高三英语Unit1 新课标 人教版.pptVIP

* UNIT1 Breaking Records warming up 1.Who are the athletes in the pictures? 2.Why are they famous? 3.Look at their faces. Guess what they are “saying” What is each person doing? Hula hooping Somersaulting First reading Quickly glance trough the text. Tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does not cover.(Page3) ( )physical skill needed for events ( )Number of records broken ( )his family life. ( )kinds of records broken ( )why he became a sportsman ( )countries he likes best ( )place and date of birth ( )his occupation ( )his education ( )his first Guinness record Second reading 1.Now read the story more carefully and answer the ten questions of the exercise 2 on page 3. 1)Where do you think Ashrita lives? The text doesn’t say where he lives now but it is possible he lives in New York because we know that he lived there when he was a teenager and that he took part in a bicycle marathon there in 1978. 2)How old do you think he is? He was 16 in the early 1970s so he would be in his late 40s now. 3)Has he broken records in all seven continents? Yes ,Para 2 4)When did he first come across the Guinness Book of World Records? When he was a child. 5)What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when walking with a bottle of milk on his head.? B. somersaulting ??????????????? C. standing on top of a Swiss ball? D. doing gymnastically correct lunges? 6.Which one of Sri Chinmoy’s beliefs led Ashrita to attempting records? There is no limit to people’s physical abilities. 7.Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978? He had done no training. 8.Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon? He believed that because he had done no training ,it must have been his spirit that made him come third. and so after the bicycle marathon