Module8Unit2Hewasinvitedtocompetitionsaroundtheworld.

新課導入110mhurdlestrainedhardAsportspersonatfirst,notsuccessfulbroketheOlympicrecordsufferedfromhisfootproblemtheprideofChinaGuesswhoheisaccordingtothehintLookatthepicturesandthetitleofthepassageinActivity2.SaywhatyouknowaboutLiuXiangandhowhebecameasportshero.1LiuXiang——trainedtobethebestintheworld!Pre-readingIn2004,hewonthefirstOlympicgoldmedal

inthe110mhurdles

race.HishaskepttheOlympicrecordeversince.Inhis12yearsofsportslife,hetookpartin48internationalgamesandwon36goldmedals,6silvermedalsand3bronzemedals.2Readthepassageandchoosethesentencewhichbestexpressesthemainidea.a)LiuXiangwashelpedbyhissportsschooltowinagoldmedal.□b)LiuXiangwillbeastarandnotasportshero. □c)LiuXianghastrainedformanyyearsandwonmanygoldmedals.□Fastreading2012200820042001199819931983a.wonhisfirstinternational110mhurdlesraceb.hurdlingabilitynoticedc.borninShanghaid.wonOlympicgoldmedale.startedtrainingatasportsschoolf.returnedtofirstplaceg.sufferedfromfootproblemdcebagfOrderTimeReadpara.2-5andmatchthetimeline.CarefulreadingThefootproblemstoppedhimfromcompletingthe2012LondonOlympicGames.In2015,heretired.WhichyearsareveryimportanttoLiuXiang?2012200820042001199819931983Theyearof“2004”isveryspecial.Thisistheyearthathislifeasasportsherobegan.Para.1Para.4HewonthefirstOlympicgoldmedalandatthesametimebroketheOlympicGamesrecord.ForLiuXiang,ForChinaandAsia,Para.4ChinagotthefirstOlympicgoldmedal.ItwasthefirsttimeanOlympicgoldmedalforhurdlingwashungroundtheneckofasportspersonfromanAsiancountry.Readparagraphs1&2.Checktrueorfalse.1.LiuXiangwaschosenfortheChineseteamattheLondonOlympicGamesandwonagoldmedal.2.Ingrade4,LiuXiangwasencouragedtotrainforrunning.Athenshighjump.FFCarefulreadingReadparagraph3andfillintheblanks.In1998,LiuXiang’sabilityinhurdling_____________.In2001,aspecialprogramme_______________________tohelpyoungsportsmenandsportswomen.Hisraces______________andhe_______________withtheworld’sbestsportsstars.wasnoticedwassetupwererecordedwascomparedCarefulreadingIn1998,LiuXiang’s_______inhurdling______________bySunHaiping,wholaterbecamehis_________.Readparagraph3andfillintheblanks.In2001,aspecialprogramme________________________tohelpyoungsportsmenandsportswomen.LiuXiangwas________them.Hisraces_______________andhe______________________theworld’sbestsportsstars.SunHaipingusedtheinformationtochangehistraining________forLiuXiang.abilitywasnoticedcoachwassetupamongwererecordedwascomparedwithmethodsFindoutthetwomostimportantprizesthatLiuXianghaswon.InMay2001,hewonhisfirstinternational110mhurdlesraceinJapan.In2004,hewonthefirstOlympicgoldmedalforChinainthe110mhurdlesrace.Readparagraphs5&6WhatstoppedLiuXiangfromcompletingtheLondonOlympicGames?HisfootproblemstoppedhimfromcompletingtheLondonOlympicGames.Readparagraph419831993200120041998Whathappenedtohimin2012?Though

hemissedsomecompetitions,hestill

returnedtofirstplace

intheworld110mhurdlesrace.achievements20122012Lifeisfullofupsanddowns.20082008WhatdoesthewriterthinkofLiuXiang?proudpitifulhappycommonlucky6Lookattheverbformsinthetwosentences.1.SunHaipingnoticedLiuXiang’sabilityinhurdling.2.LiuXiang’sabilityinhurdlingwasnoticedbySunHaiping.Whatisthedifferenceintheverbpatterns?Canyoufindoutmoresentencesinthepassagewhichhavethesameverbpatternassentence2?Writing

First,hewasinvitedtocompetitionsaroundtheworld.2.Then,hewaschosenfortheChineseteamattheAthensOlympicGames…3.Liuwasencouragedatfirsttotrainforthehighjump.4.Aspecialprogrammewassetuptohelpyoungsportsmenandsportswomen.5.Hisraceswererecorded,andhewascomparedwiththeworld’sbestsportsstars.6.ItwasalsothefirsttimeanOlympicgoldmedalforhurdlingwashungroundtheneckofasportspersonfromanAsiancountry.LanguagePoints1.Liuwasencouragedatfirsttotrainforthehighjump.起初，劉（翔）被鼓勵參加跳高訓練。encouragesb.todosth.表示“鼓勵某人做某事”。在本句中，encourage一詞用了被動語態(tài)，表示“劉翔被鼓勵去做某事”。e.g.MsWangalwaysencouragesustospeakEnglishinclass.王老師總是鼓勵我們課上講英語。Wearealwaysencouraged(byMsWang)tospeakEnglishinclass.我們總是被（王老師）鼓勵在課上講英語。2.In2001,aspecialprogrammewassetuptohelpyoungsportsmenandsportswomen.2001年，（國家）創(chuàng)立了一個特殊項目，用來幫助年輕運動員。set

v.

設置；制定

setup表示“設立；創(chuàng)辦”。e.g.Sheplanstosetupherowncompany.她計劃創(chuàng)辦自己的公司。3.Hisraceswererecorded,andhewascomparedwiththeworld'sbestsportsstars.他的比賽被記錄下來，并與世界上最好的體育明星相比較。comparewith:比較;（把…）與…相比

Writedownandcomparewithapartner.寫答案，和你的搭檔進行比較。拓展：compare…to…把…比作Parentsusuallycomparetheteacherstothecandles.人們通常將老師比作蠟燭。4....andatthesametimebroketheOlympicGamesrecord.同時他也打破了奧運會紀錄。breakarecord打破記錄e.g.Doyouthinkyoucouldbreakaworldrecordsomeday?你認為有一天你能打破世界記錄嗎？From2008on,Liusufferedfromhis

footproblem.In2012,Liureturnedtofirstplace.DidLiucompletethe2012LondonOlympicGames?No,hedidn’t.Readparagraph54.Completethepassagewiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.abilityAsiancouragemethodprideraceTheChinesetakegreat(1)________inLiuXiang.Atfirst,hewasnotverysuccessful,buthiscoachnoticedhis(2)________inrunningandjumping,andhelpedhimchangehistraining(3)________.Hewonanumberofimportant(4)________andbecamethefirst(5)________sportspersontowinanOlympicgoldmedalforhurdling.However,from2008on,hemissedsomecompetitionsbecauseofafootproblem.Althoughhedidnotcompletethe2012OlympicGames,h