Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优秀课堂实录

Book9 Unit 1

Breaking records!

Period 1 Warming up

and Reading

发言人：廖宏明

Teaching Goals (教学目标): 1. Talk about records, adventures and hobbies 2. Practise expressing surprise:

Teaching important points (教学重点): hurdling, boxing, lunge, approximate, conventional, laughter, reality, adjustment, tough, extreme, vomit, gymnastic, unfit, fascinate, meditation, spiritual, marathon, urge, accomplish, motivation, devotion.. in reality, break records, a sense of balance,…

Teaching difficult points (教学难点): Subject clauses Teaching methods (教学方法): Discussing, explaining, reading and practicing.

Teaching aids (教具准备): Multi-media computer.

Teaching procedures (教学过程): Step 1: Warming Up and Leading-in (discussion)

To show Ss pictures about some famous athletes to let them know something in common about these people--the key of success. Some words may be used in this activity ：sports champion athlete winning breaking records challenge exciting confidence physical ability speed strength

Something in common：concentration confidence good physical abilities speed strength flexibility athletic skills strong will interest hard training

Step 2: Pre-reading

Task: to show students some pictures which occur in the text and let them to know the name of the activity and the way to do it. Second, let the students experience one or more of this, such as somersaulting doing jumping jacks.Third, thinking and discussing

①

Would you consider each activity to be serious sports?

②

Which activity would you like to try?

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

③

Do you think you could do any of them for any length of time?

（Indication：Different activity requires different physical fitness psychological personification such as coordination strength balance? concentration strong will

devotion）

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Now class we will read a story about a man called Ashrita Furman who has broken Guinness records.

Step 3: While reading: 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 best⑦

place and date of birth ⑧

his occupation ⑨

his education ⑩

his first Guinness record

Skim the text and answer the questions.

①Who is Ashrita Furman? ②When and why he entered the Guinness book of world records? ③When did Ashrita become a student Chinmoy?

Careful reading: first look through the questions

①Where do you think Ashrita lives? ②How do you know

③Has he broken records in all seven continents? ④When did he first come across the Guinness book of the world records

⑤

What are some of his physical difficulties? ⑥

what happens in an event that prevent Ashrita from giving up? Step 4: Post reading: Discussion on Ashrita’s motivation and belief ①Why did Ashrita challenge the Guinness world records instead of taking part in the Olympic games? ②Why does he keep on trying to challenge different Guinness records? ③Why didn’t he take part in a conventional sports instead of un conventional and funny one? ④Why did Ashrita took part in active sports after learned quiet mediation? Work in group four or five each group may be for it or against it, choose one, and discuss with your group, (divide the class into two parts for-part and against part, then have a class report)

Step 5: Summary and homework:

1.

Write an article about the imagination about the outlook of Ashrita 2.

Work in group to find more information about Ashria through internet as well as books about after class each group should try brief paper about Ahsrita. 2

Book9 Unit 1

Period 2

Important language points and sentence patterns

发言人：廖宏明

Teaching Goal (教学目标): To get Ss to master the new words and expressions. Teaching important and difficult points (教学重难点): The usages of some words and phrases.

Teaching methods (教学方法): Explaining and practicing. Teaching aids (教具准备): Multi-media computer.

Teaching procedures (教学过程): Read the text and study language points and sentence patterns.

Step 1. Word study 1. approximately adv. 大概；大约；约莫→ adv. ____________大约的；近似的；接近的

→ ___________ n. 近似值；粗略计算

2. conventional adj.

习俗的；传统的→ _________ n. 习俗；惯例→ __________ adv. 传统地→ ___________ adj.非常规的

3.

fascinate vt. 使着谜；入迷→ _________ adj.入迷的

→ __________迷人的；有吸引力的

adj.→ _________ n.魅力；着谜

4. gymnastically adv.

体能训练方面→__________ adj. 体操的，体能训练的→ __________ n. 体操；体能训练

5. unfit adj.不适宜的；不太健康的

→ ________ adj. n. verb.合适；合身；安置→ _________ n. 合适；健康

6. meditation n.冥想；深思

→ ________ v. 冥想；考虑→ _________ adj. 深思的；陷入沉思的

7. spiritual adj. → ________

n. v.思想；感情；偷偷带走

→ ________ adj.精神饱满的；坚定的→ ________adj.没生气的；淡漠的

8. accomplish vt.

污染；弄脏

→________ n. → _______adj.才华高的；技艺高超的；熟练的

9.motivation

n.动机

→_________ v. 成为动机；激发→ ________adj.积极的

→ ________ adj. 重要促进的→ ________ n.动力

10. scared adj.

神圣的；上帝的→

_________sacredness n. 神圣

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conception

n.. 概念，设想→ __________ conceptual adj. 概念上的；观念上的→ __________

n.概念论

________ v将概念化. 12. repentance n.

→ ____________ v.悔过，后悔→ _________ adj.后悔的；悔过的

13. economics

vt. & vi.经济学

→ __________ adj. 捐献物；贡献物；投稿→ _________ adj.实惠的；经济的

→ __________ adv.在经济上；在经济学上

→ __________ n 经济学家

→ __________ v.节省；节约→___________ n.经济

14. courageous

adj. → _________ adv. → __________ n.

勇气

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1. approximately adv. 大概；大约；约莫→ adv. approximate大约的；近似的；接近的

→ approximation n. 近似值；粗略计算

2. conventional adj.

习俗的；传统的→ convention n. 习俗；惯例→ conventionally adv. 传统地→ unconventional adj.非常规的

3.

fascinate vt. 使着谜；入迷→ fascinated adj.入迷的

→ fascinating迷人的；有吸引力的

adj.→ fascination n.魅力；着谜

4. gymnastically adv.

体能训练方面→gymnasyical adj. 体操的，体能训练的→gymnastics n. 体操；体能训练

5. unfit adj.不适宜的；不太健康的→fit adj. n. verb.合适；合身；安置→ fitness n.合适；健康

6. meditation n.冥想；深思

→ meditate v. 冥想；考虑→meditative adj. 深思的；陷入沉思的

7. spiritual adj. →spirit n. v.思想；感情；偷偷带走

→ spirited adj.精神饱满的；坚定的→ spiritless adj.没生气的；淡漠的

8. accomplish vt.

污染；弄脏

→accomplishment

n. → accomplished adj.才华高的；技艺高超的；熟练的

9.motivation

n.动机

→ motivate v. 成为动机；激发→motivated adj.积极的

→ motivational adj. 重要促进的→ _motivator n.动力

10. scared adj.

神圣的；上帝的→ sacredness n. 神圣

12.

conception

n.. 概念，设想→ conceptual adj. 概念上的；观念上的→ conceptualism n.概念论

→ conceptualize（-ise）v将概念化. 12. repentance n.

→repent v.悔过，后悔→repentant adj.后悔的；悔过的

13. economics

vt. & vi.经济学

→economic adj. 捐献物；贡献物；投稿→economical adj.实惠的；经济的

→economically adv.在经济上；在经济学上

→economist n 经济学家

→economize（-ise）

v.节省；节约→economy n.经济

14. courageous

adj. →courageously adv.

→courage n.

勇气

Step 2. Phrase study 1.

be fascinated by

2. It takes sth. to do sth.

3. There is no limit to sth. 4. come to the understanding that... 5. in his late teens 6. an amateur cyclist 7. turn professional

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Book9 Unit 1

Period 3

Important sentence patterns

发言人：廖宏明

Teaching Goal (教学目标): To get Ss to master the new words and expressions. Teaching important and difficult points (教学重难点): The usages of some words and phrases.

Teaching methods (教学方法): Explaining and practicing. Teaching aids (教具准备): Multi-media computer. Teaching procedures (教学过程): Read the text and study language points and sentence patterns.

1.Over the last 25 years, he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records.

在过去的

25年中，他大约已经打破了93项吉尼斯世界记录。

2.But these records are not made in any conventional sport like swimming or soccer 但是这些记录并不是像游泳或足球等一般运动项目那样创造的。3.While these activities might seem childish and cause laughter rather than respect, in reality, they require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination.

虽然这些活动看起来孩子气且令人发笑而不是让人肃然起敬，但实际上，完成这些活动需要强大的力量、健康的体格和坚定的决心。

4.While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75cm Swiss ball look easy, it is not.

当阿什里塔站在75厘米高的瑞士球上时，看起来虽然很轻松容易，其实不然。

5.It takes a lot of concentration and a great sense of balance to stay on it.

呆在球上得一直全神贯注，还需要有极强的注意力和极好的平衡感。

6.Somersaulting is tough event as you have to overcome dizziness, extreme tiredness and pain.

翻筋斗是一项艰苦的运动，因为你必须克服头晕、极度疲劳和痛苦。

7.You are permitted to rest for only five minutes in every four of rolling but you are allowed to stop briefly to vomit.

每翻滚一个小时，只允许你有五分钟的休息，不过也可以短暂地停下来呕吐。

8.Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet another event in which Ashrita is outstanding.

做标准的体操弓箭步动作向前，以最快的节奏走完一英里的路程是阿什里塔又一个出色的项目。

9.You start by standing and then you step forward with the right foot while touching the left knee 5

to the ground. Then you stand up again and step forward with the left foot while touching the right knee to the ground.

开始时呈站立姿势，然后右脚向前迈一步，同时左膝触地。然后再站起来，左脚向前迈一步，同时右膝触地。

10.Yet ,this talented sportsman is not a natural athlete.

然而，这位有才能的运动员并不是天生的。

11.However, he was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records.

但他却对《吉尼斯世界记录大全》非常着迷。

12.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.

斯里琴摩指出人们发展他们的体魄与发展他们的头脑、心灵和精神上的自我具有同等的重性。

13.He believes that there is no limit to people’s physical abilities.

他相信人的体能是没有局限的。

14.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.

因此，当他取得第三名的时候，他就开始有了这样的认识：他的身躯只不过是他的精神工具，而且他似乎能够用他的精神力量去完成任何事情。

15.The motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to SriChinmoy.

不断努力打破记录的动机来自他对斯里琴摩思想的虔诚。

16.Every time Ashrita tries to break a record, he reaches a point where he feels he cannot physically do any more.

每次试图破记录的时候，阿什里塔都会达到一个体力不可逾越的极限点。

17.At that moment, he goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his teacher. 这个时候他就会进入自己内心深处，与他的灵魂和他的老师相沟通。

18. Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts.

在创记录的努力中，阿什里塔总是要感谢他的老师。

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Using language 1.Lance Armstrong’s Guinness record for the fastest average speed at the Tour de France was set in 1999 with an average speed of 40.27 km/hr 兰斯·阿姆斯特郎的环法自行车赛最快平均速度的吉尼斯记录是他

1999年以40.27公里/小时的平均速度创造的。

2.In his teens, he was a triathlete but at 16 he began to concentrate on cycling.

在少年时期，他是一名三项全能比赛的运动员，但到16岁时，他开始集中精力于自行车运动。

3.He was an amateur cyclist before the 1992 Olympic Games but turned professional after he had competed in the Games.

在1992年奥运会之前他还只是一名业余车手，但是在参加奥运会比赛之后，他就成为一名专业车手了。

4.In the following years, he won numerous titles, and by 1996 he had become the world’s number one.

在随后的几年里，他获得了许多称号。到了1996年，他已经成为世界第一了。

5.In 1988 Michellie Jones helped establish the multi-sport event, the triathlon, in Australia. 1988年，米歇尔·琼斯在澳大利亚帮助创建了“多项运动”比赛—三项全能运动。

6.At the Sydney Olympics in 2000,she won the silver medal in the Women’s Trathlon, the first time the event had been included in the Olympic Games.

在2000年的悉尼奥运会上，她取得女子三项全能运动的银牌。该项运动还是首次被纳入奥运会。

【模仿】At the... Olympics in... ,s...won the...medal in the Women’s Trathlon.

在2008年奥运会上，他取得了男子三项全能运动金牌。

___________________________________________________________ 7.At 12 years old, she won a Guinness Record when she became the youngest female to win the women’s world title for platform diving at the

World Championships in Australia in 1991.

1991年，12岁的伏明霞就获得了一项吉尼斯记录，当时她参加了在澳大利亚举行的跳台跳水世界锦标赛，成为最年轻的女子世界冠军。

8.At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, she took the gold medal in the women’s 10-metre 7

platform, becoming the youngest Olympic diving champion of all time.

在1992年的巴塞罗那奥运会上，她夺得女子10米跳台的金牌，成为有史以来最年轻的奥运会跳水冠军。

9.This was followed by great success at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games where she won gold for both the 10-metre platform and the three-metre springboard.

随后的

巨大成功是在1996年的亚特兰大奥运会上，她又夺得10米跳台和3米跳板的金牌。

11.In 2000, he was the first person ever to swim the entire length of the Danube River in Europe–a distance of 3,004 kilometres in 58 days.

2000年，他成为游完欧洲多瑙河全程的第一人—58天游完了3004公里。

12.For this, he attained his first entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

为此，他第一次被载入了《吉尼斯世界记录大全》

13.In 2004, Strel again broke his own Guinness record by swimming the length of the dangerous Changjiang River (4,600 km), the third longest river in the world.

到2004年，斯特雷再次破了他自己的吉尼斯记录，游了世界上第三大河长江的危险河段4600公里。

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