用心 爱心 专心课 题M4U2课时8-1Welcome主备人Swan授 课 时 间200809教 学 目 标1. Participate in a discussion to find out why sports are popular around the world.2. Develop students’ speaking ability by expressing their opinions in the discussion教学重、难点Develop students’ speaking ability.教、 学 具Slides预习要求Workbook教师活动内容、方式学生活动内容、方式旁注Step 1 Greeting and Lead-in 1.Do you like sports? What sports can you play?2. What sports do you know? 3.Who is your favorite sportsperson?4.Do you like playing sports? How much time do you usually spend exercising or doing sports every week?Step 2 Welcome to the unit Sport plays a very important role in our lives. We see or do sports almost everyday. Look at the following pictures. Are you familiar with these sports?1.table tennisCan you play table tennis? Do you like it? Is it your favorite sport? Why?2.WrestlingHow much do you know about wrestling? (a short introduction 用心 爱心 专心of wrestling)3.BoxingDo you like watching it? (a short introduction of boxing)4. In your opinion, do you think these Sports are too violent?5. Kung fu is a traditional sport in China? Are you interested in it?6. Which do you prefer, Kung fu or boxing?7. Introduction of gymnastics and diving.Step 3 Pair Work1. To become a professional gymnast or a diver, you have to sacrifice(牺牲) a lot. What do you think these sacrifices would include? (group discussion)2.basketball and football, which do you prefer?3.No matter what kind of sport you take part in ,what are the basic qualities you need to possess in order to be successful in that sport?)(video of Jordan)Step 4 Group Work1. Why do you think sport is so popular?2. How often do you play sport? What sports do you us...