3. Lesson 3
Sports Stars

4. diver
110-meter hurdle race
Sports
Stars
gymnastic

5. Who are your sporting heroes / heroines?
brilliant skillful fast smart useful strong
Who are the sport stars you don’t like ?
awful, boring, lazy, slow,
terrible, useless, weak

6. A: In my opinion, Ronaldo is a brilliant football player
A: In my opinion, Ronaldo is a brilliant football player. He is very fast and skilful.
B: I agree. I think he’s very smart.

7. They are sisters and both tennis champions. Venus Williams (大威)
Serena Williams（小威）
Venus Williams (大威)

8. Venus and Serena showed the Olympic gold
medals that they won in women‘s doubles。

9. Fast-reading their background Para1 Para2
Champion Sisters
BEST title:________________________________________________
A. the Training Life B. Training and Studying
C. Champion Sisters D. the Background of Two Sisters
their background
Para1
Para2
Para3
para4
Achievements（成就） and friendly relationship
brief introduction
training and study

10. True or False In matches the two sisters seldom played each other.
2.The two sisters miss their childhood so they often go back to their hometown.
3.The two sisters plan to take up tennis career all their life.
4. They both have won Wimbledon and the US Open .

11. study design in college

12. Read to learn
Underline the following words and guess the meaning of them according to the text.
champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, improve

13. Read the text again and answer the following questions
careful-reading
Read the text again and answer the following questions
What do the two sisters rank(排名) in the world according to the text?
Why are the sisters unusual?
3. What kind of background are they from?
4. Who helped them to succeed?
5. How did they complete their high school ?
6. What’s Serena’s achievements in her career?
7. How many times did Venus won Wembeldon and US Open?
8. How do the two sisters get on at home?
team work

14. What do the two sisters rank in the world according to the text?
Venus is now eleventh in the world,and her younger sister has move up to three.
2.Why are the sisters unusual?
They are both tennis champions who often play each other.
3. What kind of background are they from?
A poor background./ They lived in poor area of California, full of violence and drugs.

15. 4.Who helped them to succeed?
Their father , Richard
5.How did they complete their high school ?
Their mother taught them at home so that they completed high school while developing their tennis careers .

16. 6.What’s Serena’s achievements in her career?
Serena has continued to improve and make fantastic progress . In 1999 and 2002, she won the US Open, and in 2002 and 2003, she was the women’s singles champion at Wimbledon.
7.How many times did Venus won Wembeldon and US Open？
Twice
8. How do the two sisters get on
at home?
They get on very well .

17. Match the Key Words with the explanations.
person who wins the first
place in a match.
come to an end
keen
luckily
finish,be over
champion
try to win by defeating
(击败）others
fortunately
compete against
(of feeling) strong, deep ,eager
look back
give one’s attention to
think of the past
express an interest in

18. Fill the blanks by using the key words.
Consolidation:
Fill the blanks by using the key words.
champions
Venus and Serena Williams are sister__________ and often _______________each other .
However,they were born in a poor and dangerous area. Finally,they moved to a safer place and never _________ .
When they were children, their father started to _________them and has always been________with them.　　
compete against
looked back
trained
strict
champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, improve,strict

19. expess a keen interest in
Today,both sisters are studying design at college. They have already _________________ working in design after their career ______________.
The sisters’ road to success has been________. They has continued to________and ______ fantastic _______.
And, _________,tennis has never caused problems between them.
expess a keen interest in
come to an end
amazing
develop
make
progress
fortunately
champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, develop, strict

20. Interview Work in groups of four
Interview Work in groups of four . Imagine two of you are Venus and Serena and the other Ss are reporters. Make up an interview and ask as many Qs as possible.

21. Wimbledon(温布尔敦公开赛)
US Open(美国公开赛/美网)
Australia Open
France Open
Grand Slam(大满贯赛事)
According to the latest news released (公布)by Women’s Tennis Association ( WTA国际女子职业网球协会 )on 10.6， Serena Williams is currently（目前） ranked as World No. 2 Venus is ranked as World No. 8 now.
Venus has won 14 Grand Slam(大满贯) titles（头衔）Serena Williams has won 18 Grand Slam titles.
Venus and Serena also has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles. The latest one is in Beijing Olympic Games !

22. Think over No pains, no gains. (一份耕耘，一份收获)
What make them be so successful？
No pains, no gains. (一份耕耘，一份收获)
Genius only meanings hard-working all ones’s life. (天才只意味着终身的努力)

23. Homework :
1.Write a composition about your
favourite sports stars.Words about 100.
2.Preview Present Perfect and
Past Simple.

24. Thank you !