Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending主要内容及教案内容

The Second 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

lead in T:These pictures have been taken at the end of events. How do you think the

participants are feeling? Give reasons.

Ask some students to share their answers Students: they are...... T:look at the pictures.What is each person doing? Do you know the name of each activity? Students:...... 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

(D)—2

(E)—4

(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.let’s enjoy a short video to get familiar with this

person.(to enable students to have a good understanding of the 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 Tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does not cover. Show students the followinig questions. ①

Who is Ashrita Furman? ②

When and why he entered the Guinness book of world records? ③

When did Ashrita become a student Chinmoy? Careful --reading 1.Read the text and then fill in the blanks. 2.Read the text carefully and choose the best answer. After students finish this, teacher checks the answers. ☆

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

Step Ⅳ

Post-reading Discussion on Ashrita’s motivation. ①

Why did Ashrita challenge the Guinness

world records instead of taking part in the

Olympic games? ②

Why does he keep on trying to challenge

different Guinness records? ③

Why didn’t he take part in a conventional

funny

one? sports instead of unconventional and ④

Why did Ashrita took part in active sports after learned quiet mediation? Discussion

Here are some of Ashrita’s beliefs. In groups, discuss whether you agree with them or not. 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 Hinmoy is Ashirita’s teacher. Step Ⅴ

Conclusion Main ideas of each paragraph Step Ⅵ

Assignment Underline the useful expressions and complex sentences.