Module_9_Unit_1He_left_school_and_egan_work_at_the_age_of_twelve..ppt

9 Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve. January February March April May June July August September October November December Teachers’ Day Women’s Day Christmas National Day Children’s Day New Year’s Day Labour Day Spring Festival 1 Match the festivals with the months. Have a talk Now talk about when the festivals are. Spring Festival is in January or February. New Year’s Day…. Children’s Day …. National Day Women’s Day 1. Betty’s grandfather’s life was / wasn’t different from Betty’s. 2. Bettys grandfather was born in April 1935 / 1955. 3. Betty’s grandfather went to America / England in October / November 1941. 2 Listen and choose the correct answer. √ √ √ √ Everyday English Look at this! Enjoy the book. Now complete the table about Mark Twain Time facts In 1935 At the age of 12 In the 1960s born in Missouri left school and began work took the name Mark Twain and became very famous be become begin do get 4 Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation. go know leave read take write be become begin do get go know leave read take write was/were became began did got went knew left read took wrote Answers: 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box. age become Europe newspaper real writer 1. He began work at the ________ of twelve. 2. His ________ name was Samuel Clemens. 3. He wrote for a(n) __________ . 4. He ________ very famous. 5. He went to ________ ,but he didnt come to China. 6. He is a great ________. age real newspaper became Europe writer 1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain. Language points by, 在这里表示“由…(创作)，出自”。 如： Hamlet was by Shakespeare 《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的。 It’s a painting by Van Gogh. 这是一幅凡·高的画。 2. He left school and began work at the age of twelve. “at the age of twelve”意为：在12岁的时候 =“when he was twelve ” 表达在12岁的时候我们还可以用: at 12/at age 12. 如： Mark Twain died at the age of 75.