高中英语U2 Heroes--Warm-up[ty]北师大版必修一 教案

U2 Heroes Warm-up
In this unit you will…
· Read about heroes and heroines and an interview.
· Talk about people you admire.
· Listen to dialogues and a radio programme.
· write a magazine story.
· Review the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect tenses.
Warm-up
Do you know these people? 1 Think of different kinds of heroes and heroines:
a) a sports or film star you admire
b) someone famous for being brave and good
c) the main character from a story
Example a) Yao Ming b) Mother Teresa c) Hamlet
Classify the adjectives in the Key Words box as positive or negative.
Key Words
brave, calm, cruel, dangerous, generous, honest, humorous, kind, pleasant, smart, violent Answers:
Positive – brave calm generous honest humorous kind pleasant smart
Negative- cruel dangerous violent
Now write three sentences about some film heroes, heroines and villains that you know well
Mother Teresa was a nun
who devoted all her life
to helping the poor and
Yao Ming Hamlet is the sensitive
and indecisive hero of
Shakespeare’s play.
History maker
History maker Soldier
Soldier Soldier Actor
Film Character
Athlete Compere
and read them to your group. Use the Key Words to help you. Example Scar is a cruel and dangerous character in Lion King. 2Listen to descriptions of three film characters.
Match them with the following adjectives:
1 Nemo
2 Bright Jones
3 Dr Octopus
a) smart but cruel and violent
b) brave and humorous
c) pleasant and humorous Answers: 1 b 2 c 3 a Tapescript
1 Nemo is the main character in the movie Finding Nemo. He’s a little fish who is often frightened but he never runs away from danger. He also often finds himself in funny situations that make people laugh.
2 Bridget Jones is the main character of the book and movie, Bridget Jone’s Diary. She is
a really nice person but is always doing funny things that cause her a lot of trouble and give people a lot of Joy.
3 Doctor Octopus is Spiderman’s enemy in the movie Spiderman Ⅱ.He’s very smart man but his invention makes him kill many people.
Writing
In groups, pleas write a character description of a well-known film or television actor without saying who he/she is.
Then exchange your description with another group and try to guess who is being described. For example
He is a well-known film star. He is from Hong Kong. He is not very tall but strong and brave. His action is humorous and funny. He is famous as Chinese kung Fu. Who can it be?
Nemo
Finding Nemo
Bridget Jones’s Diary Bright Jones
Spider-manⅡDr. Octopus
Jackie Chan。