北师大版《初中英语》八年级上册 Unit 1 Television Lesson 3 The Big Game 第一课时

Warm-up What sports do you like to watch?

Warm-up Can you Describe your favourite sports show? My favourite sports show is named BASKETBALL CHANNEL on CCTV5. I like watching NBA and CBA. Example

New words Talk about the pictures or videos. What is the football player doing? He is kicking the ball in the field. He scores a goal.

New words Talk about the pictures or videos. What is the basketball player doing? He is making the basket and he gets two points.

New words Talk about the pictures or videos. What’s the matter? The player fouls. It’s a foul and it’s a bad call.

New words Talk about the pictures or videos. What is Li Na doing? She is hitting the ball in the court.

Pre-reading Can you guess what these three dialogues are about?

While-reading Can you match each dialogue with the correct picture? Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 Dialogue 3

While-reading Write the correct names in each blank. 1. hurt his foot. 2. scores a goal. 3. fouls when he tries to make a basket. 4. hits the ball to back of the court. Hill McCall Wilson Chambers

Post-reading Read aloud after the tape, please. A: Look at the speed of Hill as he runs down the field with the ball. Can you believe that? He ’ s extremely fit this season. Do you agree? B: Certainly! And think about this. His foot was hurt last year and he was out for two months. It ’ s just fantastic! A: And he passes the ball to McCall and … IT ’ S A GOAL! B: Wow ！ What a great kick! It was perfect. C: … Wilson is going to make a basket and … IT ’ S IN! That ’ s another two points for … just wait … It ’ s a foul? Are you kidding me? D: Right you are, Dan. That was a bad call. It was clearly a basket but now the Lions will not get those two points. As you can hear, their fans also think it was a terrible call. C: What a shame! They should complain about that one … E: And there they go! Chambers hits the ball to the back of the court. Lister is running … F: Look at that speed! She is really in top form today. E: And it ’ s back to Chambers. She ’ s also in top form. F: How exciting! This is going to be a great match.

Post-reading Talk about a game that you have watched with your partner.

Homework Write a passage about a game that you have watched.