Using LanguageⅠ教案3

Unit 1 Breaking records A plan for Using Language

Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication.

So in this section we shall have the students read for the forms of the text, rewrite the text and write profiles, making use of the

words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit.

Objectives

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To help students read the passage FOCUS ON…

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To help students rewrite the text ■

To help students write profiles in English Procedures 1. Warming up by learning about Lance Armstrong Armstrong (born September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He is most famous for recovering from testicular cancer to subsequently win the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times—1999 to 2005. His success prompted some to nickname the event the "Tour de Lance."

In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him their Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003 and 2004, received ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003. Armstrong retired from racing at the end of the 2005 Tour de France. 2. Reading for forms

Read the text FOCUS ON…on page 7 to:

cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

3. Copying expressions and making sentences focus on…, speed at…, an average speed of…, in one’s teens, concentrate on…,win numerous titles，become the world's number one, have cancer, fight one’s illness，

return to…, achieve one’s

goal of…

establish the multi-sport event, complete one’s teaching qualifications, concentrate on the triathlon, at the world championships, finish lower than fourth, in any of the world championships, win the silver medal, in the Women's Triathlon, include in the Olympic Games, for the first time, select as

part of the national team, compete in the 2004 Olympics in Athens stand on top of the 10-metre diving platform, win a Guinness Record, become the youngest female, win the women's world title, take the gold medal, become the youngest Olympic diving champion of all time, be followed by great success, win gold for both the 10-metre platform and the three –meter springboard, make sb the first woman/man in Olympic diving history, win three gold medals, retire from…, go to study economics at university, make a comeback, compete at the Sydney Olympic Games, make Olympic history. be trained as…, become a professional marathon swimmer, have a passion for…, swim the world's great rivers, the first person ever to swim the entire length of the Danube River in Europe, a distance of 3,004 kilometers,

attain one’s first entry in the Guinness book of World Records, break the Guinness record for non-stop swimming, beat one’s own record for long distance swimming, swim the length of the Mississippi River, swim the whole 1,929 kilometers of the difficult Parana River 4. Writing, by imitation, a passage of your own based on the text A possible version for reference Wang Hai Date of Birth：8th September，1989 Country：China Wang Hai’s Guinness record for the fastest average speed at Speaking English Competition was set in 2005 with an average speed of 40 sentences/minute．In his teens he was fond of singing but at 16 he began to concentrate on fast speaking．He was an amateur fast speaker before the 2005 Speaking English Competition but turned professional after he had competed in the competition．In the following few years，he won numerous titles，and by 2007 he had become China's number one．However，in October 2007，he discovered he had developed other hobbies and had to leave fast speaking．

Li Hongmei Date of Birth：9th June，1988 Country：China In 2000 Li Hongmei helped establish the multi-language event，the Reading Corner，in China．After completing her computer qualifications in 1999，she concentrated on the Reading Corner．In 2000, she finished third at the World English Reading Championships．In 2001 and 2002，she was the International English Reading World Champion.

Since then, she has never finished lower than fourth in any of the world championships she has competed in．At the New York English Reading Competition in 2004 she won the silver medal in the Students' English

Reading Competition, the first time the event had been included in the International English Reading World Champion. Recently, for the first time in 5 years, Li Hongmei was not selected as part of the national team and therefore did not compete in the 2006 International English Reading World Champion in Shanghai, China．

5. Closing down by writing a profile

What is a profile?—A brief account of someone's salient characteristics and deeds.

Now you are going to write a profile for a magazine about a person who has broken a record.

Liu Xiang (born July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China) is a hurdling athlete.

In 2002, Liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne with a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles.

He has since made the finals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (twice); two of the three cases have seen American hurdling great Allen Johnson take the major prize, but in the last in May at Osaka, Liu managed to beat Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.06 seconds.

Still young, Liu has improved steadily, and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. In the final, he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson of Wales. This is the first time an athlete of non-African descent has dipped under 13 seconds for the 110 meter hurdles. Name: Liu Xiang Date of Birth: July 13, 1983 Country: China Achievements: won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event