Ma Yun--Pioneer of China's e-commerce
Attractive and energetic, Ma Yun is nicknamed \Jack Ma\and is seen as China's version of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, according to the Associated Press(美联社).Ma isn't just popular because of his wealth. He also possesses good communication skills that allow him to communicate with audiences from a wide variety of cultures through roadshows and TV interviews. And his story of starting an online trading empire from scratch already makes him an inspiration to millions across China.
Jack Ma is founder and chairman of Alibaba (阿里巴巴) Group. Ma was born in a common family in Hangzhou on September 10, 1964. When he was young, he whose homework was never good said that he was not a clever person. But he was an English enthusiast. Starting at age 12, Ma says he awoke at 5 am to walk or bicycle to Hangzhou's main hotel so he could practice his English with foreign tourists. He did this for nine years and acted as a free tour guide to improve his English.
Ma was never afraid of failure in his youth. Although he failed the college entrance exam twice, Ma finally managed to enter Hangzhou Normal University(杭州师范大学) where he majored in English. While at school, he was elected student chairman. He graduated in 1988 and taught English for years at the Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Engineering.
Not only did Ma experience frustration in his education, he also got rejected while finding jobs. When he applied for a job at KFC, he was the only one who got turned down out of 24 people. But that only make him stronger. In the early of 1995, he went to the United States. At that time, Internet was booming. However, he got shocked when no result appeared from China when he searched \obsessed with this online information system. And with the help of his friend he got introduced to the Internet. In April 1995, Ma, his wife and a friend collected twenty thousand dollars and started an Internet company. He named his first company “China Yellow Pages”. Within three years, his company had made 5,000,000 yuan. In 1999, he decided to give up his job in the US because he believed in the Internet's business potential when few other Chinese did. With the help of more than a dozen friends who pooled their resources - some $60,000 - Jack Ma, founded Alibaba, a China business-to-business (B2B) online platform. Alibaba serves more than 79 million members from more than 240 countries and areas. In September 2014 Alibaba became one of the most valuable companies in the world. Ma Yun becomes one of the most successful businessmen in China.
Ma is considered as one of the top richest man in China now. He has a net worth of $31.4 billion now. His story is a \白手起家) story both for him and the millions who depended on the eco-system he forged in the digital age of Alibaba.
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From Enriching Sentences to a Passage (Writing)
By Miss Zhang
Dec.26,2017
Teaching Objectives:
At the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. write some simple sentences to introduce a person.
2. enrich simple sentences by using some grammar technique.
3. write a short passage to introduce a person by using various sentence patterns. 4. learn something from famous people such as Ma Yun. Teaching Aids: PPT, video, pictures Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead in
S:Look at some pictures and watch a video about Ma Yun.
Step 2 Read a passage about Ma Yun and answer the following questions: 1.What is the personality of Ma Yun?
2.Can you tell something about Ma Yun’s Childhood? 3.Where did Ma Yun graduate from? 4.Why did he create Alibaba in 1999? 5.In China, what is Ma Yun regarded as?
Step 3 Review some useful expressions about introducing a person
Personality:有魅力的_____________ 精力充沛的_____________________ 潜力_____________ 受过良好教育的__________________ 乐观的___________ 拥有良好的沟通技能___________________
Hobby: 英语热爱者__________________ 有…的天赋_________________
对…着迷_____________________
Education:获得第一名_______________ 被大学录取___________________ Evaluation:被视为…____________________ 受…欢迎______________________ Step4 Practice writing some simple sentences
S: Look at some pictures and make up simple sentences according to the given words. Step5 Have a try
S: Write a paragraph to introduce Ma Yun briefly by using simple sentences.
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Step 6 Enriching simple sentences
1. Ma Yun is an attractive and energetic person. He has good communication skills. ---用定语从句或同位语改写
Ma Yun is an attractive and energetic person who has good communication skills. Ma Yun, an attractive and energetic person, has good communication skills. 仿写：她是一个外向、乐观的人，有着良好的社交技能。
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2. His study was not good at school. He failed the college entrance exam twice. ---定语从句/状语从句
He whose study was not good at school failed the college entrance exam twice.
As/Because his study was not good at school, he failed the college entrance exam twice. 仿写：她总是乐于帮助别人，非常受同学的欢迎。
______________________________________________________________________ 3. He graduated from Hangzhou Normal University. After that, he taught English many years. ---用非谓语改写
After graduating from Hangzhou Normal University, he taught English many years. 仿写：来自于一个艺术之家，我对音乐有特殊的天赋并且培养了对中国传统文化的兴趣。_______________________________________________________________ 在参加过一些志愿活动后，我已经学会如何服务别人。
______________________________________________________________________ 4. He applied for a job in KFC. He got rejected.
He was determined to found his own company . ——用连词串联
He got rejected when he applied for a job in KFC, so that he was determined to found his own company .
仿写：我英语讲得很流利，曾在去年英语演讲比赛中获得第一名，我可以很好地用英语来介绍中国文化。
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Step 7 Writing
假如你是李华，听到晋江市申办2020年世界中学生运动会成功（Gymnasiade），并将招募志愿者的消息，你决定参加这个志愿者活动，现在请写一封英语申请书。 内容包括：
你个人情况的介绍：性格，特长，学习经历
你当志愿者的目的：提高交往技能；介绍中国传统文化
注意：字数100左右，可以适当增加细节，以使短文更加连贯。 Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Hua, a middle school student.
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Yours,
Li Hua
附：申请书的常用句式参考： 开头（说明申请原因）
I am writing to apply for the advertised post of …
I am writing to you in the hope that I may obtain an opportunity to… I read the newspaper that you are looking for… 主体（介绍个人优势）：
I am obsessed with…in my spare time. I work hard and I can get along well with others. I have a gift for… and my… is fairly good. I master English and I can talk to foreigners freely. 结尾（表示感谢及请求）
I would be very grateful if you would consider my application. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your reply. If you give me a chance, I will try my best to do my duty.
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高三英语写作教学公开课教案
