Unit1PeopleofachievementSession2UsingLanguageExplorethemeaningofgreatness

Learningobjectives1.Listenforopinions,decisionsandreasonsthroughthe

conversationaboutpeopleofachievement;

2.Uselanguagefillerstomakenaturalconversations；3.Showyouropinionsaboutthemeaningofgreatness.WarmupWhoarethey?Whataretheirachievements?ZhongNanshanTuYouyouWuMengchaoWhatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup?Sheisbestknownforherpioneeringworkinthefieldofnursing.FlorenceNightingaleAlexanderFlemingHewasaNobelPrizewinner,bestknownforhisdiscoveryofpenicillinwhichstillplaysavitalroleinsavinglivesinmoderntimes.Throughtheeffortsofmanypeople,penicillinsuccessfullysavednumerouslivesduringWorldWarII.Pre-listeningListentotheconversationandfigureouttherelationshipbetweenthem.While-listeningDrWangWangLeAnnaSmithfatherdaughterfriendsTask1Listentotheconversation.Whodoeseachspeakeradmire?Tickthecorrectboxesinthetablebelow.DrWangWangLeAnnaSmithAlexanderFlemingZhongNanshanFlorenceNightingaleWuMengchaoTuYouyouDrWang√√√√√√√√Task2√Listenagainandanswerthequestionsbelow.Youcandiscussthemwithapartner.1.WhydidAnnameetWangLeatherhome?2.WhydidDrWangdecidetobecomeadoctor?3.WhatkindofpersondoesWangLeadmire?Why?4.WhatadvicedidDrWanggive?Doyouagreewithhim?Giveyourreasons.Task3ListenforreasonsWhenpeoplegivetheiropinionsordecisionsonamatter,theyoftengivereasonsforthem.Sometimes,thereasonisintroducedbywordssuchasbecauseordueto.Atothertimes,thereasonisgivenrightaftertheopinionordecision,andthelinkcanbeinferred.(1)WhydidAnnameetWangLeatherhome?A.Todoacareer-planningprojectB.TointerviewDr.WangC.TovisitDr.Wang(2)WhydidDrWangdecidetobecomeadoctor?A.TodogreatthingsB.TohelppeopleC.BothAandB(3)WhatkindofpersondoesWangLeadmire?Why?Shereallyadmirespeoplelike_____________because___________________________________________.

TuYouyou

herresearchledtothediscoveryofartemisinin(4)WhatadvicedidDrWanggive？Doyouagreewithhim?DrWangadvisesthatwhenyouareyoung,itisveryimportantto________________________.Also,_________________whenitseemsabittoohardforyou.Iagreewithhimbecausegreatpeople________________tosolvedifficultproblems.Ithelpsthemreachtheirgoalsand________________.

findoutwhatreallyinterestsyou

neverloseinterestinit

challengethemselves

achievegreatthingsTapescripts.Task4DrWang:Hi,Anna!Pleasecomein.AnnaSmith:Hi,

DrWang!Longtimenosee!DrWang:

Yes,soyou’reheretoseeWangLe?AnnaSmith:Yes,we’redoingacareer-planningprojecttogether.WangLe:Hi,

Anna!DrWang:SoI’llleaveyoutwoalone...AnnaSmith:

Pleasedon’tgo,

DrWang.Actually,

wewereplanningtointerviewyou.

Doyou

havetime

now?DrWang:

Me?WangLe:Yes,Dad.Wewanttoknowwhatmadeyouchooseyourcareerasadoctor.DrWang:That’sagoodquestion.Well,longstoryshort,

I’vealwayswantedtodogreat

things

andhelppeople,whichmightexplainwhyIenteredthislineofwork.AnnaSmith:Sowerethereanypeoplewhoinfluencedyou?DrWang:

Oh,forsure.IwouldsaypeoplelikeDrZhongNanshan,whomanagedtheSARSoutbreakbackin2003,andDrWuMengchao,whoperformedliveroperationswellintohis90s.AnnaSmith:Sotheywerelikeyourrolemodels?DrWang:

Yes,exactly.

IadmiredthembecauseIsawthegreatnessinthem.Youtwomust

have

rolemodelstoo,right?WangLe:

Yes,that’sright.OneofmineisTuYouyou,whoseresearchledtothediscoveryof

artemisinin.Ireallyadmirepeoplelikeher.AnnaSmith:MypersonalheroesareAlexanderFleming,whodiscoveredpenicillin,and

Florence

Nightingale,thefounderofmodernnursing.

Countlesslivesweresaved

duetotheir

amazingwork.DrWang:

Thosearecertainlysomegreatpeople.

Iadmirethem,too.AnnaSmith:So,DrWang,whatadvicedoyouhaveforus,theyoungergeneration?DrWang:Ithinkwhenyouareyoung,itisveryimportanttofindoutwhatreallyinterestsyou.Also,neverloseinterestinitwhenitseemsabittoohardforyou.AnnaSmith:

Thanks,DrWang,that’sreallygoodadvice!Successfulpeoplealwayspushthemselves

tododifficultthings.DrWang:

That’s,right,Anna.Theychallengethemselvestosolvedifficultproblems.

Ithelps

themreachtheirgoalsandachievegreatthings.AnnaSmith:

Yes,exactly!Thankyouverymuchforyourtime,

DrWang.You’vebeensohelpful!WangLe:

Andbytheway,ifwe’retalkingaboutpeoplewhodogoodthingsandinspire

people—forme,it’syou,Dad...languagefillersPost-listeningWorkingroups.Brainstormthenamesofsomegreatpeopleandwritetheminthetablebelow.Usethefollowinglanguagefillerstodiscusswhatmakespeoplegreat.Useyourdiscussiontodrawconclusionsaboutthemeaningofgreatness.Thefollowingexpressionsmayhelpyou.Thenreportbacktotheclass.ThegreatestpersonIknowofis

...,who

...Tobegreat,

apersonshould

...Tome,greatnessmeans

...Whydoyouthinkthat?That’strue,but

...I

wanttobelike

becausehe/she

...hasachievedfinancialsuccesshasinventednewproductshasmadegreatdiscoveriesservesasagoodrolemodelbringshappinesstootherpeoplemakesgreatcontributionstosocietyTrytobe