内容正文:
Reading and Thinking
LIVING LEGENDS
Book1 Unit 3 SPORTS AND FITNESS
Learning objectives
1. To read about famous athletes at home and abroad.
2. To teach students some reading skills.
3. To talk about the “Living Legends of Sports” and learn their good qualities.
Contents
I. Lead-in
II. Pre-reading
III.While-reading
IV. Post-reading
V. Homework
Guess, who are they?
Step 1 Lead-in
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1. She was once a volleyball player.
2. She was the head coach of Chinese women's volleyball team.
3. Her nickname is "Iron Hammer".(铁榔头)
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1. He comes from America.
2. He is a famous basketball player.
3. His famous saying: “I’m back.”
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Step 2 Pre-reading
Task 1 Skimming
1.Where can you find this text?
A. In a tour brochure
B. In a story book
C. In a sports magazine
D. In a science report
2. Prediction:What do you think the text is probably about?
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Title
Lead paragraph
Body: two columns
Subtitle
Additional information
Picture
Step 3 While-reading
Task 2 Scanning
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Lead paragraph
Question: What kind of athletes can be living legends of sports?
Living legends of sports must be athletes who are masters in their sports and also set good examples for others.
How does Lang Ping/Jordan meet the two standards?
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Questions:
1. What identities of Lang Ping are mentioned in the passage?
2. How was Lang Ping's determination tested in 2015 World Cup?
3. After Lang Ping overcame the difficulties, what’s the result?
Paragraph 1 in body paragraphs
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2. How was Lang Ping's determination tested in 2015 World Cup?
The team that Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best players had been injured, and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. Losing two important players was a big challenge, but Lang Ping did not lose heart.
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3. After Lang Ping overcame the difficulties, what’s the result?
In 2015 World Cup, they were world champions.
In 2016, Lang Ping led her team to Olympic gold in Brazil.
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1. Questions:
(1)What does the first sentence in the paragraph introducing Michael Jordan mean?
(2)Why does the author mention “the final seconds of a game”?
paragraph 2 in body paragraphs
It means when Michael Jordan jumped in the air, it felt like time had slowed down, because his amazing skills were almost like magic.
Because in basketball this is an important time when one team could win with a few points at the last moment.
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2. Fill in the blanks about Michael Jordan.
Nickname
Impressive skills
Uniqueness
Secret to success
Good quality
Air Jordan
Graceful moves and jumps
Learning from failures
Mental strength
Willing to help others
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Task 3: Work in pairs and try to retell the text according to the mind map on the blackboard.
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Learn from failures; Energetic; Go for their dreams; Examples; Never give up; Determined…
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Task 4: What have you learnt from the two athletes? Think of some words and phrases to describe them.
Step 4 Post-reading
Group discussion
If you were the writer, who will you choose as another “living legend”? And why?
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Some possible sentences:
I would like to choose XXX as my living legend of sports.
As a XXX player, …; As a person, …; As a …, … (Achievements)
Although he/she …, he/she never gave up and accepted challenges with determination. (Challenges)
Finally he/she made it and set good examples for other people.
So I recommend him/her as my living legend of sports.
...... (other beautiful words, phrases, or sentences in the text.)
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Step 5 Homework
Write a short passage about a living legend of sports in your heart.
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Thank You !
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