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Unit 3 Sports & Fitness
Reading and Thinking
Choose your favourite athlete
In this class, you will
1. get the main idea of the passage “living legends”;
2. figure out the achievements and qualities of two “living legends” and form your own opinions about successful athletes;
3. use the words and expressions you’ve learnt to introduce another living legend you admire.
learning aims
Lead-in
Who do you think is my favorite sports star?
Why?
Guessing game
Who is he /she?
Basketball
A shoe brand named after him
Michael Jordan
NBA player
Volleyball player/captain
Nickname: “the Iron Hammer”
铁榔头
Lang Ping
Coach of Chinese volleyball team
Guessing game
Summary/lead paragraph
Title
Body
Additional information
Subtitle
Structure Analysis
P38
Look at the picture and titles, and make predictions.
sports
famous players
alive today
Pre-reading
1.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. It’s about living legends, Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.
B. It’s about volleyball games.
C. It’s about basketball games.
D. It’s about the Boys and Girls Club.
P38
What kind of people can be legends of sports?
P38
Two standards(标准) of legends of Sports:
1. masters in their sports
2. set good examples for others
lead paragraph
Fast reading
Read the body of the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para.1 Faced with ___________, Lang Ping led her
volleyball team to _________
Para.2 Jordan’s _______ in basketball and________
big challenges
success
achievements
his belief
Summary/lead paragraph
Additional information
Structure Analysis
P38
what’s the writing purpose of the passage?
To encourage students to choose the living legends
Story about Lang Ping
Lang Ping
As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her country. As a coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team to medals at worldchampionships and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping is loved by fans at home and abroad. When the Chinese