When will the match be held? 1 4 Complete the table. Pronunciation and speaking Competition 7 Listen and repeat Make sure you pause between each sense group. man Yes. /Im training/with BIG, /the Beijing Teams International Globetrotters. for the Schools Basketball Competition. /It's the big match/ against next week Next match 8 Say the sentence Well, you won t be allowed to watch with our fans if thats what you think Now listen and check.圖 Last match score 9 Work in pairs. Talk about your favourite sports team or sports star this season Betty 's favourite team to win I think. will win a gold medal at the Olympic Games And I think .. will be defeated Now listen again and check oa Now work with another pair. Talk about your favourite sports team or 5 Complete the sentences sports star. Do you agree or disagree I Tony looks tired because with each other? 2 Betty is coming to the match because I agree I think you re right 3 Betty has seen has play this season and Its true she thinks So do i 4 Tony and Daming think they will I don t agree 5 Betty and Lingling say they think that BIG will lose in order to Everyday Er a tough match 6 Read the sentences from the You've got no chance! conversation. Say who the underlined What do you reckon? words refer to Don't let them get to you! I You look tired Nice work! 2 You were defeated last time. 3 Are you coming? 4 And if you want my opinion 5... you ve got no chance! 6. you won t be allowed to watch with our fans Module 319
MODULE 3 Sporting life Unit 2 Liu Xiang was trained for gold Reading and vocabulary 1 Look at the picture and the title of the passage. Say what you know about Liu Xiang and how he became a sporting hero advise ask choose compare encourage help medal notice overnight success record set up symbol train 2 Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea. aa ATHENS 2004 Liu Xiang a)was helped by his sports school to become a gold medal winner b)will be encouraged to be a star and not a sporting hero c) has trained for many years, and will continue to win medals Liu Xiang- trained for gold Sports yearbook 2004 For Liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his just begun. First of all, he'll be invited to skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach competitions around the world. He'll be chosen Sun Haiping to represent China at the oly mpic gai Liu Xiang was helped by a specia He's a symbol of Chinas international programme. It was set up in 2001 to he sporting success. young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu's And now that he's well known all over races were recorded, and his performance the world, Liu Xiang will also be asked was compared with the worlds best sports to appear in advertisements and films, stars. Sun Haiping used the information to and even to record music. But his coach change Liu's training programme. In 2002 he Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains won his first international 110m hurdles event regularly. Liu Xiang will be advised by his in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold coach on how to be a great sportsman, medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2004 and by his manager on how to be a star. Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece Liu Xiang is not an overnight success He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, So what's next for Liu Xiang? Has he 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, found out that there's more to life than he started training when he was very training? Will he be encouraged to spend young. In Grade Four, he went to the more time away Trom spor Junior Sports School of Putuo District of No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to China because he was trained for gold 20 Module 3
Liu Xiang was trained for gold. 2 3 Complete the time line with the Writing notes 5 Rewrite the notes in Activity 3 in full sentences future plan Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai in 1983. 2004 6 Look at the sentences 2002 2001 A special programme helped Liu Xiang Liu Xiang was helped by a special 1998 programme 1993 His skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping His coach Sun Haiping noticed his skill at 1983 hurdling a won an Olympic gold medal in Athens Now write sentences about Zhang b hurdling skill noticed Yining’ s training. c training programme changed Coach Wang Bilin noticed Zhang Yining d appear in films, advertisements and Zhang yining record music Wang Bilin asked Zhang Yining to go to e born in Shangha Shichahai Sports School f won in Switzerland and Korea Zhang yining… g started training at a sports school Zhang Yining's training programme took up a lot of her time 4 Answer the questions. A lot of Zhang Yining's time I As a symbol, what does liu xiang Zhang Yining's mother advised her to study represent? hard as well as train hard 2 Why isn,t Liu Xiang an overnight Zhang Yining… success 3 What was liu Xiang advised to do in a 7 Join the sentences you wrote in 1998? Activity 6 to write a paragraph about 4 What was the special programme set up Zhang Yining Use and, although and because in2001? 5 What will he be encouraged to do in the future? y Learning to learn Making notes Notes usually include only the most important information of a passage Specific details are left out, as well as verbs be have and does words like the a and an, and most adjectives 3
module 3 Sporting life Unit 3 La anquage In use Language practice You were defeated last time Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme I wasn't chosen this time We 'll be asked to play in the Olympic Games You won't be allowed to watch with our fans will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport? When will the match be held? l Work in pairs. Ask and answer when /the next Olympic Games /hold? When will the next Olympic Games be held? 2 what/ Liu Xiang /ask /to do / in the future? pics? I who/choose/represent China/ the next Olympics? the best sports stars/choose/represent Chin he/ask/ appear films and record music 3 how/ Liu Xiang /help/by a special programme in the past? his races /record/and his performance /compare / with best sports stars 4 how many gold medals /win/China at the Athens Olympics? hirty-two gold medals /win/ China at the Athens Olympics 5 where/ten-year-old Zhang Yining/train? she /train/at a famous sports school 2 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words Millions of people around the world(1) (watch) the last Olympic Games. And the next Olympic Games(2) (see)by millions more. Some stars of the last Olympics(3) (train)at special schools. Special programmes were set up to help them. There, students' performance(4) (record) and (5) (compare) with the worlds best sports stars. The coaches(6) information to change training programmes. The same programmes(7) aIso (help) to make the stars of the future Module
Language in use 3 3 Look at the pictures and put them in the correct order. 26 an hour later after a discussion the american he/award/first place he /help /acros Johnny Hayes/give/first finishing line place instead d n italian maratha he/treat/a doctor runner Dorando pietri enter the stadium/take/ rong turn he/fall down Now work in pairs and discuss the true event of the olympics in London 1908. Use the words under each picture. 4 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in the box. compare competition defeat encourage fan match point team train win Ted: Did you watch the match on Saturday Bob: Yes, I did. I'm a big(1) of big Ted: Oh, BIG is my favourite(2) Bob: I'm very happy because they did so well in the (3 Ted: Yes, they have scored so many (4) this season Bob: They've(5 many matches Ted: And that must have(6 them a lot Bob: Do you think theyll(7) HAS? Ted: Yes, I do. They've(8) very hard this season Bob: Yes, and I think BiG play very well(9) with has now Module323