Shining on the pitch (P2)

沈阳市第二中学 吴俣

I. Warm up

1. Do you like to play soccer?

2. Who is your favorite soccer player?

3. What do you know about Zlatan Ibrahimovic?

II. Vocabulary

was full of  充满了......

Not only...but also... 不仅......而且...... 
By the time 到……的时候

In many cases 在许多情况下

Win some respect 赢得尊重

III. Reading

Fast reading: read the article quickly and try to get the answers

1. How many goals did PSG score in the Champions League over Anderlecht ?

2. When did Ibramovich earn his black belt in taekwondo?

3. What skill is he especially good at?

4. Does Nick Miller think that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is arrogant?

Answers:

1. 5 goals.

2. At age 17.

3. His high-kicking technique.

4. Yes, but he thinks Zlatan Ibrahimovic can back his arrogance up with his actions.

Careful reading: read the article carefully and decide whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE.

1. As a teenager, Zlatan Ibrahimovic did not expect soccer to be his future career.

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish soccer player and he plays for a Swedish soccer team.

3. PSG manager Laurent Blanc thinks highly of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

4. On Oct 23, Ibrahimovic scored all the goals for Paris St. Germain (PSG) in their Champions League win over Anderlecht.

5. Even though some consider him arrogant, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still respected by his rivals.

Answers: T F T F T

IV. Practice

Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. For teenager Zlatan Ibrahimovic, soccer was just a way to get noticed – a better way than stealing bicycles in the poor town where he grew up as the child of immigrants (移民).

2. Just as Ibrahimovic is no ordinary physical specimen (人类) and no ordinary soccer player, he’s no ordinary character, either.

3.Most people do not find arrogance to be a good trait, and in many cases it isn’t. But Nick Miller of Bleacher Report thinks that’s largely because those who are arrogant have very little to be arrogant about.

4. He scored all the goals, finishing the match with a beautiful bicycle kick (倒勾球) that even England manager Roy Hodgson called a “work of art”.

答案：

1. 对于十多岁的伊布来说，足球仅仅是一种引起注意的方式——他是移民的孩子，在贫困的村镇长大，这总比偷自行车要好。

2. 正如伊布拥有非一般的体质，是非一般的足球运动员，他的性格也绝对与众不同。

3. 大多数人认为傲慢不是一个好的品质，在许多情况在，它的确不是。但是《Bleacher Report》的记者Nick Miller认为，主要是因为那些傲慢的人基本上没有傲慢的资本。

4. 他踢进了所有的进球，以一计漂亮的倒勾球结束了比赛，甚至英格兰的球队经理Roy Hodgson 都称之为艺术。

Take a second chance (P4)

苏州工业园区第二高级中学 孙炳芳

Step 1: Warming up

   What is your hobby? Have you ever dreamed of becoming a pop singer?

Step 2: Prediction

   Read the first paragraph and predict what is going to be discussed in the rest of the article.

Step 3: Fast reading

 Read the following paragraphs quickly to check whether students’ predictions are correct. And try to understand the structure of the article.

   Part 1 (para1 )    Introducing the topic

Part 2 (paras2-5) Kelly’s _______ of making a successful career.

Part 3 (para6-7)    The _____ Kelly stayed strong these years.

Step 4: Careful reading

 Part 1 :

 Can you explain the meaning of jump at the first opportunity after reading the whole article? What information helped you get the possible meaning?

 Part 2:

Did Kelly find success when she was 18? Why?

_____________________________

1.我当时的确认为你是我们班最好的学生。

 ____________________________.

2. 他真的非常喜欢吃面条。

 _____________________________.

3.过马路时，务必要小心呀。

 _____________________________.

Learn the meanings of the following phrases with the help of your dictionary.

1.Kelly did let go of one chance.

2.There isn’t enough room for us, let alone any guests.

 3. I’m afraid she let us down badly because she didn’t turn up like she promised she would.

 4. I don’t entirely agree, but I’ll let it go. 

Making sentences:

 Work with your partner to make some sentences using the phrases below:

          let go of ; let alone; let sb down; let it go

Step 5: Discussion

What did Kelly do to make her dream come true?

____________________________

Step 6: Conclusion

1.What does the article make you think of?

2.What should we do to make our dreams come true?

Managing multiple tasks (P5)

山东泰安第十九中学 张波

Word study:

Multitask 同时做很多事情/ shape-recognition形状识别/ capable 有能力的/ switch 转换/ respond 反应/ relevant 相关的/ organized 有条不紊的/ evolution 进化/ deny 否认

Warm up:

If you lost your keys, whom would you turn to for help, Dad or Mom? Why?

Fast reading:

1. Altogether, how many experiments were conducted?

Two        

2.       Where did women get the ability to keep organized under pressure?

It has its roots in evolution. In early human communities, women had to keep an eye on children while cooking meals. Meanwhile, men only needed to focus on hunting.

Careful reading:

1. The main purpose of the article is to ____. (C)

A. discuss the effects that multitasking have on men and women

B. explain why men are generally not as good at multitasking as women

C. talk about a new study on the differences between men and women in terms of multitasking

D. explain why women are generally better at daily tasks than men are

2. What does the underlined word “outperform” probably mean? (A)

A. do better than                    B. be less stressed than  

C. make more mistakes than      D. be less focused than

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article? (D)

  A. In the first test, men did as well as women.

  B. The research suggests that men should avoid jobs that involve multitasking.

  C. The research suggests that no men can multitask but all women can.

  D. When the tasks started switching quickly in the test, the women in the study were more likely to take extra time to think.

Language points:

1.   It suggests that….

(v) 1)暗示，表明[陈述语气]  

2)建议[虚拟语气： suggest that sb (should) do/ It is suggested that sb (should) do]

eg: Her pale face suggested that she __was___ (be) ill, so her parents suggested that she _(should) go__ (go) to the hospital immediately.

（n）suggestion （虚拟语气）

 同位语从句：My suggestion that sb (should) do is…

 表语从句：My suggestion is that sb (should) do …

Mr Wang’s suggestion that our daughter __A__ English every morning is a good one.

A.     read           B.    reads       C.    reading    D. to read

2.   Meanwhile, men only needed…

与此同时，在此期间

eg: Kate was writing a letter, and meanwhile Tom was watching TV.

eg: They will be here soon. Meanwhile, let`s have some coffee.

3.   After all, many great pilots…

毕竟，终究

eg: 别对他那么粗鲁，毕竟他是你朋友。

Don`t be so rude to him. After all, he is your friend.

辨析与all有关的词组:

above all: 最重要的…… Above all, we need to focus on economic growth.

in all: 总共 There were 6 boys at the party in all.

at all: 根本，完全 There was nothing to worry about at all.

----I am sorry I didn`t do a good job.

---- Never mind. __D___ , you tried your best.

A.     Above all    B. In all            C. At all         D. After all