新视野大学英语读写教程第三册Unit 7 Section A教案.doc

Unit 7 Section A Bill Gates Part One: Objectives 1. To learn the stories of two influential figures; 2. To review the reading skill of identifying the writer’s purpose; 3. To learn to write a paragraph with a general statement supported by details; 4. To learn how to write a speech. Part Two: Warming up 1. Who Are They ? Can you figure out who they are with the fewest hints given? Celebrity 1 Hint 1: At the age of 71, he won a ￥ 5,000,000 State Supreme Science and Technology Award, known as the Nobel Prize in China, for his outstanding achievements. Hint 2His childhood dream was to cultivate rice as plump as peanuts, and farmers can relax in the cool shadow of big rice plants. Hint 3: He is the most famous “farmer” in China and is termed as “father?of?hybrid?rice” . He is Yuan Longping, “father?of?hybrid?rice”. Celebrity 2 Hint 1: She is a British writer and the author of a world-famous fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived while she’s on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. Hint 2: Released in 1997, her first novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone gained immense popularity and commercial success. Hint 3: She was ranked by Forbes as the 48th most powerful celebrity of 2007. She is J.K.Rowling, author of Harry Potter fantasy series. Celerity 3 Hint 1: She was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. Hint 2: For over forty years she ministered(服侍) to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying. Hint 3She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. She passed away on 5 Sept., 1997. She is Mother Teresa. 2. How much do you know about Bill Gates? 1) The former chairman of… 2) The worldwide leader in… 3) He discovered his interest in… at the age of 13. 4) In his junior year, he left Harvard University, so as to… 5) Guided by a belief that…, he began developing… 6) According to Forbes magazine, he has been… 7) … Bill Gates is the former c