite to laugh at the people who are _________.
was worried about
active in
in trouble
7. He is studying for his Doctor’s ______ in Japan.
8. Though it was raining, they ________ working in the fields.
9. She received his invitation, but I don’t think she’ll ______ it.
degree
continued
accept
10. The criminal was ___________ for murder.
11. All men are born _____.
12. He _____ not to go home until later.
put in prison
equal
chose
Who, do you know and do you think, is the richest person in the world?
Is he / she a great or a famous person?
Reading Task
Bill Gates
Useful words and expressions:
set up a company
computer language
from Britain to China
make a lot of money
be against sb.
break…into…
be (un) fair to sb.
stop sb from doing sth.
do what sb. can to do sth.
make sure that…
compete with sb.
(in) that/this way
get a large part of…
work on doing sth.
make things fair
make…into…
get rich
by fair means
a computer bully
Bill Gates, father of Microsoft, what kind of man he is in your heart?
I think he is a great man because…
I think he is not a great man because…
Remember that is your point of view, now read through the evidence on page 73 carefully, then fill in the information sheet on page 74.
INFORMATION ABOUT BILL GATES
Chief executive officer
Produced Microsoft
None
Gave money to the causes
For children’s education
and health
Other people are jealous of his success.
They think he is too big and too powerful and unfair to his competitors.
Now you have to decide what you think of Bill Gates. He is a successful and rich man but is he a great man? Has he given up anything (not money) in his life to help other people and made things fairer in the world?
Afterthought
William Tyndale was a great person of the s_______ century, who first t________ the Bible into English from the Greek and Hebrew languages. His dream was to translate the Bible into the language of the common people. And he was
ixteenth
ranslated
d_________ to realize his goal even though he was not allowed to work in England-- his country. He had to left for B______ in 1524 and spent the next 11 years translating and publishing his work. He was h___________, but unfortunately, he was caught in May 1535, and in 1536 he was k____ and
etermined
elgium
ard-working
illed
burned outside Brussels(布鲁塞尔). He gave up a lot for others and died for his belief. He was so b____ that people in British will always remember him. It is said that William Tyndale established an excellent standard for the translation of Bible which is still used today.
rave
Homework
1. Write a little composition with the following topics:
“Bill Gates, A Great Man” ;
“Bill Gates, Not A Great Man”.
2. Review the whole unit.