Unit 9 When was he born? Messi football player Kobe Bryant basketball player Yi Jianlian basketball player Do you know them? 1a.

Unit 9

When was he born?

Messifootball player

Kobe Bryantbasketball player

Yi Jianlianbasketball player

Do you know them? 1a

Chen FeiLi Na

gymnastgymnastdiver tennis player

Wu Minxia

Do you know them?

Guo Yue Bolt Phelps ping-pong player runner swimmer

Do you know them?

Listen and write the year the sports star was born under each photo.

Deng Yaping

ping-pong player

Born: ______1973

Martina Hingis

tennis player

Michael Jordan

basketball player

Born: ______

Born: ______

Born: ______

Beckham

soccer player1963

1980

1975

1b

When were you born?

I was born in 1980.

sb. + were/was + born + in + yearsb. + were/was + born + in + year

Sentence Pattern

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s Deng Yaping. She’s a great Chin

ese ping-pong player.

A: When was she born?

B: She was born in 1973.

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s ... He’s …

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in …

1963

Michael Jordan

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s … She’s …

A: When was she born?

B: She was born in …

1980

Martina Hingis

1975

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s ... He’s …

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in …

Beckham

Kobe BryantBorn: 1978

basketball player

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s ... He’s …

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in …

Messi Born: 1987

football player

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s ... He’s …

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in …

Liu Xiang

Born: 1980

running player

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s ... He’s …

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in …

Liu Xuan

Born: 1979

the Chinese gymnast

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s ... She’s …

A: When was she born?

B: She was born in …

Ronaldo

Born: 1976

football player

A: Who’s that? B: That’s ... He’s … A: When was he born? B: He was born in …

When were you born?

When was your mother born?

I was born in September.

She was born on October first.When were they born?

They were born …

Who Has world record for

How long

Charles Smith

hiccupping 69 years and 5 months

Donna Green

sneezing

Listen and fill in the “How long” column in the chart.

978 days

2a

Who Has world record for

How long started stopped

Charles Smith

hiccupping 69 years and 5

months

Donna Green

sneezing

Listen again and fill in the “Started ” and “Stopped” column in the chart.

978 days

1922

January 13, 1981

1990

September16, 1983

2b

A: How long did Charles Smith hiccup?

B: He hiccupped for years and ____

months.

A: When did he start hiccupping?

B: He started in .

A: When did he stop hiccupping?

B: He stopped in .

69

1922

1990

2c

5

A: How long did Donna Green sneeze?

B: She sneezed for ________ .

A: When did she start sneezing?

B: She started __________________.

A: When did she stop sneezing?

B: She stopped _____________________.

978 days

on January 13, 1981

on September 16, 1983

be born 出生

常用过去时 was / were born

be born in 后面可接时间 ( 某年或某月 ), 意为“出生于什么时候”；也可接地点 , 意为“出生于某地”。

Language points

Examples

—Where was Deng Yaping born?     邓亚萍是在哪里出生的？—She was born in Henan.     她出生于河南。—When was she born?      她什么时候出生的？—She was born in 1973.     她生于 1973 年。

be born on 后接具体某一天

My father was born on March 3, 1965.

我父亲出生于 1965 年 3 月 3 日。

若对出生的时间进行提问 , 用 When was / were ... born?

When were you born?

I was born on February 12th, 1970.

根据汉语意思填空。1. — 你弟弟什么时候在哪里出生的？

_________ and _______ was your brother

born?

— 他于 1995 年在澳大利亚出生。

He was born ____ 1995 ____Australia.

2. 我妹妹出生于 2000 年 8 月 15 日。

My sister ____________ August 15, 2000.

When

in

was born on

in

where

Homework

Do the other exercises in this part.