Unit2HeroesCommunicationWorkshopObjectives■Toprepareforadiscussionbymakingnotes.■Toparticipateinadiscussion,expressingopinions,agreeinganddisagreeing.■Tolistenforexpressionsofagreementanddisagreementinaconversation.■Towriteanarrativeinthreeparagraphs.■Todevelopself-assessmentofspeakingandwritingskills.ResourcesusedCassette,WritingHelp2.Possibleproblems■Students,iffriends,mayagreewitheachotheringroupdiscussionandsonotpractisedisagreeing.Groupingstudentsindifferentgroupsmaypreventthishappening.■Students’abilitytoassesstheirownlanguageskillswillvary.BackgroundMaLinisaChinesetabletennisstar.BorninShenyangCity,LiaoningProvince,MaLinstartedtoplaytabletennisatanearlyageof6andwasinductedintothenationalteamin1994whenhewasonly14.MaLinwonthe2000WorldCuptobecomeChina’sfirstmen’ssinglesworldchampion.In2002,heagainbecamethefirstChinesetowinamen’ssinglestitleunderthenewsystem,alsoattheWorldCuptournamentin2003.Inthe2004AthensOlympicGames,ChenQi/MaLin,knownasChina’snew“goldenpair”,wonthemixeddoublesandbecametheOlympicchampion.However,MaLinfailedtowinthemen’ssinglesinAthens,whichisconsideredtobehistragicloss.Atpresent,heisconsideredtobethestrongestplayerintheworld.LiuXiang,the21-year-oldShanghainative,isconsideredtobeahero,asuperhero.HeistheprideofChina.HebecamethefirstAsianinhistorytowinthemen’s110mhurdlesattheOlympicGamesinAthensonFriday,Aug.27,2004.Heclockedaworldrecord-equalingtimeof12.91secondsforhisfirstOlympictitle.HealsobroketheOlympicrecordof12.95secondssetbyAllenJohnsonoftheUnitedStatesintheAtlantaOlympicGamesin1996.LiuisthefirstChineseathletetotakeOlympicgoldintheshort-distancerace,whichusedtobedominatedbyAmericansandEuropeans.Histimeof12.91secondsequalledthemarksetbyBritonColinJacksonatthe1993worldchampionshipsinStuttgart,Germany.LiuXiang,China’sfirst-evermaleOlympicgoldwinnerintrackandfield,wasbelievedtobelikelytobreaktheworldrecordinthemen’s110mhurdlesin用心爱心专心12005.GaoLingtookupbadmintoninWuhanGymnasiumSparetimeSportsSchoolatageofsix.ShebeganregulartraininginHubeiprovincialsportsschoolin1989andjoinedthenationalteaminFebruary1997.GaoLing,withYangWei,wonthewomen’sdoublesinthe1996WorldYouthChampionships.SheandZhangJunbecametheOlympicchampionofthemixeddoublesinthe2000SydneyOlympicGames.In2002,GaoLingwasnamedBestBadmintonPlayerof2001.Again,GaoLingandZhangJunwonthemixeddoublesandbecametheOlympicChampioninthe2004AthensOlympicGames.GuoJingjingwasbornintheprovinceofHebei.Guowondivingcompetitionsateverylevelasayoungster,earningaselectiontotheChinateamthatwenttothe1996AtlantaGames,whereshefinishedfifthinthe10mplatformatthetenderageof15.Eversincethen,shehaswonalmosteveryhonouravailableintheworldofdiving.Inthe2004AthensOlympicGames,shebecametheOlympicChampionofwomen’ssinglesandsheandWuMinxiawontheOlympicgoldofthewomen’sdoublesinAthens.JamesDean(1931-1955)wasanAmericanactorwhosemoodyperformancesandearlydeathmadehimasymbolofyouthfulrebellion.Hemadeonlythreefilms(RebelWithoutaCause,EastofEdenandGiant)beforedyinginacarcrash.Routesthroughthematerial■Ifyouareshortoftime,omittheTalkbackstageofthespeakingandwritingworkshops.LanguagePower:pages74?C75.Speaking:DiscussionBeforeyoustartExercise1■Studentsreadtheintroductiontotheexerciseandlookatthephotos.Askthemtoguesswhichstudentlikeswhichsportsstars.■Playthecassetteforstudentstochecktheirguesses.TapescriptInterviewer:...
