Lesson 3 Sports Stars

Pass the Flame Unite the World It’ s time to celebrate let our voices be heard Pass the Flame Unite the world Bring us all together

We can grow a forest On a dried up river bed We can build a mountain From 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 world Bring us all together Pass the Flame Unite the World (x5)

Reach out, hold out your hands(x2) Pass the Flame Unite the world Pass 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 1.The two sisters plan to take up tennis career all their life. 2.In competitive matches the two sisters seldom played each other. 3.The two sisters have no common hobby except tennis.

4.In their childhood the people around Williams sisters often fought each other using gun. 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

1.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

1.Why are the sisters unusual? Read the text again and answer the following questions. 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. 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 : 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 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 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 ： 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 paragragh Para1 Para2 Para3 para4 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 He has no interest in fine arts. 他对美术没有兴趣。

I’ve lost my interest in collecting coins. 我已经失去了收集硬币的兴趣。 The guests showed great interest in the new design. 客人们对这种新设计表示出极大的兴 趣。

3.come to an end The meeting came to an end at last. 结束 会议终于结束了。

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.

Complete the following sentences, using the words from Exercise 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 1.Since then, she has won Wimbledon and the US Open twice. 2.Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters? Hascaused 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 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 climbedwent

Tottenham won their last match and they have now moved to the top of the league…. havemoved 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 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 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

a)We use ______ in affirmative sentences. b) We use_______ in questions and negative sentences. already yet

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