UNIT2SPORTSANDFITNESSPeriod2Lesson1TheUnderdog—ReadingComprehension讀前清障精讀課文讀前清障Ⅰ.匹配單詞1.underdog A.astrongwishtohaveordosth2.champion B.aperson，team，etc.thathaswonacompetition，especiallyin

asport3.defeat C.acompetitorthoughttohavelittlechanceofwinningafightor

contest4.crowd D.apersonorthingthatisthereasonwhysbcreatesordoessth5.desire E.alargenumberofpeoplegatheringtogetherinapublicplace6.shot F.towinagainstsbinawar，competitionorsportsgame7.inspiration G.togetsththatyoudeserve，usuallybecauseofsthgoodyou

havedone8.earn H.theactionofhitting，kickingorthrowingtheballinorderto scoreapoint1.Nowthatyoulikeplayingtennis，whynot

theschoolteam?2.IhavegreatconfidenceinyouandIbelieveyoucan

intheend.3.Maryworkedhardtobeadmittedtoakeyuniversityandherefforts

.4.Tomwhohadmadegreatcontributionstotheprojectfinally_________

inthecompany.5.Withtimegoingby，shebecomesmoreindependentandis

anxiousaboutherfuture

.Ⅱ.選詞填空makeit，payoff，not...anymore，tryoutfor，earnone’splacetryoutformakeitpaidoffearnedhisplacenotanymore返回精讀課文Bytheendoftheclass,youwillbeableto:readandtalkabouttheunderdog;readforgeneralunderstandingandspecificinformation;writeasummaryonanunderdog;roleplaytheexperienceofbeinganunderdog.1.Whatdoyouthinkmakesagreatbasketballplayer?beingtallenoughhavingteamworkspiritbeinghard-working/persistentmorepracticebeingstrong-mindedlove/passionforbasketballPre-reading2.Guesswhatisthemeaningoftheword“underdog”?A.Adogthatisdefeatedbyotherdogs.B.Anathletewhoseemstohavelittlechancetowin.C.Acompanythatneverwins.√While-readingWhatisthemainideaofthepassage?A．Agreatathletewon’tletanybodydown.B．Theshorteraplayeris，thebetterheplays.C．HowPaulearnedhisplaceontheteambypractisinghard.D．Anunexpectedbasketballgame.√Activity1

Fast-readingformainideasⅠ.ReadthefirsttwoparagraphsinPart1andanswerthequestionsbelow.Part1Whowashisfavouriteplayer?Why?Howtallwashe?Howtallwashisfavoriteplayer?Whatteamwasheon?TyroneBogues.Theyhavesomethingincommon,soheseesBoguesashisinspiration.Bothofthemare1.6meterstall.TheLions.Activity2

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detailsPaulⅡ.ReadPara.3ofPart1carefullyanddothefollowingexercises.1．WhatisthemainreasonwhyPauldidn’tgetachancetomaketheteam?A．Hiscoachwasnotconfidentabouthisheight.B．Hedidn’thavetheskillstoplayfortheteam.C．Hedidn’thaveadesiretoplayfortheteam.D．Hedidn’tpractiseashardashisteammates.2.Paraphrase：Paulhadtotryoutmanytimesjustformakingtheteam.√Inordertobechosenasamemberoftheteam,Paulhadtotryagainandagain.3.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelasttwoparagraphs?A.PaulwashappytobeareplacementoftheLions.B.HisteammatesdoubtedPaul’sability.C.TheBearswasunabletobeattheLions.D.Paulwaslikelytogetachance.√ReadPart2carefullyandputthefollowingeventsintherightorder.Thenwritetheminthenotesandnotedownthecoach’sattitudewithevidenceinthebelowcolumn.

Oneplayergothurtandcouldnotplay.

Pauljumpedandrushedontothecourt.

“Givehimashot,coach！”

Theteamhadwonby2points.

“Letmetry,coach!Iwon’tletyoudown！”

Part2EventsThecoach’sattitudeEvidencea5.________“We’vegotnomoreplayers！”1.__Negative6.______________2.__7.________Thecoachfinallyagreed.3.__Hopeful8.____________________4.__9._____________________...hitPaulontheshoulder，‘...bigguy’！”“Hecan’tplay！”cebdWorriedHesitant“It’syourtimetoshine.”Excited/Satisfied/ProudReadthewholepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1．Whatisthetexttypeofthepassage?A．Narration(記敘文)．B．ArgumentativeEssay(議論文)．C．ExpositoryWriting(說明文)．D．PracticalWriting(應用文)．記敘文要素when,where,why,who,how,what√DeepUnderstandingadvantagesdisadvantagesbeinghard-workinghavingloveandpassion...VSbeingdeterminedhavingastrongdesire2.WhatwerePaul’sadvantagesanddisadvantagesasabasketballplayer?Discussinyourgroup.beingshort3.AnalysewhyPaulcouldgetthechanceandwinthegame.hardworkingdeterminedpersistentSubjectivereasonsconfidentSubjectivereasonsskillfulObjectivereasonsthewriter’sinjury;theteammates’recommendations(推薦);theapproval(agreement)ofthecoach;1．WhydidthecoachcallPaul“bigguy”?WhatdoyouthinkthecoachmighthavelearntfromhisexperienceswithPaul?

(Criticalthinking批判性思維)BecausePaulfinallyhelpedtheteamwinthematch，thecoachthoughthewasagreatplayerinsteadofashortandweakplayer.Hemayhavelearntthatheshouldneverjudgeapersonbyhisphysicalappearancebutaccordingtohisability.Post-reading

Discussion2.Whatroledidthewriterplayinthestory?(Creativethinking)HeunderstoodPaul’sdreamandsawhispotential.Whenhewasinjuredinthematch,headvisedthecoachtogivePaulachancetorealizehisdream.Heisatruefriend.

PaulandIwereonourschoolbasketballteam,TheLions.WewerebothhugefansoftheNBA.MyfavouriteplayerwasLeBronJames1.________Paul’sfavouriteplayerwasTyroneBogues,whowastheshortestplayereverintheNBA.Paulwasalsoshorterthanotherplayerssothatheknewhehadtopractise2._______(much)thanotherplayersontheteam.However,ourcoachhadlittleconfidenceinhim.SoPaulwasusuallyonthebench,beingjusta3._____________(replace).EveryoneknewPaulhadrealskillsandhedesired4._______(play)fortheteam.Later,TheLionswereplayingwithTheBears,5._______recordhadbeenperfectthisseason.whilemorereplacementtoplaywhose

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Duringthegame,aplayerandIcrashedintoeachotherandmykneewas6.______(bad)hurt.Ihadtogiveupthegame.SoPaulgotthechancethathe7.________________(wait)for.Clearly,alltheextrahoursthathe’dspent8.___________(practise)alonepaidoff.Hemadeshotaftershotandwhenthegameended,ourteamhadwon9.____2points.Afterthegame,ourcoachhitPaulon10._____shoulderandsaidthatPaulhadearnedhisplaceontheteam.badlyhadbeenwaitingpractisingbythe1．Paul’sfavouriteplayerwasTyroneBogues，aguywhoplayedfortheCharlotteHornets，althoughweactuallyagreethattheyarebothchampions.此句是______________，who引導_____________，修飾__________，although引導的______________中包含一個that引導的______________，作agree的賓語；champion意為“_________”。翻譯:

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保羅最喜歡的球員是蒂尼·博格斯，博格斯為夏洛特黃蜂隊效力。事實上，我們認為他們都是冠軍。冠軍復合句定語從句aguy狀語從句賓語從句Sentencesanalysis2．Hewasstillusuallyonthebench，beingjustareplacement，whichwasreallytoughonhim.此句是_______，beingjustareplacement是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作___________，意為“___________”；which引導________________，先行詞是主句內(nèi)容，betoughonsb.意為“_____________________”。翻譯______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________對某人很苛刻復合句伴隨狀語非限制性定語從句做替補隊員

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然而，他仍舊通?！白宓省弊鳛樘嫜a隊員，這對他來說是真夠難熬的。3．EveryoneknewPaulhadrealskills，andwassomeonewhoworkedreallyhardandhadastrongdesiretoplayfortheteam.此句是_________，knew后面為省略引導詞_________的賓語從句；第一個and連接賓語從句的兩個謂語；who引導___________，修飾someone；第二個and連接___________中的兩個謂語。翻譯:

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