2017-2018学年度第14期总第694期高二教案
The beautiful game (P1)
烟台第二中学 孔洁
I. Warming up  
When you think of soccer, which countries come to your mind?
When Italy lost to Sweden, the whole country fell into sadness.
How can a game influence a whole country?
II. Skimming
Main idea of the passage.
•It introduces the news that the ________ champion Italy ____ to _____ for the World Cup for the first time in ____ decades, which made the country fall into sadness.
•Moreover, it explains how soccer culture is _______ around the world.
III. Scanning
Read the passage thoroughly and find out the answers to the following questions.
1. Why was the game on Nov 13 “memorable”?
•It was memorable ___ the wrong reason.
•“Players from both teams slumped ___ the ground, the Swedes __ exhausted ecstasy, the Italians __ losers’ agony.” This was how AP described the game, between Italy and Sweden. Four-time champion Italy failed ____ qualify ____ the World Cup ___ the first time ____ six decades.
2. How did the Italian people react to the failure?
•The failure was described as an “apocalypse” by the nation’s newspapers. “It’s an intolerable disgrace... It’s the end. Apocalypse, tragedy, catastrophe. Call it what you want, but our football is_______________,” commented Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, one of three major Italian sports daily newspapers. It’s __________that the country went into mourning, _____________that Italians are so passionate _______this sport.
3. How is soccer culture created around the world?
It starts ___ an early age. Children, ________ by the _________ of a parent, pick a team, most likely their local club. They soon become fans of “the beautiful game,” as it’s known.
•They cover their bedroom walls ____ photos of the players. They go to games whenever they can. Many will play themselves, with friends ___ the local park, or __ school. It’s a passion that will be ______. Even marriage will not ____ their passion ___ soccer, and when they have kids, the kids will become fans too, just ___ their parents helped make them fans.
4. What’s a true soccer fan’s attitude?
•British soccer manager Bill Shankly once said something _________ and true about the game that ___________ to explaining the true soccer fan’s attitude: “Some people think that [soccer] is a ______ of life and death. I ______ you, it’s much more important than that.”
IV. Language focus--sentences
Paraphrase the following sentences.
•1. Probably more than any other sport, soccer fans are passionately attached to this game, similar to how people are attached to their family or country.
•be attached to: like someone or something very much
•Just like they love their family or country, soccer fans passionately love this game.
•2. British soccer manager Bill Shankly once said something memorable and true about the game that goes a long way to explaining the true soccer fan’s attitude.
•memorable and true about the game做something的后置定语
•Go a long way to: help greatly
•What British soccer manager Bill Shankly once said helps to explain the true soccer fan’s attitude, and his words are memorable and true about the game.
IV. Language focus -- words & phrases
Find out the useful expressions in the passage.
•memorable
•exhausted
•failed to
•qualify for
•intolerable
•tragedy
•catastrophe
•in a serious crisis
•given the fact that
•be passionate about
•be attached to
•devotion
•generated
•dim
•goes a long way to
•a matter of life and death
V. Discussion   
What do you think the “national sport” of China is?
VI. Homework   
Write a composition introducing soccer culture. You may refer to what we have learned today.

New kind of attraction (P4-5)
烟台第二中学 孔洁
I. Lead-in
What’s your understanding of sexy?
•Trust your eyes
•He is 2017’s Sexiest Man Alive
•US country singer Blake Shelton
•But why?
II. Skimming
Read the passage quickly and summarize the main idea.
It introduces 2017’s Sexiest Man Alive, US country singer Blake Shelton, who won the title for his humorous personality.
III. Scanning
Read the passage thoroughly and find the answers to the following questions.
1. Is Shelton the sexiest man by traditional standards? Why?
•No.
•With an average-looking face and a regular body, Shelton is definitely not the usual example of a “sexy” man by traditional standards.
2. What’s Shelton’s response to his title of sexiest man?
Even when interviewed by People after winning the title, the 41-year-old couldn’t stop making fun of himself. “You all must be running out of people to put on the cover of the magazine,” he joked. “I’ve been ugly my whole life. If I can be sexy for a year, I’m taking it.”
3. What are Shelton’s achievements?
•He’s had 24 No 1 singles on the country music chart, with 17 of them consecutive ones.
•It wasn’t until 2011 when he was invited to be a judge on Hollywood reality show The Voice that people started to really get to know this “unpredictable and playful” man.
4. What are Shelton’s qualities?
•Billboard: outsized personality and quick wit
•warm and sweet
•polite, funny and completely comfortable in those cowboy boots
•being comfortable with himself
IV. Language focus--sentences
Analyze the following sentences and pay attention to the use of “as”.
•1. This couldn’t be more true if you look at People magazine’s pick for 2017’s Sexiest Man Alive, US country singer Blake Shelton.
•couldn’t be more true: 不能更真实了/非常真实
•can’t/ couldn’t +比较级：
•表示再…也不为过…/非常…
•除了not 以外还可以用nothing, never, no等否定词。
高考链接
•W: How did your interview go？  
M: I couldn’t feel better about it. The questions were very fair, and I seemed to find an answer for all of them.
•Q: What is the man's attitude about the interview？ 
 A) Pessimistic.   B) Worried.
 C) Confident．  D) Distress.
•2. Given the fact that his predecessors were the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, you should get the idea.
•Given: considering
•Given the circumstances, you’ve done really well.
• 鉴于这种情况，你已经算是处理得很好了。
•It’s no surprise that the country went into mourning, given the fact that Italians are so passionate about this sport.
•3. Even when interviewed by People after winning the title, the 41-year-old couldn’t stop making fun of himself.
•When interviewed by …: 过去分词做时间状语/省略主语和be动词
•couldn’t stop doing: 情不自禁做某事
•4. It wasn’t until 2011 when he was invited to be a judge on Hollywood reality show The Voice that people started to really get to know this “unpredictable and playful” man, wrote NPR.
•It wasn’t until … that … 强调句
•It was not until 1998 that he returned to his hometown.
•It was not until Father came back that we began to have supper last night.
V. Post-reading  
Just like Shelton was chosen as 2017’s Sexiest Man Alive, Julia Roberts was picked as the world’s most beautiful woman.
You may find they are not that “pretty” or “sexy” as we expected. But there are good reasons for them winning the tile.
What’s your opinion on the new standard of “beautiful” or “sexy”?
Inner qualities or good looking, which one do you prefer?
VI. Homework   
Write a composition introducing Blake Shelton. His achievements and qualities should be included.