资料简介
Heroes
Lesson 3
Sports Stars
brilliant
skilful
awful
useless
compete
amazing
unusual
adj.
卓越的,辉煌的
adj.
灵巧的,熟练的
adj.
极度的,糟糕的
adj.
无用的,无效的
vi.
比赛,竞争
adj.
令人惊异的
adj.
不平常的
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champion
violence
bullet
career
keen
event
fortunately
athlete
n.
冠军
n.
暴力,暴行
n.
子弹
n.
职业,一生的事业
adj.
热心的,渴望的
n.
竞赛,事件
adv.
幸运地
n.
运动员
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Pass the Flame
Pass the Flame
Unite the WorldIt’ s time to celebrate let our voices be heardPass the Flame
Unite the worldBring us all together
We can grow a forestOn a dried up river bed
We can build a mountainFrom a grain sand
Reach out, hold out your hands(x2)Pass the Flame
Unite the World
It's time to celebrate let our voices be heard
Pass the Flame
Unite the worldBring us all together
Pass the FlameUnite the World (x5)
Reach out, hold out your hands(x2)Pass the Flame
Unite the worldPass the Flame
Unite the World (x5)
Who are your sporting heroes / heroines?
awful, boring, lazy, slow, terrible, useless, weak?
brilliant, fast, skilful, smart, strong, useful?
A: In my opinion, Ronaldo is a brilliant player. He is very fast and skilful.
B: I agree. I think he’s very smart.
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
They are sisters and both tennis champions.
Do you want to know more about them?
True or False
The two sisters plan to take up tennis career all their life.
In competitive matches the two sisters seldom played each other.
The two sisters have no common hobby except tennis.
4.In their childhood the people around Williams sisters often fought each other using guns.
5. Williams’ parents played an important part in their success.
6. The text refers to us the sisters’ father is good at tennis.
7. If one of them loses the game in their match, the other does the dishes.
8.The two sisters miss their childhood so they often go back to their hometown.
Guess the meaning of the following words according to the text.
champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, improve
Read to learn
Why are the sisters unusual?
2. What kind of background are they from?
3. Who helped them to succeed?
4. How do the two sisters get on at home?
Answer the following questions
Read the text again and answer the following questions.
1.Why are the sisters unusual?
They played each other in the final of a tennis tournament.
2. What kind of background are they from?
A poor background./ They lived in poor area of California, full of violence and drugs.
4. How do the two sisters get on
at home?
3. Who helped them to succeed?
Their father, Richard.
Their father, Richard.
They get on well.
Read the article again and suggest a title for the text.
Title
How to become a tennis star
Road to success
Tennis is my favorite sports
Tennis stars- Williams sisters
Add new information about the two sisters
Tennis stars- Williams sisters
Name
:
Venus Williams
Sex
:
female
Birthday :1980.07.17
Weight
:
72.7kg
Height
:
185cm
Nationality: America
Event
:
tennis
转入职业时间
1995
WTA
当前排名
3
迄今职业成绩
304
胜
69
负
迄今单打冠军
29
迄今双打冠军
10
2003
战绩
17
胜
3
负
迄今职业奖金总额
$ 12,462,628
征战法网纪录次数
6
单打最好成绩
2002
亚军
双打最好成绩
1999
冠军
转入职业时间
1995 WTA
当前排名
1
迄今职业成绩
224
胜
41
负 迄今单打冠军
22
迄今双打冠军
11 2003
战绩
23
胜
1
负 迄今职业奖金总额
$ 11,284,079
征战法网纪录 次数
4
单打最好成绩
2002
夺冠 双打最好成绩
1999
夺冠
Name
:
Serena Williams
Birthday
:
1981.09.28
Height
:
178cm
Weight
:
65.9kg
Nationality
:
America
Event
:
tennis
study design in college
the friendly sisters
The two sisters’ photo of childhood.
The topic of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
brief introduction
their childhood
training and study
achievement and friendly relationship
Voice your opinion
What are the advantages of being sports stars?
Language points
1. speak about
谈论
,
讲述
We couldn’t get him to
speak about
his war experiences.
我们无法让他
讲述
当年战争的经历。
2. interest
兴趣;可以和某些动词搭配
他对美术没有
兴趣
。
He has no
interest
in fine arts.
我已经失去了收集硬币的
兴趣
。
I’ve lost my
interest
in collecting coins.
客人们对这种新设计表示出极大的
兴趣
。
The guests showed great
interest
in the new design.
3. come to an end
结束
会议终于
结束
了。
The meeting
came to an end
at last.
4. amazing adj.
令人惊异的, 指物
amazed adj.
感到惊异的 , 指人
amaze vt.
使
…
惊异
The amazing
performance made me
amazed
.
形容词
动词
形容词
这种另人惊叹的表演让我吃惊。
The
amazing
performance
amazed
me.
1.
我们
谈谈
假期的打算好吗?
Can we
speak about
plans for the holidays?
2.
音乐和绘画是他生活中的两大
嗜好
。
His two
great interests
in life are music and painting.
3.
发现她在那,我
感到很吃惊
。
I
was amazed
to find her there.
翻译句子
Complete the following sentences, using the words from Exercise 2.
Bailey ____________ athletes half his
age and won at last.
2. Max’s success as a runner is really _______.
Vocabulary
has competed
amazing
4. Are you _____to play tennis this
afternoon?
5. Ben is a _________ tennis player.
He has never lost a match!
3. I broke my arm playing basketball but __________ it’s fine now.
fortunately
keen
champion
Language in Use
Choose a star. Make notes about the important achievements or events in his/her life, and the dates they happened. Don’t worry if you are not exact.
Grammar Presentation
Past Simple
and
Present Perfect
Since then, she has won Wimbledon and the US Open twice.
2.Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters?
Has
caused
has won
3.The sisters’ father, Richard, started
to train Venus and Serena
when they were young.
4.The first time Venus played in a big
tournament was in 1996.
started
played
1. something happened at a specific time in the past.
(b)
Match the tenses with the uses . We use
a
) the Present Perfect,
b
) the Past Simple when
2. the time of the action in the past is not given or known.
3. a past action has results in the present.
4. the past action is not linked with the
present.
(b)
(a)
(a)
Past Simple:
●
Past Simple to talk about finished
actions or past situations and habits.
He always phoned on Friday.
She climbed the stairs and went to her
room.
always phoned
climbed
went
Tottenham won their last match and they have now moved to the top of the league….
have
moved
Present Perfect:
●
Present Perfect to talk about a result
of something in the past that is still
obvious.
●
activities in the past but we don’t
know or not interested in exactly
when they happened.
We’ve played each other before.( it doesn’t matter exactly when they played each other.)
’ve played
She has already tidied her room. (at some time before now but we don’t know or care exactly when…)
has
tidied
We can use the following time adverbials with the Present Perfect:
before, ever, never, already
,
and
yet
(
already
in statements, and
yet
in questions and negative sentences).
I haven’t been to Spain before.
I’ve already had lunch.
Have you ever been abroad?
Have you had lunch yet?
We’ve never met him.
I haven’t had lunch yet.
before
already
ever
yet
never
yet
Compare the sentences
Venus and Serena have played each other before.
have played
(
It’s important that in the past they played each other but it is not important when this
happened
.
)
Venus and Serena played each other in June 1999.
played
(
We know precisely when this happened
.
)
Look at the dialogue below and complete
the rule with
already
or
yet
.
A: Has Serena won Wimbledon yet?
B: No, she hasn’t won it yet.
A: Has she won the US Open yet?
B: Yes, she has already won it.
yet
already
yet
yet
We use _______ in affirmative
sentences.
b) We use_____ in questions and
negative sentences.
already
yet
---____ leave at the end of this month.
---I don’t think you should do that until ____ another job.
A. I’m going to; you’d found
B. I’m going to; you’ve found
C. I’ll; you’ll find
D. I’ll; you’d find
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Although medical science ____ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning.
A. achieved B. has achieved
C. will achieve D. had achieved
My friend, who ____ on the International Olympic Committee all his life, is retiring next month.
A. served B. is serving
C. had served D. has served
Danny _____ hard for long to realize his dream and now he is popular.
A. works B. is working
C. has worked D. worked
-- _____ you ______ him around the museum yet?
--
Yes. We had a great time there.
A. Have
…
shown B. Do
…
show
C. Had
…
shown D. Did
…
show
Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she _____ English for a year.
A. studies B. studied
C. is studying
D. has been studying
—
I have got a headache.
—
No wonder. You
in front of that computer too long.
A. work B. are working
C. have been working D. worked
The unemployment rate in this district
_________ from 6% to 5% in the past two years.
A
.
has fallen B
.
had fallen
C
.
is falling D
.
was falling
Do Exercises 10, 11 and 12.
Homework
Thank you!
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