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Having the last laugh (P1)

Teens高中版编辑部

I. Lead in

Do you like watching football games?

Do you think it’s easy to score a penalty kick?

II. Fast reading

1. What happened to Ramos during the 2012 Champions League semifinal between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich?

He missed a penalty kick, costing his team its chance to compete in the finals.

2. What happened to Ramos two years later?

He scored twice in five minutes to help Real beat defending champion Bayern 4-0, which took Real to the Champions League final for the first time in 12 years.

III. Careful reading

(F) 1. Ramos was afraid of meeting Bayern again on the field.

(T) 2. Ramos was always courageous and powerful when playing for his team.

(T) 3. People doubted whether Ramos could handle the responsibility of taking penalties after his missed kick in 2012.

(T) 4. Ramos won trust and respect from his coach with his hard work and strong character.

(F) 5. Ramos believes that he has devoted more to the team’s success than anyone else.

IV. Vocabulary

be supposed to 被认为是

owe sb sth 亏欠

fight against 对抗

take the responsibility of 承担……责任

When it comes to 当提到

turn out to be 结果证明

play down 贬低，降低

V. Discussion

Have you ever failed at anything in your life? How did you get through the pain afterwards and improve yourself?

Choose your next move (P5)

苏州工业园区第二高级中学 周俭芳

I. Lead-in:

1.What was the first game that you played in your childhood?

2. Do you think the game “Rock-Paper-Scissors” is interesting?

3. Do you have any strategies to play the game well?

II. Fast-reading:

Structure:

P(1): I________

P(2-       ): Wang’s experiment and  d_______

P(          ): The i________ of the experiment

III. Detailed-reading:

1.Is the game random?

It is random, but it has a surprising pattern.

2.How did Wang conduct the experiment?

He gathered 360 students, divided them into six groups and had each group play 300 rounds of rock-paper-scissors.

3. What is the pattern when people play the game?

When people won a round, they usually stuck to the same choice. But when they lost, they tended to change to a more powerful move.

4. Can this strategy be applied in a game that has only one round? Why?

No, because the predictions can only be made based on the results of the prior round.

Language focus:

1.…all because we think the results are completely random.

I just chose the numbers _____, and guess what? I won the lottery and made a fortune.

Then I just went to a shop, and chose the products at random.

2. After the initial results, Wang thought he was wrong.

What is your initial reaction when you see a snake in the bush?

3. When players won a round, they usually stuck to the same choice.

Once we have made a plan, how can we stick to it and carry it out?

keep a reminder at hand

have sb monitor and urge me

reward myself when I accomplish even a small step

4. When they lost, they tended to change to a more powerful move.

I tend to ________ when I don’t do well on an exam.

5. Now that you’ve learned how to predict the moves of your opponent,…

In sports, how can we beat our opponents besides using the skills we have?

having confidence

having a good state of mind

having optimistic attitudes

Powerful words (P6)

苏州工业园区第二高级中学 周俭芳

Lead-in:

1.What do you think of yourself?

2.What do you think is others’ opinion of you? Are you adored by them?

3.Do you think the nice things people say about you can make a difference to your life?

Fast-reading:

Structure:

P(1-      ): What Mark was like at first

P(         ): The author asked the students to write some nice things about their classmates

P(          ): The author learned how important those pieces of paper were to Mark.

P(          ): The lesson the author learned

Detailed-reading:

1.What was Mark’s problem?

He talked without permission.

2.What was the students’ reaction to the pieces of paper?

They hadn’t known that others liked them so much.

3. How did the good things the classmates said about Mark change him?

Mark turned into a great man because of the list of good things about him.

4. How did other students treasure the papers?

Some put it in the top of the drawer of a desk at home, and some put it in a wallet and carried it all the time.

5. What lesson can we learn from the text? Do you have similar experiences that you want to share with us?

6. Would you say something nice about one of your classmates?

Language focus:

1.I had to remind him that talking without permission was not acceptable.

In my home, _________is not acceptable.

In my opinion, _________ is not acceptable.

2. What impressed me so much was his sincere response every time.

During the spring outing, what impressed me so much was________.

When I look back on my high school life, what impressed me so much was _________________.

3. Please compliment the people you love and care about, before it is too late.

My parents complimented me yesterday, saying____________.

Their compliments are always in my mind and remind me to________.