1、Unit 2 This year we are training more carefully.Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching method Top-down approach Teaching aims1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (sports).2. Comparing sports, linking words correctly.3. Reading and understanding behaviours of characters; guessing the m
2、eaning of new words from the context.4. Writing about your school basketball team.Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: beat, careless, cheeron, coach, fan club, against, train, practice, warm, warm up, usual , pleased, pass, chance, loudly, confident 2. Keys structure: Comparative adjectives (more
3、); adverbs and comparative adverbs (-er, more); irregular comparatives.Teaching aidsRecorder , OHP , videoTeaching StepsStep 1 Revision1. Guessing game.1) Show some pictures.2) According to the information given and ask the students to guess:What are they doing?3) Show the pictures to check the answ
4、ers.2. Review the text of Unit 1. 3. Read the words after the teacher.Step 2 Learn new words. 1. Show some pictures.2. Talk something about the pictures.3. Introduce the new words.1) train作动词，表示“训练，操练”作名词，表示“火车”。Were training harder than usual because the other school beat us last year.我们比平时更努力训练，因为
5、去年别的学校打败了我们。His father goes to Shanghai by train.他父亲坐火车去上海。2) against 为介词，表示“反对，与对抗” 。例如：3) warm up 的意思是“热身，做准备活动” 。例如：The runners _ before the race. 赛跑选手正在做赛前热身。Key: are warming up 4) coach n. 教练5) carelessadj. 粗心的；疏忽的pass v. 传递；传送Last year we were careless when we passed the ball and we lost to th
6、e other team. So this year we train more carefully. 6) fan club 球迷（或影迷，歌迷）俱乐部cheer on用欢呼声激励；为加油7) loudlyadv. 响亮地；大声地quiet adj. 寂静的；安静的4. Read the words after the teacher.Step 3 Work in pairs.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 1.2. Talk about the pictures. 3. Use the words and ex
7、pressions in the box to help you.beat careless cheer on coach fan club play against trainStep 4 Reading.1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.2. Ask the students to read through the passage.3. Read the passage by themselves.4. Read the text together.Step 5 Complete the table.1. Read
8、 the passage again.2. Complete the sentences in the What column of the table.WhatWhy1. We arrive _.2. Were training _ than _3. Its _ to practice in winter.4. Our coach is _.3. Now complete the Why column.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys;1. as early as we can
9、 Because we want to have time to warm up. 2. harder, usual Because the other school team beat us last year.3. more difficult Because the days are shorter and the weather is cold too. 4. pleased Because we are playing better as a team now.Step 6 Complete the passage.1. Complete the passage with the w
10、ords in the box.against chance coach practice short usualWe all know (1) _ makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practice in winter because the days are (2) _ and its cold. The team is training harder than (3) _, so their (4) _ is pleased with them. They are going to play (5) _ a team from anot
11、her school next week, and they have a good (6) _ of winning. 2. Ask the students to read through the passage.3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys:1. practice 2. short 3. usual 4. coach 5. ag
12、ainst 6. chance Step 7 Opposite meanings.1. Ask the students to the words in the box in Activity 4.badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy late quickly slowly well2. Put the words from the box into pairs with opposite meanings.3. Check with a partner.4. Call back the answers from the whole c
13、lass.Keys: badlywell carefullycarelessly difficulteasy earlylate quicklyslowly5. Now decide which word has two opposites.Step 8 Language points1. I am in our school team and were playing against another school next week.我是校队成员，我们（队）下周将要和另一学校比赛。1) Germany are _ Brazil in the World Cup final tonight.今
14、晚德国将与巴西争夺世界杯冠军。2) We will _ the enemy.我们将与敌人交战。3) They are strongly _ the idea.他们强烈反对这个主意。4) Are you for or _ my proposal?你（们）是同意还是反对我的计划？Keys: 1) playing against 2) fight against 3) against 4) against2. so that we have time to warm up. 以便我们有时间热身。 so that 以便，用来引导目的状语从句。 e.g. Please turn the radio up
15、 a bit so that Grandpa can hear clearly. 请把收音机调大点声，以便爷爷能听清楚。warm up 热身，做准备活动e.g. The runners are warming up before the race. 赛跑选手正在做赛前热身。 If you do not warm up before taking exercise, you may injure yourself.如果运动之前不做准备活动，你可能会受伤。3. This year are training more carefully. careful adj. carefully adv. 副词
16、多用来修饰动词、形容词、副词或一些语言结构。副词修饰动词时，通常放在行为动词后。英语中的部分形容词通过特殊变化可变为副词： 1)在形容词后直接加-ly可变成副词。 e.g. Paul usually listens to the teacher carefully in class. 2) 以“辅音字母+y结尾”的形容词，变y为i, 再加-ly可变成副词。 e.g. Mother always does the housework busily. 3. 有些词的形容词形式和副词形式相同。e.g. Linda got up late this morning. She didnt catch t
17、he school bus.副词比较级和形容词比较级的变化形式大致相同，具体可参见形容词的比较级。e.g. Bob studies harder this year than last year. It rains heavily today than yesterday. 副词比较级和形容词比较级的变化形式大致相同，具体可参见形容词的比较级。e.g. Bob studies harder this year than last year. It rains heavily today than yesterday. 注：good / well, bad / ill, badly, many
18、/ much, little, far的比较级形式特殊，需特别记忆。根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1. Most Americans speak _(fast). 2. My pen friend arrived _(safe) just now. 3. Linda lives _(happy) because she uses her time well to study. 4. Jack runs _(quickly) now than just now. Keys: fast safely happily more quickly 4. That means we have a
19、 better chance of winning. 这就意味着我们获胜的机会更大。have a chance of doing sth. 表示“有做某事的机会” 。例如：1) You will _ your exams if you work harder. 如果你（们）再用功一点，通过考试的机会就更大一点。2) If we hurry up, theres still _ the plane. 要是我们抓紧点，赶上飞机的机会还是很大的。Keys: 1) have a better chance of passing 2) a good chance of catching5. We are
20、 training harder than usually because the other team beat us last year. That means have a better chance of winning.beat表示此意时可作及物动词，宾语常常是比赛、竞争的对手，即表人的名词或代词。 e.g. We beat Guangming Team in the football match. 我们在足球比赛中踢赢了光明队。 Sam played very well and he beat John. Sam 踢得非常好，他打败了John。win后接的宾语常常是表示比赛和比赛的
21、名次、奖品等的名词。e.g. They hope to win the basketball match. 他们希望赢得篮球比赛。We won first place in the last school sports meeting. 上回运动会我们赢得了第一名。根据句意用win或 beat的适当形式填空。1. My brother _ first place in the English competition last week. 2. My sister is good at playing table tennis. She always _ me. 3. We are sure t
22、o _ the basketball match tomorrow。Keys: won beats win6. Its good to have our fans around because they cheer us on loudly. 有我们的球迷在周围真好，因为他们为我们欢呼加油。cheer sb. on 的意思是“为欢呼加油” 。例如：1) The crowd _ their favourite singers _. 观众为他们最喜欢的各手喝彩加油。2) They gathered round the swimming pool and _. 他们在游泳池周围，给她加油。Keys:
23、 1) cheered; on 2) cheered her on Step 9 Exercises:一、中考连接( )1. Whats wrong with you today? (2012广东湛江) I am quite upset. Cheer up! The more you smile, the _ you will feel. Ahappy Bhappier Chappily DMore happily( ) 2. Do you know sound travels very fast? Yes. But light travels _ sound. (2012湖北荆州) A. a
24、s fast asB. a little faster thanC. much faster thanD. slower than( ) 3. Your room is very dirty. You should keep it _. (2012湖北襄阳) OK. Ill sweep it right away.A. clean B. dry C. quiet D. warm( ) 4. Would you mind staying in such a noisy room ? No, but my son needs a _ place to study in. (2011宁波)A. cl
25、eaner B. quieter C. safer D. smaller ( ) 5. Some students are so _ that they often make mistakes in their homework. (2011聊城)A. careful B. serious C. careless D. successful ( ) 6. My sister has practiced tennis for a long time. She plays tennis _ you. (2011德阳)A. as good asB. so well asC. as well as(
26、) 7. The smile on his teachers face shows that she was _ with my work. (2007佛山)A. angry B. pleased C sad Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7.B Step 10 Writing task1. Complete the sentences so theyre true for your school basketball team.1) It is and the basketball team 2) The practice starts at but
27、 they 3) Last year 4) This year 5) The coach is pleased / isnt pleased with them because 6) So they now have a better / poor chance of2. Learning to learnYou can use at that time / yesterday/ last week / last month/ last year to talk what people did in the past; and use now / today / this week / this month / this year to talk about what they do now when you make a comparison.3. Add some more details about your school basketball team. Write a passage.Its Saturday morning and the school basketball team is training hard.