1、Communication WorkshopToday we will focus on three tasks:1.Listening2.Speaking3.WritingUnit2 Lesson3 Sports Stars Ma LinA table tennis playerGuo JingjingA diverLiu XiangA hurdlerGao LingA badminton playerSome background knowledge about themMa Lin(马林):He was born in Shenyang,Liaoning Province.He star
2、ted to play table tennis at an early age of 6 and was inducted(吸收)into the national team in 1994 when he was only 14.He won the 2000 World Cup to become Chinas first mens singles world champion.In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games(雅典奥运会),Chen Qi&Ma Lin,known as Chinas new“golden pair”(黄金搭档),won the mixe
3、d doubles(混合双打)and became the Olympic Champion.At present,he is considered to be the strongest player in the world.Liu Xiang(刘翔)：He,the 21-year-old Shanghai native,is considered to be a hero,a superhero.He is the pride of China.Because he is the first Chinese athlete to take Olympic gold in the shor
4、t distance race,which used to be dominated(占据)by Americans and Europeans.He also became the first Asian(亚洲人)in history to win the mens 110m hurdles(男子110米跳栏)at the Olympic Games in Athens on Friday,Aug.27,2004.Gao Ling(高凌):She took up badminton in Wuhan at age of 6,and began regular training in Hube
5、i provincial sports school in 1989 and joined the national team in February 1997.She and Zhang Jun(张军)became the Olympic champion of the mixed doubles in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games(悉尼奥运会).Again,Gao Ling and Zhang Jun won the mixed doubles and became the Olympic champion in the 2004 Athens Olympic
6、 GamesGuo Jingjing(郭晶晶):She was born in the province of Hubei.She won diving competitions at every level as a youngster(少年),and has won almost every honor available in the world of diving.In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games,she became the Olympic champion of womens singles and she and Wu Minxia won the
7、 Olympic gold of the womens doubles in Athens.What do you think when you got the information of them?1.Listen to the interview,and find out which speakers(Hu Jun&Zheng Hua)like the person in the photos,or both.Answers:Hu Jun-Gao LingZhen Hua-Guo JingjingBoth-Liu Xiang,Ma Lin 2.Listen to the intervie
8、w again,and find out how they show their strong agreement,limited agreement,or disagreement.The tapescript:Interviewer:welcome to this weeks “My Favourite Sports Heroes”.Today,we have two students,Zheng Hua and Hu Jun from Shenyang Number 1 High School.Welcome.So Zheng Hua,who are your favourite spo
9、rts heroes?Zheng Hua:Well,I really like Guo Jingjing.She trains so hard and she always does her best in competitions,Shes also very pretty.Hu Jun:Oh,come off it.Yes,I suppose shes pretty,but I dont think shes the only hardworking sports star around.What about Gao Lin,the Olympic badminton champion?E
10、very day,as part of her training,she wears special clothes filled with sand weighing 6 kilograms.Now thats what I call hardworking.Zheng Hua:OK,but I still admire Guo Jingjing.Interviewer:Hu Jun,who are your favourite sports heroes?Hu Jun:I guess I have to go for Liu Xiang,the mens hurdle champion.Z
11、heng Hua:Mmm.,youre dead right about Liu Xiang.He did really well in the 2004 Olympic Games and won honor not only for Chinese people but for people all over Asia too.Hes great!Hu Jun:Absolutely!Zheng Hua:But there are lots of other great sports stars like him.For example,er,Ma Lin,the table tennis
12、champion.In the 2004 Olympics,he won the gold medal.Hu Jun:Thats true.Youve got a point there.SpeakingSpeaking strategies:1.Make notes about your opinions,then you had better choose a secretary first to make notes.2.Think of reasons to support your opinions.3.Make sentences according to your notes and reasons,then practice saying your opinions.WritingSetting the scene(设置背景，交代时间，地点，人物，事件起因等)Development of narrative(描述事情发生经过)Conclusion(故事结局，及个人感悟)Relaxing*Listen to the song“James Dean”by the Eagles,*And complete the blanks.Homework1.Write a story2.Finish the exercises on page 74-75.
