Unit 3
Faster, Higher, Stronger
1. Understand the key differences between team sports and individual sports.
2. Understand the feature of the text.
3. Lean the spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team .
4. Talk about what you’ve learnt from the spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team .
Developing ideas
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What are the key differences between team sports and
individual sports?
Activity1:
Team vs Individual
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Team sports requires no less then two players on each side.
One player competes against other player.
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Every player needs to trust and depend on others, to help and work together to reach a common goal.
Players find satisfaction pushing themselves to achieve personal goals.
2. Can you think of any famous sports teams? Why are they so well-known?
3. Do you know something about the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team?
1981 The World Cup
1982 9th World Women’s Volleyball Championships
Los Angeles Olympic
The World Cup
10th World Women’s Volleyball Championships
2003 The World Cup
2004 Athens Olympics
2015 The World Cup
2016 Rio (de Janeiro) Olympics
Read the passage and think about what type of the text it is.
Activity 2:
It’s a news report, which introduces how the Chinese Women's Volleyball team overcame difficulties with perseverance, fighting spirit and team spirit, won various international competitions and became the real world champion.
Setting a scene involves establishing the time and place where events take place and describing any main sights and sounds. The scene you set at the beginning of your writing---whether it is fiction or non-fiction---will engage your readers and help set the right atmosphere for the remainder of your writing.
How does the author start the passage?
What effect does it achieve?
Activity 3:
The author starts the passage by describing an event as if it is happening in the present. It engages the readers and helps set the right atmosphere for the remainder of the writing.
background information ( time, place, team…)
Work in pairs. Discuss what the spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team is and complete the mind map.
Activity 5:
Teamwork
Example: Cooperation between team members allows individuals to demonstrate their own skills.
Example: Zhu Ting identified this as the special ingredient in the team’s success.
Fighting spirit
Example: In Rio, the Chinese women’s volleyball team needed its fighting spirit after it was assigned to the “group of death”. Although it faced several strong opponents, they fought with all their strength.
Perseverance
Example: Despite reaching the quarter-finals as the 4th team in the group, with just 2 wins in preliminary matches, they were not going to give up.
What else do you think has contributed to their success?
a great country;
the spirit of self-improvement, the national spirit;
a great coach;
…
Read the sentences and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. The Chinese women’s volleyball team won a three-set victory in the final of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. ______
2. Facing several strong competitors in Rio, the Chinese women’s volleyball team eventually won in the final. ______
F
F
Activity 4:
3. Fighting spirit alone was not enough for victory. ______
4. Strong team spirit is more important than the skills of individual players. ______
5. Zhu Ting was voted Most Valuable Player at the Rio Olympics. ______
F
O
O
Activity 6: Give a talk.
1. What do you learn from the spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team?
2. How will you practice the spirit in the coming sports meeting?
完成《自主学习能力测评》P41-44