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Unit 3 Amazing people
Welcome to the unit
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Let’s have a look at
some pictures
She is a
superstar in Asia.
She is good at
acting.
Fan Bingbing
He is a famous singer.
He is also a gifted
composer
One of his famous
songs is “shuang jie
gun”.
Jay Chou
He is one of the most
famous basketball
players in the Lakers.
He is considered to be
the next Jordan.
Kobe Bryant
He is the most
famous Chinese
player in NBA.
Yao Ming
He is a famous
comedian in Hong Kong.
One of his films is
“Kungfu”.
Stephen Chou
He is the CEO of Apple，which
he co-founded in 1976.
Steve Jobs
Thinking
people who have
beautiful outlooks
pretty/handsome people
＝ amazing people
?
What kind of people can be
called “amazing people”?
Let’s discuss the
achievements of some
amazing people.
Mother
Teresa
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She is one of the greatest women
in the world who made great
contributions to the peace of the
world. From the age of 18 she
worked in India to help the poor. For
more than 30 years she took care of
people in need. She was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2003,
she was given the name of Blessed
Teresa.
What can we learn
from her?
Hints:
He is famous all over the world.
He starts a new time — E-time（e时
代） in the world.
Bill
He is one of the richest man
around the world.
Gates
He is clever and starts Microsoft.
Let’s enjoy a piece of
music!
Do you know the composer
of the music?
Beethove
n
Symphony No.5
/
(交响曲）
（命运）
Fate symphony
In his middle age, something
unfortunate happened.
He lost his hearing.
Did he give up his music? No.
Although he was deaf, he
successfully finished the ninth
symphony at last.
He was one of the greatest
musicians of all time.
Do you know something about Zheng He?
Zheng
He
• Led seven expeditions to ‘the Western
Ocean’-the Indian Ocean
• Opened up relations between China
and the outside world
• Spread Chinese outstanding culture
• Accelerated the development of world
economy
Mother Teresa
Bill Gates
Zheng He
Beethoven
Group discussion 1:
1. Which of these people’s
achievements have the
largest effect on our lives
today?
2.What do they have
in common?
Have made great
contributions in
different fields
Loved and
respected by
people
Overcome all
Never give up
the difficulties
they met
Changed our world
through their
thoughts and
actions
commons
…...
Have great aims and
worked hard in order to
achieve it
What kind of people can be
called “amazing people”?
Amazing people are those who
ontributionsin
make great c________
ieldsand are usually
different f___
oved and r______
espected by people.
l___
Some of them have even
changed our world for the
etter through their thoughts
b____
ctions
or a_____.
Group discussion 2:
Who is your hero? What are
his or her achievements?
Have you ever dreamed of becoming an
amazing person or just want to be an
ordinary person? Why?
Amazing
person
Ordinary
person
If you want to be an amazing person, what
should you do ?
· Set up a great aim
· Work hard
. Hold on to your dream
· Have a desire for knowledge
· Try to overcome difficulties
· Never give in to the fate …
Homework
1. Write a passage about an
amazing person.
2. Preview the Reading passage.
Read the article twice.