Types of sports
Word power
Brainstorming
Are there any school clubs in your school? Have you ever joined one?
2. Are you interested in sports clubs? Are you planning to join one?
1. Read the diary by Zhou Ling and summarize the types of sports she mentioned.
2. Talk about which school clubs Zhou Ling can join and list some of the reasons.
Practice
Part A:
Pair work
Discussion
1. Are you interested in sports? What’s your favorite?
2. Can you name some types of sports you know?
3. Look at the following pictures and describe the sports.
points to mention:
a. the number of team members
b. how to play
c. the rules for it
d. the instructions for beginners
4. Decide which sports in the pictures you would like to play.
Part B:
wrestling
basketball
ice hockey
ice dancing
table tennis
Shot put
sailing
weightlifting
archery
long jump
tennis
football
shooting
diving
badminton
skiing
speed skating
gymnastics
high jump
hockey
baseball
golf
running
javelin
volleyball
Fill in the blanks with the names of sports.
1. _______ is a game which is usually played in the US by 2 teams of 9 people. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around in the field.
Baseball
Words focus
2. Sang Lan is a happy girl, even after she got hurt seriously in a _________ competition.
3. As is known to all, Wang yifu is good at men’s ________.
4. ______ is a sport in which people play on lakes which have a thick layer of ice.
gymnastics
shooting
Skiing
5. You will be attracted by the traditional music and _________ in Tibet or in Yun’nan Province.
6. Wushu, which is a Chinese _________ , is trying to get into the Olympics.
7. In ________, people will compete in three different sports, usually swimming, cycling and running.
folk dance
martial art
triathlon
8. When doing ________, you will not only enjoy the beautiful music, but also strengthen the heart and lungs.
9. _________ is a sport in which the athletes run 42,195 meters.
10. When playing _______, you kick a ball and there are 10 other people in your team.
aerobics
Marathon
football
11. Wang Liqin is one of the best __________ players in the world.
12. The game in which there are 6 players in each team, who try to pat a ball over a net is ________.
13. Tiger Woods is one of the best ____ players in the world. He is from the US.
volleyball
golf
table tennis
14. Michael Jordan and Yao Ming are _________ players.
15. Tian Liang and Guo Jingjing won the gold medals for _____ in the 10th National Games.
basketball
diving
1. Read and complete the e-mail.
Part C
Hi George,
I’m very happy to hear that you have a long holiday coming up. You must
be very excited! Since you asked, here are some sports you can do to keep busy and stay in shape.
If you want to have some fun with your friends, you could try _________, volleyball, _______or________.
The last one is not popular in China, but I know lots of Canadians and Americans like them. It sounds fun.
These are all good team sports that will
help you meet lots of people.
basketball
football
baseball
If you like sports that you can do on your own, then try dancing, _______ or________. Some of these are very tiring, though.
Of course, maybe you just want to have
some fun and exercise with only one of
your friends. How about trying __________, __________, _____ or fencing?
shooting
aerobics
badminton
ping pong
tennis
There are so many sports you can do. I’m sure you can’t try them all even with a long holiday.
Your friend
Zhou Ling
2. What are the advantages of the sports according to Zhou Ling?
Sports 1-4: They can make her get
strong and have some fun.
Sports 5-7: They can be done on her
own.
Sports 8-10: They can make her have
some fun and exercise with
only one of her friends.
D. Some parts are usually done indoors, while others are done outdoors. Put the names of these sports into the c orrect column, and think of three more for each category
Indoors
Outdoors
boxing
fencing
yoga
gymnastics
Ping-pong
skating
baseball
golf
beach volleyball
football
Group 1:
What can we benefit from sports?
Group 2:
Say something about your favorite sport.
Topics for discussion
Group work
Group 3:
Look at the body movements and guess the names of the sports.
Group 4:
Talk about some indoor sports.
Homework
Try to find more names of sports.
Do exercises on P100 in your workbook.
Talk about different kinds of indoor and outdoor sports.
Thank you