Unit 1 X-sport 极限运动

About X-sport

• I Content and Time Allotment Unit One X__sports• The first period About X__sports• II Objective: Students will be able to• 1.      conduct a series of reading ,speaking listening and writing activities

related to the theme of the unit• 2.      grasp the Difficulties: • Difficulties: key language points and grammatical structures of the unit• III Focus and likes & dislikes• Describing experiences• Language focus: X_sports keen experience be fond of go in for• be crazy about be on be popular with • have a lot of guts etc.• Grammar focus: the usage of Noun• IV Teaching Methods and Relative Means:• Lecturing• Pair work• Group discussion

What kind of sports are called X-sports?

• The breathtaking, thrilling and stimulating ,exciting sports, such as rafting, snowboarding, skydiving, motocross, surfing, rock-climbing and bungee jumping, are called X-sports.

Forms of X-sports• rafting

• snowboarding• skydiving• motocross• surfing• rock-climbing• bungee jumping• winter swimming• skateboarding(skurfing)• skiing • caving

• 皮划艇• 踏板滑雪• 跳伞• 摩托车越野赛• 冲浪• 攀岩• 蹦极• 冬泳• 滑板运动• 滑雪• 洞穴探险

一、 X-sports: bungee jumping, skydiving, rafting, rock-climbing

X-sports: motocross, surfing, winter swimming, snowboarding

二、 Tapescript• Mike: Lily, what sports do you usually take part in?• Lily: I go in for skiing.• Mike: Oh! My goodness, no one goes skiing any more now.

That’s for the old folks!• Lily: Well, what sports do you usually do?• Mike: I usually go snowboarding with my friends on weekends.• Lily: It sounds great.• Mike: Yeah. I’m really fond of snowboarding. It’s an extremely

exciting sport. The winds are so strong, and the boards can go as fast as 50 miles an hour.

• Lily: And what else do you like?• Mike: Rock-climbing, rafting and skateboarding.

Language points• Go in for 爱好（某种业余活动）• E.g. Tom goes in for beach volleyball.

• Be fond of 喜欢，爱好• E.g. Many young people in China are fond of hi

p-hop.(中国许多年轻人爱好说唱音乐。）• 关于爱好的不同表达方法：• I like doing sth.

• I am fond of …

• I go in for …

• I am crazy about…

三、 Tapescript• John: Hi, long time no see, Bill.• Bill: Yeah, it’s been quite a long time. How are

things with you?• John: I’m quite good, and you?• Bill:Fine. What are you going to do on Sunday?• John: I’m going to go skydiving.• Bill: It sounds like a great idea. I watched this X-

sport on TV last week. The performance really fantastic. Could I go with you?

• John: Sure.• Bill: That will be great! Thanks, see you on Sunday.

Bungee Jumping• Bungee jumping is a very new X-sport, but it has b

ecome popular all over the world. The number of the fans of this extremely exciting sport is increasing each year.

• Bungee jumping looks like fun. It makes me nervous just to watch someone do it. One certainly needs to have a lot of guts to jump one thousand feet above the water with only a rope tied to your legs. It scares me just to think about it. However, it is something I really want to do one day. Some people think I’m crazy. They say that to jump is foolish enough and that to pay for it is a kind of madness. I don’t agree. For me, to live a short and exciting life is far better than to live a long but boring one. What do you think?

Language points• They say that to jump is foolish enough

and that to pay for it is a kind of madness.• ----They say that it is foolish enough to

jump and that it is a kind of madness to pay for it.

• to live a short and exciting life is far better than to live a long but boring one.

• ----It is far better to live a short and exciting life than to live a long but boring one.

Language points

• It makes me nervous just to watch someone do it.

• ----Just to watch someone do it makes me nervous.

• It scares me just to think about it.

• ---- Just to think about it scares me.

In X-sport 体验极限• 1、 tapescript and key to L1.• Much like skiing, snowboarding is an interes

ting and exciting boardsport on snow, but came about as an idea for a combination of surfing and skateboarding. Snowboarding is becoming a more and more popular winter sport throughout the world.. You just put a board to your feet and slide down a snow-covered mountain.

Key to L2.• 1. The conversation is concerned about ou

tdoor sports.• 2. There are some new outdoor sports suc

h as caving, ice climbing, whitewater rafting and mountain crossing.

• 3. Jack has taken part in outdoor training courses in a club.

• 4. Jack thinks outdoor sports are very exciting, full of surprise.

Tapescript of L3• Susan: Hi! Jack. I heard you are really good at outdoor

sports, Can you tell me something about that?• Jack: Sure, I’d love to. There are some new outdoor s

ports such as caving, ice climbing, whitewater rafting and mountain crossing.

• Susan: Have you ever experienced any of them?• Hack: Yes, I once went to take part in outdoor training

courses in a club. The activities are exciting, full of surprise and are also very popular right now with the young. You should have a try.

• Susan: Yes, I’m very interested in it. I’ll try them later.

Exercises

•Workbook Unit one