1. Sports

2. Lead in Questions Do you like sports , why do you like ?
Do you know the national sports of some countries?
Name some sports that Chinese and western people prefer. Are there any different preferences?

3. proverb :
Life lies in sports. 生命在于运动
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作不玩耍，聪明杰克也变傻！
Function: live happily; keep healthy, feel good; keep fit, release stress

4. National sports in different countries :
China: table tennis ( Chinese people are flexible and smart)
Brazil : football (soccer)
Australia: swimming ( wonderful beaches and hot climate )
Thailand: fly kites
Hawaii: surfing (the pacific ocean huge waves / ride waves)
Switzerland : climb mountains hiking( wonderful mountains )
Japan : Judo
Korea: taekwondo

5. Chinese & Western Sports

6. Traditional Chinese sports
Cuju, a primitive soccer 蹴鞠
Wrestling, dancing, chess playing,
Horse racing 赛马
Dragon-boat racing 赛龙舟
Swing 荡秋千

8. Entertainment Sports

9. Ethnic sports Archery 射箭 Hunting 打猎 Wrestling 摔跤 Tug of war拔河比赛
Throwing of coloured silk balls 抛绣球
See-sawing jumping 跷跷板
Walking on stilts 踩高跷
Whipping tops 抽陀螺

11. The American people are very crazy about their Sports

12. Baseball
Ice hockey
American football
Soccer
Basketball

13. Baseball

14. Baseball------the national pastime
Began as early as 1790 and became the official sport in America by the 1850’s
Played by all ages in both the US, Cuba, and Japan
It is a game between two teams of 9 people. One team trying to gain points by hitting a ball and running around the field, the other tries to stop them by catching the ball and throwing it.

15. Basketball

16. American Football

17. Ice Hockey

18. Car Racing and Boxing

19. Can you make a comparison between Chinese and western sports?

20. Comparison between Chinese and western sports
Competitive
Individualized purpose
The spirit of going beyond
physical
Dynamic
Tight costumes
Open & extroverted
Competitive & profit-oriented
The unity of physical beauty and intelligence
Strength, muscle
Rules, fairness
Likeness in form (scientific in regulation; equipment; ground)
entertaining
Holistic purpose
The principle of harmony
Spiritual
Static
Costume: loose
Closed & Introverted
part of moral education
Not attached importance to (“six arts”)
Keeping healthy
Harmony
Likeness in spirit (no strict rules)

21. Group task Work in groups: recruit for sports meeting:
Directions: Sports meeting is coming, are you ready to enter for it ?
Situations: Suppose you are ready to join in some activities in sports meeting , you want to know some activities ( such as rope skipping; taichi; table tennis; basketball, cock-shuttle etc. )in Whpu sports meeting , some rulers about the activities and some awards etc. You have been practicing some sports for a long time .Now you are ready to sign in for the sports meeting.
Roles : Organizers(1-2ss): introduce some activities in sports meeting and rules as well as benefits ,encourage every one in your group to join in Players(3-4): ask some rules and introduce your strengths in some sports and perform to organizers , also talk about your goal in the sports meeting. ( every one must join in at least one activity )

22. Thank You!