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课件网) Period 1 Lesson 1 The Underdog —Reading Unit 2 Sports and Fitness By the end of the class, you will be able to find the detailed information of the passage and analyse the structure of the passage. 2. have a better understanding of the spirits of being a sports man. 3. try to learn from Paul: Work hard and your efforts will pay off. What do you think makes a great basketball player being tall enough having teamwork spirit being hard-working/ persistent more practice being strong-minded love/passion for basketball Lead-in Guess what is the meaning of the word “underdog” A . A dog that is defeated by other dogs. B. An athlete who seems to have little chance to win. C. A company that never wins. √ Pre-reading Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas Para. 1 Introductions to Paul and the author as (1)_____ Paras. 2-3 Paul practiced hard but only acted as a (2)_____ Para. 4 A (3)_____ between the Lions and the Bears began. Paul finally got a (4)_____ to play and earned (5)_____ on the team The Underdog Part 2 Part 1 basketball players replacement game/competition chance his place 1. Read Part 1 and Part 2 quickly and fill in the blanks. While-reading 2．What is the main idea of the passage A．A great athlete won’t let anybody down. B．The shorter a player is，the better he plays. C．How Paul earned his place on the team by practising hard. D．An unexpected basketball game. √ 3．What is the text type of the passage A．Narration(记叙文)． B．Argumentative Essay(议论文)． C．Expository Writing(说明文)． D．Practical Writing(应用文)． 记叙文要素：when, where, why, who, how, what √ Ⅰ. Read the first two paragraphs in Part 1 and answer the questions below. Activity 2 Careful-reading for details Part 1 1．How tall was Paul How tall was his favourite player 2．Who was Paul’s favourite player 3．What team was Paul on Paul was only 1.6 metres tall，and so was his favorite player. Tyrone Bogues. The Lions. Ⅱ. Read Part 1 carefully and do the following exercises. 1．What is the main reason why Paul didn’t get a chance to make the team A．His coach was not confident about his height. B．He didn’t have the skills to play for the team. C．He didn’t have a desire to play for the team. D．He didn’t practise as hard as his teammates. 2．What was the attitude of Paul’s teammates to him A．Doubtful. B．Confident. C．Indifferent. D．Disapproving. √ √ Before the game with The Bears ★Paul had to try out many times for making the team because the coach didn’t really 4. _____ him. ★Though everyone knew Paul had real skills, he was still on the 5. _____, waiting for his chance. believe in bench During the game with The Bears Paul outside the court ★A player and I crashed into each other and my 6. _____ hurt badly. ★My team was behind by 7. _____ points when the last quarter was about to begin. ★I had to give up the game because of my accident. ★Our 8. _____ finally agreed to give Paul a ... ...
