1. 北师大版高中英语必修1 Lesson 3 Sports Stars

2. Lesson 3
Sports Stars
Vocabulary
&
Reading

3. Grand Slam Tournaments
大满贯
Grand Slam Tournaments
Chinese name
English name
Date
Court 澳网 法网 温网 美网
Australian Open
Mid Jan.
Hard court
French Open
May/ June
Clay
Wimbledon
According to your knowledge, who is famous in this field? Who has won 17 championships in the grand slam tournaments.
June/ July
Grass
US Open
Aug./ Sep.
Hard court

4. Do you know these athletes? What kind of sport do they participate in?

5. Let’s have a look at her past records.

6. Grand Slam Singles Results
Year
Australian Open
Roland Garros
Wimbledon
US Open
1998
2ND
4TH
3RD
1999 -
WON
2000 SF QF
2001
RUP
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
1ST
2013
She has won 17 championships in the grand slam tournaments.
She is a real legend in the sports world.
She is called Serena Williams. There is one competitor that she fears most, her sister, Venus, who is also a tennis star.
Today, we are going to learn the story of this pair of tennis sisters.

7. “The Williams take them all”

8. Serena Williams
Venus Williams

9. 1st reading: suggest a title for the passage
The Champion Sisters

10. 2nd reading: head each paragraph.
brief introduction
their background
their training and study
their achievements

11. 3rd reading : design a chart of the two sisters to get familiar with the details of them.
Names: _______
Nationality: ________
Career:________
Ranking: Venus:____
Serena:____
Hobby:
Relationship:
Childhood experiences:
Training experiences:
Education background:
Achievements:

12. Nationality: ________ Career:________ Ranking: Venus:____ Serena:____
Venus & Serena Williams
Names: _______
Nationality: ________
Career:________
Ranking: Venus:____
Serena:____
Hobby: Both of them ______ design.
Relationship: They get on _____ at home.
Childhood experiences:
1) They were born in ____ area full of ___.
2) When they were practising tennis, they had to _______________.
3) Since they moved away, they _______.
Training experiences:
1) Their father started to train them when_.
2) He has _____________ them, training them hard to ____________________each other.
Education background:
1) Their mother taught them _____until they ________high school.
2) Today , they _________________ at college.
Achievements: 1) Since 1996, Venus has won ______________________ twice ) In 1999 & 2002, Serena won _________, and in 2002 and 2003m she was ______________.
American
tennis player
11th
express a keen interest in
3rd
drugs &violence
well
a poor & dangerous
run and hide.
have never looked back
they were young children
been very strict with
compete against
at home
completed
are studying design
Wimbledon & the US Open
the US Open
the women’s singles champions

13. memory test Arrange the following events in order c b a d
a. Venus first played in a big event in 1996.
b. The sisters and their family moved to a safer area.
c. The sisters were practicing on a local tennis court and they had to protect themselves from bullets.
d. Serena won the women’s singles champion at Wimbledon.
_____________________________________
c b a d

14. Locate these key words while reading and guess their meaning according to the context
champion, train, look back, compete against, express an interest in, come to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately, make progress, improve

15. Have a try Meaning: Time for going to toilet
The company flies 19-passenger planes with the seats removed. Each flight holds up to 50 pets in carrier. They get “potty breaks” before and after the flights.
Meaning: Time for going to toilet

16. Reading strategies: working out meaning
Step 1 To find the word/phrase in the text
Step 2 To identify the word class
Step 3 To think about the context
Step 4 To work out its meaning

17. They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other!
Finally, in 1991, the sisters and their family moved to a safer area and since then they have never looked back.
He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each other.
They have already expressed a keen interest in working in design after their tennis careers come to an end.
The sisters’ road to success has been amazing

18. Brandi, the sisters’ mother, taught her daughters at home so that they completed their high school while developing their tennis careers.
The first time Venus played in a big event was in 1996.
Serena has continued to improve and make fantastic progress

19. _______wanting to do something very much
Match the words or phrases with their definitions.
_______wanting to do something very much
_______ a person, team etc that wins a competition, especially in sport
_________to become better, or to make something better
_________ happening because of good luck
__________ to prepare for a sports event by exercising and practicing
keen
champion
improve
A. pan C. plastic bottle
fortunately
train

20. come to an end compete against
amazing
6. _______________ very good, especially in an unexpected way
7.____________________to be interested in
8. _______________ to be finished
9. __________________ to get better
10. _________________ to try to gain something and stop someone else from having it
11. ____________________to think about something that happened in the past
express an interest in
come to an end
make progress
compete against
look back

21. Consolidation be keen on be keen to do sth have show an interest in
express
take
Consolidation
Suo shows a special interest in drawing.
be keen on
be keen to do sth
Shi Xinyue is learning French, and she is keen to go to France someday.

22. Consolidation v. come to an end
The military training finally came to an end but it was unforgettable.

23. She is running at an amazing speed.
Consolidation
amazing
She is running at an amazing speed.
What a day!
fortunately
Ding Han hurt his arm when playing basketball, but fortunately his bone was not broken.

24. Consolidation Gu’s English is improving day by day.
improve / make progress
Gu’s English is improving day by day.
Gu is making rapid progress in learning English.

25. Consolidation
compete against
They are competing against each other in order to win the gold medal.

26. The drillmaster trained us strictly.
Consolidation v.
The drillmaster trained us strictly.

27. 4. Some wines ________ with age.
Fill in the blanks with the new words
1. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is _______. We are proud of it.
2. Mary is out of hospital and ______ to get back to work. She can’t wait.
3. These dogs are ______ to discover drugs. They will start to work soon.
4. Some wines ________ with age.
5. World War II _____________ in 1945.
6. A robbery with ________ happened in this street last night.
amazing
keen
trained
improve
came to an end
violence

28. Voice your opinion Would you like to be sports star? List your ideas.
Work in groups of six to discuss.
Would you like to be sports star? List your ideas.

29. Competition rules One chance One point A whole sentence
To be a good listener

30. possible aspects to think about
Group work
possible aspects to think about
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
fame (famous/popular…)
wealth
3. more chances to do…
4. …
1. lack (education…)
2. have no (privacy …)
3. after their career come to an end (jobless)…
4. ...
money
health
social relationship

31. no pains, no gains. You’re going to reap just what you sow.
You get out of it what you put into it.
一分耕耘，一分收获
no pains, no gains.

32. ★ Do not just list points
Assignment
Write a short passage
Topic: What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a sports star?
★ No less than 100 words
★ Do not just list points

33. Thank You!