1.　 Ask Ss to work in groups of four. Each group choose a reporter. Group members ask each others about when … started doing these things ( learned to ride a bike, started learning English, started going to school, learned to write, and so on.)

　　 T: Well done. Let’s make a survey. I’d like you to work in groups of four, and each group chooses a reporter. Group members ask each others about when … started doing these things ( learned to ride a bike, started learning English, started going to school, learned to write, and so on.).

Understand? Now, It’s your turn to do this exercise.

-- When did you start learning English?

--I started learning English when I was ten years old.

2.　　　 Ask Ss to pactice the key sentences in pairs.

Step 5 Groupwork: Make a survey.

T: They are all famous stars in the world and they are so popular. Do you like them? Ok, who is popular in our class? Who is good at basketball/football…?

1.　　　 Lead in the key sentences “when did … start doing sth? How long did … do it?” by talking about “Michael Jordan”, “Deng Yaping”. Lead in the new words “unusual, talented, creative, outstanding”.

2.　　　 　Pairwork.

Let Ss work in pairs and then ask some pairs of Ss to make dialogues.

Step 4 Pairwork

1.　 After that, show some photos of other famous people on the screen and ask some pairs of Ss to make dialogues one by one.

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s______. He is _______.

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in _____

2. Check the answer.

Step 3 Speaking

1. (T: Well done. Many Ss in our class like sports and music. So do I. They are all my favirite stars. Do you like they? )

Show photos of Deng Yaping, David Beckham, Matina Hingis, Micheal Jordan and ask “Who’s that?”, and “When was he born”. Next ask Ss “Do you know when they were born?”. Then turn to page 53, listen to the tape and write down the year.

2.　　　 Pairwork.

Let the students work in pairs to practice the key sentence.

Step 2 Listening.

Step 1 Warming up

1.　　　 self-introduction.

Show a picture of myself. Say hello to the student. Then show Ss some numbers to let the students guess what the meaning is. “4”, “24”, 1982”. Lead in the key sentence “I was born in ….

2.　　　 Target language:

Who’s that? That’s…　

When was he/she born? He/she was born in ….

When did he/she start doing sth?

How long did he/she do it?