内容正文:
Try Everything
Peter
Did the soccer team win the game?
soccer ball
Pre-reading
Let’s predict
____ Peter got home and went into his room.
____ Peter talked to his teammates.
____ Peter missed a goal.
____ Peter’s father gave him advice.
____ Peter realized that he was worried for no reason.
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Read the story and number the events in the correct order.
n.球门;射门;目标
n.同队队员;队友
Fast-reading
What kind of article is it?
A. Description text(说明文)
B. Argumentation(议论文)
C. Narration(记叙文)
D. Practical writing(应用文)
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Part 1
Beginning
Part 2 Development
Part 3
Ending
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Match each part with their main ideas.
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How many paragraphs are there in the passage?
Advice
from Peter's father
Encouragement
from Peter's teammates
Feelings
of losing the game
Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry.
Section B (2a-2e)
The Winning Team
Idioms are groups of words with a special meaning that may be different from the meanings of the individual words.
For example:
It’s a piece of cake.
= It's an easy thing to do.
Knowing the meanings of idioms and verb phrases can improve your English.
Reading strategy
Careful-reading
1.What mistake did Peter make?
2.How did he feel after the game?
3.Why did Peter feel very angry and worried?
Read Part 1 and answer the following questions.
1.Peter kept his eyes on the ground. He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked home alone. It was the worst day of his life. His mind would not stop thinking about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? He had let his whole team down. His stupid mistake made him angry. His team had lost the game because of him. He was really worried that his coach might kick him off the team.
A. got the ball into the net
B. didn’t get the ball into the net
open one's eyes
look at sth. for a while
ask sb. to leave
B. ask sb. to join
make sb. disappointed
B. make sb. satisfied
If you were Peter, what would you do?
task 1
Read part 2 and role-play a conversation between Peter and his father.
Father: What’s wrong, Peter? You look sad.
Peter: I missed scoring a goal. I made my team lose the game...
task 2
2.As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, “What’s wrong, son?” Peter’s feelings were written all over his face. “I lost the game,” Peter replied. Then he went into his room without another word. Ten minutes later, Peter heard his father knocking on his bedroom door. He opened the door to let him in.
3.“Look, Peter. I don’t know what happened. But whatever it was, don’t be too hard on yourself.”
4.“I lost the game, Dad. I failed my team. They’ll probably never let me play again.”
5.“Soccer is about team effort. You’re not the only reason your team lost. If you have a good team, you should support each other. Besides, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning how to communicate with your teammates and learning from your mistakes.”
6.Peter didn’t say anything, but what his father said made him think carefully.
put so much pressure on yourself
carry something heavy
Read Part 2 and answer the following questions.
1. What advice did Peter’s father offer him?
2. Do you agree with Peter’s father? Why or why not?
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task 3
7.The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart.
8.“Hey, guys, ” he said to his teammates.“I’ m really sorry about yesterday.We were so close to winning that game.But I think if we continue to pull together,we’ re going to win the next one.”
9.To his surprise and relief,his teammates all nodded in agreement.
10.“Yeah, ” they said,“don’t worry about it.It’s never just one person’s fault.We should think about how we can do better next time. ”
11.Peter smiled.It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.
Read Part 3 carefully and circle T for true or F for false.
task 4
because of
instead of
1. Peter felt uneasy when he went to the soccer field. ( T F )
2. Peter wanted to work hard together with his teammates to win the next game.( T F )
3. Peter’s teammates didn’t blame(责备) him. ( T F )
work hard together
play happily together
Read the story again and complete the blanks.
The Winning Team
Fact: Peter’s team lost the game.
Feelings:
★ He felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.
★ He felt angry because of his 1)______________.
★ He was really worried that he might be 2)_________.
stupid mistake
kicked off
task 5
Fact: Peter’s father had a talk with him and gave him some advice.
Reaction (反应): He said nothing, but 3)________________.
Fact: Peter said sorry to his teammates and communicated with them.
Feelings: He felt 4)_______ to be on a winning team.
thought carefully
lucky
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Which do you think is the most important in a team?
a good coach
professional skills
courage
team spirit
Team Spirit
makes a winning team.
Post-reading
Discussion: In fact,Peter’s team lost the soccer game. But the writer uses “The Winning Team” as the title of this passage.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Team Spirit makes a winning team.
What can we learn from this passage?
Team Spirit
①Encourage each other.
②Support each other.
③Learn to communicate with our teammates.
④Learn from each other.
⑤Learn from mistakes.
⑥Pull together.
⑦Be brave to face failure(失败).
⑧Have an optimistic attitude(乐观的态度).
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1. Find more English idioms after class.
2. Think of your story of learning from making mistakes and share the story with others.
Homework
Thank you !
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