More on Role Models Guessing games on Role

More on Role Models

Guessing games on Role Models

Guessing game 1 • He is a Chinese. • He was a gold medal winner in the Olympic Game. • He can run fast. • He is a hurdler. Liu Xiang

Guessing game 2 • He is an American. • He is good at making speeches. • He has got a prize recently. • He is the president of America. Obama

Guessing game 3 • He is one of the best singers in Hong Kong. • His wife is an actress. • He has a daughter. • He has a song called ‘Shall we talk’. Eason Chan

My Role Models

1. Connie Talbot • An English child singer • reached the final of the television talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2007

1. Connie Talbot • She comes from a poor family. • She likes singing a lot. • Her grandmother got cancer when Connie was two and she practised hard to sing a song to her grandmother.

Connie Talbot’s song • Over the rainbow • http: //www. youtub e. com/watch? v=IN 5 afcb. Okt. U

Summary 1 • • My role model is Connie Talbot I like her because she is talented. She is great. She sings sweetly.

2. San Lang • A gold medal winner • A gymnast • When she was 17 years old, she became paralysed in New York

Before the Injury • A genius gymnast • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=a. L 6 QBR 7 P 4 b. U&NR=1

At the Injury • Sang Lan fell and seriously injured her spine in a competition. • But she doesn’t feel sorry for herself. ‘I won’t give up, ’ she says.

After the Injury • After the accident, she stayed in a hospital in New York for a year. • Sang studies journalism at Peking University and exercises daily to regain the use of her arms. • She also hosts her own TV show, Sang Lan Olympics 2008, on Star TV. Sang Lan sang a song in the Beijing Olympics 2008 http: //www. youtube. com/watch ? v=i 4 BFL 5 Vt 0 ME

Summary 2 • • My role model is Sang Lan. I like her because she is positive. Her story is inspiring. She never gives up.

Vocabulary • Talented = having ability • Great = good • Inspiring = making you feel you want to do something • Positive = hopeful and confident • Gymnast • gold medal winner

Your role model?

• Write 5 sentences to describe your role model • • • My role model is ________ He/she is a ___________ I like him because_________ He is my role model because ____ I learn_____________