Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计第一课时

Unit 1 Breaking Records Reading Teaching Aims

1. Ability goals

Enable the students talk about the GWR sports mentioned. Enable the students to talk about surpassing physical limits. 2. Learning ability goals

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

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

Teaching methods

Skimming, intensive reading, discussing, analyzing. Teaching aids

A recorder, a projector and some slides. Teaching procedures

Step Ⅰ

Warming Up

Get the students to talk about pictures in Warming up. T: Well, let’s look at these pictures on Page 1 and talk about how these participants are feeling.

Exultant(狂喜): Because Liu Xiang is the first Asian who won the hurdling, which belongs to

the track and field — the weakest item for Asian. Calm: Participants are so strong in some certain spectator sports that they are confident in

winning the golden medals. Exciting: Their hard and dull practicing has been rewarded. T: Behind the applause, medals, flowers and praise, it is hard working, dull practicing, determination, and loneliness and persistent that assist them make the world records, keep them and break them. We admire them. However, there are other people who are fond of other unconventional maximal exercise (极限运动) also have their world records. Now do a listening practice on Page 51, and then answer my questions. Step Ⅱ Pre-reading First ask the students to match the pictures with teacher’s introduction!

Show the introductory 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.

Step

Ⅲ While-reading Get the students to read the passage several times and get the general idea of it. First reading 1. 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 best ⑦

place and date of birth

⑧

his occupation

⑨

his education

⑩

his first Guinness record

2. Quickly glance through the text, and answer the following 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. Careful reading

1. 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 1) Where do you think Ashrita lives? ---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) How old you think he is?---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) Has he broken records in all seven continents? ---Yes. (Para. 2)

4) When did he first come across the Guinness Book of World Records? ---When he was a child.

5) What are some of the physical difficulties he has experienced when

A. Walking with a bottle of milk on his head? ----The fine neck adjustments are needed.

B. Somersaulting? ---It takes a lot of concentration and a great sense of balance to stay on top even though his legs may start shaking.

C. Standing on top of a Swiss ball?

---He has to overcome dizziness, extreme tiredness and pain.

D. Doing gymnastically correct lunges?----Lunges are extremely hard on his legs. 6) Which one of Sri Chinmoy’s beliefs led Ashrita to attempting records?

---The belief that there is no limit to people’s physical abilities.

7) Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978? ---He won the third place even though he had done no training. 8) Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon? ---Because 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. 9) What happens in an event that prevents Ashrita from giving up? ---He goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his teacher. 10) Do you think that the events that Ashrita participates in are childish? Why or why not?

---In my opinion, they are not childish, because they require an enormous amount of strength

and fitness as well as determination in reality. 2. parts this text can be divided into, and what the general meanings are. Para. 1 Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records．

Para. 2 Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents. Para. 3 These activities require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination

Para.4 The fine neck adjustments needed to keep a full bottle of milk on your head while you are walking Para.5 A lot of concentration and a great sense of balance Para.6 Somersaulting: a tough event Para.7 Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges Para.8 As a child he was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records．

Para.9 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. Para.11 Ashrita broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks in 1979. Para.12-13 Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts．“There is only one perfect road．It is ahead of you，always ahead of you.”

Step ⅣDiscussion

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

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. Step ⅤHomework 1. Find proverbs or quotations which are closely connected with reading material Ashrita’s story.

2. Finish the task in Ex. 3 & 4 on Page 4. Afterthoughts