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Unit 3
Sports and Fitness
Reading and thinking
Learning objectives
1. Make predictions by looking at the pictures, titles and so on
before reading a text;
2. Get to know the key information about Lang Ping and Michael
Jordan.
3. Summarize the stardards of what a legend is.
4. Appreciate the language feature of a magazine by finding out
the figures of speech in the text;
A. A story from ancient times about people and events, that may or may not be true; this type of story.
B. A very famous person, especially in a particular field, who is admired by other people.
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1. How do you understand the word “legend”?
Activity1: Predict
2. Where is the text probably taken from?
lead paragraph
Title
Body
Additional information
Subtitles
A. A tour brochure
B. A story book
C. A sports magazine
D. A science report
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Brainstorm
What aspects will be involved when we talk about “living legends of sports”?
achievements
character/personality
influence…
Read the lead paragraph and find out what kind of people can we call living legends of sports.
Living legends of sports are the _______ who are
____________________ and _______________________.
masters in their sports
set good examples for others
atheltes
Activity2: Read for structure
What is the structure of the passage?
Draw a mind map.
Introduction
choose some
“living legends of sports”
Lang Ping
Michael Jordan
Activity2: Read for structure
Lang
Ping
Do you know the nickname of Lang Ping? Why is she called that way?
Activity3: Read for information
Known as the “Iron Hammer” for her powerful and thunderous spikes, Lang Ping is the first person in volleyball to win Olympic titles both as a player (1984) and as a coach (2016).
Watch a film trailer: The Iron Hammer
Read the part of Lang Ping and answer the questions.
1. Is she a master in her sports?
2. Did she set good examples for others?
As a player,
As a coach,
As a person,
she brought honor and glory to her country.
she led