课件22张PPT。Unit2 lesson 3 Sports StarsLead-inLook at the pictures and tell the names of the stars. sports starsKey Words
positive: brilliant, fast, intelligent, skillful, strong
negative: awful, boring, over-rated, slow, terrible, useless, weakWho are your favourite sports heroes or heroines ? Why?
Before reading How much do you know about tennis ?TennisTennis (tennis) is a beautiful and vigorous campaign, the sport's origin and development can be summed up in four sentences: bred in France, was born in the United Kingdom, and the popularity of the beginning of the formation of a climax in the United States, now popular around the world, said For the world's second largest ball games. World tennis eventsWimbledon
French Open
Australian Open
the U.S. Open
the Grand Slam Cup国际网球四大公开赛简称四大满贯
ITF国际网球联合会
AIP国际男子职业网球协会
WTA国际女子职业网球协会
Venus &Serena
WilliamsRead to learnRead the passage quickly
and suggest a title for the text. Champion sistersBackground introductionThe American sisters who are the best tennis players in the world are the Williams Sisters .Venus and her 15-month younger sister, Serena are both top-ranked players.转入职业时间 1995 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 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 ： tennisGuess the meaning of the following key words and check them while reading.
Key Words
look back, train, be strict with,
compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, astonishing, improve, cause, make progress, leave… behindCareful-reading
Ⅰ.True of False
The elder sister is above younger sister in rank(排名).
They had a bad situation to practise playing tennis.
The sisters visited the place where they once lived after they moved to another area.
4. Both sisters decided to work in design while they were players.
FTFF5. Both of the sisters have won the Wimbledon.
6. The younger sister is very humorous.
7. Their mother home- schooled them so that they could continue their tennis careers.
8. Their father helped them to succeed.TTTTⅡ.Answer questions
Qs: 1. Why are sisters unusual?
2. What kind of background are they from?
3. How do the two sisters get on at home?
A poor background. They lived in a poor area in California, full of violence and drugs.
They played each other in the final of a tennis tournament.They get on very well.4. What does the passage mainly tell us?
5 Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the sisters? a. Venus first played in a big tournament b. Richard started to train them. c. The sisters and their family moved to a safer area. d. The sisters were prarctising on a local tennis court and they had to protect them from bullets. e. Serena won the women’s singles champion at Wimbledon. A. b, c, d, a, B. c, b, d, a, e, C. b, d, c, a, e D. c, b, d, e, a The story of the sisters’ road to success.√Discussion:
What are the main factors that lead to success? Why?
HomeworkVocabulary and Grammar on pages 26 and 27
Exercise 3 and 4 on pages 70 and 71
