Unit 1 I was born in a small village.

Objectives: 1. To understand conversations containing past simple “be”. 2. To get information about someone’s past life from the listening and reading materials. 3. To talk about one’s past life.

Words and phrases: be born, primary, primary school, town, friendly, US, village, naughty, nice, good, difficultKey structures: Where were you born? I was born in a small village. My first teacher was----. Were you-----? Yes, I was./No, I wasn’t.

ReviewWords and expressions

/ b : n / born(bear过去分词)出生 /str kt/ strict严格的；严厉的 /frendli/ friendly友好的 ‘pra m ri/ primary初等的；初级 小学 primary school /t a n/ town城镇；市镇 /,ju:’es/ US美国 /he / hey喂；嘿 /’v l d / village 村庄

/n a s/ nice友好的；亲切的 /g d/ good乖的；守规矩的 /’d fiklt/ difficult难对付的

A free talk

1. I am a teacher now. I was a student three years ago.

She is a doctor now. She was a teacher last year.

Yao Ming Shanghai 1980 When was he born ? He was born in 1980 Where was he born ?

He was born in Shanghai.

Zhou Bichan Guangdong 1985 When was she born ? was ____in born 1985 She ____ Where was she born ? was ____ born in Guangdong She ____

Twins Taiwan 1999When were they born? They were born in 1999 were they born? Where_______________ were born in Taiwan They________________.

Let’s talk about our past(过

去的) life.When were you born? I was born in 19_ _.Where were you born? I was born in ____.

关于提问某人是何时出生的用法 When were you born? 你是什么时候出生的？ I was born in 1992. I was born on Oct.11th,1992. (注意：介词 in 和 on 的区别)

A: When were you born? B: I was born … A: Where were you born? B: I was born … A: When was she born? B: She was born …

A: Where were they born? B: They were born …

Where was Lingling born?--- Lingling was born in a small

village in Shanxi Province.

Now answer the questions. Use the words and expressions from the box.

1. Ms Smith.2.It wasn’t a big school and it was very friendly.

3.I was born in Quincy ,a small town in the US. 4.Yes, she was, but she was also very nice.

Activity 2 Listen again and check(√ ) the true

sentences

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1.Betty was born in the US. 2.Betty was born in a small town. 3.Betty’s first school was a big school.

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4.There were twenty-two students in Betty’s class. 5.Betty’s first teacher was strict. √