Unit 8 Sports2

t: please check your total score according to the information on page 51.
 (after a few seconds, ask some of the students about their scores.)
sd: i’ve got 22 scores.
t:  good! you seem to know a lot about the olympic games. what about you? (ask se.)
se: i’ve got 28 scores.
t: congratulations! you really know much about the olympic games.
    (time permitting, the teacher can check more students.)

step iii speaking
t: now, look at the pictures on page 52. there is a variety of sports here: diving, badminton, shooting and weightlifting. do you know the other names?
ss: table tennis, swimming, high jumping, baseball and softball.

t: look at the useful expressions. they are about asking interests and hobbies and the possible answers. please read the expressions aloud. suppose you are a reporter and interview three of your friends about their favorite sports. then fi11 in the forms with their answers.
prepare them in groups. a few minutes 1ater, i’11 ask some of you to act out the interview and read what you fill in the form.
※ the students prepare the dialogues in groups and then fill in the forms, while the teacher goes among each of the groups to see if they have any questions and directs the students’ activities.
 (a few minutes later.)
t: are you ready?
ss: yes.
t: which group will act out?
ss: (the first group) let us have a try.
dialogue i
(student a: a news reporter; student b: a’s friend. they are watching a basketball match on tv)
sa: are you interested in the basketball team?
sb: i 1ove sports and i’m on the basketball team of our school.
sa: which do you 1ike, football or basketball?
sb: i like basketball better than football.
sa: what’s your favorite sport?
sb: i like swimming best, i think.
sa: why do you 1ike it most?
sb: because i was born in qingdao, shandong province.
when i was a 1ittle boy, my parents often took me to swim in the sea. when i moved here, swimming was impossible for me, for there was no swimming poo1 here. so i began to play basketball.
t:  well done! thank you, sit down, please! which
group would like to try again?
ss: (the second group) we’d like to try.
dialogueⅱ:
(student c and student d are talking about sports. )   
sc: which do you prefer, badminton or tennis?
sd: i prefer badminton to tennis.
sc:  are you good at it?
sd: no. i can play neither of them. i’d rather watch it than play it.
sc:  which sports do you 1ike best?
sd:  i like volleyball than any other sport.
sc:  why?