Unit6SportsEventsandOutdoorActivities.docVIP

Unit6 Sports Events and Outdoor Activities Passage 1 The Triathlon’s Great Attraction Teaching aims 1. Talk about triathlon. 2. Learn and master useful words and expressions. 3. Help students improve their ability of reading comprehension. Teaching procedures 2.1 Pre-reading Activities Step 1 : Warm-up questions Do you like watching Olympic Games? What’s your favorite sport in the Olympics? Do you know anything about triathlon? 2.2 Reading Comprehension Step2 : Fast reading Ask the Ss to scan the text and then complete the following tasks. Answer the question: What is triathlon? Triathlon is an Olympic event which consists of swimming, cycling and running without stopping. It promises to be one of the most popular Olympic sports. 2. Complete the following table. Personal Information Name: Melanie Sears Age: 17 Sex: Female Sports Event: Triathlon Motivation for doing triathlon: It’s great fun. Achievement at 14: Winning the junior section Weakest of the three sports: Cycling Big trouble faced: No one of her age to train with Step 3 : Intensive reading Ask the Ss to read the passage carefully and then answer some detailed questions. (1) Why does the author use “want to punish their bodies so much” to describe the triathletes? (2) What upset Melanie Sears during the National Championships? (3) What does Melanie Sears mean by saying “doggedness” in the 4th paragraph? (4) What’s the author’s attitude towards Melanie? 2.3 Post-reading Activities Step 4 : Words and expressions Ss are required to look at the words and expressions on the screen. promise(v. n.): (give) a written or spoken undertaking to do something ① promise to do: be likely to do e.g. She promises to be the most excellent student in her class. ② make a promise If you make a promise, you should keep it; or you’ll not be trusted any longer. be worth (doing) sth. : having a value of doing sth. e.g. It might