1、The Second Period ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语retire, perform, retirement, background, brand, logo, advantage, guarantee, purchase, designer, gymnast, slogan, specific, symbol, on the increaseb. 重点句子 P42They included six out of seven gold medals at the 1982 World Champ
2、ionship. Li Ning retired with the feeling that he had failed. But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life. The number of young people with money to spend was on the increase. If you go into a school or university anywhere, the chances are you will see student
3、s in Li Ning tracksuits with the familiar logo. 2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to have a good understanding of sports personalities and their spirit. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students to learn how to introduce sports personalities and how they succeed. Teaching important poin
4、ts 教学重点Talk about sports personalities. Teaching difficult points 教学难点How to analyze the text and grasp the main idea of the text. Teaching methods 教学方法Skimming, scanning, listening and discussing.Teaching aids 教具准备A tape recorder, a projector and a blackboard.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step
5、Greetings and RevisionT: Good morning / afternoon everyone!Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. Chen. T: During the last period, I asked you to do the activities in Everyday English. Now, I will ask four of you to read the sentences with your answers. Check the answers.Step Pre-reading T: Well, please
6、turn to page 42. Look at the picture carefully and discuss what you can see in the picture. After that, I will ask some questions about the picture. A moment later, ask the students the following questions. T: What can you see from the picture?S1: The picture shows us a competition. Maybe it is the
7、Olympic Games. A man is giving his gymnastic performance.T: Can you describe the man? S2: He is a gymnast. He is doing the performance skillfully and beautifully. All the attention is focused on him at that time.T: Yes, you are right. Do you know his name? S3: Im sorry, Im not sure about this. T: We
8、ll, let me tell you. He is Li Ning, a famous gymnast, who was called the prince of gymnasts. Now we are going to study a passage about Li Ning and his life in sport.Step Reading1. Scanning Ask the students to read the passage quickly and get the main idea of the text. Then ask them to do reading com
9、prehension exercises. T: In this lesson, we are going to learn about the famous gymnast Li Ning and his life in sport. Now please look through the passage quickly and choose the best answers according to the text. Show the following on the screen. 1. Li Ning won _ medals at the 1982 World Championsh
10、ip and at the 1984 Olympics. A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12 2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?A. Li Ning also succeeded as a businessman. B. Li Ning was a great gymnast. C. Li Nings sports clothes covers more than a half of the national market. D. Li Nings goal was to open a school for gymnasts. 3. Whic
11、h of the following is not reason for Li Nings success in business? A. Li Nings designs were attractive. B. Li Nings clothes came into the market at just the right time. C. All the Chinese people like Li Nings sports clothes.D. Li Nings sports clothes were cheaper than its better-known rivals. 4. If
12、a Li Ning product costs you 200 yuan, a similar Nike product could cost up to _ yuan. A. 100 B. 200 C. 500 D. 10005. The writer in this article mainly wants to tell us _. A. Life is not easy for a sportsmanB. How Li Ning succeeded and persisted in his choice.C. how Li Ning won so many medalsD. how L
13、i Ning started a new brand of sportswearKey: CACDB2. Skimming Ask the students to read the text again and then work together with their partners to get some detailed information.T: Now we are going to read the passage again and answer a few detailed questions. Please look at the questions on the scr
14、een.Show the following questions on the screen.1. What does Li Nings advertising slogan say? 2. Why did Li Ning retire? 3. What are the two pinyin letters that the bright red logo is made up of? 4. How many Li Ning products can be purchased in 10 minutes? A few minutes later, check the answers with
15、the whole class.T: Time is up. Well, whod like to answer the first question? S4: Anything is possible. T: Good! The second one. S5: Because he didnt performed well in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. T: OK! Next one. S6: L and N. T: Very Good! Who knows how many Li Ning products can be purchased in 10 minut
16、es?S7: As many as 60. T: All of you have done quite well. Thank you!3. Listening and getting the main idea of the passage Play the tape for the students to listen and ask them to try to get the main idea of the text after listening. T: Now we are going to listen to the whole passage. After listening
17、, try to get the main idea of the passage. You can discuss your main idea with your partners. Play the tape for the students to listen and give the students two minutes to prepare after listening. Then ask one of them tell the main idea.T: Well, who wants to tell us the main idea of the passage? Vol
18、unteer! S8: In this passage, the writer mainly talks about Li Nings success both as a sportsman and as a businessman. T: Excellent! Thank you! Step Post-reading Ask the students to read the text again and finish the activities on page 43. Then check the answers to Activity 3.Then ask the students to
19、 discuss the two questions in Activity 4. Then check the answers in class. T: Now, please discuss the two questions in Activity 4. When you answer my questions, youd better answer my questions in your own words. A moment later, check the answers. T: Well, who knows why Li Ning started a sportswear c
20、ompany? S1: He failed in the Seoul Olympics. But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life. Later he launched a new brand of sportswear. T: Good! The second one. S2: Let me try. He has been successful for two reasons. One reason is that he won many gold medals
21、in the worlds major competitions. He is a famous gymnast. The other reason is that he started a well-known sportswear after his retirement. What we can learn from Li Ning is that we should never give up even if we fail sometimes. For Activities 5 and 6, ask the students to give their answers individ
22、ually. T: Id like to know if you master the new words in the passage well. Please finish off Activities 5 and 6. A moment later, check the answers in class.Step Comprehension Show the following form on the screen. Ask the students to divide the text into several parts and try to summarize the main i
23、dea of each part.PartsMain ideaA few minutes later, ask several students to give their answers.Sample answers:PartsMain ideaPart 1 (Para 1)Li Ning was a great sportsman.Part 2 (Para 2-4)Li Ning succeeded in his new life as a businessman.Part 3 (Para 5)Li Nings dream of opening a school for gymnasts
24、came true.Step Summary and Homework T: In this lesson, we learned about a great sportsman, Li Ning. He is well-known also because he started a new brand of sportswear after this retirement. From his story we know that the work of a great sportsman does not finish when he retires from the sport. After class, please finish off the activities on page 92 and preview the Grammar part. Bye-bye. Ss: Bye-bye.
