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B1U3 Sports and Fitness
Discuss:who is your favourite athlete?Why?
Reading and Thinking
Living Legends
Activity 1 Pre-reading
Reading skill--Make predictions
Look at the pictures and think about the content before reading. This helps you to relate what you read to what you already know and to understand the new text.
picture
title
sub-title
Magazine?
Where is the text probably taken from?
What is the text mainly about?
Who can be called a “Living Legend of Sports” ?
A living legend must:
be in his sport.
for others.
a master
set good examples
Activity 2 Fast reading
Living Legends
The Spirit of Chinese Women's Volleyball Team
Activity 3 detailed reading
Read and fill in the structure of the text.
LIVING LEGENDS
Lang Ping
Michael Jordan
a player
a coach
a person
She brought to China.
She led the China women’s volleyball team to medals at .
She is loved by fans
at home and abroad
honor and glory
world champions and the Olympics
about
basketball
his
life
His skills were____.
His mental____made him unique.
The secret to his success is learning from his____.
impressive
strength
failures
Share his____with others.
Started the Boys and Girls Club to____young people.
success
help
Read the text again and answer questions:
As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her country. As a coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team to medals at worldchampionships and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping is loved by fans at home and abroad.
1、Which of the figures of speech(修辞格) is employed? A. Repetition/ˌrepəˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ (重复) B. Alliteration/əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn/(头韵) C. Parallelism/ˈpærəlelɪzəm/(排比)
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2、How was Lang Ping's determination tested in the 2015 World Cup?
One of the best players had been injured.
The team captain had to leave because of heart problems.
The volleyball team she had built was falling apart.
Lang Ping lost heart.
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3、It can be inferred from the passage that Lang Ping is a ________ person. A. stubborn B. determined C. easygoing D. careful
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4、The following about Jordan is right except ________.
He accepts failures
He can’t accept not trying
He believes that the secret to success is learning from failures
He doesn't like to share his success with others
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5、What does the first sentence in the paragraph introducing Michael Jordan mean?
Jordan's determination in basketball field.
Jordan's success in basketball field.
Jordan's handsome figure .
Jordan's quick movement in playing basketball.
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Activity 4 Post reading
Brainstorm: What are the common qualities of successful athletes?
hardworking
learning from failures
persistent
professional
determined
team spirits
determined
Post-reading
Fill in proper words and phrases according to the text, and then retell the text.
Lang Ping and Michael Jordan are 1. _________ in their fields and have set good examples for us. Lang Ping brought honour and 2._________ to her country by leading her volleyball team to 3. _____________ medals at world championships and the Olympics.
masters
glory
win/get
Post-reading
Fill in proper words and phrases according to the text, and then retell the text.
Once, Lang Ping's 4. ____________was tested because the team that Lang Ping had built was 5. __________. One of the best players was injured and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. But Lang Ping didn't 6. __________. At last, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to win Olympic gold.
determination
falling apart
lose heart
Post-reading
Fill in proper words and phrases according to the text, and then retell the text.
Michael Jordan, known as 7. “___________”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan's sills were 8. ____________, but the mental strength that he showed made him 9.______________ . Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failure, 10. ________________ taught him to practice harder and never give up.
Air Jordan
impressive
unique
which
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