TEENS 初三20-21年第14期总第644期教案

王明超

 

 

A way to live for all time (P4)

 

 

I. Warm up

1. Do you know what the Guinness World Records (GWR) are?

 

2. Who can set a Guinness World Record? What do they have to do?

 

II. Pre-reading

1. Look at the title and predict what the article will be about.

 

 

III. Reading

Fast reading

1. What’s the passage mainly about?

 

The importance and value of GWR.

 

Careful reading

1. When was GWR Day this year?

Nov 18

 

2. How did people celebrate GWR Day this year?

They performed stunts.

 

3. What was the purpose of the Guinness records at first?

  To settle arguments.

 

4. What might happen when people debate things?

  The argument might lead to a fight.

 

5. How do Guinness records help us?

  They help us settle arguments and understand our own position in the world and how we fit in.

 

6. What does Garcia think about GWR?

 It gives people an opportunity to show their uniqueness.

 

IV. Post-reading

Do you agree with the statement “setting a world record is a way to live forever” ? Why or why not?

 

 

 

V. Word in use

Complete the sentences using the words or phrases provided.

 

make history,  fulfill, cling to,  particular,  achieve

 

1. Setting world records can make people feel ________.

2. They might want to see themselves as being the best in a ________ area.

3. Thousands of people worldwide performed stunts (特技) and tried to ____________.

4. I think people _________ that in different ways.

 

1. fulfilled

2. particular

3. make history

4. cling to