U2 Heroes Lesson 3  Sports Stars

u2 heroes lesson 3  sports stars
teaching aims:
to read a text for specific information
to provide a title appropriate for a whole text
to use the present perfect and past simple tenses appropriately
to practise using positive and negative opinion adjectives.
teaching difficulties:
to use the present perfect and past simple tenses appropriately
teaching aids: computer and cassette
teaching procedures:
ⅰ. warming up
first play the song “pass the flame”
t: many people are familiar with the song. it was sung on athens olympics. it reminds us of many sports stars winning gold medals. who are your sporting heroes / heroines?
s:
t: you can use these words to describe them. awful, boring, lazy, slow, terrible, useless, weak, brilliant, fast, skilful, smart, strong, useful. give them an example. the teacher show some  olympic athletes and guide students to talk about them. for example “ is he your sports hero? what does he do ?
s:
t: finally show the picture of williams sisters. do you know them? what do they take up?
s:
t: they are sisters and both tennis champions. do you want to know more about them? read the text
ⅱ reading
first reading do the exercise true or false
1. the two sister plan to take up tennis career all their life.
2. in competitive matches the two sisters seldom played each other.
3. the two sisters have no common hobby except tennis.
4. in their childhood the people around williams sisters often fought each other using gun.
5. williams’ parents played an important part in their success.
6. the text refer to us the sisters’ father is good at tennis.
7. if one of them lose the game in their match, the other do the dishes.
8. the two sisters miss their childhood so they often go back to their hometown.
answers: 1.f  2. f   3.f   4. t  5.t  6.t  7. f  8. f
ⅲ  further understanding
get student to guess the meanings of these words and check them while reading
listen to the tape and check the answers
read the text aloud and answer these questions(do the exercise 3)
read the article again and suggest a title for the text( do the exercise 4)
title: how to become a tennis star
road to success
tennis is my favorite sports
tennis stars- williams sisters
ask student to choose one title. the answer is: tennis stars- williams sisters
do you want to know more information about them? add new information about the two sisters
name：venus williams
sex ：female
birthday :1980.07.17
weight：72.7kg
height ：185cm
nationality: america