M9U1 BREAKING RECORDS - WARMING UP + READING_高中英语PPT课件下载.ppt

unit 1 breaking recordsbreaking records about the topic: related expressions about records, you can say as a student, he broke the scottish record for the 100 meters. it was a record-breaking run.打破记录的 he was a record-breaker.打破记录的人 about records, you can say the americans set a new world record in the sprint relay.创新纪录 lewis equaled the old world record of 9.93 seconds.平了 的世界纪录 the world high-jump record-holder记录保 持者 about records, you can say china won the womens 4x100m (by) medley relay(混合泳接力) world title in a world record time of 3min 52.19sec zhang lin improved 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won chinas first ever first ever mens gold at the world swimming championships. how do you think the participants are feeling? role play situation: suppose you were the athlete in the picture, and in the meeting right after the match, you were asked to talk about your feeling. about feelings, you can say cheerful / excited /contented ive got it! i know i can do it. its hard to believe i made it! ive done my best. be grateful for his coach the training is tough / tiring / stressful mixed feelings competitor / rival reading: ashrita furman“the road is always ahead of you.” fast reading: find out what he has achieved ashrita furman is a sportsman who has broken about 93 guinness records within 25 years in a very imaginative way. fast reading: find out what topics about ashrita the author has covered: p3, ex1 carful reading: could you name the events in the pictures? which interests you and which is the toughest? spring careful reading: collect some expressions for sports: while these activities might seem childish and cause laughter rather than respect, in reality they require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination. fine neck adjustment it takes a lot of concentration and a great sense of balance to you have to overcome dizziness, extreme tiredness and pain. after reading: could you retell? the story of his becoming a sportsman; before retelling, please circle the key words! unfit, guinness book of world records, sri chinmoy, bicycle marathon, spirit after reading: the story of his becoming a sportsman; ashrita was very unfit in the childhood. he didnt like sports, but enjoyed reading the guinness book of world records. when he grew into a teenager, he became a student of sri chinmoy, an india meditation teacher. urged by the teacher, he entered a 24-hour bicycle marathon in 1978 with no training and came third. therefore, he discovered the power of spirit and from then on, he became a sportsman to break guinness records. after reading: do you agree with ashritas beliefs? p4, ex3 you can use your spirit to accomplish anything. homework 1.learning about language p4, ex 1 2 2.reading and writing p9, ex 1 check homework p4, ex 1 verb noun adjective approximateapproximationapproximate adjustadjustmentadjustable accomplishaccomplishmentaccomplished devotedevotiondevoted motivatemotivationmotivated check homework p4, ex 2 1. is devoted to 2. the approximate number 3. a huge accomplishment 4. motivate others to 5. she has adjusted to the fact that language points approximately 93 guinness records - more or less, about adjustable the desks and chairs in our classroom are adjustable. you can make slight adjustments make slight adjustments for your own height. she has adjusted to the fact that be familiar with a new situation; accept language points accomplished - be very good at some skill, esp. as a result of practice and training. his three sons all became highly highly accomplishedaccomplished singers. devoted a devoted father giving someone or something a lot of love and attention a museum devoted to photography dealing with, containing, or being used for only one thing language points motivate i dont know what motivates people to commit such crimes. would you say that he was motivated by a desire for power? the students are all highly motivated . jack is an intelligent pupil, but he lacks motivation. check homework p5, ex 2 usual conventional severe tough sacred spiritual spirit soul hard tough begged urged truth reality limit limitation limited / unlimited language points you need to be tough to survive in the jungle. take tough measures to deal with terrorism a tough game/ journey tough glass is needed for windscreens. strong severe difficult not easily broken language points reality nowadays owning a car may appear to be a necessity, but in reality it isnt. they say that the economy is already coming out of the recession, but the reality is that there has been no improvement at all. language points these records are not made in any conventional event. rather ashrita atempts to break records not but rather sb. is doing sth. else instead e.g. it was not damp, (but) rather it was too dry. language points covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet another event in which ashrita is outstanding. yet- in addition, besides; often used together with another e.g. he has given yet another reason. the summer palace is yet another place we plan to visit. language points c.f. yet this talented sportsman is not a natural athlete. yet but so, when he won third place, he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the spirit and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to ac