M3 Unit 2. This year we are training more carefully.

M3 Unit 2M3 Unit 2..

M3 Unit 2M3 Unit 2..

This year we are training more carefully.This year we are training more carefully.

Warm up

• Do you like sporting?• What sports do you like?• Do you like playing football?

studying aims

1. Key vocabulary and structure: beat, careless, coach, train, practice, warm up, it gets dark earlier; this year we are training more carefully.2. Reading aims: to skim the text on sports and understand its main idea.

train v.（体育）训练，操练

beat v. 打败；战胜

against prep.（在比赛或战斗中）对（某人或某物）

warm　 v. 使暖和；使温暖warm up 热身；做准备活动

practice　 n. 练习

coach　 n. 教练

careless　 adj. 粗心的；疏忽的pass v. 传递；传送

fan club 球迷（或影迷，歌迷）俱乐部

cheer…on　用欢呼声激励；为……加油

Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words and expressions in the box to help you.

beat careless cheer…on coach fan club play against train

Act 2,Read the passageFast reading: choose the right

answers

1,Why is Daming going to school on Saturday? A. go for lessons B. play football2,How does the team practice this year? A. as usual B. harder3,Why is it good to have fans around? A. They cheer us on B. We feel nervous4,Is it difficult to practice in winter? A. Yes, it is. B. No, it isn’t.

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Careful reading: complete the sentences and answer the questions

Paragraph 11,We arrive ___________. Why:__________2,We are training _____than_____. Why:_______Paragraph 21,It is_____ to practice in winter. Why:_______Paragraph 31,Our coach is_____ with us. Why:________2,We______ the other team last year. Why:_______3,This year we______ more carefully. Why:________Paragraph 41,We hope______. Why:________2,It is _____around. Why:_______

Phrases1,warm up 热身 2,play against sb. 与 - 对

抗3,beat sb. 打败某人 4,play better 打得更好5,be pleased with sb. 对某人满意的6,pass sb. sth. 递给某人什么7.have a better chance of doing sth.有更好的机会做某事8,hope to do 希望做某事 9,cheer sb. On 给某人欢呼10,so that 以至于

The important and difficult points1,as+ 形容词或副词原级 +as 和 ---- 一样 Tom 和大明一样高。 Tom is as _______ as Daming . We all arrive as ________ as we can. 我们都尽可能地早到达。2 ， It is + 形容词 + to do sth. 做某事是怎样的。 在冬天训练更困难。 It is ________________________ in winter. It is __________________ our fans around. 有我们的粉丝在周围是好的。

tallearly

more difficult to practice

good to have

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Writing 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for

your school basketball team.

1 It is … and the basketball team…

2 The practice starts at …but they …

3 Late year…

4 This year…

5 The coach is pleased / is not pleased with

them because…

6 So they now have a better / poor chance of …

Add some more details about

your school basketball team.

Write a passage.