Unit2 Sporting events

Football Swimming Tennis Diving Weightlifting Boxing 3

Athletics Gymnastics Shooting Fencing Archery Tae kwon do 4

Project Making a speech about sport

Fast reading NO According to the 4 headings，think actively. Do Olympic sports events always stay the same？ NO Does it take time and efforts for a new sport to be approved by the ICO？ NOT SURE Must a new sport meet some requirements before it is added to the Olympics？ YES

Read: Part 1: What requirements must be met before a sport can be considered by the IOC? ◆A sport must have ◆ A sport should be practised by ◆ must be dropped. its own international association. * in at least countries on at least four . men 75 continents * in at least countries on at least continents women 40 three A present sport

Listening: Parts 2 - 3 1.What sports have been removed from the Olympics? Why? 2.What sport has been added recently? When? 3.What other sports will be included again?

Part 2 1) What sports have been removed from the Olympics? Why? baseball power boating Because these sports became less popular and had to make way for new, more popular sports.

Part 3 2)What sport has been added recently? When? Tae kwon do, in 2000.

Part 3 3) What other sports will be included again? rugby golf Because they are now very popular and are played all over the world.

T F Part 4 Wushu, a traditional Chinese sport, is a fighting sport. True or False Wushu, a traditional Chinese sport, is a fighting sport. Wushu will never be approved by the ICO in the future, because they have to consider the balance of the sport. T F

Match the process : Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: A current sport is dropped. A new sport is added. Step 1: Step 2: meet at least 3 requirements 理解完课文后，和学生一起总结加入奥运会的一些过程。 Considered and approved by the IOC Step 3:

1._________ to be met Having its own international 2._________. Being 3._________by men in at least 75 countries on four 4._________. 5._________a current sport to keep the Olympics under 6. _________. Present 7._________ of sports Some have been 8._________ from the Olympics. Some have been 9.________ only recently. Others are still trying to get into the Olympics. In short, it can be a long 10._________. Requirements association practiced continents Dropping control removed situation added process

At present, some have been…… some…… and others are…… According to the chart , retell the whole text It can be a long process to … First, … meet many requirements like...and then ...considered and approved by…At the same time … be out At present, some have been…… some…… and others are……

What else is important in matches too? ？ Winning everything What else is important in matches too?

Eagles , Kangaroos and Bears. Fast Reading Find the 3 teams and 2 important matches mentioned in the story 3 teams are mentioned: 2 matches are referred to: The first match : The second match: Eagles , Kangaroos and Bears. Eagles VS Kangaroos Kangaroos VS Bears

Eagles Kangaroos Matches Why won or lost Final results VS kangaroos VS Bears Attitudes towards the failure Tournament 1 Tournament 2 The Eagle’s captain ___________and then kicked it and then scored. The referee ____. The eagles won. Being beaten by Kangaroos and out. Complain. Bitter and angry. Losing the next match and out. (negative) A ball hit the Kangaroos’ captain’s arm ____, he stopped and____. The Kangaroos lost. Runner-up（亚军） Gaining friendship, respect and honor. Losing the match to Eagles and out. Work harder. Proud. (positive)

Extension How can you understand the title ? What can you learn from the Kangaroos? We can find something more precious than winning —— friendship, honour respect and fair play. That’s the spirit of sport. Life is like a match. You are always competing with others and yourself. Winning of course is very important, but it doesn’t mean everything. Spare no effort to prepare for it ,always play fair, face difficulties bravely and learn from your mistakes or failures, you will better yourself and finally live your life.

Language Points

meet/ satisfy one's requirements 2. keep… under control 3. add/ remove /drop / approve the sport 4. make way for 5. in order for sb/sth to do 6. apply to do 7. be connected with 8. consider doing sth 9. hope for sth 10. blow the whistle 11. keep a close watch on 12. the rest of one’s lives 13. pass /kick /knock the ball 14. by accident 15. on purpose

Sentence structure: 1. The goal should not have counted. ( but the goal counted.) He should have worked hard. ( but he didn’t.) He didn’t pass the exam, because he didn’t work hard. (他原本应该通过考试的), but he didn’t work hard. 他没有通过考试，他原本应该努力学习的。 He didn’t pass the exam. He . 2. The Eagles went home, angry and bitter. I came into the classroom, . (紧张又兴奋) I got home, . (又累又饿) He should have passed the exam should have worked hard nervous and excited tired and hungry

Control: Way: beyond control 无法掌握，无法控制 in control of 管理 in the control of 被……控制/管理 lose control of 无法控制,对……失去控制 out of control 不受控制,失去控制 take control of 控制,管理 no way 没门，不行 in a way 从某种意义上说 in the/one’s way 挡路 on the way 在路上，进行中 Way:

P.s: Useful expressions in the match: end up in a tie 以平局告终 win/ lose the match by a score of …to… 以…比分赢得/输了比赛 beat/ defeat the opponent by a score of … 以…比分打败/ 击败对手

Homework Revise phrases and sentence structure listed on the paper . Consult your dictionary to find the usage of these words: require, enter , count, approve , score