LivingLegendsChooseyourfavoriteathleteLearningObjectives:LearningObjectivesBytheendofthislesson,youwillbeableto:Understandanddescribefamousathletes'achievementsandqualitiesUsereadingstrategies:predict,infer,andanalyzeEvaluateandrecommend"LivingLegendsofSports"UsevocabularyrelatedtosportsachievementsandpersonalqualitiesCanyounamesomefamousathletes?1.Whoisyourfavouriteathlete?2.Canhe/shebecalledalivinglegend?Leadin姚明(YaoMing)：中國籃球的標(biāo)志性人物，NBA狀元秀，入選NBA名人堂。他推動了籃球運(yùn)動在中國乃至亞洲的普及。劉翔(Liuxiang)：2004年雅典奧運(yùn)會男子110米欄冠軍，打破了奧運(yùn)會紀(jì)錄并平了世界紀(jì)錄。他是中國田徑史上里程碑式的運(yùn)動員。蘇炳添(SuBingtian)：“亞洲飛人”，在東京奧運(yùn)會上以9秒83打破亞洲紀(jì)錄，成為首位闖入奧運(yùn)會男子百米決賽的中國人。喬丹(Jordan)：公認(rèn)的“籃球之神”，6次NBA總冠軍，5次常規(guī)賽MVP。梅西(Messi)：八次金球獎得主，被廣泛認(rèn)為是足球史上最偉大的球員之一。博爾特(Bolt)：“牙買加閃電”，奧運(yùn)會八枚金牌得主，男子100米和200米的世界紀(jì)錄保持者。ALIVINGLEGENDWhatisalivinglegend?Lookatthepicturesandtitles:Whatdoyouthinkthetextisabout?Pre-readingThepicturesshowfiguresdoingdifferentsports,soitmustbeaboutsports.Thetitlerefersto“LivingLegends”soitmustbeaboutgreatsportspeoplealivetoday.LangPingisthefirstpersonever,maleorfemale,tohavewonanOlympicgoldmedalasbothaplayerandacoach.MichaelJordanisprobablythemostfamousandlegendarybasketballplayerofalltime.While-readingStructureAnalysisLeadparagraphPictureTitleSubtitleBodyAdditionalinformationWheremaythepassagebetakenfrom?AthletesWhatdoyoualready

know?Whatdoyouwanttoknow?Whathaveyoulearnt?LangPingMichaelJordanKWLLangPingMichaelJordan“IronHammer”鐵榔頭“AirJordan”飛人喬丹Accordingtotheleadparagraphweknowthat...Alivinglegendmust:be

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setgoodexamplesWhyareLangPingandMichaelJordanchosen?ISIEIIWhile-readingCarefulreading3Readthetextagainandanswerthequestions.1HowwasLangPing'sdeterminationtestedinthe2015WorldCup?2WhatexamplesdoesthewriterusetodescribeLangPing?3WhatdoesthefirstsentenceintheparagraphintroducingMichaelJordanmean?4Whydoesthewritermention"thefinalsecondsofagame"?Carefulreading1.HowwasLangPing'sdeterminationtestedinthe2015WorldCup?

2.WhatexamplesdoesthewriterusetodescribeLangPing?Herdeterminationwastestedbecatheteamlosttwoimportantplayers.ThewriterusesexamplesoLangPing'sdeterminationtodescribeher.WhenherteamhadproblemsattheWorldCup,shestillmanagedtoleadthemtobecomeworldchampions.Carefulreading3.WhatdoesthefirstsentenceintheparagraphintroducingMichaelJordanmean?

4.Whydoesthewritermention"thefinalsecondsofagame"?ItmeanswhenMichaelJordanjumpedintheair,itfeltliketimehadsloweddown,becausehisamazingskillswerealmostlikemagic.Becauseinbasketballthisisanimportanttimewhereontamcoudwinwithafewpointsatthelastmoment.CarefulreadingCarefulreading1.WhatreasonsdoesthewritergiveforchoosingLangPingandMichaelJordan?

ThewriterchoosesLangPingforhertripleachievements:asaplayerwhobrought"honourandglorytohercountry";asacoachwholedtheteamtoworldchampionshipsandOlympicgoldmedals;andasapersonwhois"lovedbyfansathomeandabroad."Thetextspecificallyhighlightsherdeterminationwhenherteamwas"fallingapart"beforethe2015WorldCup,provinghermentalstrengthandabilitytoovercomechallenges.Thewriterchooses

MichaelJordan

becausehe"changedbasketballwithhisgracefulmovesandjumps,"butmoreimportantly,for"thementalstrengththatheshowed,"whichmadehimunique.Hissecrettosuccessis"learningfromhisfailures,"andhisphilosophyisthatwhilehecanacceptfailure,he"can’tacceptnottrying."Furthermore,thewriternoteshiscontributionoffthecourt,mentioningtheBoysandGirlsClubhestartedtohelpyoungpeople.Whowouldyouchooseasanother"livinglegend"?Giveyourreasons.ExampleAnswer:IwouldchooseYaoMing.Asabasketballplayer,heachievedgreatsuccessintheNBAandbecameaglobalicon,bridgingculturesbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.Followinghisretirement,hehasdedicatedhimselftophilanthropyandwildlifeconservation,particularlyprotectingelephantsandsharks.HistransitionfromatopathletetoainfluentialpublicfiguredemonstratesthesamespiritofleadershipandcontributionfoundinLangPingandMichaelJordan.2.Whatcanwelearnfromsuccessfulathletes?Possibleanswers:ResilienceandDeterminationLearningfromFailureThePowerofTeamworkGivingBacktoSociety5UsethewordsandphrasesbelowtotalkaboutLangPing,MichaelJordan,andtheathletethatyouadmire.athletechampiondeterminationcaptainbringgloryandhonourinjuredimpressivemedaluniquesetagoodexamplegiveupstrengthgracefulfailureloseheartLangPing:____________________________________________________MichaelJordan:________________________________________________Theathleteladmire:_____________________________________________Usefulexpressions:athletechampionmedalbringgloryandhonourdeterminedhard-workinggiveuploseheartdoingcharitycareaboutchildren&environmentsetagoodexampleOurlivinglegendis____________________.Asaplayer,___________________________.Asaperson,