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Unit 3 On the move
Understanding ideas
What is the game for the world?
GENEVA - One month after Argentina won the Qatar World Cup, FIFA announced early figures of the tournament, showing around five billion people have engaged with the World Cup.
Qatar 2022 created a series of World Cup records as 3.4 million spectators watched the matches in stadiums, the most in history, and 172 goals were scored during the tournament, also the highest.
Read the passage (P26-27) and think about the following questions:
What’s the author’s writing purpose?
Where did modern football start?
How many parts can the passage be divided into?
What is the origin of football?
What’s the author’s writing purpose?
1. To talk about the history of football.
2. To express his / her love of football.
3. To explain why football is such a popular game.
4. To prove that he / she is a professional football fan.
It started in Great Britain.
Where did modern football start?
传说在11世纪,英格兰与丹麦之间有过一场战争,战争结束后,英国人在清理战争废墟时发现一个丹麦入侵者的头骨,出于愤恨,他们便用脚去踢(kick)这个头骨,一群小孩见了便也来踢,不过他们发现头骨踢起来脚痛,于是后来就用牛膀胱吹起来代替它——这就是现代足球的起源。
How many parts can the passage be divided into?
Part 1 (paragraph _____) …………( )
Part 2 (paragraph _____) …………( )
Part 3 (paragraph _____) …………( )
C
B
A
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2-4
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A. The reasons for the popularity of football.
B. Football is much more than just a sport.
C. The history of football
What is the origin of football?
Ancient China
a simple and cheap game to play
a ball made of plastic bags
creativity and excitement
pass, score and defend
brings people together
played football together
Conclusion: Football is much more than just a
sport.
More about football
Think Share
1. What is your understanding of the last sentence of the passage?
2. What other sports are aspopular as football in China? What makes them so popular?
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Think Share
What is your understanding of the last sentence of the passage?
That football is much, much more important t