Famous People
著名人物

Thomas Edison
inventor (American)
1847–1931

托马斯·爱迪
生发明家（美国）
1847-1931

Xu Beihong
artist (Chinese)
1895–1953

徐悲鸿
艺术家（中国）
1895-1953

Jean-Henri Fabre
scientist (French)
1823–1915

让-亨利·法布尔
科学家（法语）
1823-1915

Li Bai
poet (Chinese)
701–762

李白
诗人（中文）
701-762

Hans Christian
Andersen
writer (Danish)
1805–1875

安徒生
作家（丹麦）
1805-1875

Look at this picture. What do you know about him?
看这张照片。你对他了解多少？

This is Li Bai. He was Chinese. He was a poet. He wrote many famous poems.
这是李白。他是中国人。他是一位诗人。他写了许多著名的诗。

Lesson 1

第一课

（A）Listen and number.（听录音标序号。）

（B）Let`s talk.（让我们谈谈。）

Li Bai
poet (Chinese)
701-- 762

Xu Beihong
artist (Chinese)
1895-- 1953

Bill：What do you know about Li Bai?
Joy：He was Chinese. He was a poet. He was good at writing poems.
Bill：What do you know about Xu Beihong?
Joy：He was Chinese, too. He was an artist. He was good at painting horses.

比尔：你对李白了解多少？
乔伊：他是中国人。他是一位诗人。他擅长写诗。
比尔：你对徐悲鸿了解多少？
乔伊：他也是中国人。他是一位艺术家。他擅长画马。

（C）Let`s write.（让我们写。）

Look at the above posters, and fill in the following blanks.

This is Li Bai. He was _________ . He was a _________ .
He was good at _________ .

This is Xu Beihong. He was _________ .
He was an _________ .
He was good at _________ .

看上面的海报，然后填空。

这是李白。他是 _________ 。他是一个 _________ 。
他擅长 _________ 。

这是徐悲鸿。他是 _________ 。
他是一个 _________ 。
他擅长 _________ 。

Lesson 2

第二课

（A）Look, listen and number.（看，听，数数。）

1、Look at the pictures. Do you know about these famous people?
2、Now listen and number the pictures.

Joy：Hi, Sam. Come and look at these pictures.
Sam：OK. Who`s that man?
Joy：He`s Thomas Edison. He is very famous.
Sam：Why is he famous?
Joy：He’s famous for his inventions. He invented a lot of things.
Sam：Who`s this man? What did he do?
Joy：He is Jean-Henri Fabre. He was a French scientist. He`s famous for studying insects.
Sam：Who is your favourite famous person, Joy?
Joy：It`s Hans Christian Andersen. He was a Danish writer. He`s famous for writing stories. I like to read his stories.

乔伊：嗨，山姆。来看看这些照片。
山姆：好的。那个人是谁？
乔伊：他是托马斯·爱迪生。他很有名。
山姆：他为什么出名？
乔伊：他以发明闻名。他发明了很多东西。
山姆：这个人是谁？他做了什么？
乔伊：他就是让-亨利·法布尔。他是一位法国科学家。他以研究昆虫而闻名。
山姆：你最喜欢的名人是谁，乔伊？
乔伊：是安徒生。他是一位丹麦作家。他以写故事而闻名。我喜欢读他的故事。

（B）Talk and fill in the chart.（交谈并填写图表。）

Andy：Do you know anything about Jean-Henri Fabre?
Lily：Yes. He was a French scientist.
Andy：Why is he famous?
Lily：He is famous for studying insects.

安迪：你知道让-亨利·法布尔吗？
莉莉：是的。他是一位法国科学家。
安迪：他为什么出名？
莉莉：他以研究昆虫而闻名。

（C）Read, paste and write.（读取、拼贴和写入。）

This is Xu Beihong. He was a Chinese artist. He is famous for painting beautiful horses.
这是徐悲鸿。他是一位中国艺术家。他以画美丽的马而闻名。

Lesson 3

第三课

（A）Let’s read.（让我们阅读。）

1、Look at the pictures. Who are they?

Helen Keller was born in America in 1880. When she was very young, she got very sick. After that, she could not hear, speak or see. Helen worked very hard. She learned how to read, write and talk. When she was 20, she went to university. She is famous for writing many books and helping the deaf and blind.

Isaac Newton was a famous scientist. He was born in England in 1643. When he was a child, he was very quiet. He was always thinking about things. One day he was reading a book under an apple tree. He saw an apple fall from the tree. He thought, “Why do apples fall? What makes them fall?” He was the first person to find out why.

Ouch! I don`t like falling apples!

哎哟！我不喜欢苹果掉下来！

2、Fill in the chart.

3、Give a title for each passage.

（B）Let’s play.（让我们一起玩。）

Li Bai, Helen Keller, Xu Beihong, Jean-Henri Fabre, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, Hans Christian Andersen
李白、海伦·凯勒、徐悲鸿、让-亨利·法布尔、托马斯·爱迪生、艾萨克·牛顿、汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生

It`s a man.
Where was he from?

He was from …
Why is he famous?

He is famous for …
Is he …?

Yes/No.

是个男人。
他是哪里人？

他来自 …
他为什么出名？

他因…而出名 …
他是…吗 … ？

是/否。

（C）Let`s write.（让我们写。）

Choose a famous person from Par t B and write about him/her.
从B段中选出一位名人并写下他/她。

Let`s Spell

让我们拼写

（A）Listen, point and repeat.（听录音，指出并重复。）

station, transportation, dictionary, picture, furniture, temperature

（B）Listen, underline and repeat.（听录音，画下划线，然后重复。）

transportation, furniture, nature, station, culture, future, dictionary, action, picture, condition
交通，家具，自然，车站，文化，未来，字典，行动，图片，条件

（C）Listen, write and say.（听、写、说。）

1、It is good to use a when you do not know a word.
2、A: What do you want to be in the ?
B: I want to be an English teacher.

1、当你一个字都不懂的时候用a是很好的。
2、A：你想做什么？
B：我想成为一名英语老师。

（D）Listen and repeat.（听并跟读。）

In the dictionary is a picture, A picture of some furniture.
I have a question about the picture.
What is inside the furniture?

字典里有一张图片，一些家具的图片。
我有一个关于这幅画的问题。
家具里面是什么？

Fun Time

娱乐时间

（A）Good to know.（了解文化背景。）

    Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452. He is famous for his paintings. We can only see 15 of his paintings today. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world.
    He is also famous for his brilliant pictures of the human body and animals. These drawings were very accurate. Da Vinci really wanted to understand how our bodies work.
    He is also famous for inventing things. For example, he invented a helicopter and a tank. He designed a beautiful bridge in 1502. The bridge was finally made in 2001, almost 500 years later!
    Many people say that he was the cleverest person in the history of the world. Do you agree?

    列奥纳多·达·芬奇出生于1452年。他以绘画闻名。我们今天只能看到他的15幅画。《蒙娜丽莎》是世界上最著名的画作之一。
    他还以其精彩的人体和动物图片而闻名。这些图纸非常准确。达真的很想了解我们的身体是如何工作的。
    他还以发明事物而闻名。例如，他发明了一架直升机和一辆坦克。他在1502年设计了一座美丽的桥。这座桥终于在将近500年后的2001年建成了！
    许多人说他是世界历史上最聪明的人。你同意吗？

（B）Let`s make.（让我们制作。）

（C）Let`s sing.（让我们唱歌。）

Let`s Check

让我们检查一下

（A）Listen and match.（听录音并匹配。）

（B）Let’s read.（让我们阅读。）

    Many years ago, there was a young girl called Marie. She loved studying. She did not care what was happening around her.
    One day, Marie was studying very hard. Her sister wanted to play with her. She danced, sang and played jokes behind Marie, but Marie just studied.
    Marie`s sister then put some chairs around Marie. If Marie moved, the chairs would fall over. Marie sat and read a whole book, but the chairs did not move.
    Marie`s full name was Marie Curie. She became a very famous scientist when she grew up.

    许多年前，有一个叫玛丽的年轻女孩。她喜欢学习。她不在乎周围发生了什么。
    有一天，玛丽学习很努力。她姐姐想和她一起玩。她在玛丽身后跳舞、唱歌、开玩笑，但玛丽只是学习。
    玛丽的姐姐随后在玛丽周围放了几把椅子。如果玛丽动一下，椅子就会倒下来。玛丽坐着看了一整本书，但椅子一动也不动。
    玛丽的全名是玛丽·居里。她长大后成为一位非常著名的科学家。

Answer the questions.

1、What was Marie`s full name?
2、What did she like to do when she was a little girl?
3、What did she do when her sister played jokes behind her?
4、What did she do when she grew up?
5、What do you learn from the story?

1、玛丽的全名是什么？
2、她小时候喜欢做什么？
3、当她姐姐在她身后开玩笑时，她做了什么？
4、她长大后做了什么？
5、你从这个故事中学到了什么？

（C）Let’s talk.（让我们谈谈。）

Who`s your favourite famous person?
It`s Hans Christian Andersen. He was a Danish writer.

Why is he famous?
He is famous for his interesting stories for children.

Hans Christian Andersen
writer (Danish)
1805 – 1875

你最喜欢的名人是谁？
这是汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生。他是一位丹麦作家。

他为什么出名？
他以给孩子们讲有趣的故事而闻名。

安徒生作家（丹麦）1805-1875

（D）Let` s write.（让我们写。）

My Favourite Famous Person
我最喜欢的名人

Checkpoint

Story Time

讲故事

（A）Let`s read.（让我们阅读。）

J.K. Rowling

1. J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books. When she started writing, some people said the books were bad. Twelve companies said they didn`t want them, but she didn`t stop writing. Later, she sold 11 million books in one day!
   J.K.罗琳是《哈利波特》系列丛书的作者。当她开始写作时，有些人说这些书很糟糕。12家公司说他们不想要它们，但她并没有停止写作。后来，她在一天内卖出了1100万本书！
   It is impossible to live without failing at something …
   J.K. Rowling
   

生活中不可能不在某件事上失败。。。
J.K.罗琳

Michael Jordan

2. Michael Jordan is one of the most famous basketball players in the world. When he first went to his high school, he couldn`t play on the school team. They said he was too short! Later, he said that not getting on the team was good. It made him work harder and become a better player.
   迈克尔·乔丹是世界上最著名的篮球运动员之一。当他刚上高中时，他不能参加校队比赛。他们说他太矮了！后来，他说没有加入球队是件好事。这让他更加努力，成为一名更好的球员。
   I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. … I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
   Michael Jordan
   

在我的职业生涯中，我已经错过了9000多次投篮。我已经输掉了将近300场比赛 … 我一生中一次又一次地失败。这就是我成功的原因。
迈克尔·乔丹

Thomas Edison

3. Thomas Edison was not a good student at school. He couldn`t hear very well and was too active. His teacher didn`t like him and said that he was too stupid to learn. He only went to school for three months! He went home and studied with his mother. At last, he became a famous inventor, inventing more than 1,000 things.
   托马斯·爱迪生在学校不是一个好学生。他听力不太好，太活跃了。他的老师不喜欢他，说他太笨了，学不会。他只上了三个月学！他回家和母亲一起学习。最后，他成为了一位著名的发明家，发明了1000多种东西。
   I have not failed. I`ve just found 10,000 ways that do not work.
   我没有失败。我刚刚发现了一万种无效的方法。

Ludwig van Beethoven

4. When Beethoven was young, he was not very good at music. His teachers thought that he would never be successful. Beethoven`s father did not agree. He became his son`s teacher, and Beethoven became a famous composer, or writer of music. There is something else special, too. He wrote some of his music when he was completely deaf!
   当贝多芬年轻的时候，他不太擅长音乐。他的老师们认为他永远不会成功。贝多芬的父亲不同意。他成了他儿子的老师，贝多芬也成了著名的作曲家或音乐作家。还有一些特别的东西。他在完全失聪的时候创作了一些音乐！
   Beethoven can write music because he can`t do anything else!
   贝多芬会写音乐是因为他什么都不会！

（B）Match the people to their jobs and their stories.（将人们与他们的工作和故事相匹配。）

（C）Retell one of the stories.（复述其中一个故事。）