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Unit 3 Amazing sports
Lesson 2 National sport
1
Lead in
What can you see in the video?
How do you feel and why?
Read the questions and give your answers.
A Is ping-pong a popular sport in your neighbourhood?
B What do you know about ping-pong?
Read - Read the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para.1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Achievements of Chinese ping-pong team
The summary of ping-pong’ social meaning and cultural place
Introduction to the special place of ping-pong
Historial developments of ping-pong
Benefits of ping-pong
Para.1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Achievements of Chinese ping-pong team
The summary of ping-pong’ social meaning and cultural place
Introduction to the special place of ping-pong
Historial developments of ping-pong
Benefits of ping-pong
Let’s check the answers.
Read - Read the passage and answer the questions.
A What can we get from playing ping-pong?
B What are the historial developments of ping-pong?
C How does ping-pong improve our memory?
D When did ping-pong become an Olympic sport?
E What does ping-pong serve as in Chinese people’s life?
Let’s check the answers.
A What can we get from playing
ping-pong?
①
We can get the spirit of never giving up.
②
We can get joy and a feeling of community.
③
We can get overall physical fitness.
④
We can improve our memory
and problem-solving skills.
B What are the historial developments
of ping-pong?
When Development
In the early 20th century
Now
became popular
people of all ages play in different places
C How does ping-pong
improve our memory?
Ping-pong uses both the left and right sides
of the brain, so it can improve our memory.
D When did ping-pong
become an Olympic sport?
In 1988.
E What does ping-pong
serve as in Chinese people’s life?
It serves as exercise and as a way for
people to connect with others.
Read - Read the passage again and complete the mind map.
physical fitness
became popular
people of all ages
had many victories
Retell.
National sport --
ping-pong place A special place in people’s hearts
development In the early 20th century: became popular
Now:
people of all ages play in different places
benefits
physical: improve overall physical fitness
mental:
improve our memory and problem-solving skills
achievement of the Chinese ping-pong team In the Olympics: won many gold medals
In major ping-pong events: had many victories in the world Championship and the World Cup
ping-pong’s social meaning and cultural place an important part of Chinese culture
A way of connectin with others
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the phrases.
give up hold a special place stay healthy
Hello, I’m Wang Yu. My favourite sport is ping-pong. It ______________ in my heart. Playing ping-pong helps me _________. The quick movements keep me active. But there is more to the sport than just enjoyment. Athletes never _________, no matter how challenging a game is. It inspires me to hold on when I face difficulties.
holds a special place
stay healthy
give up
Play a game. Act out a sport without saying any words and ask your partner to guess what it is.
guess
Talk in groups and describe your favourite sport.
speical place
benefits
developments and our achievements
useful expressions from the lesson:
hold a special place
love for sports
the spirit of never giving up
joy and a feeling of
popular
improve overall physical fitness
improve memory and problem-solving skills
gold medals/majoy events
achievements
vitories
an important part of culture
a way to connect with people
Grammar in use.
1. Ping-pong holds a special place in Chinese people’s hearts.
乒乓球在中国人民心中占据着特殊的位置。
hold a special place
占据特别的位置
例句:
Books hold a special place in my life.
书籍在我生命中占据着特殊位置。
Pandas hold a speical place in Chinese hearts. 熊猫在中国人心中占据着特殊位置。
2. It inspires young athletes and brings joy and a feeling of community to every player.
它激励着年轻运动员,为每位参与者带来欢乐与归属感。
athlete
运动员 复数形式:athletes
The young athlete trains five hours a day for the Olympics.
这位年轻的运动员每天训练5个小时备战奥运会。
joy
快乐,喜悦
She jumped for joy when she got the gold medal.
她获得金牌时,高兴地跳了起来。
3. The team has also had many great vicotires in major ping-pong events, such as the World Championship and the World Cup.
这支队伍还在世界锦标赛、世界杯等重大赛事中屡创佳绩。
victory
在比赛、战争或斗争中获得胜利 复数形式:victories
Our school won a decisive vicotry in the city basketball final.
我校在市篮球决赛中取得决定性胜利。
Every small victory in training gives me more confidence for the next match.
训练中的每次小胜利都让我对下一场比赛更有信心。
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