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Lesson 3
Getting to the Top
Unit 2 Success
to strive for greatness
to push oneself to the limits
to give up everything for the sport
to live one’s life to extremes
to be willing to do the extra little bit
to be totally focused on the sport
Now let’s read the story of an athlete and find out what she did to get to the top of the sport.
What did they do to get to the top of the sport?
1. Get the general idea of the passage.
2. Learn the phrases in this lesson.
3. Explore the details about author’s sacrifices and reasons of getting to the top.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Read the text aloud for 5 minutes.
Is it from an encyclopaedia entry or possibly a blog?
encyclopaedia entry(百科全书条目)
blog(博客)
Divide the text into two parts. Speak out the main ideas.
Parts Paragraphs Main ideas
Part Ⅰ
Part Ⅱ
1-4
5-8
The situation the writer faces.
The reasons why the writer can get to the top.
Read paragraphs 1-4 and complete the information.
The situation the writer faces
Things she gives up as an Olympic athlete.
Her friends’ worries and her reactions.
The fears she faces on a daily basis.
Birthday parties, family holidays, nights out.
She will lose her friends;
She knew they were right.
Whether she is pushing the limits too much; whether she is being selfish.
The reasons for her success:
drive and determination
personality
lived her life to extremes
be totally committed to her career
attitude
do little extra things in the preparation
action
Read paragraphs 5-8 again.
Which statements do you think are true according to the article? Why?
Skill Builder
Identifying Real Information
Sometimes, a task may contain questions with unreliable information or inaccurate interpretation. It is important to know how to identify what information is accurate (true) and what is inaccurate (false).
READ AND EXPLORE
Skill Builder
Read the text to get the general idea.
Then read the questions / statements and identify important words.
Find the relevant part of the text and identify the important words.
Decide if the important words in the questions / statements and the text express the same idea.
READ AND EXPLORE
1. The writer is a professional triathlete.
2. Her first sport was rugby.
3. At first, she was afraid to join the rugby club .
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The writer says “These are the fears I face as a professional athlete on a day-to-day basis.”and“do a group ride with the local triathletes”
Her first sport was swimming.
She was a determined and brave girl.She was not afraid of that.
READ AND EXPLORE
READ AND EXPLORE
4. She missed many parties and holidays for her sport.
5. Talent makes a champion.
6. She knows her life is unbalanced but keeps going.
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Because we can see from “It is certainly not a balanced way to live and it is certainly not normal but those words are generally not used for anyone who is striving for greatness.”
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Because the writer says “I miss birthday parties, ruin family holidays and skip nights out" and "missing my brother's wedding...in order to ”.
Because the writer says “ It’s all about that little extra thing you have done in your preparation ” .
How to get to the top?
olerate
verdo
ush
O_____ little extra thing
T_____ doubts and misunderstanding
P____ oneself to the limits and extremes
secret
DISCUSS AND SHARE
DISCUSS AND SHARE
" I'd prefer to have three or four outstanding years of winning stuff than having ten years of being average."
If you were the author, how would you choose your life?
An ordinary road with
common scenery
The road to success
full of thorns
convenience
pleasure
average
...
sacrifices
stress
achievement
...
THANK YOU
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