1a Talking about international sports stars

T: Do you like sport? I think many of you like it. What sport do you like?

S: football, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, basketball and so on.

T: Ok! I know you are sports fans. You must know the famous sports stars. I have some pictures of them .Do you know them. Let’s make a list.

International Sports StarsWhat kind of sportDo you like him or her? Why?

Michael JordanBasketballsuperman

Deng YapingTable tennisPertinacity

Martina HingisTennisresourceful

David BeckhamfootballHandsome

Please think about these questions. What sport does he or she play? Do you like him or her? Why or why not?

1b Listening and writing

Listen to the tape and write the year when the sports star were born. I will play it twice. First time you can only listen and the second time you can write.

Answers

Deng Yaping:1973Michael Jordan:1963

Martina Hingis:1980David Beckham:1975

Read the tapescript and try to underline the expressions and shadow the when/how long questions

1c Doing pairwork

First let’s look at the dialogue about Deng Yaping. Please read it after me. When you read please pay attention to the pronunciations and intonations.

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great Chinese ping-pong player.

A: When was she born?

B: She was born in 1973.

Now make the similar dialogue about other people with your partners. I’d like to ask some pair to act it out. For example:

A: Who’s that?

B: That’s Michael Jordan. He is a great American basketball player.

A: When was he born?

B: He was born in 1963.

2a Listening and filling the chart

Look at the pictures. What are they doing? Learn the new words

Hiccup 打嗝

sneeze 打喷嚏

world record means the best in the world

Let’s listen to the tape carefully and fill in the chart.

While listening, try to get the important thing --- “how long”

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