外研版七年级英语下册《He left school and began work at the age of twelve》Life history PPT课件下载，共31页。
Warming-up
What is the song about?
Pre-listening
Think and answer
How many months are there in a year?
What are they?
Think and Discuss
What festivals do you know?
When is it?
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1) Betty’s grandfather’s life was/wasn’t different from Betty’s.
2) Betty’s grandfather was born in April 1935/1955.
3) Betty’s grandfather went to America/England in October/November 1941.
Language points
1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
by在此处表示“由……创作”。
e.g. Hamlet is a play by Shakespeare.
《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的戏剧。
3. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
at the age of是介词短语，意为“在……岁时”，常在句中作时间状语。
4. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
took the name原形是take the name，意为“起名；取名”。
in the 1860s不是具体时间，而是指“19世纪60年代。
“in+the+整数年+s/’s”是表达年代的固定用法。表示
“……世纪……年代”。
e.g. in the 1990s 20世纪90年代
Summary
Words and expressions:
National Day, writer, find out, real, newspaper, date, become, in the 1860s.
Sentence patterns:
1. I read Tom Sawyer.
2. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
3. He took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
4. I knew that.
Homework
1. Review the useful words and sentences in the unit.
2. Read and try to recite the dialogue fluently.
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