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Reading and Thinking
Unit 3 Sports and Fitness
LEARNING AIMS
master the new words and expressions about sports;
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learn how to use proper features of speech;
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know how to talk about your favorite players and learn their spirits.
After learning, students are able to :
Guessing Game
Please guess who they are according to the given information.
Birthday:______________
Birth Place:___________
Height: _____________
Sport:______________
Characteristic: __________
Uniform Number:______
Contribution(贡献):________
June 24th,1987
Argentina
170cm
Soccer
Running fast
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Profile(简介)
Charity(慈善)
Profile
Birthday:______________
Birth Place:___________
Height: _____________
Sport:______________
Characteristic:_________
Uniform Number: ______
Contribution(贡献):_________________
226cm
Basketball
Strong&Tall
Sep 12th,1980
Shanghai
11
Care for wildlife
Profile
Birthday:_____________
Birth Place:__________
Height: _____________
Sport:_____________
Characteristic:
__________________
Contribution(贡献):_________________
179cm
Swimming
Facial expressions
Jan 7th,1996
Huangzhou
Donation(捐款)
Profile
Birthday:_____________
Birth Place:____________
Height: _____________
Sport:_____________
Characteristic:
__________________
Contribution:______________
163cm
Diving
Diving Queen
Oct 15th,1981
Heibei Province
Charity(慈善)
Watch a video: Kobe Bean Bryant
Living legends
Some great people who are still alive.
Editor
Magazine
A reader's letter
What do you think the text is about?
TIPS: Make predictions
Look at the pictures and titles first 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.
L I V I N G L E G E N D S
Living legends of Sports:
Pre-reading: What do you think the text is about?
1. masters in their sports
2. set good examples for others
What are the requirements to be chosen as a living legend of sports?
While-reading
Lang Ping
1. Is she a master in her sports? How did the writer introduce her achievements in her sports?
2. Did she set good examples for others? Why did the writer mention(提到) the 2015 World Cup?
Read the part of Lang Ping and answer the questions.
While-reading:Text structure(结构)
Lang Ping
as a player:
as a coach:
as a person:
master
set good examples
challenge
brought honour and glory to her country
led the China women’s volleyball team to medals
loved by fans at home and abroad
the team fell apart
solution:
didn’t lose heart & worked together as a team
results :
world champion & Olympic gold
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While-reading
Michael Jordan
1. Is he a master in his sports?
2. Did he set good examples for others?
Read the part of Michael Jordan and underline the key words or phrases(词组) to answer the questions.
While-reading:Text structure
practice harder
never give up
Michael Jordan
master
set good example
“Air Jordan”:
graceful moves and jumps
unique mental strength
find a way to win
learn from his failures:
keep trying
share his success with others
help young people
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Post-reading —Work in pairs
What can we learn from Lang Ping and Michael Jordan?
Editor
Assignment
Choose another living legend and write a composition for “Living Legends of Sports” to me.
Try to copy the structure of passage and remember to use proper words、figure of speech and examples.
Group work
suggested athletes:
vocabulary:
Homework
1. Perfect your article about your living legends.
2. Review the new words and expressions.
1. Which of the figures of speech(修辞) is employed?
A. Alliteration(头韵)
B. Parallelism(排比)
2. Why did the writer use the figures of speech(修辞)?
A. to state the idea clearly
B. to improve expressive force and appeal(表现力和感染力)
C. A&B
Alliteration(头韵)
SOME EXAMPLES:
safe and sound 平平安安
now or never 机不可失,失不再来.
Live and learn. 活到老学到老。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Alliteration(头韵)
Repetition of an initial (最初的)sound, usually of a consonant(辅音) or cluster(辅音丛), in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc.
Living Legends
Parallelism(排比)
SOME EXAMPLES:
1. 我来,我见,我征服。
I came, I saw, I conquered.
2. 无论沉浮,无论生死,无论幸存还是丧命,我都为这次选举尽心尽力。
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote.
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