Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending第二课时教学实录

Book 9 unit 1 Breaking records - Reading Learning Aims 1.

To comprehend the text and know about Arishta’s experience and challenge of breaking Guinness records by reading and retelling. 2.

To be inspired by Arithta’s spirits by voicing out your own feelings . Leading-in Look at some pictures.And tell the students these pictures have been taken at the end of events. How do you think the participants are feeling? Give reasons And then some pictures ?

Answer some questions. What is each person doing? Do you know the name of each activity? Pre-reading

We all know that besides these conventional sports ,there are some other activities . Look at the pictures. Can you match the names with the pictures? Yes picture1 is pogo jumping,... Picture 6 is hula hooping. There is a man called Ashrita Furman who has broken Guinness records in all these activities. Want to know more about this man? Let’s read the passage. While-reading

Task 1

Fast reading

skim and scan the passage quickly and tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does not cover. □

physical skills needed for events

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number of records broken □

his family life

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kinds of records broken □

why he became a sportsman □

countries he likes best □

place and date of birth □

his occupation □

his education

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his first Guinness record Task 2

Now you skim the whole passage quickly,and get the main idea and structure of the text. 1.

What’s the main idea of the text?

Ashrita’s success and belief. ( Usually we get the main idea of the passage in the first paragraph.That’s a skill for reading a passage.) 2.

Divide the text into four parts and summarize the main idea of each part. Part 1 (1)

Brief introduction Part 2 (2-7) Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all several continents Part 3 (8-11) How Ashrita came to be sportsman Part 4(12-13) What Ashrita’s belief is

(To find out which paragraph belong to the same part, you can summarize the main idea of each paragraph and find out those with the same theme . Normally they belong to the same part .) Careful reading look through these questions. 1. Where do you think Ashrita lives? 2. How old do you think he is?

3. Has he broken records in all seven continents? 4. When did he first come across the Guinness Book of World Records? 5. A. What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when walking with a bottle of milk on his head? B. What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when standing on top of a Swiss ball? C. What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when somersaulting? D. What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when doing gymnastically correct lunges? 6. Which one of Sri Chinmoy’s beliefs led Ashrita to attempting records? 7. Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978? 8. Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon? 9. What happens in an event that prevents Ashrita from giving up? 10. Do you think that the events that Ashrita participates in are childish?

Why or why not?

Discussion Here are some of Ashrita’s beliefs. In groups, discuss whether you agree with them or not. 1.

There is no limit to people’s physical abilities. 2.

The body is just an instrument of the spirit. 3.

You can use your spirit to accomplish anything. 4.

There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, always ahead of you. Writing on the blackboard 1. Over the last 25 years, he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records.

[考点] approximately adv. 大约地；近似地

There were approximately fifty people there.那儿大约有五十个人。

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The questionnaire takes ________ ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used along with the assessment interview.

A. mainly

B. punctually

C. approximately

D. precisely 2. However, he was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records.

fascinate vt. 使着迷；入迷

e.g. What the expert said fascinated the present listeners. 专家的话使在场的听众入了迷。

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. [高考链接

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1. ______ the students came from different countries, they got along quite well in the summer camp. (2015·福建)

A. While

B. Unless C. Since

D. Until 课堂练习

根据括号内的英语提示翻译下列句子。

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作为一个画家，他早已经领先他的时代。

(ahead of ) 2. 他答应我努力学习，事实上，他根本不当回事。

(in reality) 3. 我劝你马上去看医生！

(urge) 4. 这间屋子大概有多大？

(approximate) 5. 这件事不是你所想象的那样简单。(as ... as) Homework Finish the task in Ex. 3 && 4 on Page 4.