(
课件网) UNIT 3 SPORTS AND FITNESS Reading and thinking To read about famous athletes at home and abroad To practise and develop ability to find information in the reading passage To form and discuss opinions about successful athletes To talk about the athlete that you admire Quan Hongchan Platform Diving China Usain Bolt Sprint Race World-wide athletes Sun Yingsha Table Tennis China Jamaica Lionel Messi Football Argentina basketball table tennis weightlifting diving swimming boxing gymnastics marathon badminton What’s your favorite sport Who is your favorite athlete at home and abroad world-wide athletes Lang Ping Volleyball Michael Jordan America Basketball China My favourite world-wide athletes Living Legends Who is your sports hero What’re his or her major achievements Share his or her stories with your partner. Look at the titles and pictures on the book. What do you think the text is about The pictures show figures doing different sports, so it must be about sports. The title refers to “Living Legends” so it must be about great sports people alive today. Lang Ping is the first person ever, male or female, to have won an Olympic gold medal as both a player and a coach. Michael Jordan is probably the most famous and legendary basketball player of all time. Look at the pictures and think about the content before reading. This helps you to relate what you read to what you already know and to understand the new text. Make predictions sense of national glory = patriotic professional respectable determined team spirits master in volleyball set good examples Lang Ping is a legend. ` What kind of qualities does Lang Ping possess ` What kind of qualities does Jordan have the sense of sharing sense of paying back professional skilled hardworking learn from failure persistent determined master in volleyball set good examples Jordan is a legend. Read the text and decide what is stated in the text (S), what can be inferred (I) and what you know to be true from experience (E). _____ Lang Ping won several championships before she became a coach. _____ Lang Ping believed that her young players could win. _____ Many people in China and the US love Coach Lang. _____ Michael Jordan is loved by basketball fans around the world. _____ Before people saw Michael Jordan play, they did not know that basketball could be played that way. _____ Michael Jordan believes that it is important to help others. I S I E I I What do you already know about the two legends What do you want to know Fill in the blanks and then read the passage to get more information about them. Athlete What do you already know What do you want to know Lang Ping Michael Jordan professional srtong-willed competitive hardworking persistent sense of sharing sense of paying back professional determined team spirits respectful sense of national glory = patriotic legends master set good examples v v v v 01 name？ 02 qualities？ 03 achievements？ ... ...
