(
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 While-reading Read the first example of Lang Ping and analyze its structure. beginning development climax ending Describing an event: Beginning Development Climax Ending Example 1 Example 2 While-reading Discussion: fill in the blank and summarize the quality of Lang Ping. honour and glory medals at home and abroad master fell apart injured had to leave lose heart young players world champions Olympic gold examples Lang Ping While-reading Q2: What figure of speech is used in this sentence Read the story about Jordan and answer the following questions. Q1: What does the first sentence "When Michael Jordan’s feet left the ground, time seemed to stand still" mean Q4: How many examples are used to illustrate that Michael Jordan is a legend Q3: Why is Michael Jordan known as “Air Jordan” according to the passage While-reading A. Jordan is able to make the time stop. B. Jordan loves jumping. C. Jordan has a handsome figure (身材). D. Jordan’s basketball skills are so amazing. Q2: What figure of speech is used in this paragraph A. alliteration 头韵 B. exaggeration 夸张 C. personification 拟人 D. simile 比喻 E. quotation 引用 Read the story about Jordan and answer the following questions. Q1: What does the first sentence "When Michael Jordan’s feet left the ground, tim ... ...
