1、Unit1 Project,Is Australia really a sporting nation?,How much do you know about Australia?,THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA,Australia,national flag,Sydney,Kangaroo,koala bear,the Great Barrier Reef,Who is he?,魚雷索普,tennis,休伊特,Olympic Champions, 2012,surfing,sailing,horse -racing,cricket,Is Australia really

2、 a sporting nation ?,Fast reading,1.How many kinds of sports are mentioned in the text? 2.What are they ?,Water sports,Ball games,Listening,swimming surfing,1.most of the population live near the coast 2.the sun shines most of the time 3.a long coastline full of beaches 4.a two-day weekend to enjoy

3、the outdoor,tennis, Rugby, Soccer, Football cricket,1. well-equipped facilities,2. after-school lessons are given,3. encouragement from parents and teachers,4. Its an art form,Popular sports in Australia,Para 4,Para 5,Para 6,Para 7,Swimming and surfing,tennis,football,cricket,Careful reading,Read th

4、e passage again and try to answer the following questions:,1. How popular is sport in Australia? 2. Do all Australians join in sports? 3. How many typical sports games are there in Australia ? 4. Why do you think Australia is a sporting nation?,Check the answers,1. How popular is sport in Australia?

5、 Their absolute love of it seems compulsory./ It seems to be the only topic of conversation. 2. Do all Australians join in sports? NO. In fact,statistics show that only about one quarter of Australians exercise enough.,3. How many typical sports games are there in Australia ?,This passage shows us a

6、bout six,While a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do them , as far as most of its population is concerned, it is indeed a great sporting nation. And the satatistics have proved it.,4. Why do you think Australia is a sports nation?,What factors help make Austr

7、alia a sporting nation?,Discussion,What factors help make Australia a sporting nation?,climate,sunshine,space,weather conditions,spare time,Part B Work in groups of four and discuss the questions in Part B. One of you in each group should write down the answers to questions 6-8. First choose country

8、 to discuss. Assign different jobs to each group member.,Language points,1. The Australians devotion to sport , however, does not mean that most of them really do much sport. (P14) devotion to sb./ sth.獻(xiàn)身; 奉獻(xiàn); 忠誠; 熱心, 專心,devotion to the cause of education devotion to duty the devotion of ones time t

9、o scientific research,對教育事業(yè)的熱愛,忠于職守,把時(shí)間用于科研,2. The rest are content to just sit in their cosy armchairs and watch . (P14) rest n. the rest 余留者；其余的 Take what you want and throw the rest away. John and I are going to play tennis; what _the rest of you going to do? The rest of the time _spent swimming

10、.,are,was,content 1. adj.滿足的, 滿意的, 通常在句中作表語 be content with sth. / to do sth . 人的欲望無止境. No one is content with what he has . 我喜歡維持現(xiàn)狀 I am content to remain where I am now . 注:作定語時(shí)應(yīng)用contented She looked at me with a contented expression . 2.vt. 使?jié)M足 content sb./ oneself with 使某人(自己)對滿意 Simple praise i

11、s enough to content him . 一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)表揚(yáng)就使他很滿足,content We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only . 我們決不能只滿足于書本知識. 3. n She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor. I always read the contents of a book first of all . I didnt understand the content of her speech,目錄,內(nèi)容,所含之物,3.

12、It is one of of being overweight and unfit. unfit 不健康的,不適宜的，無能力的,不勝任的 be unfit for sth / to do sth The army rejected him as medically unfit . 他因體檢不合格而未能入伍 不適合居住的房屋 他現(xiàn)在這樣不能開車 The toothache unfits him for having rice.,houses unfit for people to live in,He is unfit to drive in his present state.,v. 使不相

13、宜;使不合格(+for),Test yourself:,Although most of his colleagues are for him, the boss always thinks he is _ a manager in one of branches. A. sensitive to B. unfit for C. content with D. available to,Many people owe their love of sport to the perfect weather conditions for it . A owes B to C 歸功于(to);欠(債等

14、) 1.他的成功歸功于你的努力. He owes his success to your efforts. 2. 我有今日是父母的功勞. I owe what I am to my parents . 3. 他后來成為偉大的科學(xué)家乃得益于他少年時(shí)代的辛勤工作 He owes it to his hard work in his boyhood that he became a great scientist afterwards .,I owe you one. 我欠你一個(gè)人情。 He owes me five dollars. 他欠我五美元 owing to because of; on a

15、ccount of: 因?yàn)?；由于?I couldnt attend, owing to illness. 因?yàn)橛胁?，我不能參?4.Since most tennis courts are equipped with lights, many people often play after dusk . equip 裝備, 配備, 訓(xùn)練, 準(zhǔn)備行裝,穿著 這位旅行家裝備齊全。 The seamen equipped a ship for a voyage. The soldiers were equipped with the latest weapons. We equip our chi

16、ldren with a good education. 她穿上最好的衣服。,The traveller was well equipped. 水手們裝備船只準(zhǔn)備出航。 士兵們配備著最新式的武器。 我們使孩子們受到良好的教育。 She equipped herself in all her best clothes .,常見短語： be equipped for 準(zhǔn)備好, 對.有準(zhǔn)備 be equipped with 裝配備; 安裝 equip for 為.裝備; 為.作準(zhǔn)備 equip sb. with 用.裝備起來, 使裝具備 equip sth. with 用.裝備起來, 使裝具備 eq

17、uip oneself 整裝,5.Australian performers often win a greater percentage of medals than many of their competitors. While a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do them a percentage of +n. 其后面的謂語動(dòng)詞的數(shù)要與所接名詞符合原則上，在數(shù)詞后用percent ，數(shù)詞以外的用 percentage(百分?jǐn)?shù), 百分率, 百分比) Only a sm

18、all percentage of the patients are children. 80 percent (the highest percentage ) of the people are against it .,Today,Chinese- Americans live in all parts of America,although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the “Chinatown “ of Los Angeles and San Francisco. 今天，華裔美國人散居在美國各地，不過很大比例的人選擇了居住在洛

19、杉磯和舊金山的唐人街 加利福尼亞是一個(gè)移民比例很高的城市 California is a city with a high percentage of immigrants .,be worthy of 是一個(gè)非常有應(yīng)用價(jià)值的詞組，其用法最易與常見詞組be worth混淆。 be worth 后常接金錢類或價(jià)格類名詞以及doing(主動(dòng)表被動(dòng)），而be worthy of 仍接被動(dòng)式being done或其它名詞。另外be worthy to be done也常見。 worth與worthy也有些微差別。都作表語，但作定語是只可用worthy.,1.這地方值得參觀。 The place is

20、worth a visit/ visiting The place is worthy of a visit / of being visited / to be visited It is worthwhile visiting / to visit the place. 2.這值多少錢? What is it worth?/How much is it worth? 3.a worthy cause 正義的事業(yè) a worthy life 有價(jià)值的生活 a worthy man 高尚的人,worthy of praise,worth praise/ worth praising/ wort

21、hy of being praised/ worthy to be praised,Sentence analysis,1.There is nothing ambiguous about Australians love of sport.,=There is no doubt about Australians love of sport.,=There is no doubt that Australians love sport.,澳大利亞人熱愛體育，這點(diǎn)毫無疑問。,2. Indeed , _ (sit) in front of the television _ (watch) a s

22、porting event, with a drink in one hand some fast food in the other, is very common in Australia.,sitting,watching,的確，人們一手握飲料一手捧快餐，坐在電視機(jī)前看體育賽事，這在澳大利亞非常普遍。,3. The sport that most of the world calls football is known as soccer in Australia, to distinguish it from Australian rules football.,is known as

23、,is called/is referred to as/is named,distinguish,tell,世界大部分地區(qū)將足球叫做football, 而在澳大利亞叫soccer,以區(qū)別于澳式足球。,4. Another popular sport, cricket, is originally from the UK, and has been exported to and followed religiously in countries influenced by it.,which,influenced,affected/impacted,另一項(xiàng)流行的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)起源于英國，它被介紹到

24、受英國影響的國家，且大為盛行。,5. Considering Australias small population, its outstanding performance in the Olympic Games was really amazing.,Considering,Given,Australias small population taken into consideration /account, its remarkable /excellent performance in the Olympic Games was really amazing.,考慮到澳大利亞人口相對

25、較少，它在奧運(yùn)會(huì)上的出色表現(xiàn)著實(shí)令人驚訝。,Important Phrases,1.把一個(gè)國家與其文化的一些著名方面聯(lián)系起來 associate a country with some famous aspects of its culture 2. 一個(gè)體育之國 a sporting nation 3. 義務(wù)教育 compulsory education 4. 對教育事業(yè)的熱愛忠誠 devotion to the cause of education 5. 樂于做某事 be content to do sth. 滿足于， 對.感到滿足content oneself with sth. 6.

26、a two-day weekend 7. enjoy the outdoors 享受戶外 8. 配有燈光設(shè)備be equipped with lighting facilities 9. take after-school tennis lessons regularly 定期參加課后網(wǎng)球班 10. participate in 參加 11. distinguish right from wrong區(qū)分對錯(cuò),12. lead to serious injuries導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重傷害 13. active participant積極的參與者 14. international competitions

27、國際競爭 15. in particular尤其是,特別 16. win a greater percentage of medals 17. in total總共 18. outstanding performance杰出表現(xiàn) 19. be worthy of praise值得稱贊 20. as far as is/are concerned就而言 21.the most impressive athelets 給人印象最深刻的運(yùn)動(dòng)員 22. rather than 而不是,23. 不同運(yùn)動(dòng)員的優(yōu)勢和劣勢 the strengths and weeknesses of different p

28、layers 24. be dressed in white 穿著白色的衣服 25. weather conditions天氣條件 26. owe sth to sb. /owe sb. sth. 欠 27. watch the game live or on television 28. ambiguous meanings 含糊不清的意思 29. a high percentage of Australians 大部分澳大利亞人,be equipped with ; in total ; be worthy of ; as far as be concerned; in addition to ; be distinguished from ; lead to,The course