3. Please read the article in Part A in Writing on page 103 in Workbook to learn how to write an article to describe a person. Then do Part B on the same page.

Step 4: Exercises

A. Give the noun form of the following word to express the occupation or station.

(1) examine　 (2) art　　 (3) build　 (4) chemistry　　 (5) conduct　　 (6) dance

(7) design　　 (8) beg　 (9) dive　　 (10) invent　　 (11) translate　 (12) physics (13) lead　　 (14) library　(15) employ　(16) piano　(17) prison　　 (18) sail

(19) serve　 (20) discover　(21) technique　 (22) win　(23) visit　(24) operate

B. Choose the proper words for the blanks.

(1) west, western, westerner

　 Some _______ forms of greeting are not used in the East.

　 A ______ may find that traveling in Asian counties is quite an experience.

(2) compose, composer, composition

　 Beethoven was one of the greatest ______ in the world.

　 He played a piano piece of his own _______.

(3) advertise, advertiser, advertisement

　 If you want to sell your house, you may put an ______ in a newspaper.

　 Factories often ______ their goods on TV or over the radio.

　 An _______ always uses various means to attract the public attention.

(4) create, creative, creation, creator

　 The invention of steam engine led to the ______ of modern machine.

　 It is essential to develop a student’s _______ ability.

　 The people are the _______ of history.

　　　 Project-Interviewing a professional

The project in this unit is designed to let you interview a professional and create a wall display through practicing English. The reading material about Yang Liwei here is a sample for you. Try to learn how to talk about and write an article about a professional.

The purpose of this section is to let you use what you have learned in this unit to complete a group project. During the course, discuss who you’d like to interview. You are not only to search for as much information about the person as you can, but also to choose useful information and do some speaking and writing. Learn to cooperate and fulfill each part of the assignment. By doing the project, you will learn more about successful professionals as well as more about why they are so successful.

2. Please think about the different qualities we have to possess in order to take up a specific job. As you mentioned, you’d like to be a teacher. Then, in your opinion, what qualities should you possess in order to be a teacher? Do you think it’s easy to be a good teacher?

1. Focus on Part C and complete it individually. Don’t forget to give your reasons for the jobs you choose. You may provide as many reasons as possible.

4. Complete Part B together. Any different answers are welcome.

Step 3: Vocabulary extension

3. Focus on Part B and try to guess the meanings of all the words. I’ll give you some explanations first:

A principal is a person who is in charge of a university, college or school.

A composer is a person who writes music.

A sculptor is a person who has the talent of making solid objects representing people or animals out of stone, wood, clay, etc.

An accountant is a person whose job is to keep and check financial accounts.

2. Complete Part A first and then we we’ll check the answers together.

1. Please look at the rules for word formation listed in the book. And try your best to think of more words that fit the rules. For example:

+ er　　 bank→banker　　 compose→composer　　 think→thinker

+ or　 educate→educator　　　 edit→editor　　　　　 sail→sailor

+ ant　assist→assistant　　 serve→servant　　 depend→dependant

+ ist　art→artist　　　 chemistry→chemist　　 science→scientist

+ ian　music→musician　history→historian 　　technique→technician

2. Think of rules for word formation you know and try to give examples of these rules.

　 For example:

　 beauty→beautiful　　 strange→strangely　 operate→operation

　 comfortable→uncomfortable　　 speech→speechless

Step 2: Vocabulary learning

1. make a list of jobs you are familiar with. Then exchange your opinions about the reasons for your favorite jobs.

　 list of jobs__________________

　 your favorite job _______________

　 reasons for the favorite job______________

3.　　　 After class please read Part B in Reading on page 101 in Workbook as your homework to get some information about Albert Einstein, another great man.

　 ●Word power

Boys and girls, look at the screen, please. Can you tell us their jobs?

( model, farmer, composer, driver, worker, teacher, air hostess and soldier)

Word power in this unit deals with different expressions related to jobs. Try to increase your vocabulary by learning rules of word formations, such as adding suffixes to verbs, nouns and adjectives to form nouns. Practice and reinforce new vocabulary by doing the exercises. Try to acquaint yourselves with these different expressions and express opinions about your favorite jobs.

Step 1: Brainstorming