SportsI.Lead-in1.How many kinds of sports do you know?1). Individual sports:Running, Gymnastics（体操）, Shooting（射击）, Weight-lifting（举重）, Bowling（保龄球）, Golf（高尔夫）, High jump（跳高）, Long jump（跳远）, Diving（跳水）, Javelin（标枪）, Hurdles（跨栏）, Discus（铁饼）, Shot put（铅球）, Skiing（滑雪）, Aerobics（增氧健身操）, Figure skating（花样滑冰）, Speed skating（速滑）, Surfing（冲浪）, Jogging（慢跑）, Archery（射箭）, Pole vaulting（撑杆跳）, Heel-and-toe walking race（竞走）2). Sports that require two playersTable tennis, Tennis, Badminton, Fencing（击剑）, Judo（柔道），Boxing（拳击），Sumo-wrestling（相扑）3). Team sportsFootball, Basketball, V olleyball, Handball, Baseball（棒球）,Bike relay Race（自行车接力赛），Cricket（板球）,Water polo（水球），Softball（垒球），Ice hockey（冰球）2.Do you participate in any sports? If yes, which ones? And how doyou benefit from them?Y es, I participate in quite a few sports activities. I love football and I am on the department team. I also enjoy rowing and have participated in several boat races on the West Lake. I took part in the table tennis tournament last year and played a few matches. Jogging is also my favorite sport. I jog as much as I can, and plan to enter a winter marathon race someday when I’m ready. I love competitions and enjoy competing with other students. Sports are fun and they make me feel better and keep me fit. What’s more, sports help to train my character. I learn to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.No, I don’t do any sports at all except for those in my P.E. class. I am not strong enough and easily get exhausted. Tha t’s why I’ve never been interested in sports, even when I was in the middle school. Besides, I have to study very hard because I don’t like to lag behind others. So I don’t have much time left for other activities.II.Presentation1.People take part in recreational sports as a pastime.pete: If I cannot make it this time, I can always compete againnext year.3.exciting: I find sports exciting.4.field: The field is often too wet to play football.5.graceful: I like to watch female figure skating because it is sograceful.6.keep active: It is important to keep active in life.7.keep fit: I go swimming just to keep fit.8.keep in shape: I hope I can always keep in shape if I control mydiet.9.live broadcast : Live broadcast is just as good as being there.10.live game: Watching a live game can be very exciting.11.match: This football match won’t be exciting since both teamsare not that great.12.out of shape: I’m a bit out of shape now so I have to practise.13.participate: Every student has to participate in extracurricularactivities.14.play for fun: I’m not a serious player. I just play for fun.15.practice: To be competitive, we must practice everyday.16.release stress: Exercise can help us release stress.17.score: I think the yellow team will score more than the red one.18.skill: Developing skills requires practice.19.stadium: The stadium can accommodate 50,000 people.’20.strength: I don’t have the strength to pick up the weights.21.team: Our team won the first gold in ten years. I’m on the schoolbasketball team.22.I love NBA. Michael Jordan is my hero.23.Y ou look very sporty.24.I’m a sport fan.25.My favorite exercise is jogging.26.Do you often work out?27.Y ou need outdoor exercise.28.Are you good at playing tennis?29.I like watching football matches.30.My dream is to become a sports star.31.I’m looking forward to the 2008 Olympics.32.I’d like to ask a few questions about getting fit.33.Which type of exercise do you enjoy doing?34.I like doing aerobics, but I hate jogging.35.How often can you work out? Twice or three times a week.36.I’m a big fan of basketball, but mainly as a spectator.37.I support the Shanghai Sharks and seldom miss their games.38.I guess table tennis and badminton are the most popular.39.Everyone now sees the importance of a healthy lifestyle.40.Hosting the Olympic Games is a big event for all Chinese people.41.They hope to be able to communicate with athletes and visitorsfrom abroad, to make them feel at home in China.III.Assignment1. Make sure that you can describe the video2. Write down the useful language we’ve learned in this class and memorize them.I.Revision1. Recap what we’ve learned last class2. Check the assignmentII.Practice1. Role play: Discuss in groups and then make your own dialogue in a certain situation, use the useful expressions we’ve learned last class as possible as you can.2. Making dialogues:Preparing for 3minutes and then give a prompt speech on the topic sport.042 ball sportsWordsFootball pitch football volleyball rugby basketball baseballbasketball court referee batsman team player goal point shoot penalty scorephraseskick the ballhead the ballsmash the ballhit the ballbat the ballscore a goalcommit a foulrun with the ballcatch the ballspin the ballpass the ballthrow the ballbeginnerA: W hat’s your favorite ball sport?A: I like basketball. I really enjoy watching the NBA games on TV.B: who’s your favorite player?A: I don’t really hav e one but I support Huston.B: Do they have a good team?A: I think they do, but I’m biased. They have a good manager and a great coach. B: I can’t keep up with the game. The players play so quickly that I can har dly see what they are doing.A: I have the same problem. The players are really very skillful. I wish I could play that well.B: You play for an amateur team, don’t you?A: Y es, I do. We’re doing pretty well this season. We’ve won most of our games, but we’re not top of the league table.B: How many more games are there these seasons?A: W e’ve got four more games. I hope we can win a ll of them.IntermediateA: W hat’s the difference between football and rugby?B: T hose tow games are quite different. First, there’s the size of the teams. In football, a team has 11 players. In rugby there are 15 players on each team. The biggest difference is that in football, only the goalkeeper can use his hands. In rugby, the ball is usually carried forward by players, though kicking is permitted.A: In rugby, players pass the ball by throwing it to team mate s, don’t they?B: T hat’s right. However, players can only pass the ball backwards. They cannot pass the ball forwards to their team mates. That’s a foul.A: I know how goals are scored in football, but how about in rugby?B: If a team carries the ball over the goal line, they score points. A team can also score points by kicking the ball between two tall posts at each end of the pitch.A: there’s a lot more physical contact in rugby, isn’t there?B: Yes. Players usually need to bring a player down to stop him from moving forward with the bal l. This is called‖tackling‖, as in football.A: The ball is a differen t shape in rugby, isn’t it?B: Y es. It’s not perfectly round like a football. A rugby ball is oval in shape. There’s a match on TV this afternoon. Why don’t you watch it with me? I’ll try to explain the rules and ta ctics while we’re watching.A: Ok.A．Miss World beauties sing the Olympic Torch Relay songTom: Alice, did you hear that the Olympic Torch Relay Song is going to be released soon?Alice: Y eah, I read that the Light the Passion, Share the Dream song is really something. Some of the most beautiful women in the world joined together to sing it. They were taking part in the 57th Miss W orld Pageant. I can’t wait to hear it!Tom: Well, I’m sure it will sound great and everything, but I’m most eager to see those beautiful ladies sing it, if you know what I mean. I’m going to be one of the first to download the music video (MV).Alice: Somehow, that doesn’t surprise me about you, Tom. Will you girlfriend be jealous?Tom: Which one? …. Ha! Just kidding! Y es, she is a little jealous, but then I told her that she should have tried out for the Miss World Pageant and she felta little better.Alice: Do you know when the MV will be released?Tom: It’s supposed to debut during the finals of the 57th Miss World Pageant in Sanya, Hainan Province.Alice: That should be around the beginning of December, which means you’ll have to wait a little while longer.Tom: Don’t worry, I’ll be all right. My girlfriend has asked me to take her out to a fancy restaurant this weekend. Looking at her beautiful face for a couple of hours will help me survive until the Miss World Pageant finals.■Olympic Torch Relay Song: 奥运火炬接力歌曲。
