1、Unit 1 Breaking recordsReading12022-10-8approximately adv.近似地近似地,大约地大约地laughter n.笑笑,笑声笑声in reality 实际上实际上,现实现实adjustment n.调整调整,调节调节tough adj.强硬的强硬的,困难的困难的;顽强的顽强的gymnastically adv.体操体操,技能训练技能训练extreme adj.极端的极端的,偏激的偏激的22022-10-8conventional adj.习俗的习俗的,传统的传统的unfit adj.不适宜的不适宜的,不太健康的不太健康的spiritual ad
2、j.精神上的精神上的marathon n.马拉松马拉松urge v.催促催促,力劝力劝accomplish v.完成完成,实现实现motivation n.动机动机devotion n.热爱热爱,投入投入soul n.灵魂灵魂,心灵心灵32022-10-8In groups,answer these questions about the pictures of the activities below.1 What is each person doing?Choose the name of each activity from the list.hula hooping pogo sti
3、ck jumping doing jumping jacks somersaulting standing on a Swiss ball doing lunges42022-10-8pogo stick jumpingsomersaulting52022-10-8standing on a Swiss balldoing jumpingjacks62022-10-8doing lungeshula hooping72022-10-8Ashrita Furman82022-10-8“The road is always ahead of you”What is the passage abou
4、t?A man called Ashrita Furman who has broken Guinness records in many activities.92022-10-8Look at the four pictures and guess what activities will be mentioned in the passages.deep knee bends somersaulting doing lunges doing jumping jacks102022-10-8What happened in the following time?at the age of
5、16:in the early 1970s:He discovered an Indian meditation teacher called Sri Chinmoy.He has been one of Sri Chinmoys students.112022-10-8in 1978:in 1979:over the last 25 years:He came third in a 24-hour bicycle marathon in New Yorks Central Park.He broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping
6、jacks.He has broken approximately 93 Guinness records.122022-10-8Quickly glance through the text.Tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does not cover.physical skills needed for events number of records broken his family life kinds of records broken why he became a sportsman 132022-10-8 count
7、ries he likes best place and date of birth his occupation his education his first Guinness record 142022-10-8Name:Where he lives(Para._):Number of records broken(Para._):His first Guinness record(Para._):Ashrita FurmanNew York cityabout 9327,000 jumping jacks in 19799111Profile:152022-10-8Not made i
8、n any conventional sports;seem childish;cause laughter rather than respectKinds of records broken(Para._):1&3Main sports in which he has made Guinness records1)Hula hooping 2)_ _3)_4)Performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon24-hour bicycle marathonPogo stick jumping under water 16Main sports i
9、n which he has made Guinness records5)_6)Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges7)Somersaulting along a road for 12 milesJumping jacks172022-10-8Main sports in which he has made Guinness records8)_ _9)Keep a full bottle of milk on his head while he was walkingThe
10、 qualities required in these sportsStrengthFitness_DeterminationStanding on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball182022-10-8Some of the physical difficulties he has experienced.When walking with a bottle of milk on his headThe fine _ are neededneck adjustments192022-10-8When doing gymnastically correct lungesLu
11、nges are _ hard on your legs.extremely202022-10-8When standing on top of a Swiss ballIt takes a lot of _ and a great sense of _ to stay on the ball.You have to _ to stay on top especially when your legs start _.concentrationbalancestruggleshaking212022-10-8When somersaultingIt is a _ event as you ha
12、ve to overcome _,_ and pain.You are _ to rest for only 5 minutes in every hour of rolling.And you may _.toughdizzinessextreme tirednesspermittedvomit222022-10-8True or false1.Many people laugh at Ashrita becausethe events he participates are childish.2.Ashrita was a born talented sports man and he s
13、howed great interests in sports when he was a child.3.Sri Chinmoy is Ashiritas teacher.TFT232022-10-84.Ashrita Furman still holds all theGuinness that he ever broke,includingthe records for having the most records.5.Compared with other sports likeswimming or soccer,those activities that Ashrita took
14、 part in require lessstrength and fitness.FF242022-10-86.Although he was not unfit when he was a child,Ashrita Furman was fascinated with sports.7.Ashrita has been one of Sir Chinmoys students since 1970.8.Ashrita is always grateful for his teacher in his record-breaking attempts.FTT252022-10-81.Whi
15、ch kind of activity is most likely to make a person dizzy?A.Standing on top of a 75cm Swiss ball B.Somersaulting C.Doing gymnastically correct lunges D.Jumping jacksChoose the correct answers.262022-10-82.Which is NOT the reason why Ashrita became a successful sportsman?A.He was very weak as a child
16、,so hehad to take more exercise.B.He became one of Sir Chinmoysstudents.C.Ashrita entered the marathon andwon much confidence.D.He refused to accept any physicallimitation.272022-10-83.We can conclude that _.A.Ashrita likes swimming and soccer.B.Ashrita dreamed of breaking a record in all seven cont
17、inents but never.C.All activities that Ashrita took part in seemed childish and cause laughter.D.Standing on top of 75cm Swiss ball is not so easy as it looks.282022-10-84.The passage mainly tells us _.A.how Ashrita became famous B.how Ashrita became a sportsman C.Ashrita enjoys the challenge of bre
18、aking Guinness records D.why Ashrita got crazy about sports.292022-10-8Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the _ of breaking Guinness records.These records are not made in any _ sport.challengeconventional302022-10-8His _ to keep trying to break records comes through his _ to his teacher called
19、Sri Chinmon,who believes that there is no _ to peoples physical abilities.After the bicycle _ in 1978,he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the _ and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to _ anything.motivationdevotionlimitmarathonspiritaccomplish312022-10-8Fro
20、m then on,he _ to accept any physical limitation.Over the last 25 years,he has broken _ 93 Guinness records.He still _ more than 20 of these.He _ to break records in very _ events and in very interesting places.He _ his dream of breaking a record in all seven _.refusedapproximatelyholdsattemptsimaginativeachievedcontinents322022-10-81.Finish exercise 4 on page 4 in your books.2.Write a composition about Ashrita Furmans achievements.332022-10-8342022-10-8
