1、Unit 1 Breaking recordsPart One: Teaching DesignPeriod 1: A plan for reading(THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU)AimsTo help students develop their reading ability To help students learn about breaking recordsProceduresWarming up by learning about “records”be a matter of recordif a fact is a matter of r
2、ecord, you know it is true because it has been written down. His views on immigration are a matter of record. be on recordgo on record - to publicly and officially tell people your opinion about something. Both doctors are on record as saying the drug trials were an unqualified success. (often + as
3、+ doing something) for the recordsomething that you say when you are about to tell someone something important that you want them to remember. Just for the record, Ive never been to his house and Ive only met him a few times, whatever the media is saying. go on recordto publicly and officially tell
4、people your opinion about something. Are you prepared to go on record as supporting the council on this issue? (often + as + doing something) off the recordif you say something off the record, you do not want it to be publicly reported. She made it clear that her comments were strictly off the recor
5、d and should not be included in the article. off-the-recordoff the record - if you say something off the record, you do not want it to be publicly reported. Its not a good idea to make these off-the-record remarks too often. (always before noun) on the recordoff the record - if you say something off
6、 the record, you do not want it to be publicly reported. None of the company directors were prepared to comment on the record yesterday. put/set the record straightto tell the true facts about a situation in order to show people that what they believed previously was not correct. She is writing her
7、memoirs to set the record straight once and for all. a track recordall of the past achievements or failures of a person or organization. We like to recruit managers with a strong track record. They have a strong track record in rescuing ailing companies. (often + in)Warming up by Guinness World Reco
8、rdsHello, class. Have you ever heard of Guinness World Records? Here are some of the latest world records listed in Guinness World Records.Arranging A Deck Of Cards - Fastest TimeKunihiko Terada (Japan) arranged a shuffled deck of cards in order (Ace through Ten, Jack, Queen, King for Diamonds, Club
9、s, Hearts and Spades), in his hands only, in 40.36 sec at the Hard Rock Cafe, Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 2004.Coin SpinningThe longest time a coin has been spun until coming to a complete rest is 19.37 seconds. It was accomplished by Britains Scott Day at Earls Court, London, UK, as part of BBC TVs
10、 Tomorrows World roadshow. The record was first set in April 2004 with a spin of 16.7 seconds by Scotlands Sean Farrell at the Edinburgh Science Festival.To know more about breaking records turn to page 1. Warming up by looking and talkingGood morning, boys and girls. Look at the pictures and listen
11、 to me telling you about something interesting.I. Pre-readingWhat is hula hoping?The hula hoop is a toy hoop that promotes physical activity. Today it is often made of plastic and twirled around the waist or limbs.What is jumping jack?1. A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by p
12、ulling an attached string.2. Sports A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.What is somersault?A somersault (sometimes somerset) is an acrobatic
13、feat in which a person tucks in mid-air and moves the feet over the head. The somersault can be performed either forwards or backwards and is synonymous with a flip (or, if performed backwards, backflip). The word originates from the obsolete French word sombresault.III. II。 II。Reading On page 2 the
14、re is an article entitled THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOUYou are going to read it to the recording. Now read the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions. THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOUAshrita Furm
15、an is a sportsman /who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness recordsOver the last 25 years，he has broken approximately 93 Guinness recordsMore than twenty of these /he still holds，including the record /for having the most recordsBut these records are not made in any conventional sport /like swimm
16、ing or soccerRather Ashrita attempts to break records /in very imaginative events/ and in very interesting places Recently, Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record /in all seven continents，including hula hooping /in Australia，pogo stick jumping /under water/ in South America，and performing d
17、eep knee bends/ in a hot air balloon /in North America While these activities might seem childish /and cause laughter/ rather than respect，in reality /they require an enormous amount of strength /and fitness /as well as determination Think about the fine neck adjustments/ needed to keep a full bottl
18、e of milk/ on your head/ while you are walkingYou can stop to rest/ or eat /but the bottle has to stay on your head While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy, it is notIt takes a lot of concentration /and a great sense of balance/ to stay on itYou have to struggle to stay o
19、n top /especially when your legs start shakingAnd /what about somersaulting /along a road /for 12 miles? Somersaulting is a tough event/ as you have to overcome dizziness，extreme tiredness /and pain. You are permitted to rest for only five minutes /in every hour of rolling /but you are allowed to st
20、op briefly to vomit Covering a mile in the fastest time /while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet /another event/ in which Ashrita is outstandingLunges are extremely hard /on your 1egsYou start by standing/ and then/ you step forward /with the right foot/ while touching the left knee /to the
21、ground. Then /you stand up again/ and step forward /with the left foot /while touching the right knee /to the groundImagine doing this for a mile! Yet /this talented sportsman is not a natural athleteAs a child /he was very unfit /and was not at all interested in sportsHowever，he was fascinated by t
22、he Guinness Book of World Records How Ashrita came to be a sportsman /is an interesting storyAs a teenager, he began searching for a deeper meaning in lifeHe studied Eastern religions /and，aged 16，discovered an Indian meditation teacher/ called Sri Chinmoy/ who lived in his neighborhood /in New York
23、 CitySince that time /in the early 1970s, Ashrita has been one of Sri Chinmoys studentsSri Chinmoy says that /it is just as important/ for people to develop their bodies /as it is to develop their minds, hearts /and spiritual selvesHe believes that /there is no limit to peoples physical abilities Wh
24、en Ashrita came third /in a 24-hour bicycle marathon /in New Yorks Central Park/ in 1978，he knew that /he would one day get into the Guinness Book of World Records. He had been urged by his spiritual leader/ to enter the marathon/ even though he had done no trainingSo，when he won third place，he came
25、 to the understanding /that his body was just an instrument of the spirit /and/ that he seemed to be able to use his spirit /to accomplish anythingFrom then on，Ashrita refused to accept any physical limitation With this new confidence, Ashrita broke his first Guinness record /with 27,000 jumping jac
26、ks /in 1979. The motivation /to keep trying to break records /comes through his devotion to Sri ChinmoyEvery time /Ashrita tries to break a record，he reaches a point /where he feels/ he cannot physically do any moreAt that moment, he goes deep /within himself /and connects /with his soul/ and his te
27、acher Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher/ in his record-breaking attemptsIn facthe often wears a T-shirt/ with Sri ChinmoyS words/ on the backThe words are： “There is only one perfect roadIt is ahead of you，always ahead of you.”IV. Copying expressions and making sentencesYou are to copy all the
28、 expressions into your note-book and them make sentences with each of them. III Copying expressions form THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOUthe challenge of breaking Guinness records, over the last 25 years，break Guinness records, more than, make in any conventional sport, attempt to break records, in v
29、ery imaginative events, in very interesting places, achieve ones dream of, breaking a record, in all seven continents，hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water, in South America，performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon, in North America, rather than respect，in reality, require
30、an enormous amount of strength, as well as, think about, keep a full bottle of milk on ones head, stop to do sth, have to, stay on ones head, make standing on top of, take a lot of concentration, take a great sense of balance, struggle to do sth, start shaking, what about, along a road, a tough even
31、t, overcome dizziness，overcome extreme tiredness, overcome pain, permit sb. to do sth, in every hour of, allow sb.to do sth, step forward with the right foot, touch the left knee to the ground, stand up, Imagine doing sth, a natural athlete, not at all, be interested in, be fascinated by, the Guinne
32、ss Book of World Records吉尼斯世界大全，come to be a sportsman, an interesting story, begin doing, a deeper meaning in life, in New York City, since that time, in the early 1970s, develop ones body, develop ones mind, develop ones heart, develop spiritual selves, peoples physical abilities, in a 24-hour bic
33、ycle marathon, in New Yorks Central Park, get into the Guinness Book of World Records, win third place，come to the understanding, an instrument of the spirit, seem to, be able to, use ones spirit to do sth. from then on，refuse to accept any physical limitation, with this new confidence, keep trying
34、to break records, come through ones devotion to, try to break a record， reach a point, notany more, at that moment, go deep within himself, connect with ones soul, acknowledge ones teacher in, in fact, wear a T-shirt with Sri ChinmoyS words on the back, be ahead of sb. IV. Transforming informationYo
35、u are to read the text once more to fill in the table with necessary information.THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOUWho is Ashrita?Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness recordsWhat has he done over the last 25years?Over the last 25 years，he has broken approximately 9
36、3 Guinness recordsRecently what did he achieved?RecentlyAshrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents，including hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water in South America，and performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon in North AmericaWhat is his gift?Yet
37、 this talented sportsman is not a natural athleteHow did he come to be a sportsman?How Ashrita came to be a sportsman is an interesting storyWhat did he get to know?When Ashrita came third in a 24-hour bicycle marathon in New Yorks Central Park in 1978，he knew that he would one day get into the Guin
38、ness Book of World Records. What did he do in 1979?With this new confidence, Ashrita broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks in 1979.Whom does he always acknowledge?Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attemptsV. Closing down by listening to a radio interv
39、iew of Ashrita FurmanLINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Over the weekend, on a high school track in Jamaica, in theborough of Queens, New York, a 37-year old health food store manager named Ashrita Furman,walked 64 miles in 18 hours and 10 minutes with a 9-pound brick pinched between his fingers.This feat adde
40、d yet another to Furmans dozen Guinness Book world records, from 27 hours ofcontinuous yodeling to 307 games of hopscotch played in 24 hours. Bob Garfield spent some timewith Furman recently while he was training for the brick-carrying record attempt. He has thisreport.ASHRITA FURMAN: Its very tough
41、. I mean, after a while you just stop losing your grip. But the idea to me is to concentrate on using different fingers, different muscles, until the point where you do that for 5 to 6 hours and eventually for 17 hours. So, its tough, its really tough.GARFIELD: Its not just tough, though, its someth
42、ing more than tough, Ashrita. Its really, really stupid.FURMAN: laughter Yeah, it is. But, you know, what can I tell you. This is how I get my kicks.GARFIELD: He doesnt mean longest since brick pinching perse, he means any display of unimaginable stamina in unimaginably pointless athletic endeavors.
43、 During the past 14 months alone, he has done 1659 squat thrusts in an hour, performed 3000 plus deep knee bends in an hour in a hot air balloon, and for the second time established the endurance record for juggling cannon balls under water in scuba gear for 65 minutes. He might have done more, but
44、he got a nasty case of dysentery while traveling, possibly while pogo sticking for three hours and forty minutes with a snorkel eyeball deep in the Amazon River.FURMAN: I had a rope tied to me just in case the piranhas attacked. The piranhas were there like 30 feet away, but it was great. It was so
45、much fun, it was a great adventure.GARFIELD: Digging into his tofu is a broad-shouldered muscular 38- year old athlete, arguably one of the greatest athletes in the world. Hard to believe that 20 years ago Furman was a clumsy, bookish weakling.FURMAN: Your typical nerd, I mean, down to the plastic p
46、en holder in my pocket. In fact, I got beat up the first day at high school, because I was such a wimp. And I really- I mean, as far as I was concerned I really didnt have much of a life.GARFIELD: Thats when he was Keith Furman, a nice Jewish boy from Queens, who everyone assumed would follow his fa
47、thers footsteps in corporate law. In high school, however, he began to believe that there was something of importance beyond the National Honor Society. He read Sedartha sp by Herman Hesse, which led him to Eastern philosophy which lead him to transcendental meditation which lead him a mile from his
48、 house to a Jamaica street called Parsons Boulevard. There he discovered an enclave of disciples of Sri Chinmoy, an Indian holy man who teaches a particularly strenuous path to spiritual enlightenment.SRI CHINMOY: He knows philosophy, the physical and the spiritual must go together if we want to ach
49、ieve something, and more achievement if we want to inspire people, then we have to renew in the inner world of inspiration as well.GARFIELD: Along the way to self transcendence, Sri Chinmoys students combine spiritual and physical culture. They run ultra marathons, climb the mountains, and swim the
50、English Channel in pursuit of inner peace. In 1970, Keith Furman, now Ashrita Furman, decided this would be his path. By 1979, having accepted Sri Chinmoys teachings of self denial and celibacy, he was ready to tap his dormant capacities. Marathoning seemed a bit quixotic, but he had always been a p
51、retty good pogo sticker, so into Central Park he ventured determined to break the endurance record of 100,000 pogo jumps in 15 1/2 hours. Remarkably, despite excruciating pain and unbearable fatigue, he reached 100,000 within 13 hours.FURMAN: For me it was like a spiritual experience, because right
52、at the moment that I broke the record of 100,001 jumps, I was in Central Park and this peacock started like screaming at 3 oclock in the morning, and like in Indian mythology thats like a victory cry, kind of. It was like a very kind of cosmic thing.GARFIELD: Or maybe just peacock indigestion. Ashri
53、ta went on to do 130,001 pogos and submitted his feat to the Guinness Book, which informed him that he had taken his rest periods at improper intervals and summarily disqualified him. But, Ashrita was undeterred, he simply changed events and, after another false start, did 27,000 jumping jacks in Ju
54、ly 1979 to finally break an established Guinness mark. He has been doing it ever since and, because he also arranges tours for Sri Chinmoy disciples all around the world, Ashrita gets to break records in exotic places such as Zurich where he established my favorite Ashrita record for walking distanc
55、e while balancing a pint bottle of milk on his head - 61 miles, 15 hours. A feat exceeded in its difficulty only by its ridiculousness and also, perhaps, by a certain kind of vanity that at first blush seems out of place.FURMAN: Maybe there is a certain part of me that enjoys the attention, Im not g
56、oing to deny it. OK, Im trying to lead a monkish, spiritual type of life, but Im a human being and also there is a way for me to get something of a message as far as meditation to people. I, I really believe in it and I like to tell people about it and I think theyre wasting their own capacities if
57、they dont practice meditation.GARFIELD: Clad in his orange silk doti sp, Sri Chinmoy is presiding over his Friday hour of meditation. The session ends with a chant of Sri Chinmoys own composition where upon he walks serenely into an adjoining room to contemplate Ashritas achievements. His favorite i
58、s the milk bottle walk, too.SRI CHINMOY: Because it demands constant, constant attention. If he left even for a fleeting second then the bottle will drop and he is disqualified. Concentration is of paramount importance, we cannot succeed without it in any field.GARFIELD: Ashrita, were walking around
59、 the track, youre carrying a 9-pound brick in your hand, are you getting closer to God?FURMAN: Yeah, I think so. I mean, its, you know, very gradual, lets put it that way, but, yeah, I think it does intensify my spiritual life. For instance, after 10 hours of this youre almost forced to like start p
60、raying to God, or you try to feel God inside of you.GARFIELD: Youre sure thats just not cramping?FURMAN: laughter No. I really do believe that my body has the capacity to go a certain distance, lets say, and after that its sort of like my mind, or you might say my soul or whatever, my deeper part, t
61、akes over.GARFIELD: As it turns out, take control his deeper part would. After 64 miles and 18 plus hours of cramping, shin splints, and bloody blisters, Ashrita would own another record - self transcendence, yet again. Inner peace achieved, at least for a while. Theres a backwards unicycling record
62、 out there - 46 miles - and by September it will have to be broken. Im Bob Garfield.Additional MaterialsComplete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOUAshrita Furman is a sportsman _1_ likes the challenge of breaking Guinness _2_RecentlyAshrita _3_ in br
63、eaking a record _4_ all seven continents，including hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water _5_ South America，_6_ performing deep knee bends _7_ a hot air balloon _8_ North AmericaIt is not easy to stand _9_ top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easyIt is not _10_ to do somersaulting _11_a
64、road for 12 miles. Covering a mile in the fastest time _12_ doing gymnastically correct lunges is not easy, _13_. But Ashrita succeeded in all these _14_.He was a talented_15_. He worked hard to _16_ his body as well as his mind. He believes _17_ there is no limit to peoples physical abilitiesHe _18
65、_ “There is only one perfect roadIt _19_ahead of you，always_20_of you.”(key: 1.who 2. records 3. succeeded 4. in 5. in 6. and 7. in 8. in 9. on 10.easy 11. along 12. while 13. either 14. events 15. sportsman 16. develop 17. that 18. always 19. is 20. ahead )Notes to the special sentencesMore than tw
66、enty of these he still holds，including the record for having themost records本句中More than twenty of these被提holds的前面，主要是出于与上文的衔接缘故。While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy, it is not句中从句谓语动词makes是复合及物动词，look easy是它的宾语补语。住句not后可以补上easy。You are permitted to rest for only five
67、minutes in every hour of rolling but youare allowed to stop briefly to vomit本句中有个permit sb. To do sth.的动词短语用法，sb.被提前做了主语，因此permitted后面有个停顿，to到rolling也变成了主语补语。同理，并列句后半句中allowed后面也有个停顿，to到句号也是主语补语。Lunges are extremely hard on your 1egs 句中be hard on意思是sth. Isoppressive or unjust in nature or effect。 例如
68、：These restrictions were hard on welfare applicants. That boy is hard on his clothes 那个男孩很快就把衣服穿坏了。Snow and ice are hard on a cars finish. 雪和冰磨損了汽車的表漆5As a teenager, he began searching for a deeper meaning in life少年时起，他开始寻找生命的深沉含义。search for意思是try to locate or discover, or try to establish theexiste
69、nce of，比如：The police are searching for clues. 6 He believes that there is no limit to peoples physical abilities本句中limit 意是the greatest amount, number or level of something that is either possible or allowedTo到句号做limit的后置修饰成分。本句可以翻译成：他相信，人对其身体能力的开发是有止境的。请看limit的更多例子： Is there a limit on the amount o
70、f money you can claim?I think we ought to put a strict limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project.Theres a limit to the number of times I can stop what Im doing just so I can help him! Weset a time limit of thirty minutes for the test.7So，when he won third place，he came to the understan
71、ding that his body was just an instrument of the spirit and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to accomplish anything句中两个that引导了两个同位语从句。 同位语从句属于名词性从 句，大多由从属连词that引导，常常跟在fact, idea, opinion, news, hope,belief等名词后面。同位语从句一般用来解释或说明这些名词的具体含义或内容，在逻辑上表现为同位关系。例如：They are familiar with the opinion t
72、hat all matter consists of atoms.他们很熟悉这一观点，所有的物质都是由原子构成的。 They were delighted at the news that their team had won.当听到他们的球队赢了的消息时，他们欣喜若狂。 The factory(that)we visited yesterday is a chemical one.我们昨天参观的那家工厂是化工厂。(that在从句中作宾语，所以此句是宾语从句)The news that he will leave for Shanghai is true.他将要去上海的消息是真的。(that只
73、起连接从句的作用，所以此句是同位语从句) From then on，Ashrita refused to accept any physical limitation8The motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to Sri Chinmoy不断尝试创记录的动机来自与他对斯里琴摩的挚爱。to keep trying to break records和to Sri Chinmoy做后置定语分别修饰motivation和devotion。相关例子：You need a lot of motivat
74、ion to succeed. She will be remembered for her selfless/unstinting devotion to the cause. Every time Ashrita tries to break a record，he reaches a point where he feels hecannot physically do any more句中where引导的是地点定语从句。相关例句： This is the room where / in which he lives. 这就是他住的房间。I can see the desk where
75、/ on which there is a book. 我能看见上面有一本书的那张桌子。10At that moment, he goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his teacher这时他会深入自我，与他的灵魂和他的老师神交。11.Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attemptsAcknowledges意思是感謝, 答謝：He acknowledges your help 他答謝你的幫助。He has never ack
76、nowledged my favor done to him. 他从来都不感谢我给他的帮助。 12“There is only one perfect roadIt is ahead of you，always ahead of you.” 可以译成： “人生自有完美的路，只有一条完美的路。它就在你的前方，永远在你的前方。”Comprehension questions1. The primary purpose of the passage is to A. describe the day to day life of Ashrita FurmanB. raise concern abou
77、t the health of sportsmanC. tell about Ashrita Furmans effort to break recordsD. demand an alternative method of breaking records2. The passage as a whole suggest that the author A. admires Ashrita FurmanB. dislikes Ashrita FurmanC. envies Ashrita FurmanD. laughs at Ashrita Furman3. The saying that
78、“There is only one perfect roadIt is ahead of you，always ahead of you.” Is presented by the passage as the opinion ofA. the authorB. Sri ChinmoysC. Ashrita FurmanD. American people4. In what way is the fourth paragraph related to the third?A. It provides an example to support the claims made in the third paragraph.B. It focuses on the broad claim of the third paragraph.C. It uses the information in the previous three paragraphsD. It refutes the statements made in the previous three paragraphs(key: CACA)
