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/ Beyond games, team sports are a lifestyle choice No. 1056, May 28, 2014 Page 3, 4 Knowledge is priority Focus Lead–in Activity Global Reading Words Expressions Speaking Time Beyond games, team sports are a lifestyle choice Lead–in Activity Do you like sports? Why or why not? Warm-up Questions Lead–in Activity Why are people so excited by the games? A Video Clip Lead–in Activities Presentation Task: a presentation prepared by one group of students; Topic: Team Sports. Direction: answer the following questions. Global Reading 1. Why is soccer a good conversation starter on the campus of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)? Because they have a student team playing in the professional soccer league, which is their source of pride. 2. Why did the students of the University of International Business and Economics try to avoid taking part in their campus sports meeting, especially the team games? Their reasons varied: physical weakness, a busy schedule, or simply a lack of interest. Global Reading 3. Compared with individual sports, what can team sports provide the students beyond working out and keeping fit, according to professor Liu at Wuhan Institute of Physical Education? A sense of identity. 4. According to Liu, why are people loyal to a team for a lifetime, while hardly pledge their loyalty to a tennis player? Because team sports have an interactive and identity-building nature between spectators and the team. Global Reading 5. What is the most popular topic at the reunions of Chen Xia and her former classmates 20 years after their graduation? Their departmental volleyball team. 6. According to Chen, what is distancing people from team sports? The popularity of tennis, dancing and other more personal sports. Global Reading Words Expressions Direction: learn the following words and expressions by heart Words Expressions -phobia a strong and unreasonable dislike or hatred of something 对……的恐惧感，恐……症 1. claustrophobia