Unit 2 This year we are training more carefully.

Deng Yaping table tennis player She can play table tennis very well.

They are fans of Deng Yaping. They are in a fans club. Lots of fans cheered her on louldly in the stadium.

She is short. But she trains more carefully than others. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

They train hard. Now let’s enjoy a picture to see another team. They also trained very hard.

team play against beat lost to fan club cheer…on coach Pleased 满意的

Listen and do the exercises. (1) I am going to school to _________. A. study lessons B. have a party C. play football D. play basketball (2)It is more difficult to practice in _______. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

1 、 Why is Daming going to school on Saturday? 2.Why did they lost to the other team? 3 、 How does the team practise this year? Step 2 Reading 1.Skimming 略读 He is going to school to play football. This year they are training more carefully. Last year they were sometimes careless when they passed the ball.

Read the passage and complete the table. WhatWhy 1. We arrive __________________. 2.We are training ______ than ______. 3.It is ____________ to practise in winter. 4. Our coach is ______. as early as we can harderusual more difficult pleased We have time to warm up 热身. The other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better. The days are short and the weather is cold. We are playing better as a team now Careful reading 仔细阅读

Unit 2 This year we are training more carefully. Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it. Moore 胜利是不会向我 走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 —— 美国女诗人穆尔 ·M

新单词 beat careless coach against train practice warm usual better pleased pass chance loudly pity 打败，战胜 粗心的 教练 对 训练，操练 练习 使暖和 通常的，平常的 更好地 开心的 传递 机会 大声地 可惜，遗憾

读一读 play against arrive as early as we can warm up so that train harder than usual after-school pass the ball lost to What a pity! a chance of winning fan club cheer us on loudly

将以下句子翻译成英文，如不能，请在书中找出对应句子。 1. 下周我们要和另一所学校比赛。 We are going to play against another school next week. 2. 我们都尽早来到学校，以便有时间做热身运动。 We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. 3. 我们比平常训练得更努力。 We are training harder than usual. 4. 去年另一个队打败了我们。 The other team beat us last year.

5. 冬天练习会更加困难。 It’s more difficult to practise in winter. 6. 所以课后练习不要迟到是很重要的。 So it is important not to be late for after-school practice. It’s + 形 + to do sth It’s + 形 + not to do sth 7. 去年我们传球时比较粗心，所以决赛中输给了另一队。 Last year we were sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. 8. 那意味着我们有更好的机会赢得比赛 That means we have a better chance of winning.

9. 今年球迷俱乐部人少了很多。 The fan club has fewer people this people this year. 10. 身边有球迷感觉很好。 It’s good to have ours fans around. 11. 他们为我们大声喝彩，我们更有信心赢得比赛。 They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to win the game. It’s + 形 + to do sth

It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better.

Put the words in the box into pairs with opposite meanings. badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy late quickly slowly well badly — well 4.

carefully — difficult — early — quickly — carelessly easy late slowly

Complete the passage with the words in the box. against chance coach practice short usual We all know (1)_______ makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are (2) ______ and it is cold. practice short 3. Reading after the tape The term is training harder than (3) _____. Their (4) ______ is pleased with them. They are going to play (5) ______ a team from another school next week, and they have a good (6) ______ of winning. usual coach against chance