1、Unit 3Faster,higher,stronger-Developing ideas1.Students could learn some words and phrases.2.Students could get the main idea of this article.3.Students could learn more knowledge of team sports and individual sports.Learning Aims:What is your understanding of this title？Share you ideas with othersI
2、t might be a story of Champions.It might be a story of Champions.1.Practising day in and day out helped Stephen sharpen his skills.2.1“The atmosphere here at Rio de Janeiro is electric!If China wins this point,they will walk out of the stadium with an Olympic gold medal.Zhang Changning serves.Over t
3、he net,Popovic dives for the ball.She only just reaches it and its sent straight back to her by the Chinese spiker Hui Ruoqi.Popovic cant get the ball back this time and thats it!Its over!Its gold for China!Look how the crowd has gone wild.You can see the joy and pride on the faces of the Chinese fa
4、ns.And there we see the Chinese players embracing,with tears of happiness in their eyes Its a dream come true for China!The Chinese womens volleyball team is Olympic champion once again!”It competed against a strong team and became the Olympic champion again.Take notes quickly！重点词汇Rio de Janeiro 里约热
5、内卢walk out 退席，退场;突然离开，抛弃;出走;罢工gold medal 金牌;金质奖章Over the net 球过网only just 仅仅;勉强;刚才;刚刚pride on 引以为豪;为自豪，得意于dream come true 梦想成真;Los Angeles OlympicsLos Angeles Olympics 2 The Chinese womens volleyball team holds a very special place in the nations heart.In the 1980s,the team burst onto the internatio
6、nal volleyball scene with several major world titles,and an amazing three-set victory over the United States in the final of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.They became national heroes overnight.There was gold once more at Athens in 2004.But winning gold in Rio paints the most vivid portrait of the te
7、ams competitive spirit.Take notes quickly！重点词汇special place 特别的地方;特殊场所;特别地方;特殊地方the international 国际;跨国银行;国际歌United States 美国;Los Angeles 洛杉矶once more 又一次;再次paints 在上刷油漆;vivid 清晰的;生动的;competitive spirit 斗志;竞争的态度It competed against a strong team and became the Olympic champion again.3 In Rio,the Chin
8、ese womens volleyball team needed all of its fighting spirit after it was assigned to the“group of death”,where it faced several strong opponents in the group stage matches.Despite reaching the quarter_x0002_finals as the fourth team in the group,with just two wins in preliminary matches,they were n
9、ot going to give up.Every single member of the team gave their all to the fight,including Hui Ruoqi who had had heart surgery less than five months previously.Take notes quickly！重点词汇fighting spirit 战斗精神;战斗意志assigned to 分配给;group of death 死亡之组opponents 对手;竞争者;give up 投降，认输，member of 的成员;heart surgery
10、 心脏手术;less than 少于，少于，不到They faced several strong opponents in the group stage matches.3 In Rio,the Chinese womens volleyball team needed all of its fighting spirit after it was assigned to the“group of death”,where it faced several strong opponents in the group stage matches.Despite reaching the qu
11、arter_x0002_finals as the fourth team in the group,with just two wins in preliminary matches,they were not going to give up.Every single member of the team gave their all to the fight,including Hui Ruoqi who had had heart surgery less than five months previously.They played a close match against Ser
12、bia to seize gold in the final.4 Their perseverance paid off with an epic comeback against the defending champion Brazil in the quarter-finals.Next,the Chinese team defeated the Netherlands in the semi_x0002_final matches,having lost to them in the preliminaries.At last,showing a strong will and the
13、 steeliest nerves,they played a close match against Serbia to seize gold in the final.Take notes quickly！重点词汇perseverance 毅力;韧性;不屈不挠的精神paid off 已付清;见成效;付清，付讫comeback 重返;复出;defending champion 卫冕冠军quarter-finals 四分之一决赛;preliminaries 初步行动;预备性措施steeliest 强硬的;冷冰冰的 match against 与比赛;Teamwork is the key to
14、 Chinas victory.5 But fighting spirit alone was not enough to guarantee victory.Strong team spirit also contributed greatly to their success.Cooperation between team members is essential.If each individual does her job and works well with others,then the end goal can be achieved.In fact,strong team
15、spirit is more important than the skills of individual players.Zhu Ting,named Most Valuable Player at the Rio Olympics,also identified this as the special ingredient in the teams success:“Teamwork is the key to Chinas victory.Thanks to my teammates hard efforts,I had the opportunity to show my spiki
16、ng skills.”Take notes quickly！重点词汇fighting spirit 战斗精神;战斗意志team spirit 合作精神;集体精神;团队精神Most Valuable Player 最有价值球员;最有价值球员奖ingredient 组成部分，成分;Teamwork 团队合作 key to 键到;使与一致适合Thanks to 幸亏;归因于spiking 用尖物刺入;兴衰;浮沉;起落;6 Together,the Chinese womens volleyball team has fought their way through ups and downs.Led
17、 by well-known Chinese volleyball player and coach Lang Ping,they have continued to aim high.Lang is only too aware that as soon as a team steps off the victory podium,they need to start from zero to prepare for new challenges ahead.In this way,the team begins its journey to the next Olympics.Take n
18、otes quickly！重点词汇ups and downs 兴衰;浮沉;起落;悲欢volleyball player 排球运动员aim high 力争上游;victory podium 授奖台；受奖台start from 从开始;出发prepare for 准备;为作准备;In this way 用这个办法What achievements by other Chinese sports teams have made the greatest impression on you?Give an example of their sporting spirit.They played a close match against Serbia to seize gold in the final.What other fighting spirit do you know?virtuesDeterminedstrong will self-confidenceUnity give their all to steeliest nervesfaster,higher,strongerFriendshipoptimisticnot give upTry to think about othersQuestion1.2.3.Thank you!
