1. 人教修订版
高中三年级(上)
Unit 1

2. Integrating Skills (Ⅰ)

3. Lead- in Extreme Sports
Bungee jumping is an activity in which a person jumps off from a high place (generally of several hundred feet/meters) with one end of an elastic cord attached to his/her body or ankles

4. and the other end tied to the jumping-off point
and the other end tied to the jumping-off point. When the person jumps, the cord will stretch to take up the energy of the fall, then the jumper will fly upwards as the cord snaps back. The jumper oscillates up and down until the initial energy of the jump is dissipated.

5. Mountain biking (Mountain bicycling)
is a form of offroad cycling which uses very sturdy bicycles (the mountain bike or cross-country bike) with (usually) straight handlebars and wide tires. It encompasses both competitive bicycle racing and purely recreational cycling.

6. Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or interacting with a skateboard. Someone who skateboards is a skater (or skateboarder or most fully skateboard rider). Like roller skating, skateboarding is often done for

7. recreation and as a sport, but, more often than ice skating, it is a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been thought of by many as part of the extreme sports family.

8. Questions 1. What do these sports have in common?
All of them are exciting and thrilling.
They need not only courage but also skills.
2. Who are more interested in these sports?
Young people are more interested in these sports.

9. The Definition of Extreme Sports:
Extreme sports center on the joy of doing something that you did not think you could do and overcoming your fears.

10. Extreme sports are most often pursued by young adults who wish to push their own limits of fear and physical ability, and in doing so, also help to push the limits of their sport as a whole.

11. Fast reading
On weekends what do Lin Yong and his friends usually do after finishing their homework?
They will go to the park to do skateboarding.

12. 2. When and how did they come up with the idea to build the ramp?
Three years ago after watching a skateboarding competition on TV.
3. What is their skateboarding club called?
Fun On Wheels.

13. 4. What is the goal of a skateboarding “ competition”?
The goal is to have fun and enjoy the excitement of trying something new.
5. Is the sport too dangerous in their opinion?

14. No, they don’t think so. Because they all wear helmets and other equipment to protect themselves. They don’t let anyone try a dangerous trick unless they are sure that they are skilled enough to perform it safely.

15. Explanation
1.Then my mind becomes clear and I concentrate on the way my body moves in the air.
　 1）concentrate on/upon意为“把……集中在……上，全神贯注于”。e.g.
　 You must concentrate on what you are doing.

16. 2）the way 作先行词，后面的定语从句可以由in which或that（也可省略）引导。e.g.
　 I don’t like the way (that/in which) you laugh at her.
　 The way (that/in which) he answered the questions was surprising.

17. 2.Watching Lin Yong and his friends fly
through the air makes you wonder
whether the sport is not too dangerous.
1)动词-ing在句中作主语时，常表示一个泛指的、抽象的动作，谓语动词常用单数形式。动词不定式也可以在句中作主语，但多表示具体的、一次性的动作。

18. e.g.
Using the right hand to shake hands is a custom in many countries.
　To learn a foreign language well is not easy.

19. 2）动词-ing作主语，常用于It’s no use/good doing... 和There is no doing...句型中。
It is no good learning without practice.
There is no littering about.

20. Careful reading Suggested answers to Ex 1 on Page 8
360 means making a circle in the air.
“Hang ten” means “ to fly in the air
with one’s feet on the board”.
2. Many extreme sports are about
beauty, harmony and thrills. They do

21. not have rules about winning and losing.
The goal is to have fun and enjoy the
excitement of trying something new.
3. ‘X-factor ” means the pure joy of
doing something that you did not think
you could do and overcoming your
fears.

22. 4. Helmets, wristlets, kneecaps,
and so on.
5. They like the feeling, the
excitement and the thrill that
extreme sports bring.

23. Homework
Write some sentences to describe people using the adjectives in the exercise books.