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课件网) Unit 3 Lesson 8 Olympic Winners Olympic Rings Warm-up Sports Icons Warm-up Olympic Winners Warm-up Which of these is NOT an Olympic event baseball diving gymnastics horse-riding long jump swimming weightlifting basketball Lead in Read the webpage and match the headings with the texts. The heaviest and strongest The highest and the longest jumps The oldest and the youngest The tallest and the shortest Reading nice—nicer—nicest Oral practice Jim—young Kate—younger Baby—youngest young—younger—youngest Oral practice heavy heavy—heavier—heaviest Oral practice We use superlatives to compare three or more people / things. What do we use superlatives to do We put _____ after the comparatives in a sentence. We put _____ before the superlative. than the cheap— small— nice — safe — happy — easy — big — wet — beautiful — delicious — cheaper smaller nicer safer happier easier bigger wetter more beautiful more delicious — cheapest — smallest — nicest — safest — happiest — easiest — biggest — wettest — most beautiful — most delicious How to form comparatives and superlatives with adjectives Do you know these people Hiroshi Hoketsu (born in 1941) is a Japanese horse-rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, finishing 40th in show jumping. He was the oldest athlete in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Do you know these people Yao Ming (born in 1980) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in). Do you know these people Deng Linlin (born in 1992), is a Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and is a three-time World Cup gold medalist. She was one of the shortest athletes. Do you know these people Andrey Silnov (born in 1984), is a Russian high jumper and the 2008 Olympic champion with a jump of 2.36. Do you know these people Maurren Higa Maggi (born in 1976) is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medalist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She is the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual sport. Do you know these people Matthias Steiner (born in 1982) is an Austrian-German weightlifter. With a successful clean and jerk of 258 kg, and a total of 461 kg, Steiner became Olympic gold medalist. So he was certainly the strongest, heaviest man. Project My Favorite Olympic Winner in Beijing 2008 Task: Make a poster titled My favorite Olympic winner in Beijing 2008.The following should be included: Who was your favorite Olympic winner in Beijing 2008？What sport did he/she do Why was he/she your favorite What can you learn from him/her .... Discuss How can we be a winner in our life？ W ... ...
