Unit 1 Period 1 Warming up 课件.pptVIP

feelings exciting happy contented cheerful grateful ecstatic (狂喜的) intoxicating (令人陶醉的) exhilarating (使人兴奋的; 令人激动的; 令人高兴的) mixed feelings In groups, answer these questions about the pictures of the activities below. 1. What is each person doing? Choose the name of each activity from the list. ● hula hooping ● pogo stick jumping ● doing jumping jacks ● somersaulting ● standing on a Swiss ball ● doing lunges Pre-reading pogo stick jumping somersaulting standing on a Swiss ball doing jumping jacks A Jumping Jack, or side straddle hop as it is called in the United States military (also commonly known as a star jump, especially to children of Commonwealth nations), is a physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides. More intensive versions of this jump include bending down (over) and touching the floor in between each jump. doing lunges hula hooping 2. Have you ever done any of these activities? 3. Would you consider each activity to be a serious sport? 4. Which activities would you like to try? Would you need to be fit to do any of them? Do you think you could do any of them for any length of time? The Guinness Book of World Records The heaviest cake in the world The dog with the largest ears The person with the longest moustache The smallest electrically operated motor car The world’s oldest person 2006 Ecuadorian (厄瓜多尔人) woman, 116 The world’s tallest person, 251cm Background People have always been interested in knowing about world records. They want to know about the biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest, longest, shortest, oldest and youngest. The first book of this kind was The Guinness Book of World Records. The idea for this book came from Hugh Beaver. One day, after watching some birds, he told his friends that he thought those birds were probably the fast