Unit 6 Sports Events and Outdoor Activities

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Session 2 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage I

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Passage I The Triathlon’s Great Attraction

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 1. What is your favorite sport? Give your reasons. Warm-up questions

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 2. Do you know anything about triathlon? Warm-up questions

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage The Triathlon’s Great Attraction

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading comprehension Fill in the blanks with the information about Melanie Sears.

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Information about Melanie Sears Name: ______________ Age: _______ Sex: ___________ Sport item: ___________ Motivation for triathlon: ____________________________________. Melanie Sears 17 Female Triathlon It is a great fun and all efforts are worth it Reading comprehension

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Information about Melanie Sears Achievement at 14: _________________ _______________________________ Reasons for failure in National Championship: ___________________ Weakness of the three items: _________ Big trouble faced: _____________________________ Winning the junior section in her first triathlon match Took the wrong way Cycling No one of her age to train with Reading comprehension

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 her personal ideas about triathlon her parents’ opinion about triathlon her first match in triathlon the reason of her failure in the National Championship her performance in the European Championship Reading comprehension Role-play a TV sports talk show with Melanie Sears. Ask Melanie Sears the following questions:

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 2. Thank you, and hello, everyone. 3. …… 4. …… Reading comprehension The talk could start like this: 1. Hello, everybody. Today we are very pleased to be able to have Miss Melanie Sears with us. Welcome to the Sports Talk Show, Melanie.

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Useful words and expressions a. promise to do: be likely to do; have the chance to do 这座新的摩天大厦将成为本市最高的建筑。 (skyscraper, promise to be ） This new skyscraper promises to be the highest building in the city. Key:

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 b. be worth (doing) sth.: having a certain value of doing sth. 我认为这项工作值得我们花时间和精力去做。 I think the work is worth the time and energy we spent. Key: Useful words and expressions

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 c. end up doing sth.: complete sth.; with the result of Having different opinions about the matter, ________ ( 结果我们激烈争论 起来 ). we end up debating heatedly Useful words and expressions

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 d. all the way: in the whole course of…; during 来不及了，看 来我得一路跑 着去学校了。 Useful words and expressions It’s late. It seems that I have to run all the way to school.

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 e. be tempted to do: be attracted to do 很多学生被网络游戏所吸引。 Many students are tempted to play the games online. Useful words and expressions Key:

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 f. sooner or later: in the end 他们迟早会认识到保护环境的重要性。 (realize, protect environment) They will realize the importance of protecting the environment sooner or later. Useful words and expressions Key:

Unit 6 New Practical English 1 1. Recite the first paragraph of Passage I. 2. Preview Passage II and the exercises.