(
课件网) Name : ..... Career:A male swimmer Main hornor: In 2024, he won the gold medal in the100m freestyle at the Paris Olympics in a record-breaking time Name : ...... Height: 226 cm Main experiences: He has taken part in NBA All Stars Game eight times. He suffered from foot problems and retired. Career: Basketball player Name : Liu Xiang Project: 110m hurdles race His honor: He once broke the world-record twice and is called the flying man of Asia. His main experience: Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world. Module 8 Sports life A. Liu Xiang was helped by his sports school to win a gold medal. B. Liu Xiang will be a star and not a sports hero. C. Liu Xiang has trained for many years and won many gold medals. Fast-reading 1.What’s the passage mainly about Tip1: When we want to get the main idea of a passage, we can read the _____as well as the _____ and the _____. title beginning ending 2.Where can we read the article A. A poster B. A sports magazine C. A story book Read the passage quickly and divide the passage into 3 parts , then match the main idea of each part. Part1 Para ____ Part2 Para _____ Part3 Para _____ General introduction 简介 Sports life(体育生涯) comment(评论) 1 2-5 6 Reading skill: pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph. training method for Liu Xiang. In May 2001, Liu Xiang won his first international 110m hurdles in Japan. In 2004, he won the first Olympic gold medal for China in the 110 hurdles race, and at the same time broke the Olympic record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold medal for hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from an Asian country. Liu Xiang trained very hard. In fact. he trained so hard that he hurt his foot. From 2008 on, he suffered a lot from his foot problem, but he did not give up. Though he missed some competitions, he still returned to the first place in the world 110 hurdles race in 2012. It is a pity that his foot problem stopped him from completing the 2012 London Olympic Games. But he is still a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to take great pride in him. For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004. First, he was invited to competitions around the world. Then, he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Athens Olympic Games and won a gold medal. Liu Xiang was not a successful sportsman at first. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983, and started training when he was very young. In Grade 4, he went to the Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump. In 1998, his ability in hurdling was noticed by Sun Haiping, who later became his coach. In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu Xiang was among them. His races were recorded, and he was compared with the world's best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his How does the passage develop General introd ... ...
