1、3 Sports stars In pairs,use the key words to talk about them.Key Words positive:brilliant,fast,intelligent,skillful,strong negative:awful,boring,over-rated,slow,terrible,useless,weaktesporting heroes or heroines?ExampleA:In my opinion,Ronaldo is a brilliant player.He is very fast and skillful.B:I do
2、nt agree.I think he is over-rated.WeightliftinggymnasticsfootballshootingfastbrilliantstrongskillfulBefore reading How much do you know about tennis?World tennis events Wimbledon French Open Australian Open the U.S.Open the Grand Slam Cup Chi open Read to learnRead the passage quickly and suggest a
3、title for the text.Champion sistersThe William sisters champions in world events Wimbledon the final of French Open the quarterfinals of the Australian Open single and double semifinal the U.S.Open the Grand Slam Cup Background introduction The American sisters who are the best tennis players in the
4、 world are the Williams Sisters.Venus and her 15-month younger sister,Serena are both top-ranked players,Venus in the Top Ten and Serena in the Top 50 by 1998 and moving ahead.Venus won the Wimbledon Championship in two-thousand and two-thousand-one.She also won the United States Open championship b
5、oth of those years.And the two sisters also won the womens doubles match at Wimbledon earlier this month.Extra information about the sisters:The American sisters who are the best tennis players in the world are the Williams Sisters.Venus and her 15-month younger sister,Serena are both top-ranked pla
6、yers,Venus in the Top Ten and Serena in the Top 50 by 1998 and moving ahead.Venus won the Wimbledon Championship in two-thousand and two-thousand-one.She also won the United States Open championship both of those years.And the two sisters also won the womens doubles match at Wimbledon earlier this m
7、onth.He then told Venus and Serena that one day they would compete for the championship of professional tennis at Wimbledon.Off the court,the sisters are like teenagers everywhere,giggling about boys and talking about clothes and movies.The sisters have remained extremely close,even through competit
8、ions and are building a house not far from their parents to move into late 1999.Guess the meaning of the following key words and check them while reading.Key Words look back,train,be strict with,compete against,express an interest in,come to an end,astonishing,improve,cause,make progress,leave behin
9、dRead the article again and answer the questions.1 Why are the sisters unusual?2 What kind of background are they from?3 Who helped them to succeed?4 How do the two sisters get on at home?They lived in a poor area of California,full of violence and drugs.Their father,Richard.They get on very well.Th
10、ey played each other in the final of a tennis tournament.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the sisters?a.Venus first played in a big tournament b.Richard started to train them.c.The sisters and their family moved to a safer area.d.The sisters were practicing on a local
11、 tennis court and they had to protect them from bullets.e.Serena won the womens singles champion at Wimbledon.A.b,c,d,a,e B.c,b,d,a,e,C.b,d,c,a,e D.c,b,d,e,aFill in the blanks with the words or expressions in the passage.1.He likes football while his younger brother _ in basketball.2.He is a strict
12、teacher,and is always very _ his students.3.The year has _;a new year is coming.4.He has _ so great _ in his studies that he was praised by the teacher.expresses a keen intereststrict withcome to an endmadeprogress11.We couldnt get him to _his war experience.12.The meeting _ at last.13.Lets hope the
13、 weather _ before Sunday.Compete with/against,compete for,Competition,competitor,competitive.1.The two teams compete for the championship.2.Hes going to compete against/with his old rival in the second round.speak aboutcame to an endimprovesGrammar Study the two groups of sentences from the text.Wor
14、k out the differences in pairs.a)Since then,she has won Wimbledon and the US Open twice.b)Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters?a)The sisters father,Richard,started to train Venus and Serena when they were young children.b)The first time Venus played in a big tournament was in 1996.PRE
15、SENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLEGrammar Practice10 Complete the interview with omplete the interview with an English footballeran English footballer.1)played 2)Did you like 3)didnt enjoy 4)have you scored 5)havent played 6)have joined 7)bought11 Complete the sentences with Complete the sentences with already,ever,never,yet.already,ever,never,yet.1)already 2)yet 3)ever 4)never 5)yet 6)ever/never
