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课件网) Unit 3 Sports and Fitness Period 4 Listening and Talking What is your understanding of sportsmanship (2) Can you predict what the listening is about Sportsmanship Look at the title and discuss the following questions. Sportsmanship is behaviour and attitudes that show respect for the rules of a game and for the other players. Pre-listening While-listening Activity 1: Three students are talking about sportsmanship. Listen to the conversation and match each opinion with the right speaker. Who do you agree with Why Cao Jing _____ Lily_____ Max_____ A. An athlete should do his / her best to win. B. The girl should stop and help the other girl. Good sportsmanship is more important than win. C. An athlete should think about honour and his / her fans if he / she is competing for his / her country. A B C While-listening Activity 2: Listen again and circle the expressions that you hear in the conversation. Post-listening Activity 3: Work in groups. Choose one of the situations below and make a conversation. A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his / her team. In school teams, everyone should get a chance to play, not only the best players. It is wrong to pay people millions of yuan to play sports. Athletes should play only for their own country. Post-listening Proposition Reasons for agreement Reasons for disagreement A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his / her team . honesty is more important; people care about fair play; … winning is more important; good for the team; … In school teams, everyone should get a chance to play, not only the best players. equal chance is important; spread the spirit of sports; … important thing is to win; best player can help win; … It is wrong to pay people millions of yuan to play sports. spoil spirit of sports; might cheat to win; … motivate athletes; attract talented people; … Athletes should play only for their own country. set an example of loving one’s own country; get more support; … not beneficial for personal growth; not good for competition; … Add more reasons as the following ones in the table. 在日常对话中，对对方的观点，我们常常会表示同意或不同意。在英语中，常用的表示同意和不同意的表达有： Agreeing： I agree. Yes, I think so. So do I. Me too. Exactly! Sure./Certainly./Of course. All right. You’re right/correct. Good idea. I guess so. Disagreeing： I’m sorry, but I disagree/don’t agree. I don’t think so. That’s not right. That doesn’t make any sense! That’s not how I see it. I see what you mean, but … I’m afraid not. Post-listening 有些表达语气较委婉， 或不太确定、无所谓： Go ahead. It’s up to you. If that’s all right with you. I’d rather you didn’t. Nope. (比较随意的说法) Certainly not. Not for any reason. No way! Not a chance. 还有些表达语气比较生硬，要注意使用的场合： Post-listening Post-listening Sample Conversation A: It is wrong to pay people millions of yuan for ... ...
