Section C

Unit 1 Playing Sports

Topic 2 Would you mind passing me some water?

France

Korea

Russia

Zhang Yining, one of the world’s best women table tennis players, won two gold medals twice for China in the Athens and Beijing Olympics. Now she plays table tennis in China. She is very busy.

Listen and answer. （录音1

）1. Is Zhang Yining going to take part in the games in

France?

2. Will she be in Korea in August?

3. Does she have a very exciting life now?

Yes, she is.

No, she won’t.

Yes, she does.

Read and say （影片1）

1. When did you start playing table tennis?2. How many gold medals did you win in competitions? When and where?3. Did you take part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics?4. Are you going to take part in the 2012 London Olympics?

Act out the conversation in 1a. Then ask and answer more questions.

Suppose you are talking with your favorite sports star, please ask his/her plan. Then make a dialog with your partner.

Suppose you are Ning. Write a passage to introduce yourself.

My name is Ning. I’m a table tennis player. I started playing table tennis when I was about seven years old …

I have great plans for this year. In March, I’m going to …

1. Do you like table tennis?

2. Can you play table tennis?

3. Can you tell me something about table tennis?

James Naismith was Canadian. He invented basketball in 1891.

Basketball is an indoor game. We can play it even in bad weather.

How can he score in the game?

Just put the ball into the other side’s basket.

You must follow the rules in the game.

Read and understand（影片 2）

Check (√)the answers while reading.

□Who invented basketball. □ Why he invented basketball.□ Where he invented basketball.□ How he invented basketball.□ Who made the basketball game rules.

□ How to score in the game.

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Fill in the blanks and retell the passage according to the blanks.Who invented

When invented

How many players in each team

About the rules

Your favorite basketball player

Class activities（影片 3）

BasketballWe run for health and for fun,Trying not to trip or fall.We want to be number one,As we throw and catch the ball.Playing outside in the sun,Basketball’s the best sport of all!

We know:

We can:

something about Zhang Yining

1.talk something about basketball.

2.write a passage to introduce our favorite sport.

写一篇短文介绍你最喜欢的一种运动，介绍该项运动的发明者、发明时间、运动规则等。