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Unit 2 Go for it!
Starting out + Reading
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will be able to:
1. talk about sports using words and expressions in this unit;
2. perceive the sporting spirit in the story.
Free Talk
Sports are good for us. What sports do you like or often do? How do you feel when you do the sport?
Starting out
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1.What sports can you see in the pictures?
2.What sport do you like best? Why?
Taijiquan
roller skating
indoor climbing
swimming
I like...best. Because I think it’s interesting / exciting / enjoyable/ helpful /.... It makes me feel...
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1.Do you know the origin of
some sports?
2.Can you share one with class?
OPTIONAL CHOICE(P7-P9)
The Origin of Table Tennis
The Origin of Basketball
The Origin of Marathon Running
Understanding ideas
Look at the pictures and match them with the words and expressions.
1
cheer
finishing line
fall behind
train
a
b
c
d
Try describing the pictures using the matched words and expressions.
The two men are helping the boy train the starting posture(起跑姿势).
The student in green falls behind the student in blue in the running race.
The crowds are cheering the runner with high fives.
The man is crossing the finishing line happily.
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1. Is the man young or old?
2. From his outfit and the number card
on his chest, what sport race is he in?
3. How does he look like?
He is an old man.
He is in a running race.
He looks happy and proud.
Read the passage. What is amazing about the old man?
1 It was the last minute of the
2022 Beijing Marathon.
However, 86-year-old Zhang
Shun was still about 100 metres
from the finishing line. People
watched him move slowly. All
of them held their breath.
Would he make it?
2 Zhang felt confident before the race. But he had a stomachache
on the way. This made him fall behind. “Shall I take a rest or
stop?" he thought. Either choice seemed fine for someone at his
age. But Zhang chose neither of them. He just ran on. With
people cheering, he finally crossed the finishing line!
3 Marathon running is Zhang's lifelong dream. “In 1989, I saw
Beijing Marathon runners go past my home. I just wanted to
become one of them,” he said. For years, he trained every
morning in the park. He filled over 30 notebooks with his running
records. None of his family members worried or tried to stop him.
They knew he enjoyed every moment.
4 Zhang Shun was the oldest and the slowest runner to finish the
2022 Beijing Marathon. But it didn't matter to him. He loves the
sport and has no plans to stop. “If possible, I will keep running."
What is amazing about the old man?
He was the oldest runner to finish the 2022 Beijing Marathon. Even though he had a stomachache during the race, he kept running and crossed the finishing line finally.
a To raise money for people in need.
b To show power of loving sports.
c To encourage people to run a marathon.
Choose the writer's purpose of writing this passage.
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Grasping the writer’s writing purpose can help us understand the main idea and theme better.
Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage.
Zhang Shun's experience during the 2022 Beijing Marathon
Zhang Shun ¹___________ because of a stomachache. He could either 2________ or stop. But he chose neither and ran on. With people 3________ he crossed the 4_____________ finally.
Zhang Shun's dream
Zhang has a(n) 5____________ of marathon running. To take part in the marathon, he 6_________every day. He 7_________ every moment of running.
fell behind
take a rest
cheering
finishing line
lifelong dream
trained
enjoyed
Comments on Zhang Shun
He was the last runner to finish the race. But running isn’t about winning— it’s about enjoying 8__________.
sport itself
Think and Share
1 What do you think the title means?
2 What can you learn from Zhang Shun?
Learning to think for question 1
To understand the title of the passage, you can consider these questions: What's the meaning of the expression “last but not least"?
How does this expression relate to Zhang Shun?
The title means that even though ZhangShun’s the last runner to cross the finishing line, his sporting spirit including the perseverance, strong willpower and deep passion for Marathon running is the most important and remarkable.
What can you learn from Zhang Shun?
perseverance
(毅力)
Never give up!
strong willpower
focus
...
passion
Language Points
1. All of them held their breath. Would he make it?
hold one's breath 意为“屏住呼吸;屏息静气”,在这里表示
“紧张地等待,焦急地盼望”的氛围。
e.g. When the ball was in midair, we all held our breath.
当球在半空中时,我们都屏住了呼吸。
breath的其他常用短语:
take a deep breath 深呼吸
out of breath 喘不过气
catch one’s breath 喘息;缓口气
take one’s breath away 使某人惊叹
make it 在句中意为“取得成功”
e.g. The actor wasn't famous at all a few years ago, but now
he's really made it. 几年前这位演员一点都不出名,但现
在他很成功。
2. For years, he trained every morning in the park. He filled
over 30 notebooks with his running records.
fill... with sth表示“用某物充满……,用某物填满……”。
e.g. He filled his room with books.他的房间里堆满了书。
be full of... 表示“充满……”
e.g. His room is full of books.他的房间里堆满了书。
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