Unit 3 Sports and Fitness
Period 1 Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking
【教材分析】
In this period, the theme is “sports and health”. Students will have a general understanding of how to invite a friend to a sports event and voice one’s own opinions about sportsmanship by listening and ultimately can form a healthy lifestyle and good attitudes towards sports.
Listening and Speaking introduces the topic of sports events with posters advertising them, along with related vocabulary and grammar, and is a warm-up for the activities which follows.
Listening and Talking introduces idea of sportsmanship by listening to a conversation, matching speakers’ opinions and giving and discussing one’s own opinions.
【教学目标与核心素养】
1. Instruct students to get main facts by listening and motivate them to talk about the topics about how to invite a friend to a sports event， voice one’s own opinions about sportsmanship by listening.
2. Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning and individual thinking capability.
3. Develop students’ different listening skills to solve different listening comprehensive problems.
【教学重难点】
1. Teach students how to focus on key words, not on single words or grammar.
2. Prompt Ss to talk about the related topics, such as how to invite a friend to a sports event and voice one’s own opinions about sportsmanship.
【教学过程】
Part 1: Listening and Speaking
Lead in
The teacher is advised to talk with their students about sports events.
Boys and girls, look at the posters on p36, what sports events do you like to watch? Which sports would you like to try? After their small talk, the teacher can move on by finishing the following listening task:
Play conversation 1 which is about Shen Qi’s main purpose for talking to Amy and after finishing listening for the first time, the students need to solve the following tasks.
1. Purpose________________________________________________________
2. Listen to conversation 1 again and write down the words that the speaker stresses: ______________________________________________________________
Listening tip:
Listen for main ideas. Try to catch the main ideas instead of trying to remember and translate each word you hear. |
After finishing the task above, the teacher is expected to play conversation 2 which is about Adam’s inviting Julie to a sports event and after finishing listening, the students need to solve the following task.
Listen to Conversation 2. Then answer the following questions:
1. When will the event happen?
The event will happen___________________________________________________
2. What's a "Blue Paint" run?
A "Blue Paint" run is a fun run that_________________________________________
3. Why is it called a "Blue Paint" run?
Because people can buy water ballons flled with __________ and __________ the runners.
4. If 200 people take part in the run and 400 balloons are sold, how much money will they collect?
_____________________________________________________________________
Finally, after finishing the task above, the teacher is expected to instruct students to work in groups to finish the following project:
Speaking Project
What event or activity would you like to invite your friend to? Make a conversation with a partner.
Ski Race: Zhangjiakou, a beautiful city in northern China, will host the Youth Ski Race in December.
Track Meet: a great event for track –and –field lovers on 26 October.
Gym Class: come and work out at a gym! You can make it.
Part 2: Listening and Talking:
The teacher is advised to talk with their new students about the related topic:
Boys and girls , what do you think of sportsmanship? Let’s listen and find out:
Play the listening and match each opinion with the right speaker. Who do you agree with? Why?
Cao Jing _____________ Lily _____________ Max _____________
A. An athlete should do his/her best to win.
B. The girl should stop and help the other girl. Good sportsmanship is more important than wining!
C. An athlete should think about honor and his/her fans if he/she is competing for his/her country.
Listen again and circle the expressions that you hear in the conversation.
agreeing |
disagreeing |
I agree. So do I. Exactly! All right Good idea. Yes, I think so. Me too. Sure./Certainly./ Of course. You're right/correct. I guess so. |
I'm sorry, but I disagree/don't agree. I don't think so. That's not right. That doesn't make any sense! That's not how I see it. I see what you mean, but … |
Talking project
Work in groups. Choose one of the situations below and make a conversation:
●A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his/her team.
●In school teams, everyone should get a chance to play, not only the best players.
●It is wrong to pay people millions of yuan to play sports.
●Athletes should play only for their own country.
EXAMPLE
A: I agree with the idea that a soccer player should never pretend to fall down even if it helps his or her team. You should never cheat.
B: Exactly! It's important to do the right thing.
C: Well, don't think so. Many players do it, and they think it helps their team to win.
A: That doesn't make any sense!
B: I see what you mean, but the audience wants fair play.
