(共20张PPT)
Before you start
Look at the pictures and tell the names of the stars.
sports stars
Who are your favorate sporting heroes or heroines
In pairs, use the key words to talk about them.
Key Words
positive: brilliant, fast, intelligent, skilful, strong, smart, useful
negative: awful, boring, lazy, slow, terrible,
useless, weak
Example
A: In my opinion, Ronaldo is a brilliant player. He is very fast and skillful.
B: Yes, I agree. I think he’s very smart.
Before reading
How much do you know about tennis
World tennis events
Wimbledon
French Open
Australian Open
the U.S. Open
the Grand Slam Cup
Venus &Serena
Williams
8月17日，威廉姆斯姐妹在颁奖仪式上。 当日，在北京奥运会网球女双决赛中，美国选手大威廉姆斯/小威廉姆斯以2比0战胜西班牙选手梅迪纳/鲁阿诺，夺得女双冠军。
转入职业时间 1995 WTA当前排名 3 迄今职业成绩 304胜69负 迄今单打冠军 29 迄今双打冠军 10 2003战绩 17胜3负 迄今职业奖金总额
$ 12,462,628 征战法网纪录次数 6 单打最好成绩 2002亚军 双打最好成绩 1999冠军
Name：Venus Williams
Birthday : 1980.07.17
Weight： 72.7kg
Height ： 185cm
Nationality: America
Event： tennis
附录一
转入职业时间 1995 WTA当前排名 1 迄今职业成绩 224胜41负 迄今单打冠军 22 迄今双打冠军 11 2003战绩 23胜1负 迄今职业奖金总额
$ 11,284,079 征战法网纪录次数 4 单打最好成绩 2002夺冠 双打最好成绩 1999夺冠
Name ：Serena Williams
Birthday：1981.09.28
Height： 178cm
Weight ： 65.9kg
Nationality：America
Event ： tennis
附录二
The heading of each paragraph
brief introduction
their background
their training and study
their achievements
Practice:Work out meaning of the following Key Words in Ex2 .
Key words
champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, improve
1 to make sb. professional by practise
2 think of the past
3 (of feeling) surprise or wonder
4 try to win sth. by defeating others who do the same
5 One that wins first place or first prize in a competition
Match the Key Words with the explanations.
look back
amazing
compete against
champion
train
to become better
7 be over , finish
8 (of feeling) strong, deep ,eager
with or by good chance or luckily
10 development, especially towards a better situation
11 to show one’s attention to something
improve
come to an end
fortunately
keen
make progress
express an interest in
Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 Why are the sisters unusual
2 What kind of background are they from
3 Who helped them to succeed
4 How do the two sisters get on at home
They lived in a poor area of California, full of
violence and drugs.
Their father, Richard.
They get on very well.
They played each other in the final of a tennis
tournament.
Read the article again and suggest a title for the text.
( possible )
The Champion Sisters
Voice your opinion:What are the advantages and disadvantages of being sports stars.
advantages disadvantages
1.It can be very exciting and interesting because you can play with different sports stars.
2. You can meet different people and it is a good time for you to build good relationship with others
3.You can always keep healthy because you spend most of your time in playing sports.
4. You are sure to have many chances to travel around the world because you are too famous.
1.It can also be very dangerous because too much practice means more chances to get injured.
2.Meanwhile,you can always feel very tired with so many games and traveling. As a result, you always find no time with your family and for leisure.
3.Sometimes it is quite stressful and challenging because you are afraid of losing the games.
