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课件网) Module 8 Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world. 新 课 导 入 110m hurdles trained hard A sportsperson at first , not successful broke the Olympic record suffered from his foot problem the pride of China Guess who he is according to the hint Learn the new words Presentation high jump 跳高 long jump 跳远 Learn the new words Presentation Liu Xiang has ability in high jump. ability n. 能力 Learn the new words Presentation hurdling n. 跨栏赛跑 1.Look at the picture and the title of the passage in Activity 2. Say what you know about Liu Xiang and how he became a sports hero. Liu Xiang—trained to be the best in the world! 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, Liu Xiang's 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 training methods for Liu Xiang. Careful reading 3. How did Liu Xiang improve his hurdling skill Sun Haiping, who noticed Liu and later became his coach. A special programme, which to help young sportsmen and sports women. was set up he used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang. Hard work He works so hard that he hurt his foot. But he never give up! What makes Liu Xiang become the best in the world The chance The talent scout The hard work Further thinking 1. What do you think of Liu Xiang He is great/ excellent/ successful/ hardworking… He is a symbol of courage and success. 2. What can we learn from Liu Xiang No matter what difficulty we will meet, we should never give up. The Chinese take great (1) _____ in Liu Xiang. At first, he was not very successful, but his coach noticed his (2) _____ in running and jumping, and helped him changed his training (3) _____. He won a number of important (4) _____ and became the first (5) _____ sportsperson to win an Olympic gold medal for hurdling. However, from 2008 on, he missed some competitions because of a foot problem. Although he did not complete the 2012 Olympic Games, he is still a symbol of great (6) _____ and success. ability Asian courage method pride race pride ability methods races Asian courage P67 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. 4 一般过去时的被动语态： 主语 + was/were + V-ed (+by+动作执行者) Discussion Circle the phrases which express time. This passage is wr ... ...
