Unit-Six-My-Dream-Comes-True.ppt

1、Active reading 1,Mapping,Embarkation,Navigation,Destination,Resources,Understanding how feelings are expressed Talking about events and feelings through vivid description Using the given sports idioms in discussion Enhancing knowledge in relation to sports,Learning Objectives,skating skiing bowling

2、swimming boxing rock climbing diving,surfing weightlifting gymnastics shooting horse racing bull riding cycling,Work in pairs and look at the words below. Guess how an athlete might feel before and after the competition. Classify them into “before the competition” / “after the competition”.,More,Wor

3、d Family,For confident athletes: calm confident determined hopeful composed focused eager,For less confident athletes: hopeful important nervous terrified,Before the competition:,More,Word Family,For winners: thrilled victorious exhausted relieved,For non-winners: disappointed exhausted (perhaps) re

4、lieved (perhaps) thrilled,After the competition:,Word Family,Listen and fill in the blanks with words you hear.,Meeting Denise Lewis,8)_ _.,Denise Lewis is a British athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. Her greatest 1)_ was winning the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At the 2004 Olympi

5、cs, Lewis was suffering from 2)_ and withdrew from the competition after 3)_. In the 2000 New Years Honours List, Lewis was made an Officer of the 4)_ (OBE). Lewis is one of the current “5)_” of British athletics and has twice, 1998 and 2000, been runner up in the 6)_. In 1993 Lewis was put forward

6、as a 7)_ in the BBC Midlands great midlander of all-time award but lost out to eventual winner Reginald Mitchell the inventor of the Supermarine Spitfire.In 2002, her Olympic victory was ranked 90th in Channel 4s,triumph,a number of injuries,the long jump,Order of the British Empire,golden girls,BBC

7、 Sports Personality of the Year,candidate,100 Greatest Sporting Moments,Work in pairs and brainstorm on the topic below.,Supposing you are standing at the starting line at Stadium Australia. What comes into your eyes when you look around？,More,Looking around,track,field,other players,referee,stands,

8、audiences,lights,scoreboard,flags,Olympic flames,Looking around,11-14,8-10,1-7,After the race ( Paras. ),Identify each part of the Text and the main ideas.,Before the race (Paras. ),During the race ( Paras. ),Text Organization,Identifying descriptions,More,Read Part I and identify Denise Lewiss desc

9、riptions from the following angles. Around me (surroundings) My body parts I felt I thought I did click here to see more details,Descriptions,Interpreting rhetorical effects,1. This race was all about survival. Its only two minutes, I kept telling myself, anyone can run for two minutes. 2. Just one

10、lap to go. One lap. I could do it. 3. I looked out at the fans, who were waving flags, clapping and shouting with delight. I was the Olympic champion. The Olympic champion. 4. -but I couldnt help thinking, what if I have just missed out? What if Ive been through all this, and missed out?,Look at the

11、 sentences from the passage and figure out the rhetorical effects created by these sentences.,More,Repetition,emphasize the points,Back,Language Points,It all started with a dream. Denise was glued to the television, watching the Moscow Olympics in 1980 when the seeds of ambition were planted. She w

12、as so attracted by the performances of Daley Thompson and Sebastian Coe that she vowed to make it to the Olympics one day and be the best in the world. Denise was just 8 years old at the time.,Back,The Denise Lewis story,composed,adj. calm and relaxed 镇定的，镇静的,write,consists of,calm,com- (= together)

13、 + pose (= put): put together,百里江面, 千帆竞发。,stretch,n. an area of land or water 一段，一片 v. make longer or wider 使更长；使更宽,我们能放宽规定允许他们加入我们的俱乐部吗?,吃了这么丰盛的午餐，我想我们需要起来走一走。,饭菜够吃吗？今晚我们多了三个客人吃饭。,I strained to hear what they were saying. Strain began to damage his health. He wrote letters in a happy strain. He had

14、 a strain in his ankle and in his arm.,pressure try hard to do sth injury a particular style in speech or writing,Match the word with its explanation.,B A D C,strain,eclipse 蚀,to obscure; darken 黯然失色,to surpass; outshine 超越；光芒盖过,Her outstanding performance eclipsed the previous record.,Our happiness

15、 was soon eclipsed by the terrible news.,boost,v. to help sth to increase, improve, or become more successful 提高，改善，推动，促进 n. 提高，改善，推动，促进,2. Last month saw a tremendous boost in sales.,上个月的销售额激增。,More,Translate the sentences below. 1. 信息业推进全球经济发展。,The information industry helps boost the global econo

16、my.,count down keepfrom pull away hold out shut out miss out lead up to,Fill in the blanks with the expressions from the text.,Expressions,1. On New Years Eve, we the time until midnight.,2. The horse and took the lead in the race.,3. He a chance to go to college because of his ill health.,4. In the

17、 months the great ceremony, many people took part in the preparations.,5. Urgent business me attending the meeting.,6. I hope the good weather will for another week.,7. She has tried to the memories .,count down,pulled away,missed out,leading up to,hold out,梦想成真 1 当夜幕降临悉尼时，雨也开始悄悄地从夜空中飘落。几百盏灯把澳大利亚体育场

18、照得灯火通明，场内的声音震耳欲聋。走向跑道时我看了一眼四周看台上无数的脸，但我的注意力还是很集中。再过几分钟奥运金牌的归属就要见分晓了，它悬挂在远处，很诱人。,Text,2 我的心在剧烈地跳动，口干舌燥，肾上腺素猛增。童年的 梦想就要实现了，这种感觉真是太奇妙了：令人非常兴奋，又胆战心惊。我知道，为了确保能梦想成真我必须强迫自己超越已知的极限。,Text,3 我极力保持镇静，告诫自己不要紧张，要坚持按原计划做，按自己的节奏跑。我知道那些俄罗斯姑娘起跑很快这场比赛我落后俄罗斯运动员叶莲娜普罗科霍洛娃不能超过十秒。如果我做到这一点，冠军就是我的了。,Text,4 我望着四百米跑道的起跑点，屏住了呼

19、吸。这些年来，在世锦赛、英联邦锦标赛以及欧洲锦标赛的八百米赛跑中我屡战屡败，饱受挫折。现在，它再次横在我与奥运冠军头衔之间。,Text,5 我的英国支持者在为我欢呼，声音特别大，就好像看台上只有他们是我的狂热支持者。我听到他们喊我的名字，为我鼓劲加油，听到他们充满希望的呐喊。宽阔美丽的体育场上到处飘扬着大不列颠联合王国的国旗，我感觉自己和观众融为了一体：我们有着同样的期盼，同样的梦想。,Text,6 几个小时前，我的脚踝在跳远时受了伤，缠上了绷带，但是我忘掉伤痛，尽量把注意力集中在观众身上。他们的叫喊声势浩大，使我精神振奋，我感到镇定自若。,Text,7 我知道自己会全力以赴，拼尽全力跑完全程

20、。我感觉自己已经进入最佳状态。我只要跑两圈就行了，就两圈。跑完这两圈，过去两天以及28年来所有情感和身体上的辛苦付出就将被胜利或者失败所淹没。这一跑真是生死攸关。我不断地告诉自己：也就是跑两分钟，谁都能跑两分钟。,Text,Text,8 发令枪响了，比赛正式开始。第一圈还好，我跟其他人跑得一样快，但我觉得比平时要累得多，比我预想的要累得多。这次锦标赛赛前长达数周的艰苦训练以及这两天激烈的比赛所带来的疲劳在我的赛跑过程中显现出来。精神和肉体的疲倦开始向我袭来，我不得不反击。,Text,9 普罗科霍洛娃一开始就领先。最重要的是我不能被她甩得太远，我得紧紧地跟着她。最后一圈的铃声响起时，我比她落后2

21、.3秒。只剩最后一圈了，就一圈，我能赢，我必须坚持跑下去。到最后150米的时候我听见观众高声叫喊，在我最需要的时候为我加油助威这时我的腿疼得要命，我看见我和那个俄罗斯运动员之间距离正在拉大。令人欣慰的是，我的脚还在继续向前迈步，这时候就全靠精神毅力来支 撑了。,Text,10 普罗科霍洛娃正在向前冲，我不能让她甩开了，我必须跟上她。我开始倒数剩下的距离：60米、50米、40米、20米。我看得见计时器了，我能赢，但成绩会很接近。最后终点线出现了，我冲了过去，累得精疲力竭。我跑完了。,Text,11 冲过终点线时我最初的念头是这次赛跑比预期的要艰苦 得多，记得八周前我以2分12.2秒的成绩打破了个

22、人最好成 绩。然后，我的心思转向了比赛成绩：我赢了吗？,Text,我想我是赢了，过终点线时，我知道其她运动员的位置，我肯定我赢了。但是，如果我不是亲眼看见记分牌上的成绩，我就无法让自己相信这是真的。当我站在那里，抬头望着记分牌等待确认成绩时，我竭力打消脑子里消极的念头，但是我还是禁不住想：如果我再次与冠军失之交臂怎么办？如果 我经历了这些磨难却又一次失败了，那该怎么办？,Text,12 我听见远处转播比赛的解说员在谈论两天来的艰难赛事，我好像听见有人说：“我觉得她做得够好了。”接下来，来自德国的萨拜因布劳恩走过来告诉我我赢了，他们在我之前打听到了消息，她问我当奥运冠军是什么滋味。我 笑了，但还

23、是不敢肯定。,Text,13 接下来的那一刻将让我铭记一生：计分牌上我的名字亮了。那一刻我惊呆了。如释重负，平静了一会儿，感谢我内在的自我帮我度过了这两天。我感到全身一阵振颤，这时候 该做的事是：高举双手，紧握双拳。,Text,14 我向我的支持者望去，他们正兴高采烈地挥舞旗帜，鼓掌呐喊。我是奥运冠军，奥运会的冠军。,useful expressions,夜幕降临悉尼 我全神贯注 童年的梦想就要实现了 强迫自己超越已知的极限 坚持按原计划做 鼓劲加油声，充满希望的呐喊声 我感觉自己和观众融为了一体 我们有着同样的期盼，同样的梦想 使我精神振奋，我感到镇定自若 我会全力以赴，拼尽全力,darkness descended over Sydney my mind was focused close to the realization of the childhood dream push oneself beyond ones known limits stick to the plan the shouts of encoura