1、Module 4 Unit 2 TaskTalking about sports and activitiesLearning Objectives:1.Language ability objectiveWe will be able to improve our English language proficiency in listening,reading,speaking and writing,especially in topics about sports and activities.Talking about sports and activitiesLearning Ob
2、jectives:2.Cultural consciousness objectiveWe will be able to know more about the origin,development and spread of sports events in a global sense.Talking about sports and activitiesLearning Objectives:3.Thinking quality objectiveWe will be able to express our ideas or make suggestions about sports
3、in a polite and friendly manner.Talking about sports and activitiesLearning Objectives:4.Learning ability objectiveWe will learn to identify relative information when reading or listening to English for further writing.M4U2 Task:Talking about sports and activities1.Lead-in2.Skills building 1:listeni
4、ng for specific information 3.Skills building 2:making suggestions4.Skills building 3:identifying/selecting relevant information1.Lead-in Watch a short clip and try to figure out what kind of sport the speaker is talking about.Ping-Pong 2.Skills building 1:listening for specific information Task:Com
5、pleting a training schedule We know that the speaker is sharing with the audience what his daily ping pong training routine is in Japan.Now listen to the speech again and complete the flow chart below of his training schedule.Not knowing who has won feels like the ultimate Step out of my Nobody keep
6、s of who is winning gamesClimb up a hill for Everyone tries hard to pointsHead into the local Change partners every minutesSet up Ping pong tables Draw lots,and select partners to play At every table,one pair of players practices while another practices backhands3.Skills building 2:making suggestion
7、sWhen making suggestions,we usually try to use less direct ways of speaking to make the listener feel more comfortable.We often use these patterns:1.I advise you to do more exercise to keep fit.I advise that you should watch less TV at night.My advice to you is that you should drink more water.We of
8、ten use these patterns:2 I suggest(that)you(should)go and have your teeth checked.He suggested playing football after school.Sometimes we also use questions to make suggestions:1 Dont you think it would be a good idea to go running every morning?2 Why dont you go swimming instead of watching TV at h
9、ome?Why not go swimming with me?You need some exercise.Sometimes we also use questions to make suggestions:3 You might have broken your leg.Shall I take you to hospital?4 Tom:Shall we meet again and discuss the plan this week?Michael:Will Thursday morning do?I happen to be in town then.Will Thursday
10、 morning do?do do在此句中意为“（对人）足够，满足需要；（对于人）有帮助”，通常与will连用，不可用被动语态。Half of that will do.那个的一半就够了You neednt use milk.Water will do.你不必用牛奶，水就行。This bed will do for the baby.这张床给婴儿睡正合适。Sometimes we also use questions to make suggestions:5 Jane:Lets plan something for the summer holidays.Edward:What/How ab
11、out a trip to Europe?Task:designing a new daily routineRead the two leaflets from a Sports Association,and compare it with the training schedule above in Step 2.Give advice to the athlete on how his daily routine can be changed.Not knowing who has won feels like the ultimate victoryStep out of my ap
12、artment Nobody keeps track of who is winning gamesClimb up a hill for 15 minutes Everyone tries hard to win pointsHead into the local health club Change partners every five minutesSet up three Ping pong tables Draw lots,and select partners to play doublesAt every table,one pair of players practices
13、forehands while another practices backhandsI suggest you ensure at least eight hours of sleep every night.I advise you to eat plenty of grain products as breakfast before you leave home.Dont you think it would be a good idea to take part in another sport like yoga besides Ping-Pong from time to time
14、?7.00 a.m.get up7.30 a.m.breakfast:eggs,bacon,toast with butter,coffee8.00 a.m.climb up a hill for 15 minutes8.15 a.m.head into the local health club 9.00 a.m.Ping Pong training12.00 p.m.lunch:Fried rice,beef stew,and broccoli stir fry 2.00 p.m.Yoga time3.00 p.mwatch a DVD5.30 p.m.Dinner out 7.00 p.
15、m.Ping Pong training9.00 p.m.Shower time10.30 p.m.Prepare to go to bedHow about this new daily routine?4.Skills building 3:identifying/selecting relevant informationTask:writing a report about the history of a sport,When you write a report about the history of something,define what you are talking a
16、bout.Relate the history in the order that it happened,and then talk about how things are today.Read the report below to see how this is done.You have to write a report on the history of table tennis around the world.Read the letter below and underline information relevant to your topic.Table tennis,
17、also called Ping-Pong,is played all around the world and is an Olympic sport.It is very similar to playing tennis on a court,but is played on a table.Thats how it gets the name table tennis.The exact origin of table tennis is not known.What we do know is that it began in England in the 1890s.It beca
18、me popular in the 1920s all around Europe and Asia,and then in some other areas of the world.The International Table Tennis Federation was founded in 1926.In the same year,the first World Table Tennis Championships was held in December in London.In 1988,table tennis entered the Olympics,which has four events-mens singles,womens singles,mens doubles and womens doubles.Today,players from China,South Korea and Germany among others play leading roles in international table tennis competitions.
