9A- صحبت کردن درباره مشاهیر گذشته

 A  Where was he born?

 A   او کجا متولد شد؟

1 Vocabulary Careers

A Match the words and the pictures. Then listen and check your answers.

Answer:

1. e

2. f

3. g

4. a

5. c

6. d

7. h

8. b

B Pair work Give an example of a famous person for each category.

"Ang Lee is a famous director."

2 Language in context Famous firsts

A Read about these famous firsts. Which famous first happened first?

Emilio Palma was born at Argentina's Esperanza Rase in Antarctica in 1978. He was the first person born on the continent.

The first person on the moon in 1969 was American astronaut Neil Armstrong, lie was on the moon for only two and a half hours.

JunkoTabei was the first woman to climb Mt. Everest in 1975. She was also the first woman to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents.

Venus and Serena Williams are great athletes. They were the first sisters to win Wimbledon in 2000.

B Which people from Part A would you like to meet? What question would you ask them?

3 Grammar  Was / Were born; past of be 

A Complete these sentences with the correct past form of be. Then compare with a partner.

1. Coco Chanel                         an amazing French designer.

2. Albert Einstein                         born in Germany.

3. Alfred Hitchcock                         a great director.

4. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo                         born in Mexico.

5. Mozart and Beethoven                         famous composers.

Answer:

1. was

2. was

3. was

4. were

5. were

B Correct the false sentences. Then compare with a partner.

1. Ronald Reagan was a British politician. (American)

      He wasn't a British politician. He was an American politician.   

2. Zheng He was an early Chinese scientist. (explorer)

3. Artist Vincent van Gogh was born in the 20th century. (19th century)

4. Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent were explorers. (designers)

5. Venus and Serena Williams were born in the late 1970s. (early 1980s)

Answer:

1. He wasn't a British politician. He was an American politician.

2. He wasn't a Chinese scientist. He was a Chinese explorer.

3. He wasn't born in the 20th century. He was born in the 19th century.

4. They weren't explorers. They were designers.

5. They weren't born in the late 1970s. They were born in the early 1980s.

4 Speaking Famous people

Group work Choose a person from the past. Your group asks questions and guesses the person's name. Take turns.

A: He was from Mexico. He was a politician.

B: Is it. . . ?

A: No, sorry. He was born in the 19th century.

C: I think l know. Is it Benito Juárez?

 I can  ask and talk about people from the past.