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Book1Unit3 Sports and Fitness
Vocabulary Review
After this class, you will be able to
review vocabulary related to the sports events;
describe sports events by applying the related vocabulary and expressions;
gain a better understanding of sports events and form a positive attitude to sports.
Watch a video and share the Winter Olympics events mentioned.
Activity 1: Watch and activate
Activity 2: Listen and review
Listen and fill in the blanks with proper phrases.
The Winter Olympic Games are not just an opportunity for athletes to 1.___________for their countries. Every four years, the Games also offer audiences a chance to get to know more about winter sports from around the world.The Winter Olympics may not have the large crowds and huge stars of its summer sibling, but they 2.__________________.
One of the most popular sports of the Winter Olympic Games is skiing. Skiers 3.________________ the downhill and slalom(回转赛), and in the short and long cross-country ski races. Skiing was 4._____________a sport played only in cold northern countries, but now athletes from all over the world compete in this sport,even those from countries without any snow!
Skaters 5.______________ each other in speed races or in figure-skating events.The figure-skaters are generally 6.__________ the stars of the Winter Olympic Games.These ice princes and princesses are so 7.___________ that it's easy to forget that they are actually 8.____________ athletes.
The skeleton is one of the strangest-named sports of the Olympics.The skeleton is 9.______the shape of the metal sleds used in the 1890s, when the sport first started.The skeleton is a downhill sled race, usually on ice. This sport looks a little like the luge (无舵雪橇), where a person sits on the back of the sled with his or her feet forward,but the skeleton is a lot more 10.________and 11._____ than that.In the skeleton,a person lies on his or her stomach on the sled, with his or her head pointing down hill!
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