Instructional Guide

Student activities:
What kind of people do you most like or dislike and why? Discuss with a partner in class.

Think about the people who have had the biggest influence on you. Describe one of them to your class, and tell what influence that person has had.

Teacher's guide:
Identify new grammatical constructions in the video clip and practice them with the students. Clarify any grammar or vocabulary from the video clip that the students do not understand.

Ask your students who Deng Xiaoping was and what his role in China was? Answer any questions that they do not know about him. Talk to your students about modern Chinese opinions about Deng Xiaoping.