1.How many sports are there
in the video? There are eight.
2.What are they?
swimming , running , football ,
table tennis , skiing , gymnastics ,
basketball , volleyball .
Do you know ?
1.The Olympic flame was passed (传递）
from Greece to China from March 24, 2008.
2.The Olympic flag is five-ring flag (五环旗)
3.The 2008 Olympic mascots (吉祥物)：
Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan,Yingying, Nini
Module 6
The Olympic adventure
奥林匹克激动人心的活动
Unit 1
Cycling is more dangerous
than swimming .
gymnastics gym nas tics
cycling
basketball
skiing
table tennis
running
Listen and number the sports
as you hear them :
2. basketball 4. cycling
3. gymnastics 5.running
6. skiing
1. table tennis
gymnastics
Gymnastics is difficult. 难的
(easy容易的)
basketball
(boring令人厌烦的)
Basketball is exciting.
激动人心的
table tennis
受欢迎的,流行的
Table tennis is popular.
(unpopular)
不流行的,不受欢迎的
running
Running is cheap.便宜的,廉价的
(expensive 昂贵的, 贵的)
cycling
Cycling is tiring. 累人的
(relaxing 放松的)
skiing
Skiing is dangerous. 危险的
(safe 安全的)
3.Gymnastics is difficult.
(easy)
1.Table tennis is popular.
(unpopular)
2.Basketball is exciting.
(boring)
5.Running is cheap.
(expensive)
4.Cycling is tiring.
(relaxing)
6.Skiing is dangerous.
(safe)
Match the words in Box 1 with
the opposite(反义的) words in Box 2
dangerous difficult exciting expensive popular relaxing
boring
cheap
easy
safe
tiring
unpopular
Read the opposites:
dangerous -- safe
difficult -- easy
exciting -- boring
expensive -- cheap
comfortable-uncomfortable
popular -- unpopular
relaxing -- tiring
Listen and read:
be good at...擅长
B: Chinese people are very good at
gymnastics. Do you like gymnastics,
Daming?
D: Yes, I do. But Chinese people are
good at table tennis , too, and table
tennis is more popular than
gymnastics.
B: I love gymnastics. I think it's more
exciting than table tennis. What
Olympic sports do you like?
D: Basketball is my favourite sport,
but I also like running.
B: Oh, no, running is more boring than
basketball. I also like cycling.
Cycling is more relaxing than running.
D: No, it isn't. I think cycling is more
tiring than running. And do you like
skiing?
B: Yes, I do. But it’s more dangerous
than running and cycling .
Listen again. Check the sports
Daming and Betty like :
Gymnastics Basketball Running Cycling
Daming
Betty
Practice: Make sentences (造句)
football, tiring, swimming
running, popular, gymnastics
cycling, dangerous, running
gymnastics, exciting, table tennis
running, boring, basketball
e.g. Swimming is more difficult than
running .
1.我擅长打乒乓球。
am good at playing table tennis.
I __________
2.他擅长弹钢琴
is good at playing the piano.
He ________________
3.我们将有一个令人激动的假期.
an exciting
We will have __________holiday.
4.篮球比足球更放松。
more relaxing than
Basketball is_________________
football.
5.体操比骑车更激动人心.
exciting than
Gymnastics is more
________________
cycling.
Talk about the sports you like.
e.g.
A: I like gymnastics. It’s more
exciting than table tennis, and
it’s more difficult than running.
B: I like ……
Homework :
1. Recite the passage
2. Do Exercises 1-4
in U1 on P55 (同步)