Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优秀公开课教案

Unit 1 Breaking Records

Unit 1 Breaking Records Period 1 Word study &Warming up Teaching Aims

1. Ability goals Enable the students to talk about their feeling about sport events and also the GWR. 2. Learning ability goals

Help the students to talk about their feeling about sport events and also the GWR. Teaching important and difficult point

Encourage students to ask questions under a certain topic. Teaching methods

Discussion, competition and cooperative learning. Teaching aids

A blackboard Teaching procedures

StepⅠGreetings

StepⅡWord study Learn the words and expressions. Step Ⅲ Warming Up

Get the students to talk about pictures in Warming up. T: Well, let’s look at these pictures on Page 1 and talk about how these participants are feeling.

Exultant(狂喜): Because Liu Xiang is the first Asian who won the hurdling, which belongs to

the track and field — the weakest item for Asian. Calm: Participants are so strong in some certain spectator sports that they are confident in

winning the golden medals. Exciting: Their hard and dull practicing has been rewarded.

T: Behind the applause, medals, flowers and praise, it is hard working, dull practicing, determination, and loneliness and persistent that assist them make the world records, keep them and break them. We admire them. However, there are other people who are fond of other unconventional maximal exercise (极限运动) also have their world records. Now do a listening practice on Page 51, and then answer my questions. Step Ⅳ Discussion In this part, in order to arouse students’

interest, start with a competition with interesting questions.

T: Next, we are going to start with a contest. Now listen to the rules and relevant explanations attentively please! First of all, you will be divided into six (or less) groups and each group is supposed to answer five questions about the GWR. The group which provides the most correct answers will win the contest, and earn themselves a big reward. (Teacher had better prepare some presents to hand out for the winner group.) After announcing the rules, ask a question before the contest, that is, the basic information about the GWR. T: By the way, here is a question for all of you. It is well-known that GWR is Guinness World Records, but how much do you know about it? Its founder? Time of establishment? How does it work? How can be admitted... Ss: We don’t know much about it, except that only the wonderful people and amazing behaviors

hold the GWR. T: OK. Next, look at the screen and have a basic idea of GWR. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in an argument. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe? The golden plover or the grouse? He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular. He was right! Sir Hugh’s idea became reality when Norris and Ross Mc

Whiter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London, were commissioned to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records. The first edition was bound on August 27, 1955, and went to the top of the British bestseller lists by Christmas that year. Since then, Guinness World Records has become a household name and the global leader in world records. No other enterprise collects, confirms, accredits and presents world record data with the same investment in comprehensiveness and authenticity. The book has gone on to become a record breaker in its own right. With sales of more than 100 million copies in 100 different countries and 37 languages, Guinness World Records is the world’s best ever selling copyright book!

Show the above material to students. Ss: Wow that is attracting and exciting! So what are included then? T: The GWR includes totally eight categories: human body, amazing feats, natural world, science & tech, arts & media, modern society, travel & transport, sports & games.

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Ss: Then what are the procedures of applying for GWR? T: Good questions! However, I won’t tell you right now. You can get the replies in many different ways, e.g. surfing the Internet, refer to encyclopedia, consult a professional book, or whatever. When the students are eager to know more about GWR, teacher should encourage them to find answers for themselves, which is very helpful for their learning skills. T: Do remember look up for the answers and we gonna share it next period. Now, it is high time that we began the contest, are you ready? Ss: Sure. Ss make their choices. After that teacher should evaluate them and also make explanation to let Ss have further understanding of the issues that appear in the questions. Here is a sample graph to note which group ranks the top: Group Right choices

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G6 T: The first five questions are for group one: 1) The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth is _____. A. -75.4 °c

B. -89.2 °c

C. -110.7 °c 2) Which is the fastest movie to gross $1 billion? A. Harry Potter

B. Titanic

C. The Return of the King

3）Which one is the best selling clothes brand? A. Levi’s

B. Armani

C. Pierre Cardin 4) Which subway has the most station? A. London

B. New York

C. Paris

D. Tokyo 5）The highest number of goals in a soccer career is _____. A. 1279

B. 546

C. 3850 T: The second five questions are for group two: 6) The longest time a coin has been spun until coming to a total stop is _____ seconds. A. 19.37

B. 16.7

C. 30 7) The record of fastest beer bottle opening was held by _____. A. Chinese

B. German

C. French 8) How many pairs of scissors are used to cut hair in one hand by a record breaker? A. 6

B. 7

C. 8 9) As a record-holder, a man could play ____ instruments at the same time. A. 108

B. 20

C. 35 10) A man can memorize _____ packs of cards (52 /pack) at most. A. 10

B. 15

C. 54 T: Questions No. 11 to 15 are for the third group: 11) The most sheep sheared in 24 hours was _____. A. about 500

B. about 1000

C. about 2000

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12) The fastest land bird is _____. A. the wild goose

B. the ostrich

C. the eagle 13) The fussiest eater is _____. A. koala

B. the cat

C. the swallow 14) The largest Fish in the world is ______. A. blue Whale

B. whale shark

C. blue shark 15) ________ can make the loudest animal sound.

A. fin whale

B. tiger

C. lion T: Group four, it is your turn now: 16) Which fish swim at the slowest speed? A. sea horses

B. sailfish

C. golden fish 17) Which element is the hardest? A. carbon

B. diamond

C. silicon 18) The lightest eye glasses weigh ______ gram. A. about 10

B. about 2

C. about 4.5 19) What is the most common element in the world? A. Oxygen

B. Hydrogen C. zinc

20) In which country one resident uses the most telephones on average? A. Israel

B. Monaco

C. America T: Group Five, it is your turn: 21) Which of the following is the largest worldwide TV network? A. BBC

B. VOA

C. CNN 22) Which band achieved the biggest All-Time Sales? A. Lincoln Park

B. The Beatles

C. The Back Street Boys 23) The Heaviest Statue stands in _____. A. China

B. American

C. India 24) The heaviest ever newspaper has _____ pages. A. over 100

B. over 500

C. over 1500 25) The costliest natural disaster in the history is a(an) _____. A. earthquake

B. tornado

C. outbreak of volcano T: The last five questions for the last group: 26）The busiest international airline is _____. A. Qatar Airways

B. Singapore Airline

C. Lufthansa

27）Do you know the largest passenger aircraft?

A. A380

B. PMDG 747

C. A340 28）The best-ever selling automobile is _____. A. QQ

B. Corollas

C. Polo 29）The longest ever reported traffic jam stretched _____ km. A. over 150

B. 100

C. 50

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30）The largest Amusement Resort is located in _____. A. Hong Kong

B. Orlando

C. Tokyo

T: Congratulations! All of you have had excellent performances and shown your abundant storage of knowledge. Especially Group _____ have performed even better and become the champion! 1) A record low temperature of -89.2°C (-128.6°F) was registered at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983. That’s over 100°C below normal room temperature! They are studying Lake Vostok, which is submerged under 5 km (3 miles) of ice. 2) As of February 22, 2004, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King had taken $1 billion (￡536.7 million) at the international box office, achieving this record figure in just 9 weeks 4 days. Titanic (USA 1997) took the same amount in 11 weeks. 3）Levi Strauss Co. is the world’s biggest brandnamed clothing manufacturer, and sells under the Levis, Dockers, and Slates brands. The company’s sales totaled $6 billion at the end of November, 1999.

4) The New York City Transit has 468 stations in a network covering 370 km (230 miles). The railway first opened on October 27, 1904, and serves an estimated（估计的）5.1 million passengers per day, or 1.86 billion per year.

5) Born on October 23, 1940, Brazil, Pelé is the best soccer player ever. He scored more goals than anyone else, 1279 over a career spanning 21 years playing. Not only that, he was voted Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee in 1999. 6) The longest time a coin has been spun until coming to a complete rest is 19.37 seconds. It was accomplished by Britain’s Scott Day at Earl’s Court, London, UK, as part of BBC TV’s Tomorrow’s World roadshow. The record was first set in April 2004 with a spin of 16.7 seconds by Scotland’s Sean Farrell at the Edinburgh Science Festival.

7) The fastest time for opening 300 bottles of beer, by a team of three, is 1 min 47 sec, on the set of Guinness —

Die Show Der Rekorde. The team was led by Alois Unertl, of the Unertl Brewery, in Munich, Germany, on April 2, 1999. In relay style, each team member opened 100 bottles and when finished, passed the specially constructed opener for the next team member to begin more bottle-opening. 8) On March 11, 2002, America’s Bruce Choy successfully styled hair using a record-breaking eight pairs of scissors in one hand, controlling each pair independently at his salon Flyingshears in San

Francisco, California, USA. Bruce began his career as a barber in 1969, and studied with Vidal Sassoon in London before moving to San Francisco in 1982. A decade later, he opened his own saloon, and perfected and patented —

his “Flyingshears” technique, which he invented after seeing guitarist Stanley Jordan playing two guitars at once. “I thought, I’ve been cutting hair for 20 years and my left hand is always helping the right,” Bruce explains, “but I started to train the other hand... they became like one hand, and I can be perfect.”

Bruce, who’s been known as the “Vidal Sassoon-trained Edward Scissorhands”, beat the

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previous record of seven scissors held by Israel’s Danny Bar-Gil (professionally known as Danny Figaro), who set the record on January 12, 1998. 9) Rory Blackwell, aided by his double left-footed perpendicular percussion-pounder, three-tier, right-footed horizontal 22-pronged differential beater, and 12-outlet bellow-powered horn-blower, played 108 instruments simultaneously on May 27, 1985. 10) British mindbender Dominic O’Brien memorized on a single sighting a random sequence of 54 separate packs of cards all shuffled together (2,808 playing cards) at the basement bar of Simpson’s-In-The-Strand, London, UK, on May 1, 2002. It took Dominic 11 hours 42 minutes to memorize the 54 packs, and reciting them in the exact sequence took 3 hours 30 minutes. Guinness World Record rules allow only 0.5% margin of error (so no more than 14 errors), and memory — man Dominic completed the record with just eight errors — four mistakes and four prompted corrections. 11) In a 24-hour shearing marathon, New Zealand’s Alan MacDonald and Keith Wilson machine-sheared 2,220 sheep at Warkworth, Auckland Province, New Zealand. The “Shearathon” commenced at 1 pm on 25 June 1988 and concluded at 1 pm on 26 June 1988. Their efforts raised more than $10,000 (NZ) for the Home and Neighborhood Trust. 12) Despite weighing a massive 136 kg (300 lb), standing a mighty 2.4 m (8 ft) tall, and only having only two toes on each foot, the ostrich (Struthio camelus) can shoot across the African savannah at up to 72 kmph (45 mph), making it the fastest bird on land. 13) The world’s fussiest eater is the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), which feeds exclusively on eucalyptus leaves. It browses on only six of the 500 species, sifting through 9 kg. (20 lb.) of leaves daily to find 0.5 kg. (1.3 lb.) to eat. 14) The world’s largest fish is the rare plankton feeding whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which is found in the warmer areas of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The largest scientifically recorded example was 12.65 m (41 ft 6 in) long. 15) The loudest animal sounds are the low-frequency pulses made by blue whales (Balaenoptera

musculus) and fin whales (B. physalus) when communicating with each other. They have been measured at up to 188 decibels. 16) The slowest fish are the sea horses (family Syngnathidas). Smaller species like the dwarf sea horse (Hippocampus zosterae), which is just 4.2 cm (1.7 in) in length, probably never attain speeds of more than 0.016 km/h (0.001 mph). The swimming ability of sea horses is severely limited by a rigid body structure and the only parts of the fish’s body which can be moved rapidly are the pectoral fins on either side of the back of the head and the dorsal fin along the back. 17) Diamond, an allotrope of carbon (C), has a value of 10 on Mohs’ scale of hardness. Diamonds have principally been mined in India, Brazil, South Africa, and Russia. 18) The Helper Superlight glasses, made by Seika Trading Company Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, and first sold in August 1998, weigh just 4.583 g (0.16 oz).They have lenses of seven different strengths, ranging from +1.00 to 4.00 diopters.

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19) Hydrogen is the most common element in both the Universe and the Solar System. Over 90% of the Universe is comprised of hydrogen. Iron is the most common element on Earth, accounting for 36% of its mass. 20) Monaco has the most telephones per head of population, with 1,994 per 1,000. Monaco is the smallest independent state after the Vatican City. It has a population of 32,149, many of whom are foreigners attracted by high standards of living, a warm climate and a tax-free income. 21) CNN International can be seen in 212 countries and territories through a network of 23 satellites. Around 149 million households across the planet can tune in, making it the world’s largest TV network. CNN made its name as an important news source when it covered the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan. Turner’s television operations were acquired in 1996 by Time Warner Inc and Turner became the company’s vice-chairman. 22) The Beatles have amassed the greatest sales for any group. All-time sales have been estimated by EMI at over one billion discs and tapes to date. In 2001, they had been certified for album sales of 163.5 million in the US alone. The band has numerous other world records, including that for most recorded song —

Lennon and McCartney’s “Yesterday” had 1,600 versions recorded between 1965 and January 1, 1986. Also, their album titled 1, released on November 13, 2000, sold 13.5 million copies around the world in its first month, making it the fastest — selling album. 23) She’s not only the most famous lady in America, she’s also the heaviest! Weighing in at a staggering 24,635 tonnes (54.31 million lb), Lady Liberty, ei the Statue of Liberty, is officially named “Liberty Lighting the World” and was a gift from France to the USA commemorating liberty and friendship. Construction of the statue began in France in 1875, and after being completed in July 1884, it arrived in New York a year later in 350 individual pieces packed into 214 crates. 24) On average, the New York Times is read by 1,094,000 people on weekdays, and by 1,650,000 on Sundays. The owner of the paper, The New York Times Co, has no trouble getting its message out as it also owns the Boston Globe, 18 regional daily newspapers, eight television stations, two radio stations, and a number of magazines. The record-breaking edition of the newspaper, published on September 14, 1987, had a staggering 1,612 pages! 25) The Kobe（神户）earthquake of January 1995 resulted in overall losses of $100 billion (?63.04 billion), making it the costliest natural disaster to befall any one country.

More than six years after the earthquake that caused such devastation, there is little sign of life in Kobe returning to normal. With such enormous damage to people and property, it was inevitable that life in the region would be changed forever. Many people must now pay two mortgages —

on the homes they currently own and the ones they lost in the quake. Earthquakes start deep down in the Earth’s crust, where stress builds up along fault lines (such as the San Andreas Fault in northern California). When enough stress builds up, these huge plates of rock crash together, releasing vast amounts of energy. This energy causes the Earth to shake. The severity depends both on whether the plates have moved horizontally or vertically,

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and on the strength or magnitude of the movement. This magnitude is measured on the Richter scale, invented by seismologist Charles Richter in 1935. 26) According to IATA, the German carrier Lufthansa（汉莎航空）

is the biggest carrier of international passengers. In 2001 the airline carried 29.1 million passengers to and from destinations outside of Germany on regular scheduled flights. 27) The Airbus A380, which was launched in December 2000 and is expected to enter service by 2007, will have a wingspan of 79.8 m (261 ft 10 in) and a length of 73 m (239 ft 6 in). It will be able to carry 555 passengers in considerable comfort and will have a maximum takeoff weight of 560 tonnes. Although there are Boeing 747-400s that can carry more passengers, the A380 has 49% more floor space, allowing for larger seats and facilities such as casinos, bars, and gyms. Once completed, it will be the world’s largest aircraft in active service, bigger even than the mammoth Ukrainian Anotov An — 124 cargo carrier. The aircraft will make its first flight in 2004, followed by the entry into commercial service in 2006. 28) By December 2000, more than 24,986,607 Toyota Corollas had been produced worldwide.

The Corolla was first produced in 1966 and was introduced to the US in 1968 as a two-door

subcompact car. By 1970 the Corolla was the second best selling import in the US and by 1988, 10 million had been sold in that country alone. By 1997 the 20 millionth Corolla rolled off the production lines. In the decades since its introduction the Corolla has built up an enviable reputation for reliability. 29) The longest-ever reported traffic jam stretched 176 km. (109 miles) from Lyon towards Paris, France, on February 16, 1980. A record jam of 18 million cars crawling bumper-to-bumper was reported on the East-West German border on April 12, 1990. 30) Disney World, located 32 km (20 miles) southwest of Orlando, Florida, USA, covers an area of 12,140 hectares (30,000 acres), It was opened on Oct 1, 1971, and cost an estimated $400 million to develop. Step Ⅴ Assignment 1. Look up for further information about GWR（the procedures of applying for the GWR ...）

and present it to the class next period. 2. Group work: Quiz making (refer to TALKING on Page 52) Afterthoughts

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Period 2 Reading Teaching Aims

1. Ability goals

Enable the students talk about the GWR sports mentioned. Enable the students to talk about surpassing physical limits. 2. Learning ability goals

Help the students talk about the GWR sports and surpassing physical limits. Teaching important and difficult point

Talk about the relationship between one’s spiritual motivation and physical action.

Teaching methods

Skimming, intensive reading, discussing, analyzing. Teaching aids

A recorder, a projector and some slides. Teaching procedures

Step Ⅰ Homework checking Ask some students to share their findings about GWR. Rules for Record Breaking If you want to submit your record claim to the editors of the Guinness World Records book, contact them from their web site www.guinnessworldrecords.com. They will send you the relevant rules and forms. (Be patient: It is our experience that it can take from 3 weeks to 4 months until you get a reply!)

Also, you may be interested in submitting your record documentation to: ☆

The international federation that keeps track of a specific kind of records (for example a sports association or the people at juggling.org for juggling records) ☆ The Book of Alternative Records ☆ Twin Galaxies Book of Videogame and Pinball Records (for computer and video game records) World Records for Schools ☆ National Record Books for record breakers from India, Malaysia, Malta, Singapore, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Brazil and Ukraine (see addresses or links for details)

The company Guinness World Records does not sponsor authorizes or endorses this site. Guinness World Records and other terms are registered trademarks. All requests about Guinness World Records should be made by filling the appropriate form at www.guinnessworldrecords.com. Step Ⅱ Pre-reading First ask the students to match the pictures with teacher’s introduction! Show the introductory words and corresponding pictures to the students one by one. 1. A hula hoop is a ring made of wood or plastic, which is used for exercise and fun in gym or

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any playground.

Were you one of those kids who could not resist hollering? Here’s how to use one.

Steps:

a. Take hold of the hula hoop. b. Lower it down to about ankle level. c. Step into it (with both feet). d. Bring it up to just below your waist. e. Hold it with both hands and pull it forward so that it’s resting against your back.

f. With both hands, fling the hoop to the left so that its inner edge rolls in a circle around your body. Do this a few times so that you get the feel of it. g. Leave the hula hoop on the ground for a few minutes and practice your hip movements: Leaving your feet firmly planted about shoulder width apart, circle your pelvis (yes, just like Elvis!): left, back, right, forward. Do this a few times till you get the feel of it. h. Put the movements together: As you fling the hoop to the left, bring your hips left to meet the hoop and then rotate them back and to the right and forward so that your hips are following the rotation of the hoop. i. Keep the hoop going around your hips as long as you can. When it falls to the ground (as it inevitably will!) pick it up and try again. j. Once you’ve mastered the basic motion, see how far you can walk without dropping the hoop. 2. Pogo stick jumping: A pogo stick is a device, usually considered a children’s toy, used for hopping up and down. It was invented by Joseph Winston Herbert Hopkins in the 1820s. It consists of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other. The pole juts down some distance below the footpads and has a rubber cover at the bottom end for traction. The operator places his feet on the footpads while balancing on the pole, then jumps or presses down on the footpads to compress the spring. When the spring has been fully compressed, the operator lifts his weight aided by the recoil of the spring and the pogo-stick; and hops several inches or even feet into the air. This process is repeated to create a hopping action. The pogo stick can be steered, with some difficulty, by shifting one’s weight; and becomes an interesting form of locomotion. 3. Doing jumping jacks

— is a physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides. 4. Somersaulting — an acrobatic stunt in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return, also called somerset; also called regionally tumbleset. 5. Standing on a Swiss ball — also known as exercise balls, gym balls, sports balls, fit balls, therapy balls or body balls —

are used in physical therapy and exercise. They are elastic rubber balls with a diameter of usually 55 to 85 cm (22 to 34 inches).

A primary benefit of exercising with an exercise ball versus floor exercises is that the

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body responds to the instability of the ball to keep balanced on the exercise ball, and over time the muscles used to keep in balance on the Swiss ball become stronger. Most frequently, it is the core body muscles—the abdominal muscles and back muscles—that are the focus of exercise ball fitness programs.

Using an exercise ball as part of a fitness program can include a wide range of difficulty levels, each requiring support from the back and stomach muscles that help firm up the trunk muscles in the body. Exercise balls are commonly used as part of a physical therapy program for individuals with low back pain.

Examples of uses of the exercise ball include:

— Developing overall control and strength of the core body muscles

— Increasing lower back mobility

— Increasing abdominal and back muscle strength — Improving balance and stability

— Learning proper body mechanics and posture while lifting objects

The exercise ball can also be used as a substitute for a chair (e.g. an office chair), which requires the abdominal and back muscles to work — as well as proper posture — while sitting in order to stay on the ball. 6. Doing lunges — A sudden forward movement or plunge. Key: (A)—6

(B)—1

(C)—5

(D)—2

(E)—4

(F)—3 Guides the students to talk about these activities according to the questions on Page1. Look at the pictures and go through the new wording of different activities. Ask Ss to match the pictures and answer the following questions. 1.

Would you consider each activity to be a serious sport? 2.

Which activities would you like to try? 3.

Would you need to be fit to do any of them? 4.

Do you think you could do any of them for any length of time? T: Well, from what you have said above, I know that few of you can persist in doing any of them, for most of you do them just for fun. However, here is a man, named Ashrita Furman, not only can do these but even set and keep the GWR. Do you want to know more about him? Ss: Yes! T: Well, next, let’s get to know this man.

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Ⅲ While-reading Get the students to read the passage several times and get the general idea of it. First reading 1. Listen to the tape, after listening tick the topics that the author does not cover

①physical skills needed for events ②

number of records broken

③

his family life

④

kind of records broken

⑤

why he became a sportsman ⑥

countries he likes best ⑦

place and date of birth

⑧

his occupation

⑨

his education

⑩

his first Guinness record

2. Quickly glance through the text, and answer the following questions.

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1) Who is Ashrita Furman? 2) What does he want to achieve? 3) How many continents? And what are they? 4) Who is his teacher in New York? 5) What does he believe in? After students finish this, teacher checks the answers. Careful reading

1. In this part, students will read the text again and then work together with their partners to find out the answers to the following comprehensive questions 1) Where do you think Ashrita lives? ---New York City. Supporting sentence: He studied Eastern religions and discovered an Indian

meditation teacher who lived in his neighborhood in New York City. 2) How old you think he is?---He is around 50.

Supporting: 1) Para. 1: Over the last 25 years, he has broken about 93 Guinness records.

2) Para. 9: In the early 1970s, he was 16.

3) Has he broken records in all seven continents? ---Yes. (Para. 2)

4) When did he first come across the Guinness Book of World Records? ---When he was a child.

5) What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when

A. Walking with a bottle of milk on his head? ----The fine neck adjustments are needed.

B. Somersaulting? ---It takes a lot of concentration and a great sense of balance to stay on top even though his legs may start shaking.

C. Standing on top of a Swiss ball?

---He has to overcome dizziness, extreme tiredness and pain.

D. Doing gymnastically correct lunges?----Lunges are extremely hard on his legs. 6) Which one of Sri Chinmoy’s beliefs led Ashrita to attempting records?

---The belief that there is no limit to people’s physical abilities.

7) Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978? ---He won the third place even though he had done no training. 8) Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon? ---Because he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the spirit

and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to accomplish anything. 9) What happens in an event that prevents Ashrita from giving up? ---He goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his teacher. 10) Do you think that the events that Ashrita participates in are childish? Why or why not?

---In my opinion, they are not childish, because they require an enormous amount of strength

and fitness as well as determination in reality.

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2. parts this text can be divided into, and what the general meanings are. Para. 1 Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records．

Para. 2 Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents. Para. 3 These activities require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination Para.4 The fine neck adjustments needed to keep a full bottle of milk on your head while you are walking Para.5 A lot of concentration and a great sense of balance Para.6 Somersaulting: a tough event Para.7 Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges Para.8 As a child he was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records．

Para.9 As a teenager, he began searching for a deeper meaning in life．

Para10 He knew that he would one day get into the Guinness Book of World Records. Para.11 Ashrita broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks in 1979. Para.12-13 Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts．“There is only one perfect road．It is ahead of you，always ahead of you.”

The road is always ahead of you (a news report) Liking the challenge Para 1

breaking a record in all seven continents Para 2

strength, fitness and determination Para 3

Keeping bottle of milk on head Para 4

concentration and balance Para 5

Somersaulting: a Covering a mile in tough event Para 6

the fastest time Para fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records．Para 8

searching for a deeper meaning in life Para 9

get into the Guinness Book of World Records

Para 10

broke his first Guinness record in 1979. Para 11

Acknowledging his teacher Para 12

Perfect road being ahead of you Para 13

Part 1: Para.1 Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness Record. Part 2: Para.2-7 Ashrita Furman his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents. Part 3: Para.8-11 How Ashrita Furman came to be a sportsman.

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Part 4: Para.12-13 Ashrita Furman belief: “There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, always ahead of you.”

Step ⅣDiscussion

1. Here are some of Ashrita’s beliefs. In groups, discuss whether you agree with them or not. 1) There is no limit to people’s physical abilities. 2) The body is just an instrument of the spirit. 3) You can use your spirit to accomplish anything. 4) There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, always ahead of you. 2. Get the students to dig out the central meaning of this text. T: Today we are learned the story about Ashrita, about his marvelous achievements and also his strong belief in challenging himself on and one. From this, what other things have you learned?

Suggested answers:

1) Having fun / interests is not enough to achieve the goals. 2) Strength, fitness and determination are key elements in achieving one’s dream.

3) Golden medals or GWR or fame or something else is not the real thing that someone purchase, but continuing to challenge oneself by using spirit to accomplish everything. Step ⅤHomework 1. Find proverbs or quotations which are closely connected with reading material Ashrita’s story.

2. Finish the task in Ex. 3 & 4 on Page 4. Afterthoughts

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