Lesson 2 A Famous Person-新世纪课标版七年级英语下册

5. Mary works in an office. She answers phone calls, types letters and send faxes.(A secretary.)Guessing GameDo you know who they are?Helen KellerThomas EdisonMarie CurieYao Mingbasketball playerscientistinventoreducator and writerMarieSklodowskaPierreCurieMarieCurieThe Curies discovered radium.The Americans wrote to Pierre because they wanted to buy some radium.The Curies decided to take out a patent.Although the Curies needed to build a lab, they didn’t take this chance for money.The Curies did not give the Americans any information about radium.Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize.TFFTFT

Learning ActivitiesTeaching PurposesPre-readingGuess some jobs according to the given cues.To make connections between their prior knowledge and the story.Know more famous persons.While-readingScan the passage and then finish the related exercises.To grasp the general idea of the story.To practice the skill of searching for further detailed information.To encourage students to practice logical and critical thinking.Skim some paragraphs and guess what the letter talks about.Find out the clues to the Curies' choice, and conclude the passage.Discussion: What is the spirit of science?Post-readingWork in pairs, act the story out.To cons