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课程名称: A Game for the World
学科:英语
年级:高一
课型:阅读课
版本:新外研版 Book 2 Unit 3
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
get the author’s purpose(目的) in writing the passage;
know the reasons(原因) why football is such a popular game;
get the main idea(主旨) and the structure(结构) of the passage;
understand the importance(重要性) of doing sports.
学习目标
CONTENTS
I
Pre-reading(读前)
II
While-reading(读中)
III
Post-reading(读后)
IV
Homework(作业)
Part 1
Pre-reading
Lead in:Guessing Game
1.Play it with hands
2.Usually a brown Ball
3.NBA
Basketball
Pre-reading
1. A small plastic ball
2. A table with a net across it
3. “A game for China”
Table Tennis/Ping-pong
Pre-reading
1.Hit a small light ball with feathers
2.Played by two or four people with bats
3.Lin Dan(Super Dan)
Pre-reading
Badminton
1.11 players in a team
2.Play it with feet
3.The World Cup
Football/Soccer
Pre-reading
Which is the most popular game in the world?
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Look at the title.
What is “A Game for the World”?
Part 2
While-reading
While-reading (fast reading)
Read the passage (P34-36) quickly and think about the following questions:
1. What’s the topic sentence of each paragraph?
2. How many parts can the passage be divided into?
3. What’s the text type(文本类型)?
While-reading
1. What’s the topic sentence of each paragraph?
While-reading (fast reading)
These days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon, we could even say that it is also the most popular sport out of this world! The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China. It was then known as cuju (kick ball), a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside. Goals were hung in the air. Football as we know it today started in Great Britain, where the game was given new rules.
That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis of its popularity. It is also a game that is very cheap to play. You don’t need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn‘t have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts’ content with a ball made of plastic bags; just like Pelé did when he was a boy.
popular
simple & cheap
Another factor behind football’s global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field. It is fun enough to attract millions of people. You do not have to be a fan to recognise the skill of professional players—how they use their bodies to pass, score and defend can be amazing to see—or to feel the excitement of a game ending with a surprising twist.
What’s more, football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate: it does not require words, but everyone understands it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field. Take, for example, the famous football game on Christmas Day 1914. World War I had broken out months before, but British and German soldiers put down their guns and played football together—one moment of peace to remember during years of conflict.
creativity & excitement
communicate
5.“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, ... ” said Bill Shankly, the famous footballer and manager. “I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” This might sound funny, but one only has to think about the Earth to realise that our planet is shaped like a football.
football is a matter of life and death.
What’s structure of the passage?
While-reading (fast reading)
A B C D
Football is more than a sport.
The three reasons why football is so popular.
Part 1
Para.
Part 2
Para.
Part 3
Para.
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world.
1
2-4
5
While-reading
Please match each part with its main idea.
While-reading (fast reading)
2. How many parts can the passage be divided into?
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.1
Para.5
While-reading
3. What’s the text type?
A. Narration(叙述文)
B. Exposition(说明文)
C. Argumentation(议论文)
While-reading (fast reading)
Argumentation
Opinion
Supporting idea 1
Supporting idea 2
...
Stress
While-reading
Read paragraph 1 and answer the following quetions.
While-reading (careful reading)
1. What did Neil Armstrong want to take to the Moon?
2.What is the history of football?
3. Which country was today’s football from?
While-reading
Read paragraph 1 and answer the following quetions.
While-reading (careful reading)
1. What did Neil Armstrong want to take to the Moon?
A football.
That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.
这是个人的一小步,
却是人类的一大步。
Country:
cuju
Ancient China
Goals were hung in the air.
2.What is the history of football?
Country:
3. Which country was today’s football from?
Great Britain
modern football
现代足球起源地是在英国(Great Britain)。传说在11世纪,英格兰与丹麦(Denmark)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,于是用牛膀胱吹起来代替它——这就是现代足球的起源(the origins of modern football)。
Read paragraph 2-4 carefully
and complete the chart:
Why is football so popular? List an example for each reason.
Reason1:
It is a _______ and _________ game to play.
Read paragraph2-4 carefully and answer:
simple
cheap
a ball made of plastic bags
Why is football so popular? List an example for each reason.
Reason2:
It is a game with __________ and ___________.
Read paragraph2-4 carefully and answer:
creativity
excitement
pass, score and defend
When?
Who?
What happened?
Reason3:
Read paragraph 2-4 carefully and answer:
brings people together
It breaks down walls and ___________________.
played football together
While-reading
While-reading (careful reading)
a simple and
cheap game to play
creativity and
excitement
brings people
together
Review the three reasons and fill in the blanks on p.37.
Football itself
People/Audience
Society/Country
Part 3
Post-reading
Post-reading
What’s the author’s writing purpose?
A. To talk about the history of football.
B. To express his love of football.
C. To explain(解释) why football is such a popular game.
D. To prove(证明) that he is a professional football fan.
Think and Share
1.What other sports are as popular as football in China?
2.What makes them so popular?
Now please work in groups and list three reasons.
... is very popular in China for the following reasons.
Firstly, ...
Secondly, ...
Thirdly, ...
Sport itself
People/Audience
Society/Country
popularity
simple
cheap
creativity
excitement
communicate
Summarize 总结
Homework(分层选择性作业)
A game
for the World
from China
Make a poster
1. State which Chinese sport it is
2. List your reasons using key words
3. Support your reasons with examples and quotations
Homework(分层选择性作业)
Compulsory(必做): finish the poster after class and list your reasons.
Optional(选做): write an exposition(作文) introducing a popular sport in China.
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