1. What sports do people play in China? 2. Do you like sports? 3. What sports do you play?

Dialogues Drills Activities

New Beijing, Great Olympics Dialogues A New Beijing, Great Olympics (On July 13, 2001,Wang Dong met Li Hong at the school gate.) Wang: Good news! The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008. Li: We won at last! Wang: Do you know the Olympic motto? Li: Yes, it’s “faster, higher, stronger”. Wang: It means that every athlete should try to run faster, jump higher and throw further. Li: They do their best to win medals. Wang: The track and field are the heart of Olympics. Some events take place on a track, but some on city roads.

A Dialogues Li: Do you mean the marathon? Wang: Yes, and the athletes have to run 42 km without stopping. Li: They need not only speed but also endurance.

athlete： sportsman

medal：

thing that happens, esp. sth. important event： thing that happens, esp. sth. important

state or power of enduring endurance： state or power of enduring

B Dialogues A Soccer Match (David and Li Ming went to an international soccer match.) David: The first half has already started. We are late. Li: It doesn’t matter. We’ve lost only five minutes. Look, the Korea team is in red and the Japanese team is in white. David: Do you mean the R.O. Korea team? Both teams are playing very well. (They watched the match and cheered for both sides.) Li: What’s the time now, David? David: There are two minutes to go by my watch. The score is still zero to zero. Li: Look, number 9 has got the ball. He is just coming by. B

David: He is going to shoot! Come on! Li: Come on! Shoot! David: It’s a goal! Li: What a goal! Have you ever seen a better goal than that one? David: Great! He is the best player on the field. Li: They’ve got only 40 seconds, but they’ve done it! Listen, the game is over and they’ve won the first half 1 to 0. David: The Japanese team is not bad. I think they will score during the second half.

soccer： football

matter： be important

team： group

number of points made by both players or teams in a game score： number of points made by both players or teams in a game

to try to kick the ball into the goal shoot： to try to kick the ball into the goal

goal：

Drills We went to an international soccer match a boxing match a basketball game a swimming meet last night.

Drills match. fight. game. It was a good meet. zero to zero (0:0). five to two (5:2). three all (3:3). four nothing (4:0). The score was

Activities Look at the pictures in your TEXTBOOK. Can you name the sports? 2. Memorize the names of the sports. Act out the sports in mime.