2023年6月24日发(作者：)

Book1 Unit 5： Winning is not everything

教学重点：

1. related material about sports, the spirit of Olympic games

2. The writing skill of develop a problem-solution paragraph

3. The key words, phrases & expressions, and sentence

structures

4. the translation of some long and difficult sentences

教学难点：

1. learn the meaning of critical thinking

2. understanding and translating difficult expressions and

sentences

教学进程：

Part 1 : Lead in(相关活动见附件)

Discussion

Watch a video clip and answer the following questions

1. According to the video clip, what benefits can

sports bring to young people?

2. Can you think of more positive effects of sports? 3. In spite of the positive effects, are there any

negative effects of sports? What are they?

Step 2: Further Discussion

1. Why do sports play a very important role in American

culture?

2. What kind of sports do American students play in

public or private school?

3. According to your understanding, what kind of sports

do American like most?

4. . How much do you know about traditional Chinese

Kung fu? Share your knowledge in class.

Have you ever watched any “Kong fu movies” made by

Westerners? According to your understanding, what is Kung fu

in their eyes? Do they have the same feeling toward Kung fu as

we Chinese?

Part 2 while reading

Text structure analysis :

This article is mainly about the benefits that sports can bring

to young people. . The passage can be roughly divided into four parts.

1. Part 1( Para 1): Mental and physical health of young

people is important and it should be the goal of

parents, teachers and coaches in cultivating the

young.

2. Part 2 ( Para. 2-5): How do team sports work in

molding young people of mental and physical health?

Para.2: Team sports provide the young with critical

skills and valuable lessons

Para.3: Team sports give the young a natural place to

work hard and learn valuable life lessons.

Para.4: In team sports, what matters is whether you

are fully involved, not your natural ability.

Para.5: Team sports can inspire and encourage the less

naturally talented athletes to be their best.

What they learn on the playing field will be

valuable to them in their career and their

personal lives. 3. Part 3 (Para.6) Participation in competitive team

sports is not without hazards. Placing excessive

emphasis on winning will lead to missing the learning

opportunities, uncovering negative, draining and

harmful consequences and canceling out the many

desirable effects of sports.

Part 4 (Para. 7): Conclusion: The writer further concludes the

benefits of team sports and stresses the importance of all the

benefits.

III. Detailed studies of the text and sentence structure

Questions Previewing

1. What is the text mainly about?

2. What attributes can team sports provide to growing

children? (Para. 2)

3. What does the author want to illustrate by mentioning

lemons and honey? (Para. 3)

4. How can talented people benefit from team sports?

(Para. 4) 5. What will those who lack talent learn through sports?

(Para. 5)

6. What could be the consequences when too much

emphasis is put on winning according to the text? (Para.

6)

Sentence Interpretation

1. 原句：

The ability to work toward a common goal underlines the

value of teamwork.

(Para. 2, L3)

show that sth. is important

说明: The ability to work toward the same goal shows how

important the value of teamwork is.

译文： 年轻人为了一个一起目标而尽力的能力加倍 凸显了团队合作的价值。

2. 原句：

Nevertheless, many lessons remain abstract

concepts until they are made real by life experiences.

(Para. 3,

L2)

说明: However, if those lessons are not followed in real life,

they will be just ideas which have not much practical value. 译文： 但是只有在生活中真正经历以后，许多体会教训才再也不是抽象的概念。

3. 原句： What is missing in natural talent can be overcome

through hard work, practice and learning from the

example of others. (Para. 5, L2)

说明: One can make up for the lack of natural talent

through hard work, practice and learning from others.

译文： 一个人天分不足能够通过尽力奋斗、训练和向其他表率学习来弥补。

4. 原句：

In such circumstances, the sports experience uncovers

negative, draining and harmful consequences, canceling out

the many desirable effects of sports.

(Para. 6, L9)

stop sth. from having any effect

说明:

In such situations, the negative aspect of the sports

experience shows up: It requires too much time and energy

and might lead to harmful results. Such negative aspect of

sports makes the sports experience lose many good effects.

译文： 在如此的环境中，体育运动就会暴露出负面的、令人身心疲惫的和有害的后果，从而也就抵消了体育运动带来的诸多益处。

3. 教师需要明白如何鼓励学生，使其发挥最大的潜能。

A teacher needs to know how to inspire students to be

at

their best.

4. 我很早就明白英语是大学里最重要的课程之一。

I knew quite

early on

that English is one of the most

important courses in the university.

5. 一些人指责媒体在饮食上误导公共。

Some

blamed the media for

misleading the public in diet.

6. 一些教育家指出现在许多父母过于强调小孩考试分数的重要性了。

Some educators point out that today many parents

place

too much emphasis on

their kids’ exam result.

Language Appreciation

a. Growing children need inspiration and physical stimulation.

Team sports are a great way to provide these attributes!

成长中的小孩需要精神鼓励和躯体刺激。团队体育运动是提供这些特质的极好途径。

b. Being both humble in victory and generous in defeat emphasizes the mutual obligation of graceful manners in all

human interactions.

胜不骄、败不馁强调了在所有人际交往中维持风度是彼此的义务。

c. Such an outlook can be harsh on children when they feel

pressured to win from the adults around them

关于在身旁大人的压力下被迫去赢的小孩们来讲，如此的观念会很苛刻的。

d. Sports give youth a sense of self-worth and

accomplishment and teach them to deal capably with failure

and success.

运动能给年轻人带来自我价值感和成绩感，并教会他们专门好地对待胜败输赢。

Thematic study

1. Compare the Olympic spirit that you have learned from Text

A and Text B.

Olympic spirit in Text A

1. Do sports with determination and endurance;

2. Win for devotion not for wealth;

3. Keep going and remain humble in victory; 4. Never say you are too old to play sports;

5. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!

Olympic spirit in Text B

1. A healthy mind is to be found in a healthy body;

2. Be both humble in victory and generous in defeat;

3. Strategy, teamwork and cooperation are more crucial;

4. Learn the value of cooperation and teamwork;

5. Winning isn’t everything, it is only a thing.

2. What did you learn from this unit? Have you decided to

make a plan for your future body exercise? Explain it in class.

After learning this unit, I know the importance of playing

sports. My Fitness Plan goes like this:

Wake up at 6:00 every day and then run around

community until 7:00.

Do body exercises, such as push-ups, sit-ups, and some

other outdoor activities every evening around 7:00.

Part 3 Exercises

Part4 Assignment 1. read text A and compare the Olympic spirit in and text A

and text B

2. What did you learn from this unit? Have you decided to

make a plan for your future body exercise? Explain it in class

Listening: Unit 3 Life moments

教学重点：

1. talk about unusual experience

2. listen for time-order signal words and expressions

教学难点：

1. make phone calls

a radio program on unusual experiences

教学进程：

Opening-up

1. Read the statements. Then underline the alternatives which

are true for you or fill in the blanks according to your own

experiences.

2. Work in pairs and compare your answers.

Listening to the world

1. Ask Ss to watch a podcast to get its general idea and

discuss their answers in groups.

2. Ask Ss to watch a podcast and fill in the blanks.

3. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions based on what

they have heard.

Questions:

1 Which city did you visit recently? What was the most

exciting thing you did there?

1 Have you ever been to a wedding? If yes, did you

enjoy it? Why or why not?

2 Do you know anything about a traditional Chinese

wedding? Mention at least three things.

Role-play

Work in pairs and role-play one of the following

situations by using skills for making phone calls

Situation 1: Calling a friend

Situation 2: Calling customer services Further practice in listening

Short conversations

Long conversation

Passage 1

Passage 2

Assignment:

Work in pairs. Think about an exciting or a frightening

experience you’ve had and share it with your partner.