Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehendingppt配套教案板书设计

Unit 1

Breaking Records “The Road is always ahead of You”

Talking about Olympics These pictures have been taken at the end of events. How do you think the participants are feeling? Pre-reading What is each person doing? Choose the name of each activity from the list. Discussion Have you ever done any of these activities? Would you consider each activity to be a serious sport? Which activities would you like to try? Would you need to be fit to do any of them? Do you think you could do any of them for any length of time? Ashrita Furman has captured the public’s imagination by breaking Guinness world records under outrageous （令人无法容忍的）conditions and in the most exotic（奇特的）

places. He currently holds more than 25 Guinness records, including the record for having the most records, and has broken more than 100 records overall.

1. Why is the title of the text in quotation marks? 2. What do you think it means? 3. Do you agree with it? Scanning Tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does not cover. True or false 1.Many people laugh at Ashrita because the events he participates are childish.

2.Ashrita was a born talented sports man and he showed great interests in sports when he was a child. 3.Sri Chinmoy is Ashirita’s teacher.

Skimming 1.Where do you think Ashrita lives? 2. How old do you think he is? 3. Has he broken records in all

seven continents? 4. When did he first come across the Guinness Book of World Records? 5. Which one of Sri Chinmoy’s beliefs led Ashrita to attempting records?

6. Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978? 7. Why did Ashirita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon? 8. What happens in an event that prevents Ashrita from giving up? 9. Do you think that the events that Ashrita participates in are childish? Why or why not? What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when walking with a bottle of milk on his head…

standing on top of a Swiss ball? somersaulting? doing gymnastically correct lunges?