课件22张PPT。Unit 1
Breaking recordsCan you name the following activities?hurdlingWeight liftingboxingHula hoopingPogo stick jumping (弹簧单高跷游戏)Jumping jacks
(跳爆竹)Somersaulting (翻筋斗)Standing on a Swiss ball marathonDoing lungesgymnasticsathlete
participant
Champion
break recordsexciting
Proud
CheerfulRome was not built in a day!Can you imagine
their training?The Guinness Book of World RecordsThe book collects all kinds of records that are not made in any conventional sports and usually by amateur sports lovers.What is the passage about?A man called Ashrita Furman who has broken Guinness records in many activities."THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU"Look at the four pictures and guess what activities will be mentioned in the passages deep knee bends
somersaulting
doing lunges
doing jumping jacks
What happened in the following time?
aged 16:
in the early 1970s:
in 1978:
in 1979
over the last 25 years:He discovered an Indian meditation teacher called Sri ChinmoyHe has been one of Sri Chinmoy’s studentsHe came third in a 24-hour bicycle marathon in New York’s Central ParkHe broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks He has broken approximately 93 Guinness recordsFast readingQuickly glance through the text. Tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does NOT covers. physical skills needed for events
kinds of records broken
place and date of birth
his first Guinness record
number of records broken
why he became a sportsman
his occupation
his family life
countries he likes best
his education√ √ √ √ √ Name:
Age (Para. _________):
Where he lives (Para. ___):
Number of records broken (Para. _____):
His first Guinness record (Para. _____):
Kinds of records broken (Para. _____):
Ashrita FurmanIn his fiftiesNew York cityabout 93Not made in any conventional sports; seem childish; cause laughter rather than respect27,000 jumping jacks in 19791&9&11911&311Careful readingProfile some of the physical difficulties he has experienced When walking with a bottle of milk on his head
When somersaulting
The fine ________________ are neededIt is a ______ event as you have to overcome __________, __________ and pain. You are _________ to rest for only 5 minutes in every hour of rolling. And you may _______.neck adjustmentstoughdizzinessextreme tirednesspermittedvomitWhen standing on top of a Swiss ball
When doing gymnastically correct lungesIt takes a lot of _____________ and a great sense of ____________ to stay on the ball. You have to _______ to stay on top especially when your legs start ________Lunges are __________ hard on your legs. some of the physical difficulties he has experiencedconcentrationbalancestruggleshakingextremelyQuestions:
1 When did he come across the Guinness Book of World Records?
2 One of his teachers had great effects on him. Who is he? And what are the teacher’s beliefs?
3. It was amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978. Why?
4 Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon?
5 What happens in an event that prevents Ashrita from giving up?Questions:
1 When did he come across the Guinness Book of World Records?
2 One of his teachers had great effects on him. Who is he? And what are the teacher’s beliefs?He says that it is just as important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds, hearts and spiritual selves. He believes that there is no limit to people’s physical abilities.When he was a childQuestions:
3. It was amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978. Why?
4 Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon?
Because he had been urged by his spiritual leader to enter the marathon even though he had done no training.After the bicycle marathon, he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the spirit and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to accomplish anything.Questions:
5 What happens in an event that prevents Ashrita from giving up?The motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to Sri Chinmoy. Every time Ashrita tries to break a record, he reaches a point where he feels he can’t physically do any more. At that moment, he goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his teacher.Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the ___________ of breaking Guinness records. These records are not made in any ____________ sport.
His __________ to keep trying to break records comes through his _________ to his teacher called Sri Chinmon , who believes that there is no _______ to people’s physical abilities. After the bicycle ________ in 1978, he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the ______ and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to ___________ anything. From then on, he _______to accept any physical limitation.
Over the last 25 years ,he has broken _____________ 93 Guinness records. He still _______ more than 20 of these. He _________ to break records in very __________ events and in very interesting places. He _________ his dream of breaking a record in all seven _________. challengeconventionalmotivationdevotionlimitmarathonspiritaccomplishrefusedapproximatelyholdsattemptsimaginativeachievedcontinentsLanguange PointsUseful expressions 打破纪录
保持纪录
尝试,努力
而不是;与其…宁愿
实际上
除了
平衡感
挣扎着做… break a record
hold/keep the record
attempt to
rather than
in reality
as well as
a sense of balance
struggle to do …. 被允许做…
走过一英里路程
迈步向前
想象做….
….没有极限
获得第三名
一直坚持做某事的动力….
感谢某人 be permitted/allowed to do ..
cover a mile
step forward
imagine doing …..
there is no limit to …..
win third place/ come third
the motivation to keep doing….
acknowledge sb.Homework1.Exercise 1 &2 on Page 4—5
2.Exercise II &III onPage2 in Workbook A
Exercise 2 in workbookB (I—IV)