Unit 2 Sports culture Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版(2020)选择性必修第二册

Unit 2 Sports culture Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) soccer volleyball basketball tennis table tennis hockey (曲棍球) badminton ice hockey softball(垒球) baseball golf bowling squash(壁球) rugby snooker Lead in:Do you know the following sports? More Sports weightlifting cycling swimming marathon the 110-metre hurdles pole jump diving gymnastics the high jump boxing javelin discus throw the long jump fencing sailing shooting relay race wrestling ice skating taekwondo archery judo Video watching __________________ is commonly held during the last two weeks of January. It was started in _____. Formula 1 is the world’s fastest motor race. The Chinese Grand Prix is held in _____ in Shanghai. The Tour de France, held in summer, is a team competition that lasts for over __ weeks with ____ stages. The Australian Open 1905 April 3 21 Host:It's January again-today,we'll be looking ahead at the year's top sporting events,and we've got some important dates for your diary. The year kicks off with the Australian Open,the largest annual sporting event held in Melbourne,Australia.It's commonly held during the last two weeks of January. Started in 1905,it is the youngest of the four Grand Slam tournaments.Sometimes it takes place indoors during wet weather or extreme heat. Winning a Grand Slam event is a great achievement in the professional tennis world,so when Li Na won the Australian Open in 2014,she was very proud along with China. Next,to Formula 1 motor racing,the world's fastest motor race.The charm of speed and high tech makes it one of the world's most attractive sporting events. Grands Prix,French for"Great Prizes",are a series of races of a Formula 1 season and the Chinese Grand Prix,held in April in Shanghai,is an event not to be missed inthe racing calendar.The course is famous for its difficult corners,which really put drivers through their paces. After that,why not head to Europe this summer for some two-wheeled excitement-the Tour de France?This historic event is