1、教学材料：外研版高中英语新教材选择性必修第一册教学内容：Unit 3 Faster, higher, stronger第四课时：Developing ideas: The Return of the Champions执教人： Words and ExpressionsMatch the words with the pictures.podiumcooperationsurgerynetWords and ExpressionsMatch the words with the pictures.teamworkopponenttournamentassignWords and Express
2、ionsMatch the words with the explanations.ingredientintensepreliminaryvividburstnervethe courage to do sth difficult or dangerousone of the things or qualities that are necessary to make sth successfulproducing very clear pictures in your mindhappening before a more important action or eventserious
3、and often involving a lot of action in a short period of timeto come from somewhere suddenlyBeforeReadingLook at the pictures and answer the questions.Can you describe the scenes in the pictures?Boat raceGymnasticsWhich is team sports? Which is individual sports?Team sportsIndividual sportsLook at t
4、he pictures and answer the questions.Boat raceGymnasticsTeam sportsIndividual sportsWhat are the key differences between team sports and individual sports?1. Team sports require no less than two players on each side.2. In team sports, every player needs to learn to trust and depend on others, to acc
5、ept help and give help, and to work together to reach a common goal.1. In individual sports one player competes against other players.2. Players who excel at individual sports, however, find satisfaction pushing themselves to achieve personal goals rather than relying on the team to help them get th
6、ere.3. Individual sports also need back up from a wider team.Look at the pictures and answer the questions.Boat raceGymnasticsCan you think of any famous sports team? Why are they so well-known?Team sportsIndividual sportsNow lets watch a video about Chinese womens volleyball team.Watch the video ag
7、ain and try to match the achievements with the years.Win its maiden World Cup titleRegain the world champion after 11 yearsEmbrace its first Olympic titleWin the championship with 8 straight wins1981198620042015Watch the video again and try to match the achievements with the years.win its maiden Wor
8、ld Cup titleregain the world champion after 11 yearsembrace its first Olympic titlewin the championship with 8 straight wins1981198620042015While-readingRead the passage and find out about the events mentioned.Task 1The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2016 Rio (de Janeiro
9、) Olympics.How does the author start the passage? The author starts the passage by describing an event as if it is happening in the present. What effect does it achieve? Where the event takes placeMain sights and soundsTask 2Task 3Read the sentences and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).1
10、. The Chinese womens volleyball team won a three-set victory in the final of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. 2. Facing several strong competitors in Rio, the Chinese womens volleyball team eventually won in the final. 3. Fighting spirit alone was not enough for victory. 4. Strong team spirit is more
11、important than the skills of individual players. 5. Zhu Ting was voted Most Valuable Player at the Rio Olympics. A fact refers to the something true or real, which is backed by evidence, documentation, etc. On the other hand, opinion is what a person believes or thinks about something.FFFOO Needed a
12、ll of its fighting spirit after it was assigned to the _ _despite with just two wins in preliminary matches _with an epic comeback in the quarter-finals _ the Netherlands in the semi-final _gold in the final against SerbiaTask 4Fill in the blanks and then try to retell The Return of the Champions.Be
13、came national heroes overnight with a _ over the United States in the Los Angeles Olympics Burst onto the international volleyball scene with several _1980s 1984 2004 2016 Won_ once more at Athensmajor world titlesthree-set victoryGoldDidnt give upSummary: _ and _ contributed greatly to their succes
14、s.Paid off“group of death”DefeatedSeizedStrong team spiritfighting spiritAfter ReadingWhat kind of sporting spirit does each of the reading passages in this unit reflect? Talk about their similarities and differences.SimilaritiesDifferencesBoth the two passages reflect that hard work and perseveranc
15、e contribute to success.Stephen Curry also showed self-belief. Despite what many people including his teammates and coaches thought, he never gave up. Their strong team spirit was the key to their victory.Give a speech about the spirit of the Chinese womens volleyball team.Think about the questions
16、below. What spirit does the Chinese womens volleyball team show in the passage? What else do you think has contributed to their success? What are the examples that support your ideas?Complete the mind map with your ideas and the examples that support them.Make your speech.1. How did Chinese womens v
17、olleyball team achieve the Olympic champion?2. What spirit do they have? Can you give a talk about it?3. Have you learnt why and how the author sets a scene in a passage? Homework Write a news report to the school newspaper to talk about some exciting scenes of the sports meet that was held in your school.
