Unit 8

For the Glory of Sports (II)

Part I Warming up

A.Pre-listening1. Do you have any idea what is the most popular sport in the United States?While ListeningPlay the tape once and have the students fill in the chart with the missing information

Soccer: (association football) A game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other's goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands. The goalie is the only player who may touch or move the ball with the arms or hands.

In the United States, the word football generally refers only to the American game; in other parts of the world it usually means soccer. Football, amateur and professional, is perhaps the most popular spectator sport in the United States, attracting a total attendance of over 40 million and watched by many more millions on television each year.

RugbyA game played by two teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field 110 yards long with goal lines and goal posts at either end, the object being to run with an oval ball across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the upper portion of the goal posts, with forward passing and time-outs not permitted.

Key 1. By the number of people who pay to watch it played by professional teams---baseball 2. By the number of people who watch games on television or listen on radio---American football3. By the number of people who play the sport---soccer

B. Vocabulary

1. elbow: 胳膊肘2. squeeze ： press on sth. from opposite sides or all sides squeeze one’s fists tightly3. hip: 臀部；胯部4. rotate ： turn around5. clasp: hold sth. tightlyHis hands were clasped together in prayer.

Key

1. D2. H3. A 4. C5. i

6. C7. G8. B9. J10. F

Part II The Sporting Spirit

A. Talking about football supportersA. Talking about football supportersI. VocabularyI. Vocabulary1.   affectionate: showing fondness; lovingHe is very affectionate towards his kids.an affectionate child2.  aggressive: offensive; ready to attack

3. knock out: eliminate sb from a competition by defeating himFrance knocked the Belgium out of the European Cup.4. smash: be broken into piecesI heard the sound of a glass smashing on the floor.5. terraces: open areas where spectators stand ate football and rugby matches

Wimbledon Wimbledon A district of southern Greater London, England. It is the site of a major annual tennis tournament

While-listeningWhile-listening1.  Finish the exercise in note form

key

Section 11. a. In daily life: nice/friendly/warm/affe

ctionateb. After a football match: drunk/ aggres

sive/ scream/ shout/ push people around/ smash glasses /monsters.

2. . He finds it difficult to understand why normal, He finds it difficult to understand why normal, nice people behave so badly at football matches.nice people behave so badly at football matches.Section 2Section 23. Enjoy themselves/ no aggression or violence3. Enjoy themselves/ no aggression or violenceSection 3Section 34. Rugby/ tennis4. Rugby/ tennis5. They sit there silently throughout.5. They sit there silently throughout.

Post-listeningPost-listening2.   Have the students retell the main ideas by referring to the notes.

B. vocabulary

1. cricketcricket: An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each, teams take turns trying to score runs板球

2. inclination: a feeling that you want to do sth.I have neither the time nor the inclination to play cards.3. orgy: an activity that is done in an excessive or extreme way 放纵an orgy of killing and destruction

4. deduce: arrive at a conclusion or facts or a theory by reasoning5. utmost: greatest; most extreme6. patriotism: love of one’s country and ready to defend it7. disgrace: bring shame on sb. or oneselfHe disgraced his parents. She disgraced herself by getting drunk.8. combative: willing to argue or fight

9. instinct: a natural feeling that makes one choose to act in a particular way10. mimic: imitated or pretendedmimic warfare: 模拟战争11. spectator ：viewer; audience12. absurd: ridiculous13. at any rate: in any case14. virtue: moral goodness or excellence

Part III Extracurricular activities

Training focus: outliningTraining focus: outliningA. Have the students listen to Part IV which are short talks on listening skills—Representing the Ideas Clear and Clean—Outlining

B.      After they finish the blank filling, have them answer the following questions

1.       What is outlining? Why is it useful?2.       What do people use to show which ideas are most important?

Key

1.       classifying and organizing ideas2.       Ability3.       the facts or ideas4.       are related to one another5.       Roman

6. Arabic7. Letters8. standard form9. decreasing importance10. capital letters11. small letters12. to the left13. to the right

14. equal15. the same distance16. easy to see17. the ideas before and after it18. No punctuation19. Outlining20. Practice

Vocabulary

1. extracurricular: outside the regular course or work of school or college.2. specifics: particular aspects or precise details3. reserve: keep sth. for later occasion or special usereserve a plane ticket4. elite: very good

5. intramural: intended for full-time students living within a college6. chorus: a group of singers; choir7. be involved in: take part in8. compulsory: that must be done; required by the rulesEnglish is a compulsory course at college and university.Elementary and secondary education is compulsory in Britain.

9. specialty: interest, activity. skill, etc to which person gives particular attention or in which he specializes10. a host of: a large number of people or thingsHe has a host of friends.11. run through: discuss or read sth. quicklyI will run through the list of the things we are going to buy.12. annual: every year; once a year

13. sum up: give a brief summary14. vocation: person’s trade or profession15. last but not the least: last but no less important than the others

Key

OutlineOutlineI. The speaker’s self-introductionI. The speaker’s self-introductionA. occupationA. occupation: : a secondary school teachera secondary school teacherB. B. involvementinvolvement in extracurricular activitiesin extracurricular activities 1. 1. Primarily in the sports fieldPrimarily in the sports field 2. Supporting many of the other areas.2. Supporting many of the other areas.

  

II. Extracurricular activities offered II. Extracurricular activities offered in the schoolin the school

A. A. sporting activitiessporting activities

1. An 1. An inter-schoolinter-school activityactivity

2. An intramural activity2. An intramural activity

B. B. the music programthe music program

1. Two parts1. Two parts

a. a. bandband

b.b. chorus/ choir chorus/ choir

2. Advantage: good for the students’ 2. Advantage: good for the students’ personal developmentpersonal development..

3. 3. specialty groupsspecialty groups a. jazz banda. jazz band b. jazz singersb. jazz singersC. other extracurricular activitiesC. other extracurricular activities1. 1. a math cluba math club2. a science club2. a science club3. 3. an annual cluban annual club4. a newspaper club4. a newspaper club5. 5. an outdoors cluban outdoors club6. a chess club6. a chess club7. 7. a cooking cluba cooking club

III. The reasons why these III. The reasons why these extracurricular activities are offeredextracurricular activities are offered A. helping students A. helping students fill their timefill their time in a in a positive way.positive way.B. helping students B. helping students build skillsbuild skills which which may be used for may be used for their future vocationtheir future vocationC. providing C. providing fun and enjoymentfun and enjoyment 1. for teachers: in 1. for teachers: in sponsoringsponsoring the the activitiesactivities 2. for students: in 2. for students: in participatingparticipating the the activities.activities.