1、Living Legends Unit 3 Reading and ThinkingWarming up1.Who are your favourite athletes?Michael Jordan郎平郎平邓亚萍邓亚萍C C罗罗孙杨孙杨刘翔刘翔famousathletes2.How do you understand the word“legend”？A legendA story from ancient times about people and events.A famous person admired by many peopleIn British,someone does g
2、ood to others might be called a legendPre-reading1.Look at the titles and pictures on the book.What do you think the text is about?It is about two living legends of Sports:Lang Ping and Michael Jordan 2.Where is the text probably taken from?A.A tour brochure B.A story book C.A sports magazine D.A sc
3、ience reportWhile-reading 1.Lang Ping is successful both as a player and as a coach.2.The captain of Lang Pings team had to leave because she was badly injured.3.Lang Ping tem won the champion of the 2016 World Cup.4.Jordon succeeded because he learned from failures.5.Jordon started the Boys and Gir
4、ls Club to help young people.Task 1:True or FalseTFFTTTask 2:Read the text again and answer the questions.1.How was Lang Pings determination tested in the 2015 World Cup?2.What examples does the writer use to describe Lang Ping?3.What does the first sentence in the paragraph introducing Michael Jord
5、an mean?4.Why does the writer mention“the final seconds of a game”?1.How was Lang Pings determination tested in the 2015 World Cup?Losing two important players.2.What examples does the writer use to describe Lang Ping?When the team had problems at the World Cup,she still managed to lead them to beco
6、me world champions.3.What does the first sentence in the paragraph introducing Michael Jordan mean?His skills were excellent.4.Why does the writer mention“the final seconds of a game”?Because in basketball game,this is an important time where one team could win wit a few points ant he last moment.Ta
7、sk 3:Read the text and decide what is stated in the text(S),what can be inferred(I)and what you know to be true from experience(E).I S I E I I After-reading 1.1.As a playerAs a player,brought honor and glory to her country.,brought honor and glory to her country.As a coach,As a coach,she led the Chi
8、na womenshe led the China womens volleyball s volleyball team to medals at world championships and the team to medals at world championships and the Olympics.Olympics.As a personAs a person,Lang Ping is loved by fans at,Lang Ping is loved by fans at home and abroadhome and abroadTask 1：Analyze the w
9、riting skills.运用排比（运用排比（parallelism）的写作手法）的写作手法2.The time when Michael Jordans feet left the ground,time seemed to stand still.运用拟人（运用拟人（personification）的写作手法）的写作手法3.Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failures.“I can accept failure;everyone fails at something.But I cant
10、accept not trying.”Losing games taught him to practice harder and never give up.直接引用直接引用Jordan 的语句的语句Task 2:Use the words and phrases below to talk about Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.athlete champion determination captain bring glory and honor injured impressive medal unique set a good example give
11、up strength graceful failure lose heartLang Ping:_Michael Jordan:_champion determinationcaptainbring glory and honorlose heartstrength graceful failureimpressivegive upSuggested AnswersMichael Jordan:He played basketball in a graceful way with impressive skills,but also showed great strength.He neve
12、r let failure stop him and never gave up his dreams.Lang Ping:She brought glory and honor to the country as both a player and a captain.She always showed great determination and never lost hear,proving she is a true champion.1.What reasons does the writer give for choosing Lang Ping and Michael Jord
13、an?Who would you choose as another“living legend”?Give your reasons.Yao MingChinese Basketball 2.26 m Care for wildlifeDiscussion Suggested AnswerThe author chose Lang Ping and Michael Jordan because they are master of their sports and like to help others.Task 2:What can we learn from successful athletes?determined,confident,positive,skillful,helpful,active,careful,cooperative,creative,energetic,faithful,generous,independent,responsible
