Module 5 The Great Sports Personality Module 5 Life in sports 六十六中学 穆英

Can you name more names of the sports ？ Revision

athletics Can you name more names of the sports ？

badminton baseball

boxinggolf

rugbyfootballsoccer

rings balance beam floor/free exercises gymnastics

Look at these photos. Say who the people are and which sports they play. Questions

Den Ya Ping table tennis

basketball Yao Ming

football Beckham （ soccer ）

Guo Jingjing dive

What can you see in the photo 1.What is the name of this gymnast? 2.What is the sportsman doing? 3. What else do you know about him? Pre-reading

While- reading 1.Had Li Ning achieved great success before he retired? Give some examples.(para1) Read the text quickly and answer the following questions 2.What did he do after he retired from the sport? What do you know about his logo(para2) 3.Do Li Ning’s sports clothes sell well? Why? (para3-4 ) 4.What has Li Ning discovered? What has Li Ning continued to do since he opened a school for gymnasts (para5)

1.Had Li Ning achieved great success before he retired? Give some examples. When he retired at the age of 26, he had won 106 gold medals in major competitions across the world. They included six out of seven gold medals at the 1982 World Championship, and three at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles( as well as two silver and a bronze. )

2. What did he do after he retired from the sport? What do you know about his logo(para2 ) A year after his retirement, Li Ning began a new career---- as a businessman. He decided to launch a new brand of sportswear, competing with global giants like Nike and Adidas.

It is made up of the first two pinyin letters of Li Ning’s name, L and N. 2.What does it mean? slogan It means anything is possible. 1.What are the two pinyin letters that the bright red logo is made up of ?

3.Do Li Ning’s sports clothes sell well? Why? （ para3-4 ） In just a few years, Li Ning won more than fifty per cent of the national market. Today a Li Ning product is purchased every ten seconds. Because Li Ning’s designs were attractive, and they had a major advantage over their better— known rivals----- they were cheaper.

4.What has Li Ning discovered? What has Li Ning continued to do since he opened a school for gymnasts (para5) Li Ning has discovered that the work of a great sportsman does not finish when he retires from the sport. It starts. He has continued to help young people to achieve their sporting ambitions

Won 3 at the Olympics in Los Angeles He was disappointed because he had not performed well in the Seoul Olympics When he retired, he had won 106 gold medals in major competitions LI Ning began a new career---as a businessman

Match the main ideas of each paragraph. ____A.Several elements guaranteed Li Ning’s success. ____B.Li Ning’s sports life was very successful. ____C.Li Ning decided to continue his work for sport. ____D.Li Ning products are very successful now. ____E.Li Ning launched a new brand of sportswear after he retired

1. Li Ning won ____medals at 1982 World Championship and at the 1984 Olympics. A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12 C Post-reading

2. If Li Ning product costs you 200 yuan, a similar Nike product could cost up to ____yuan. A. 100 B.200 C. 500 D.1000 D A pair of Nike trainers,for example, could cost up to five times as much as a similar Li Ning product. (para3)

3. How many Li Ning’s products can be purchased in 10 minutes ? As many as ____. A.60 B.6 C.10 D.600 A （ para 4)

1.He was not happy with his results at the Seoul Olympics. 2. He got a new job working for Nike sportswear. 3. He chose the name of his sportswear company carefully. Read the passage and check the true statements.

4. Li Ning clothes are worn by the national teams of France and Italy. 5. In1991 he opened a school with Pele and Muhammad Ali. 6. He wants to help children become good at sport.

Homework 1.Practise reading the whole text. 2. Write a passage about a sportsman you like.