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Listening and Speaking
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Listening and Talking
Unit 3 Sports and fitness
1. Listen to people inviting others to a sports event;
2. Summarize some useful sentence patterns about invitation and reply;
3. Make a conversation to invite others to an event or activity through cooperation and do some sports;
4. Hear and talk about sports events and sportsmanship.
Lead-in
Learn about the sports below:
Football (Soccer)
Volleyball
Basketball
Badminton
Table Tennis (Ping-Pong)
Lifting
Wrestling
Marathon
Tai ji
Skiing
Gymnastic
Before listening
Look at the posters. What sports events do you like to watch? Which sport would you like to try?
I like to watch boxing, because it is exciting, and the boxers are great athletes. I wouldn’t like to try it though! I would like to run a marathon one day, but I need to practise!
While listening
Listen for main ideas
Try to catch the main ideas instead of trying to remember and translate each word you hear.
Listen to the main ideas.
Try to understand every word.
Content words. (n. v. adj. adv.)
Grammatical words that give structure. (to, the, be…)
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╳
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For example
Fill the blank spaces of the first sentence of the conversation.
Hi ________! Did you ______ that there’s an _______ ____ this _________?
Amy
hear
e-sports
weekend
event
Listen to Conversation 1. What is Shen Qi’s main purpose for talking to Amy?
A. To invite Amy to an e-sports event.
B. To invite Amy to a soccer match.
C. To explain an e-sports event.
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Listening text—Conversation 1
Shen Qi: Hi, Amy! Did you hear that there’s an e-sports event this weekend?
Amy: No, I didn’t! What’re e-sports?
Shen Qi: Well, e-sports are sports you play with a computer, like computer games.
Amy: Those aren’t real sports, are they?
Shen Qi: Yes, they are. Many people play and watch e-sports. I’ve been waiting for this event for a long time. Would you like to come along?
Amy: Really? I’d love to! Where is it?
Shen Qi: It’s in the new stadium. Why don’t you join us this Saturday afternoo