honor    alive   athlete    took part in    competition
step 2. 3b.
look at the information in activity 2b .w rite an article about laura
then ask some students to read their own
step 3. self check 1
ask the students read the words one by one and find out the meanings of any words they don’t know.
step4. self check 2
1. students read the passage.
2. make sure the students understand the phrases:
start to. do sth.    be born in
take a taxi       tsinghua university
join a team       the first prize
major in         in the speech competition
3. students read together
4. enjoy just for fun together.
homework:
1. ask each student to write one students in our class
2.make a conversation of talking about famous person
翻译下列句子：
1. 任何时候开始做事情都不算太早。
you’re never ___ young ____ _____ doing things.
2. 例如，tiger woods 在十个月大时就开始打高尔夫球。
____ _____, tiger woods started ______ ____ _____ ____ _____ ten months old.
3. 莫扎特四岁时就开始了音乐创作。
mozart _____ ____ _____ when he was four years old.
4. 罗纳尔多，巴西著名足球运动员，十七岁时就为国家队效力。ronaldo, the great brazilian _____ _____, ___ ___ for his national team __ ___ ___ ___ 17.
5.秀兰•邓波尔三岁时就成为一名电影明星。
shirley temple ___ ____ ____ ____ when she was only 3.
6. 梅兰芳十岁的时候首次登台演唱京剧。
mei lanfang ____ ____ beijing opera at ___ ____ ___ ten.
7. 中国体操运动员刘璇在十七岁时就赢得了世界冠军联赛的金牌。liu xuan, the chinese _____, ____ a gold medal at the world championship when ____ _____ ______.
8. 中国著名钢琴演奏家，李云迪一直热爱音乐。
li yundi, the ___ chinese ___, always ___ ___.
9. 1982年他出生在重庆。
he ____ ___ in 1982 in chongqing.
10. 当他还是小男孩的时候，他就可以哼歌曲和不同难度的乐曲。when he ____ ____ ____ boy, he could ____ ____ and difficult _____ ____ music.
11. 他四岁开始学手风琴，七岁开始学钢琴。
he started to _____ _____ ____ when he ____ ___, and he started to learn the piano ____ ____ ___ ___ ___.
12. 在2000年十月，他参加了在波兰举行的第xx届肖邦国际钢琴大赛。 in _____ 2000, he _____ _____ _____ the 14th chopin international piano competition in poland.
13.在同组他获得了一等奖。
he ____ ____ ____ ___ in his group.
14.他也是在肖邦国际钢琴比赛70年的历史上，第一个获此殊荣的中国钢琴家。he was also the first chinese pianist in the ______ ______ of the competition ____ _____ _____ ______.