Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计和教学实录

Unit 1 Breaking records

Period 1: Warming up and Reading

Teaching aims：

1. Let the students read the passage to develop their reading ability

2. Enable students to learn to talk about world records 3. Develop student’s sense of cooperative learning

Key points: 1.

Let the students comprehend the passage

2. Get students to learn different reading skills

Difficult points: 1. Improve the students’ reading ability

2. Enable students to talk about world records

Teaching methods：

1. Individual, pair or group work

2. Inductive method / task—based

Teaching tools: 1.

The multimedia

2. The blackboard Teaching procedure: Step 1 Warming up Let the students look at the pictures on the screen and then get them to have a discussion in groups to discuss how the people in the pictures are feeling.

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Note : Picture 1:Liu Xiang (hurdling)

Picture 2: Luo Xuejuan (swimming)

Picture 3: Zhang Guozheng (weight lifting) Step 2 Pre-reading

First look at the pictures and go through the words of different activities .Then ask them s to tell the names of activities and answer the questions on Page 1. The names of activities: hula hooping, pogo stick jumping, doing jumping jacks, somersaulting, standing on a Swiss ball,

doing lunges Check the answers for Exercise 1: A pogo stick jumping

B somersaulting

C standing on a Swiss ball

D doing jumping jacks

E doing lunges

F hula hooping

Then the teacher ask : 1 Can you do hula hooping ? 2 How about jumping jacks?

There is a man called Ashrita Furman who can break records in all these activities. Let’s read about it .

Step 3 Reading

Task 1 Fast reading

Tick the topics about Ashrita that the writer does not cover. □physical skills needed for events

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number of records broken

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his family life □

kinds of records broken

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why he became a sportsman

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countries he likes best

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place and date of birth

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his occupation

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his education

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his first Guinness record Answer the following questions: 1. What's the main idea of the passage? 2. Who is the most influential person in Ashrita’s life?

3. Which of the following is Not mentioned in the text? A. kinds of records he has broken

B. number of records broken C. why he became a sportsman

D. place and date of birth 4. Ashrita has been one of Sri Chinmoy’s students. Sri Chinmoy believes that _______ A. it is not so important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds. B. there is physical limitation. C. there is no physical limitation. D. people just need to develop their hearts and spiritual selves.. 5. From the passage we can infer that ________. A. the events Ashrita participates in are childish.

B. the events Ashrita participates in only cause laughter. C. people show no respect to Ashrita though he has broken many Guinness records. D. the events Ashrita participates in really require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination. Check the answers withthe class:

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1 The reading text is about Ashrita Furman who has broken many Guinness records in unconventional (unusual/not traditional) sports activities. 2 Sri Chinmoy

3 D 4 C 5 D Task2 Careful reading

1.Please read the story more carefully and fill in the blanks : Type: a news report Para1: Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records．

Para2: Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents. Para3: These activities require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination．

Para4: The fine neck adjustments needed to keep a full bottle of milk on your head while you are walking Para5:A lot of concentration and a great sense of balance

Para6: Somersaulting: a tough event

Para7:Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges

Para8:As a child he was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records．

Para9: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.

Para11: Ashrita broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks in 1979.

Para12: Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts．

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2.Complete the passage with one word in each blank:

Ashrita Furman is a sportsman ____ likes the challenge of breaking Guinness ____. Recently．Ashrita ____in breaking a record ____all seven continents，

including hula hooping in Australia pogo stick jumping under water in South

America, _____ performing deep knee bends ____ a hot air balloon in North

America．

It is not easy to stand ____ top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy. It is not ____ to do somersaulting ____ a road for 12 miles. Covering a mile in the fastest time ____

doing gymnastically correct lunges is not easy, ____. But Ashrita succeeded in all these ____. He was a talented ____. He worked hard to ____ his body as well as his mind. He believes ____ there is no limit to people’s physical abilities. He ____ “There is

only one perfect road. It is ahead of You, always ____of you.”

Task 3 Detailed reading

Please find out the sentences in the text which the students can’t understand: 1. 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，这些活动需要强大的力量，健康的体格和坚定的决心。

2. Every time Ashrita tries to break a record, he reaches a point where he feels he cannot physically do any more. 每次试图破纪录的时候，阿西里塔都会达到一个体力不可逾越的极限点。

Explanation:

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1. 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.

1)rather than 而不是；……宁愿

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rather than 前后结构相同，保持平衡

eg. He is an artist rather than a writer. （英译汉）

我宁愿自己作而不是让他来做这件事情。（汉译英）

注意：rather than 连接两主语时，谓语与第一个主语保持一致。

eg. I, rather than you, am to blame. 常用搭配：

would prefer to do…rather than do…

Rather than stay at home, I would prefer to go out.

2 Every time Ashrita tries to break a record, he reaches a point where he feels he cannot physically do any more. 1)Every time, each time, next time, the first time, any time, all the time 等名词短语用来引导时间状语，表示“每次，每当，下次，第一次

……”

eg. Every time I was in trouble, he would come to help me out. Next time you come, do remember to bring your girl friend here. You are welcome to come any time you want to .

Step 4

Retell the text

Let the students try to retell the text according to the given words in groups: As a child: unfit, not interest in, however, be fascinated by

As a teenager: search for, study, discover Since the early 1970s: as important as, develop, as well as, spiritual selves, limit

In 1978: come third, 24-hour bicycle marathon, understand, instrument, spirit, be able to, use, accomplish anything In 1979: break, 27000 jumping jacks

Over the last 25 years: 93 Guinness records, more than, including

Step 5 Summary and Homework

Sum up the important and difficult points Read through the text carefully again and find out the difficult language points to preview the next period.

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