Unit 2 Success Lesson 3 Getting to the Top 课件(共17张PPT，内镶嵌2视频)-2025-2026学年北师大版（2019）选择性必修第一册

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Lesson3
Getting to the top
Unit2 Success
1. Get the general idea of the passage.
2. Learn the phrases in this lessson.
3. Explore the details about author’s sacrifices and reasons of getting to the top.
Learning objectives
1. Which athlete do you admire most Why
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2. What did they do to get to the top of the sport
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
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竭尽全力；挑战极限
为运动放弃一切
愿意付出额外的一点点
完全致力于运动
追求伟大成果
过极端的生活；把生活过到极致
Part 1
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Part 2
Part 3
Reasons for success
Personal choice
Her situation
(sacrifices and fears)
Get the main idea of each part.
(para 1-4)
(para 5)
(para 6-8)
Read the article quickly. Answer the questions.
1. What is the article about
2. Is it from an encyclopaedia entry, an academic book or possibly a blog
3. Who do you think the writer is
I think the writer is a triathlete.
The article tells the story of an athlete and the sacrifices she makes for her sport.
I think it is from a blog.
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百科全书条目
adj.学术的
Read paragraphs 1-4 and complete the information.
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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.
Read paragraphs 4 and answer the questions.
Why did the author almost miss her brother’s wedding
Because she was too busy hiring a car and driving through the ‘no-go’ areas in order to do a group ride with the local triathletes.
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Read paragraphs 5 and answer the questions.
Why is it said that writer was born with an enormous amount of drive
1. stay in at lunch time just to get ahead on class work;
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2. get the bus on her own at ten years old;
4. the only girl in a rugby club.
3. go to swim 100 lengths of the pool while other kids played pool games;
Read paragraphs 5-8. Identify the reasons why the writer was able to get to the top.
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Reasons Supporting Details
be born with an _____________ amount of drive and determination 1. stay in at lunch time just to get ahead on class work;
2.get the bus on her own at ten years old;
3.go to swim 100 lengths of the pool while other kids played pool games;
4.the only girl in a rugby club.
live her life to ___________
do that little _______ things
be totally _______ to her sport “I’d prefer to have three or four outstanding years of winning stuff than having ten years of being average.”
——Alistair Brownlee
enormous
extremes
extra
committed
Underline the details about the sacrifices and summarize what “I” sacrificed
Sacrifices
Friendship
Detailed facts
1. had no longer become fun;
2. no one to share it with
Health
1. I was always tired
2. had a mental intensity;
3. pushing the limits and extremes and beyond what most thought were healthy
Family
1. have missed countless birthday parties and nights out;
2. ruining family holiday;
3. almost miss my brother’ s wedding
losing my friends’ support
harming my own health
ignoring my family’s feeling
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She pushes herself to extremes
How did “I” feel on the way to success
Don’t they know how hard it is to be at the top in sport
Don’t they know what it takes to get there
Who am I doing this for
How much is too much
Why am I doing this
How can I be so selfish？
What are the sacrifices for
Can this be overdone Absolutely. But if your dream is to be the...
confused
self-doubting
determined
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Draw a mind map — the main construction of this passage
Getting to the top
________________
friends’ ______ & her reaction
_____
reasons
__________
Birthday parties family holidays nights out
be born with __________________
___________________
live her life to extremes
do _______________
be totally committed to her sport
things she gives up
worries
fears
final choice
an enormous amount of drive and determination
that little extra thing
If you were the author, how would choose your life
An ordinary road with
beautiful scenery
The road to success
full of thorns
Discussion
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