Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学目标

Intensive reading Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

approximately, conventional, adjustment, laughter, tough, extreme, unfit, spiritual, urge, accomplish, motivation, devotion, soul, in reality, gymnastically b. 重点句式

More than twenty of these he still holds, including the record of having the most records. But these records are not made in any conventional sport like swimming or soccer.

Rather Ashrita attempts to break records in very imaginative events and in very interesting places. Think about the fine neck adjustments needed to keep a full bottle of milk on your head while you are walking.

While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy, it is not. Somersaulting is a tough event as you have to overcome dizziness, extreme tiredness and pain. Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet another event in which Ashrita is outstanding. Sri Chinmoy says that it is just as important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds, hearts and spiritual selves. He had been urged by his spiritual leader to enter the marathon even though he had done no training.

So, when he won third place, 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. From then on, Ashrita refused to accept any physical limitation. The motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to Sri Chinmoy. Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students talk about the GWR sports mentioned. Enable the students to talk about surpassing physical limits. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

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

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

Teaching methods 教学方法

Skimming, intensive reading, discussing, analyzing. Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a projector and some slides. Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ

Homework checking Ask some students to share their findings about GWR. Sample answer:

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 imtroductary 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 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 Swiss balls — 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 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

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Increasing lower back mobility

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Increasing abdominal and back muscle strength —

Improving balance and stability

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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

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(F)—3 T: Have you ever done these before? Ss: Yes!/ No! (Here students may list some activities they take just for fun.) The teacher guides the students to talk about these activities according to the questions on Page1. 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.

Step Ⅲ

While-reading Get the students to read the passage several times and get the general idea of it. First reading: scanning T: Quickly glance through the text, and answer the following questions by yourselves. Show students the followinig questions.

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. T: Well done!Next read the text again, and do Ex. 1 on Page 3. Key: physical skills needed for events, number of records broken, kinds of records broken, why he became a sportsman, his education, his first Guinness record Second reading: skimming ☆

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 T: Read the text again and find out the answers to Qs 1-3 in Ex. 2 on Page 3. Sample answers: 1. 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. 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) Para. 11: In 1979, he broke his first Guinness records. 5. (Refer to Para. 3-7) T: You’ve done a great job!So far, I think you have known better of this text. Now, discuss with your partners about how many parts this text can be divided into, and what the general meanings are. 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. Part 4: Para. 12-13 Ashrita Furman belief: “There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, always ahead of you.”

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Next, the teacher will help students define some important sentences and structures to aid their understanding. (Refer to the Appendices.)

Step Ⅳ

Post-reading ☆

To ensure students’ fully understanding of the chapter, completing comprehensive Questions are necessary. T: Here are another five questions in Ex. 2 on Page 3 for you to discuss with your partners, but this time you need to answer it on your own words. Sample answers: 6. Sri Chinmoy says that it is just as important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds, hearts and spiritual selves. In other words, to develop one’s physical selves is as much important as spiritual selves. Sri Chinmoy’s belief that people should develop their physical and spiritual selves to get stronger let Ashrita to challenge himself.

7-9. He had done no training ever before taking part in the marathon race. Thanks to his spiritual teacher’s encouragement, he was able to get the third place, which was really beyond his imagination. So he firmly believed that he could use his spirit to accomplish anything. Since then, Ashrita urged himself to never give up. 10. No, The events that Ashrita participates in are not childish; rather they are just his unique ways of challenging and proving himself. He always bears the word, “There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, always ahead of you.” In his heart, this has become the motivation.

Step Ⅴ

Conclusion Get the students to dig out the central meaning of this text. T: Today we are learned the story about Ashreta, about his marvelous achievements and also his strong belief in challenging himself on and one. From this, what other things have you learned? Ss: 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. 4. ...

Step Ⅵ

Assignment ☆

It is quite usual to express certain spiritual concept through famous proverbs or quotations. Therefore by finding some relevant Proverbs and Quotes, the students are more likely to grasp the message of this reading passage.

T: To show your strong ability of getting the message or undertake of a reading passage, you are supposed to find proverbs or quotations which are closely connected with our reading material —Ashrita’s story. Furthermore, you are supposed to finish the task in Exx. 3 && 4 on Page 4.