北师大版高中英语必修1 Lesson 3 Sports Stars

Lesson 3 Sports Stars Vocabulary & Reading

Grand Slam Tournaments 大满贯 Grand Slam Tournaments Chinese name English name Date Court 澳网 法网 温网 美网 Australian Open Mid Jan. Hard court French Open May/ June Clay Wimbledon According to your knowledge, who is famous in this field? Who has won 17 championships in the grand slam tournaments. June/ July Grass US Open Aug./ Sep. Hard court

Do you know these athletes? What kind of sport do they participate in?

Let’s have a look at her past records.

Grand Slam Singles Results Year Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open 1998 2ND 4TH 3RD 1999 - WON 2000 SF QF 2001 RUP 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 1ST 2013 She has won 17 championships in the grand slam tournaments. She is a real legend in the sports world. She is called Serena Williams. There is one competitor that she fears most, her sister, Venus, who is also a tennis star. Today, we are going to learn the story of this pair of tennis sisters.

“The Williams take them all”

Serena Williams Venus Williams

1st reading: suggest a title for the passage The Champion Sisters

2nd reading: head each paragraph. brief introduction their background their training and study their achievements

3rd reading : design a chart of the two sisters to get familiar with the details of them. Names: _______ Nationality: ________ Career:________ Ranking: Venus:____ Serena:____ Hobby: Relationship: Childhood experiences: Training experiences: Education background: Achievements:

Nationality: ________ Career:________ Ranking: Venus:____ Serena:____ Venus & Serena Williams Names: _______ Nationality: ________ Career:________ Ranking: Venus:____ Serena:____ Hobby: Both of them ______ design. Relationship: They get on _____ at home. Childhood experiences: 1) They were born in ____ area full of ___. 2) When they were practising tennis, they had to _______________. 3) Since they moved away, they _______. Training experiences: 1) Their father started to train them when_. 2) He has _____________ them, training them hard to ____________________each other. Education background: 1) Their mother taught them _____until they ________high school. 2) Today , they _________________ at college. Achievements: 1) Since 1996, Venus has won ______________________ twice. 2) In 1999 & 2002, Serena won _________, and in 2002 and 2003m she was ______________. American tennis player 11th express a keen interest in 3rd drugs &violence well a poor & dangerous run and hide. have never looked back they were young children been very strict with compete against at home completed are studying design Wimbledon & the US Open the US Open the women’s singles champions

memory test Arrange the following events in order c b a d a. Venus first played in a big event in 1996. b. The sisters and their family moved to a safer area. c. The sisters were practicing on a local tennis court and they had to protect themselves from bullets. d. Serena won the women’s singles champion at Wimbledon. _____________________________________ c b a d

Locate these key words while reading and guess their meaning according to the context champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, improve

Have a try Meaning: Time for going to toilet The company flies 19-passenger planes with the seats removed. Each flight holds up to 50 pets in carrier. They get “potty breaks” before and after the flights. Meaning: Time for going to toilet

Reading strategies: working out meaning Step 1 To find the word/phrase in the text Step 2 To identify the word class Step 3 To think about the context Step 4 To work out its meaning

They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other! Finally, in 1991, the sisters and their family moved to a safer area and since then they have never looked back. He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each other. They have already expressed a keen interest in working in design after their tennis careers come to an end. The sisters’ road to success has been amazing

Brandi, the sisters’ mother, taught her daughters at home so that they completed their high school while developing their tennis careers. The first time Venus played in a big event was in 1996. Serena has continued to improve and make fantastic progress

_______wanting to do something very much Match the words or phrases with their definitions. _______wanting to do something very much _______ a person, team etc that wins a competition, especially in sport _________to become better, or to make something better _________ happening because of good luck __________ to prepare for a sports event by exercising and practicing keen champion improve A. pan C. plastic bottle fortunately train

come to an end compete against amazing 6. _______________ very good, especially in an unexpected way 7.____________________to be interested in 8. _______________ to be finished 9. __________________ to get better 10. _________________ to try to gain something and stop someone else from having it 11. ____________________to think about something that happened in the past express an interest in come to an end make progress compete against look back

Consolidation be keen on be keen to do sth have show an interest in express take Consolidation Suo shows a special interest in drawing. be keen on be keen to do sth Shi Xinyue is learning French, and she is keen to go to France someday.

Consolidation v. come to an end The military training finally came to an end but it was unforgettable.

She is running at an amazing speed. Consolidation amazing She is running at an amazing speed. What a day! fortunately Ding Han hurt his arm when playing basketball, but fortunately his bone was not broken.

Consolidation Gu’s English is improving day by day. improve / make progress Gu’s English is improving day by day. Gu is making rapid progress in learning English.

Consolidation compete against They are competing against each other in order to win the gold medal.

The drillmaster trained us strictly. Consolidation v. The drillmaster trained us strictly.

4. Some wines ________ with age. Fill in the blanks with the new words 1. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is _______. We are proud of it. 2. Mary is out of hospital and ______ to get back to work. She can’t wait. 3. These dogs are ______ to discover drugs. They will start to work soon. 4. Some wines ________ with age. 5. World War II _____________ in 1945. 6. A robbery with ________ happened in this street last night. amazing keen trained improve came to an end violence

Voice your opinion Would you like to be sports star? List your ideas. Work in groups of six to discuss. Would you like to be sports star? List your ideas.

Competition rules One chance One point A whole sentence To be a good listener

possible aspects to think about Group work possible aspects to think about Advantages: Disadvantages: fame (famous/popular…) wealth 3. more chances to do… 4. … 1. lack (education…) 2. have no (privacy …) 3. after their career come to an end (jobless)… 4. ... money health social relationship

no pains, no gains. You’re going to reap just what you sow. You get out of it what you put into it. 一分耕耘，一分收获 no pains, no gains.

★ Do not just list points Assignment Write a short passage Topic: What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a sports star? ★ No less than 100 words ★ Do not just list points

Thank You!