1、Book IX Unit1 Breaking RecordsReading【Learning aims】1. To comprehend the text and know about Ashritas experience and challenge of breaking Guinness records by reading and retelling.2. To be inspired by Ashritas spirits by voicing out your own feelings.Leading-inLead in with an English speech about s
2、ports by a students. Pre-readingJust now Ni shared his favorite sport. Besides these conventional sports, there are some other activities. Look at the pictures. Can you match the names with the pictures?Yes. Picture 1 is pogo stick jumping, Picture 6 is hula hooping.There is a man called Ashrita Fur
3、man who has broken Guinness records in all these activities. Want to know more about this man? Lets read the passage. Aims of this class are 1, 2.While-readingTask: Fast reading-Skim and scan the passage quickly and answer the following questions.Firstly read Para 1 and answer Task1. 2.1. Who is Ash
4、rita Furman? Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records. 2. When and why he entered the Guinness book of world records?Over the last 25 years, he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records.(Great. Now we know “who, what, when, why”the basic information of th
5、e text. ) Now you skim the whole passage quickly, and get the main idea and the structure of the text.3. What is the main idea of the text? Ashritas success and belief. (Usually we can get the main idea of the passage in the first paragraph. Thats a skill for reading a passage. )4. Divide the text i
6、nto four parts and summarize the main idea of each part. (To find out which paragraphs belong to the same part, you can summarize the main idea of each paragraph and find out those with the same theme. Normally they belong to the same part.)Task Careful reading - Read the text carefully and have a f
7、urther understanding.1. Read Part 2 carefully and fill in the blanks.Personal profileNameAshrita FurmanMain sports in which he has made Guinness records1. Hula hooping 2 _ under water3. performing _ in a hot air balloon 4. Keeping a full bottle of milk on his head while he was walking5. Standing _.6
8、. _along a road for 12 miles.7. Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct_The qualities required in these sports1. Strength2. Fitness3. _ Read Part 2 (Para 2-7) and answer the following questions.2. Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 197
9、8?Because hehaddonenotraining before the marathon.3. Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon?Because after the Marathon, he believed his body was just an instrument of the spirit, and there is no physical limitation.4. Which of the following is not Ashritas be
10、liefs?A. Theres no limit to peoples physical abilities.B. Id like to think that I was a role model, and that people see my sport and say “Wow, Id like to try that”.C. The body is just an instrument of the spirit.D. You can use your spirit to accomplish anything. B.Up to now, weve got much useful inf
11、ormation about Ashrita in the passage. Here I have some specially sentences to share with you.Look at the sentences. I hope you can understand them, analyze them and imitate them if possible.(1) Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet another event in whic
12、h Ashrita is outstanding. (2) How Ashrita came to be a sportsman is an interesting story. Who can translate them? What is the subject? The predicate? The predicative?Can you create some sentences with the same structure? Good. To express ourselves, we should also apply some advanced sentences.Task S
13、ummaryRetelling After reading the passage, we also need to make a short summary and comprehend the text overall. You can retell the passage by filling in the blanks. You can also challenge yourselfTo make a summary in your own word.Ashrita Furman is a sportsman_ attempts _(break) records in very _ (
14、imagine) events and in very interesting places, such as hula hooping in Australia. And by now, he has broken _(approximate) 93 Guinness records. Though these activities may cause _(laugh) rather than respect, they require great strength and _(fit) as well as _ (determine). However, Ashrita Furman us
15、ed to be an unfit child. But later, _ (urge) by his _ (spirit) leader, Sri Chimmoy, who believes that there is no limit to peoples physical _ (able), he stepped into the sports world and keeps trying to break records.Post-readingHaving knowing about Ashritas challenge, I have a small video to share
16、with you. Watch “Ticking Challenge” together. Thats the challenge between two boys who have made many Guinness records. Now would you like to share your unforgettable experiences in Changle NO.2 Middle School with others? Choice 1: As we all know, there is a 65 -kilometre hike every year in our scho
17、ol. It needs more excellent personality and challenges our will and physical abilities. Recall the cherish memories and share the greatest qualities it needs. Choice2. Since 2014, there has been Guinness challenge competition in our school. Different sports are waiting for us. Have you ever joined t
18、hem and what can we get from it?PromotionLessons we get from Ashrita and ourselves:Actually it doesnt matter whether we could break the Guinness records. But what do matter are the qualities we can get by participating in the challenges: physical quality, psychological quality, sense of Innovation, determination and perseverance of challenging ourselves. And I believe youve been inspired by the spirits. HomeworkWrite down an essay about your favorite sport or activity. 1. the reasons you like it2. the skills it needs3. the challenges or spirits you get from it.
