高中英语-Unit 1 Breaking records教学课件设计

Unit1

BreakingRecordsLearningAims1.Revisesomewordsandexpressionsinvolvedinthetopic.2.Getabetterunderstandingofthemainideaandthewholepassage.3.TrytounderstandthebeliefsofAshiritaFurmantogetencouragedandmoreconfident.hulahoopingpogostickjumpingdoingjumpingjackssomersaultingstandingonaSwissballdoinglungesPre-readingNowreadaboutamancalledAshritaFurmanwhohasbrokenGuinnessrecordsinalltheseactivities.

Reading

TheroadisalwaysaheadofyouQuicklyglancethroughthetext.TickthetopicsaboutAshritathattheauthorcovers.□countrieshelikesbest□placeanddateofbirth□

hisoccupation□hiseducation□hisfirstGuinnessrecord□physicalskillsneededforevents□numberofrecordsbroken□hisfamilylife□kindsofrecordsbroken□whyhebecameasportsman

Readthepassagecarefullyandthendiscussthereadingcomprehensionexercisesingroups.While-reading

Trytofindwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).

1).AshritaFurmanstillholdsalltheGuinnessrecordsthatheeverbroke,includingtherecordsforhavingthemostrecords.(para.1)______2).Comparedwithothersportslikeswimmingorsoccer,thoseactivitiesthatAshritatookpartinrequirelessstrengthandfitness.(para.3)_______3).Althoughhewasveryunfitasachild,AshritaFurmanwasfascinatedwithsports.(para.8)_______4).AshritahasbeenoneofSriChinmoy’sstudentssince1970.(para.9)_______5).Ashritaisalwaysgratefulforhisteacherinhisrecord-breakingattempts.(para.12)

_______Task1FFFFTTimeDetailedfactsAsachildAshritawasveryunfitandwasnotatall__________1______;however,hewas____2______theGuinnessBookofworldrecords.________3___________Ashritabegansearchingforadeepermeaninginlife.HestudiedEasternreligionandaged16,discoveredanIndianmeditationteacher_____4___SriChinmoy.Sincetheearly1970sAshrita_________5______ofSriChinmoy’sstudents_________6__________Ashritacame______7_____ina24-hourbicyclemarathoninNewYork’sCentralPark.In1979Ashritabrokehisfirstrecordwith_____8___________

Overthelast_____9________

Ashritahasbrokenabout_______10____

interestedinsportsfascinatedbyAsateenagercalledhasbeenoneIn1978third27,000jumpingjacks25years93GuinnessrecordsTask2Ashrita&SriChinmoyIn1979,Isetmyfirstrecordbydoing27,000jumpingjacks,anditwassuchathrillthatIimmediatelybegantrainingforthenextrecordandIhaven’tstoppedsince.

MilkBottleBalancingLongestcontinuousdistance,80.95miles,in1998.

Thisisoneofmyfavoriterecordsbecauseyoulooksosillyontheoutsidewhileontheinsideyouareveryseriouslyconcentratingonthetopofyourhead.Ifyougetdistractedevenforasplitsecondthebottlecanslipoffandtheattemptisfinished.Challengetime!Post-readingWhatmadeAshritasucceedinbreakingsomanyGuinnessrecords?

physicalskills/abilities(strength,balance…)confidencehardtrainingconcentrationdeterminationmotivationspiritualpowerHerearesomeofAshrita’sbeliefs.Ingroups,discussyourunderstandingofthesebeliefswithyourpartners.Discussion1.Thereisnolimittopeople’sphysicalabilities.2.Thebodyisjustaninstrumentofthespirit.3.Youcanuseyourspirittoaccomplishanything.4.Thereisonlyoneperfectroad.Itisaheadofyou,alwaysaheadofyou.ReflectionAstheNationalCollegeEntranceExaminationisaroundthecorner,doyoufeelencouragedandmoreconfidentafterreadingthestoryofAshritaFurman?Shareyourviewswithus.“Iamtryingtoshowothersthatourhumancapacityisunlimitedifwecantrulybelieveinourselves.”“Iamnotanaturalathlete,butmyteacherhasshownmethatifonecanbeintouchwithone’sinnerspirit,anythingispossible.”

Hepburnsaid“Nothingisimpossible,theworditselfsaysI’mpossible.”“Thereisonlyoneperfectro