1.　　　 Do you know what a CV is and when a CV is needed? (A CV is a summary of one’s education and work skills. CV stands for curriculum vitae. When one wants to get a job, his/her CV will be presented to the employer. So a CV is very important if he/she wants to get the job.)

2. Please use the information you get from the tape to complete the advertisement in Part B on page 53.

Skills building 2: reading a CV

Here we will learn what a CV (curriculum vitae) is and what should be included in a CV so as to know how to read a CV in English.

1. Listen to the tape and fill in the note sheet in Part A on page 53.

1.　　　 Listen to the tape and fill in the figures you have heard.

Step1: finding a speaker for your school

Listen to the headmaster to fill in the note. The headmaster wants a person to speak to the school. He will talk about what kind of person he needs. Listen carefully and complete an advertisement with what you have heard.

3. Look at Point 4 to learn how to express an approximate number or modify a number.

2. Go over Points 1 to 3 on page 52. Pay special attention to the word stress when listening to the numbers, such as fifteen and fifty, eighteen and eighty.

1.　　　 First let’s review different forms of numbers. Please give the ordinal form of the numbers below.

Note:

When we talk about the date or want to talk about something in order, we use ordinal numbers, for example, 1^st January, on the third floor, the second one on the left, etc.

We can use numbers to talk about time, date, age, price, street number, percentage, etc.

3. Interviewing a professional

　1) Planning

　 To plan the interview, you need first to work in groups and discuss who you would like to choose to interview. Also you need to discuss what background information to find to make your wall display interesting.

　2) Preparing

　 To prepare the interview, the group members responsible for researching information about the professional should collect the useful information and provide it to those responsible for preparing questions. Those responsible for conducting the interview and taking notes at the interview discuss with the whole group to choose what information about the person can be used in the report and the wall display. If possible, using some photographs of the professional may have better effect.

3) Producing

　 In the producing step, you are to write the story about the professional based on the interview note and draw appropriate pictures that illustrate the experience of the person. After you finish your work, the whole group should proofread to correct any mistakes and add any new ideas.

4) Presenting

Now time came for you to present. One of you in each group will present your story to the class. Everyone should get well prepared to speak. Then you can put your displays on the walls for the whole class to read.

　　 ●Task writing a biographical article

This section consists of a series of activities which provide opportunities to learn and practice language skills. Each of the three steps is preceded by a skills building activity. Try to learn how to write a curriculum vitae and a biographical article.

Skills building 1: listening for figures

In this part you will learn when to use cardinal numbers or ordinal numbers and how to identify specific numbers when listening. You will also learn what words or phrases can be used to express an approximate number or to modify a number. Listen to an interview and fill in the figures you hear.

2. Exercise

1)Write a short passage about Yang Liwei

One possible version:

　 Yang Liwei was the first Chinese who went into space. On 15 October 2003, he left the earth. His journey into space took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit, around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.

　 Yang Liwei, born in 1965, became interested in flying as a young boy. In 1983, he joined the army and then finished his university study at the No. 8 Aviation College. After graduation, he became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was chosen as a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou. Through hard working Yang won his position as China’s first astronaut

　 Now all we Chinese are proud of Yang Liwei. Especially the young respect him as their hero.

2)Finish Part B on P59

1.　　　 Reading

杨利伟拍摄的美丽的地球家　　　 俯瞰大西洋　　　　　　　 杨利伟在失重状态下

吃航天食品--椰蓉馅月饼 　

电池和医监医药包在失重状态下浮在空中 中国人从太空问候世界

北京时间10月15日18时40分，中国培养的第一位航天员杨利伟从太空向世界各国人民问好，并在舱内并列展示了五星红旗和联合国旗(摄于北京航天指挥控制中心大屏幕)。

1) Please read the article about Yang Liwei and jot down the main idea of each paragraph. Then we’ll check the answers together.

2) Try to find some information about the following numbers.

　 1965　 born

　 1983　 joined the army

　 1987 　became a fighter pilot

　 1998　 chosen as a member of Shenzhou

　 1,500　 the number of candidates to choose from

　 Sep.2003.　　 3 were piced for the space adventure

　 15, Oct, 2003　 carried out the journey into space

　 241^st 　　　　the number of the persons ever in space

3) Let’s talk more about Yang Liwei and other explorers. Try to list what is required of an astronaut both physically and mentally.