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Unit 3 On the move
Starting out &
Understanding ideas
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1). What sports are mentioned in the video?
2). Which one is called the “number one sport in the world”?
Football/soccer, cricket(板球), rugby(英式橄榄球),tennis and marathon
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② time: two 45-minute halves
④ warning
⑥ corner flag
⑧ 11 players
① dismissal
③ the scoring of three goals in one game by a single player
⑤ gloves for goalkeeper
⑦ an armband with a letter “C” for the captain
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commit a foul
View the title and the illustration and predict what this passage might talk about.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
These days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world./The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China.
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.
Another factor behind football's global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field.
What's more, football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate..., it breaks down walls and brings people together.
I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.
Read the passage. Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph, get their main ideas, and divide the passage in parts.
Opening: Football enjoys global popularity and a long history.
Football is a simple and cheap game to play.
Football is a game with creativity and excitement.
Football is a tool for communication and it unites people.
Conclusion: Football is much more than life and death.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Reasons behind football's global popularity.
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1. To talk about the history of football.
2. To express his / her love of football.
3. To explain why football is such a popular game.
4. To prove that he/she is a professional football fan.
Choose the author’s purpose in writing this passage.
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Football enjoys global popularity and a long history
Opening (Para. 1)
Reason 1(Para.2)
Football is a simple and cheap game to play.
How does the author support his opinion?
What do you know about Pele? Why does the author use him as an example?
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Oct. 23, 1940 ~ Dec. 29, 2022
a former professional footballer for Brazil national team & Santos football club
Winner of three world cups
voted as the player of the century by FIFA
Edison Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, was one of the greatest football players. He was born in Brazil and grew up in poverty.
The author uses him as an example to show that football offers everyone a chance, regardless of race, gender and family background.
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Football enjoys global popularity and a long history
Opening (Para. 1)
Reason 1(Para.2)
Football is a simple and cheap game to play.
How does the author support his opinion?
Reason 2(Para.3)
Football is a game with creativity and excitement
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Activity 5
To explain why football is such a popular game
Football enjoys global popularity and a long history
Opening (Para. 1)
Reason 1(Para.2)
Football is a simple and cheap game to play.
How does the author support his opinion?
Reason 2(Para.3)
Football is a game with creativity and excitement
Reason 3(Para.4)
Football is a tool for communication and it unites people.
If only for a day: the Christmas truce match of 1914
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Football enjoys global popularity and a long history
Opening (Para. 1)
Reason 1(Para.2)
Football is a simple and cheap game to play.
Reason 2(Para.3)
Football is a game with creativity and excitement
Reason 3(Para.4)
Football is a tool for communication and it unites people.
Football is much more important than life and death
Conclusion (Para. 5)
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What is your understanding of the last sentence of the passage?
1. to make sth. have a particular shape;
2. to influence sth. and make it develop
Bill Shankly was one of the most successful football managers of the 20th century. He took charge of Liverpool when they were in the Second Division, rebuilding the team into a major force in English and European football.
In 2014, Sainsbury’s - one of the largest supermarket chains in the United Kingdom – made a Christmas ad to commemorate the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914.
How do you understand the title of the passage now?
It brings people together not only for the fun and excitement it delivers but also it reminds people about the beautiful humanity like kindness, respect, sharing, love and hope regardless of their economic status, races, religious beliefs or even political beliefs. That’s why we say football is a game for the world.
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