(共27张PPT)
Module 8
Sports life
Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world.
1. To be able to understand passages about
sports stars and identify specific information.
2. To be able to complete a timeline.
Learning objectives
sportsman
运动员
sportswoman
女运动员
New words
high jump
跳高
hurdling
跨栏赛跑
record
记录
first place
冠军
Asian
亚洲的
Japan
日本
Look at the picture and the title of the passage in Activity 2. Say what you know about Liu Xiang and how he became a sports hero.
1
Name:
Sex:
Place of birth:
Birthday:
Height:
Body weight:
Project:
Something about Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Male
Shanghai
1983. 7. 13
188 cm
74 kg
The high jump, 110 m hurdles
Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea.
a). Liu Xiang was helped by his sports
school to win a gold medal.
b). Liu Xiang will be a star and not a
sports hero.
c). Liu Xiang has trained for many years
and won many gold medals.
2
Fast reading
2012
2008
2004
2001
1998
1993
(Grade 4)
1983
a). won his first international110m hurdles race
b). hurdling ability noticed
c). born in Shanghai
d). won Olympic gold medal
e). started training at a sports school
f ). returned to first place
g). suffered from foot problem
b
__
__
__
__
__
__
g
c
a
b
f
e
Match the years with the notes to complete the timeline.
2
Read and answer the questions.
1.When did Liu Xiang's life as a sports hero begin
2.Did he win a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games
3.When and where was Liu born
4.Did Liu train for the hurdling at first
In 2004.
Yes ,he did.
In Shanghai on 13th July 1983.
No,he didn't.
Careful reading
Para 1-2
In 1998, Liu Xiang’s 1 a_______ in hurdling was noticed 2 b____Sun Haiping, 3 w_____ later became his coach. In 2001, a special programme was 4 s____up to help young sportsmen and 5 s___________. Liu Xiang was 6 a_____ them. His races were 7 r_______, and he was 8 c________ with the world’s best sports stars. Sun Haiping 9 u_____ the information to change his training 10 m______ for Liu Xiang.
bility
y
ho
et
portswomen
mong
ecorded
ompared
sed
ethods
Para 3
Fill in the blanks.
In May ____ In _____ He won his first ____________ 110m hurdles race.
In 2004 In Athens He won the first Olympic ______ medal for China.
In ____ In Athens He _______ the Olympic Games record.
2001
Japan
international
gold
2004
broke
Para 4
Listen and fill in the blanks.
1.Liu Xiang trained very hard.强调谓语。
2._______(实际上), he trained s__ hard that he hurt his foot.
3.自2008年以来他忍受着脚伤带来的巨大痛苦。
4 .He didn’t give up _________ (tarin).
5.Though he missed many competitions , he still returned to first place . (同义句）
6.可惜的是他的脚伤阻止了他完成 2012年伦敦奥运会的比赛.但他仍然是勇气和成功的象征,我们依然为他感到十分自豪.
In fact
o
training
Para 5-6
Finish the tasks.
1.Liu Xiang trained very hard.
强调谓语。
2. _______(实际上), he trained s__ hard that he hurt his foot.
3.汉译英: 自2008年以来他忍受着脚伤带来的巨大痛苦。
4 .He didn’t give up _________ (tarin).
In fact
o
training
From 2008 on, he suffered a lot from his foot problem.
Para 5-6
Finish the tasks.
5.He missed some competitions, but he still returned to first. (在文中找到同义句）
6.音译汉（翻译最后一段）
可惜的是他的脚伤阻止了他完成 2012年伦敦奥运会的比赛.但他仍然是勇气和成功的象征,我们依然为他感到十分自豪.
Though he missed some competitions, he still returned to first place .
Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.最初人们鼓励刘翔练跳高。
encourage sb to do sth 表示“鼓励某人做某事”。
在本句中，encourage一词用于被动语态, 表示刘翔是被鼓励去做某事, 而不是他鼓励别人去做某事。
Ms Wang always encourages us to speak English in class.
王老师总是鼓励我们课上讲英语。
Language points
2. In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen.
2001年创立了一个特殊项目，用来帮助运动员。
set v. 设置；制定 set-set-set
set up 建立，创立
他创立了一家公司。
He ________ a company.
A new company __________ by him.
set up
was set up
拓展词组：
set out 出发，开始
set off 出发，动身
set to 开始认真干…
3. And he was compared with the world’s best sports stars. 并于世界上最好的运动明星进行比较。
①compare…with…把…与…作比较
Parents often compare their children with others.
父母常常把自己的孩子与别人的作比较。
②compare …to…把…比作
Parents usually compare the teachers to the candles.
人们通常将老师比作蜡烛。
4. and at the same time broke the Olympic Games record.
同时他也打破了奥运会记录。
break a record 打破记录
Do you think you could break a world record some day
你认为有一天你能打破世界记录吗？
5. We continue to take great pride in him.
我们依然为他感到非常自豪。
Take pride in what you do.
为你所做的事感到自豪。
Learning to learn
Notes usually include only the most important information from a passage. Further details and some words are left out as far as the meaning is clear.
Learning tips
ability, Asian, courage, method, pride, race
The Chinese take great (1)______ in Liu Xiang. At first, he was not very successful, but his coach noticed his (2)______ in running and jumping, and helped him change his training (3)__________ .
pride
ability
methods
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
4
He won a number of important (4)_______ and became the first (5)_______ sportsperson to win an Olympic gold medal for hurdling. However, from 2008 on he missed some competitions because of his foot problem. Although he did not complete the 2012 Olympic Games, he is still a symbol of great (6)_________ and success.
races
Asian
courage
Shanghai
training
noticed
international
gold
problem
first
Summary
GOOD JOB
