高二2019-2020学年度第11期总第769期教案

Chasing records just for fun (P1)

吉林省吉林毓文中学 刘媛

 

I. Lead-in 

1. What’s your favorite sport?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Among so many sports, which one is the simplest?

Running. Because what you need is merely a comfortable pair of sneakers.

 

II. Skimming

Go through the article quickly and summarize its main idea.

A. To describe the 2019 Beijing Marathon.

B. To reveal the reasons behind the running boom.

C. To encourage people to run for weight loss and fitness.  

D. To describe the fun of running.

(Answer: B.)

Read the article carefully and answer the following questions.

 

III. Detailed reading

1.Was 2019 Beijing Marathon a hot race?

2.Why is the UK runner mentioned?

3. What feeling can runners get when racing in marathon?

(Answers:

1.Yes. Only less than 20% of the applicants can take part in the race. It was held on Nov 3. It started at Tian’ anmen Square and ended at the Bird Nest.

2. The UK runner is mentioned as an example to show that although runners motivate themselves with timed goals, it’s not the main reason most people run marathons. 

3. Runners can sense childish joy during a marathon.) 

 

IV. Discussion

1. What’s the meaning of the title?  

2. “I don’t even know what I was running for – I guess I just felt like it.”

3. Do you have any similar experiences to share?  

 

V. Language focus

1. Find the words in the story that are similar in meaning to running.

(Answers:

chase                        (run, drive, etc. after sb/sth in order to catch them)

race (through the streets)     (move very fast)

pound the roads              (see below for explanation)

2. 1) … the real reason they head out to pound the roads …

pound   v. 重击、连击

eg. Some one was pounding at the door.

       The cook pounded the meat into the paste.  

2) Record times are merely the carrots they dangle in front of themselves. 

dangle v. 悬挂、吊着 

A single light bulb dangled from the ceiling (天花板).

词组: dangle sth in front of sb/oneself  

v.  诱惑、招引  

eg. He dangled the bone in front of the dog.      

 

3) More than 30,000 runners, selected from 160,000 applicants both in and out of China, took part in this year’s Beijing Marathon on Nov 3.

Selected … 过去分词短语在句中充当定语修饰runners

练习: The trees _____ (plant) in the backyard grew well .

Then a group _____ (call) Growing Hope stepped in with $1800 to help.  

(Answers: planted, called)

 

4) Wearing colorful T-shirts and posing for photos, they gathered at Tian’ anmen Square before taking their places at the starting line.   

Wearing … 现在分词短语，在句中充当状语

练习: _____ (stand) on top of the mountain, I can enjoy the whole view of the city.

(Answer: Standing)

 

5) “If I’d done it, that would be it,” he told the Guardian.   

Read the following sentences and tell the meaning of the sentence: “That is it.”  

•Okay, that's it. You can go now.

•Well, that's it, we're done - we can go home now.

•I came here just to visit the museum and that's it.

(Answer: Its meaning: something has ended; something is finished or completed; something is all that is needed or wanted.) 

Now look at this sentence in the article. What does “done it” refer to? Did the runner actually do it? So what does the whole sentence mean?  

(Answer: “Done it” refers to “finish his target.” He failed. So the sentence means if he had achieved his goal he would have stopped training for marathon. )    

3. Expressions

1) select from…

2) take one’s place (at the starting line)

3) struggle to do…

4) the starting block (or the blocks)

5) head out

6) back and forth

7) with the goal of

8) win a lottery

9) feel like sth/ doing

(Answer: 1. 从中选择

2. (在起跑线)就位

3. 艰难地做某事

4. 起跑器 

5. 前往

6. 来回地

7. 目标是

8. 中奖

9. 想要)

VI. Homework

Choose from the following tasks:

1. Suppose you were the UK runner mentioned in the story. Write about why you entered the marathon last year and how you felt about it.  

2. If you know some people who love running, interview them about why they love it and write down the reason(s) in English.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New law lets students sleep in (P6)

山东省烟台第二中学 赵娜娜

 

Lead-in

What time does your school begin classes?  How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

What time do you expect your school to start?

What time do you usually go to sleep?

 

California is the first state in the US to push back starting hours at middle and high schools.

 

What’s the main purpose of the article?

To debate whether we should start school later in the day.

To explain to students why they should go to bed earlier.

To introduce California’s new school legislation and its reasons.

 

Reading for details

Read the article and finish the mind map.

 

content

A law in California, passed on Oct 13, requires that public middle schools begin classes no earlier than 8:00 am and that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 am, which will go into effect by July 1, 2022.

 

Further thinking

What do you think of the law? Can you think of any problems it might cause?

It could prevent parents from dropping their kids off at school before work and push extracurricular activities further into the evening.

 

Language study

1.把……拽下床

2.究竟

3.幸运地

4.支持你

5.更好的是

6.生效

7.提高肥胖风险

8.短期来看

9.几乎立刻提高

10.督促……做……

11.经历

12.采取大胆的行动

 

Find the relative pronouns and what they refer to

 

Kyla Wahlstrom…found that students who have enough sleep are more alert in class and get better grades.
But according to …, teenagers go through biological changes when they enter puberty, which makes it difficult for them to fall asleep before 11:00 pm.

So when school starts at 8:00 or earlier, they can hardly get the ideal 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep that experts suggest they need to do their best in the daytime.

 

Exercise

       1. She failed the exam again, ____made her mother very angry.
2. God helps those _____help themselves.
3. They cut down trees and use chemicals _________ kill the plants________ monarch caterpillars eat.
4. His best movie, ____won several awards, was about the life of Gandhi.

 

Which “that” cannot be omitted?

A law in California, passed on Oct 13, requires that public middle schools begin classes no earlier than 8:00 am and that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 am.

分析：第一个that可以省略。由两个that引导的宾语从句中，第二个that不能省略。

 

Post-reading

Retell the article covering the following aspects.

content

benefits

your opinion

 

Homework

Do you have any suggestions for your school about its starting time? What are your reasons?