Unit 1 Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis. Module 3 Sports

baseball volleyball boring exciting relaxing score n. 棒球 n. 排球 adj. 烦人的；无聊的 adj. 令人激动的； 使人兴奋的 adj. 令人愉悦的； 使人放松的 v. ( 体育比赛中 ) 得 ( 分 ) Words review

already matter What’s the matter? hurt enjoyable Olympics adv. 已经；早已 n. 问题；麻烦 怎么了 ? v. ( 使 ) 疼痛； ( 使 ) 受伤 adj. 令人愉快的； 有乐趣的 n. 奥林匹克运动会 Words review

stadium miss mind plenty plenty of n. 体育场 v. 未击中；未达到 v. 介意；讨厌；反对 pron. 大量；众多 大量；众多 Words review

basketball table tennis Do you know these sports?

baseball tennis

football volleyball

1. To listen and understand the conversation about sports 2.To understand the comparison of sports 3. To learn to talk about the sports that one likes and give reasons, using comparatives 4. To learn some key words and useful expressions Objectives:

Words: baseball volleyball boring exciting relaxing score matter hurt Phrases: plenty of not…at all Patterns: 1. …watching is not dangerous and it’s more relaxing too! 2. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis. 3. And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium.

根据人物说出你能联想到的相关词汇。 football 梅西 basketball 易建联 table tennis ping-pong bat 张继科 volleyball 赵蕊蕊 tennis tennis racket 李娜

table tennis football volleyball basketball baseball tennis Say the sports out.

Listen and number the sports as you hear them. baseball basketball football table tennis tennis volleyball P18

注 : word 文档 点击此处链接 Tapescript: Betty: What sports do you like, Daming? Daming: My favourite sport is basketball. Betty: Oh, that’s an American sport. Americans like baseball too, but football is more popular than baseball in most countries. Daming: Well, football is more exciting than baseball. Baseball is boring. What sports do you play?

Betty: Volleyball and tennis. Tennis is fun. Daming: I like table tennis. It’s a faster game than tennis. Betty: I’ll play table tennis with you. Daming: OK. I go swimming too. Do you like swimming? Betty: Yes, I do. It’s relaxing.

Now match the words with the pictures. basketballtable tennisvolleyball baseballfootball tennis

boring dangerous difficult easy exciting expensive popular relaxing safe Talk about the following sports. Use the words in the box to help you. 2 P18

Examples: 1) — What’s table tennis like? — It’s safe and relaxing. 2) — Do you like basketball? — Yes, I do. It’s popular all over the world. 3) — Do you often play tennis? — No, I don’t. I think it’s difficult.

Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions. 1. What are Tony, Daming and Betty doing together? 2. Are they enjoying it? 3. Has the match finished yet? No, it hasn’t. They are watching a football match on TV. Yes, they are. Task 1 Daming, Tony and Betty are talking about something. Read and finish the following tasks. word 文档 链接

1. This week’s match is more exciting than last week’s. 2. Tony played table tennis yesterday. 3. For Tony, playing tennis is more enjoyable than watching matches on TV. 4. Watching the Olympics on TV was more expensive than buying tickets for the games. 5. Going to the stadium was more difficult than staying at home. Now check (√) the true sentences. 3 √ √ × P18 √ × Task 2 cheaper

2. Why is this week’s match more exciting than last week’s? Because this week’s match scored and it is faster than last week’s match. 3. What’s wrong with Tony? He is tired. He hurt his knee in last night’s tennis match. Read and answer the questions below. Task 3 1. Who is playing in the match? Spain.

5. Why does Tony enjoy watching the Olympics on TV? Because he thinks it is cheaper than buying tickets for all the games. 6. Does Daming like watching the Olympics on TV? Why? Yes, he does. Because he thinks staying at home is easier than going to the stadium. 4. What does Betty think about watching matches on TV? She thinks watching on TV is not dangerous and it’s more relaxing too.

Pay attention to the underlined phrases. Can you tell any differences? 多音节形容词和部分双音节形容词的 比较级需要在其前加 more 构成。如： outgoing → more outgoing beautiful → more beautiful

Comparative degree dangerous difficult exciting expensive popular relaxing boring easy safe more dangerous more difficult more exciting more expensive more popular more relaxing more boring easier safer

Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes.

1. Role play the conversation in groups; 2. Role play the conversation in front of the class. Let’s see which group does the best.

Daming and Betty are watching a football match on TV. It’s _____________ than last week’s. No one scored _______ in that match. Betty thinks that watching TV is _______ and ____________ than playing tennis. But Tony doesn’t agree with her. In his opinion, _______ is more enjoyable ______ playing tennis. And he chose to watch the Olympics on TV just because it was _______ than buying tickets for the games. Besides, Daming thinks staying at home was _______ than going to the stadium. Complete the passage with proper words. at all safer more relaxing nothing more exciting than cheaper easier Task 4

4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. already hurt matter mind miss Olympics stadium 1.Why didn’t Tony score? What is the ______ with him? 2. You lost the match? Never _____. Maybe you will win next time. mind matter P19 Task 5

3. I am not good at tennis. I always _____ the ball. 4. The match began ten minutes ago and Spain is ________ winning. 5. The 2008 ________ were held in Beijing. 6. Watching football at home is easier than going to the _______. 7. Tennis is a little dangerous because you may ____ your knee. miss already Olympics stadium hurt

My favourite sport is (1) _________. And I enjoy watching (2) ___________. I am quite good at (3) ___________. I do not like playing (4) ___________. And I am not very good at (5) ____________. Complete the passage about yourself. Use the words in Activity 1 to help you.5 P19 football table tennis swimming baseball volleyball Possible answers Task 6

1.- What’s the score? - Spain scored a minute ago. — 比分是多少？ — 西班牙（队）一分钟前得分了。 在第一个句子中， score 是名词，意思 是 “ 比分，进球数 ” ；第二个句子中的 score 是动词，表示 “ 得分，进球 ” 。

After two hours and twenty minutes’ play, the final score was 3:2. 经过两个小时二十分钟的比赛，最终 比分为三比二。 Arsenal scored in the last minute of the game. 阿森纳（队）在比赛的最后一分钟进 了一球。

2. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. 上周电视上播的比赛真无聊，因为根 本就没人进球。 We are not nervous at all. 我们一点也不紧张。 Some paid nothing at all. 有人根本就没付钱。 at all adv. 简直，根本，完全，常和 not 连用，即： not…at all “ 根本不，一点也不 ”

3. So this week’s match is already more exciting. 本周的比赛已经精彩多了。 exciting 作形容词，意为 “ 令人激动 的；使人兴奋的 ” ，多用来修饰物。 excited 作形容词，意为 “ 兴奋的；激动 的 ” ，多用来修饰人，指人的感受。如 : I have more exciting news for you. 我有更令人兴奋的消息告诉你。

She was very excited to meet her first teacher in Beijing. 在北京遇到启蒙老师，她感到非常兴奋. 用来修饰 人的形容 词 bored 感到厌烦的； relaxed 感到 放松的； interested 感到有趣的； surprised 感到吃惊的 用来修饰 物的形容 词 boring 令人厌烦的； relaxing 使 人放松的； interesting 有趣的； surprising 令人惊讶的 有相似用法的词：

— Have you ever read the book Harry Potter? — Yes, and I think it’s very ______. I want to read it again. A. boring B. exciting C. bored D. excited Practise

4. What’s the matter with you? 你怎么了？ 常用此结构表示 “ 你怎么了？发生什 么事了？ ” 类似表达还有： What’s wrong with you? What happened to you? What’s the trouble? What’s up?

— _______, Peter? — I have a bad cold. A. What color do you like B. What’s the matter with you C. Where are you D. What’s the weather like Practise

5. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis. 没有什么比打网球更有趣的了。 （打网球是最有趣的事情。） Nobody can do the work better than he did. 这项工作他做得最出色。 no, nobody, nothing 等词后面加比较级 表示最高级含义。

Listen and notice how the speaker links the words. 1. Spain scored a minute ago. 2. Last week the match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. 3. Oh, look at that. 6 Now listen again and repeat. P19

英语连读发音原则一： 辅音 + 元音 即前一个词由辅音结尾，后一个词由 元音开头，自然地连起来了。例如： Take a look at it. Will it take a lot of time to go to town on foot? Liaison 连读

Talk Work in pairs. Talk about the sports you like. 7 P19 注意：请运用形容词比较级的形式，并 注意所使用的形容词比较级的形式变化， 区分单音节词、双音节词和多音节次的 不同构成规则。

For example: — Hey, Bruce. Which sport do you like, swimming or running? — I like swimming. It’s more relaxing than running.

— Hey, Betty. Which sport do you like better, running or playing tennis? — I like running better. It’s cheaper than playing tennis.

more popular than …

dangerous / safe more dangerous than …

exciting / boring more exciting than …

difficult / easy more difficult than …

本课时主要短语和句型 总结回顾 1. plenty of… 2. not at all 3. What’s the matter with you? 4. Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis. 5. — Which sport do you like, swimming or running? — I like swimming. It’s more relaxing than running.

Now 2 mins to test your spelling. 1. English-Chinese Olympics stadium volleyball matter baseball enjoyable boring 2. Chinese-English 介意, 讨厌 怎么了？ 大量, 众多 得 ( 分 ) 受伤, 疼痛 未击中, 未达到 令人愉悦的 使人兴奋的 When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best.

1. Mike ______ his knee when he played football. 2. There will be a basketball match in the _______ tomorrow. 注 : word 文档 点击此处链接 Quiz I. 根据句意及图片提示完成单词。 二题图 一题图 hurt stadium

3. I can’t play football but I can play ________. 4. Look! Lucy is playing ________ in the playground. 5. We had ________ for the first time in Beijing in 三题图 五题图 四题图 baseball Olympics volleyball

II. 根据句意及汉语提示完成单词。 1. I don’t like this film because I think it’s too _______ ( 无聊的 ). 2. It will be very ________ ( 令人激动的 ) to get a ticket to the concert. 3. It is ________ ( 已经 ) ten o’clock at night now. It’s time to go to bed. 4. Li Lei ________ ( 未击中 ) many balls in the table tennis match. So he lost. 5. It’s ________ ( 令人放松的 ) to listen to music in bed after hard work. boring exciting already missed relaxing

Ⅲ．根据提示完成句子，每空一词。 1. 他看起来有点儿伤心。怎么了？ He looks sad. _______ ____ ______? 2. 地面上有大量的水。 There is ______ ____ water on the ground. 3. 徐丽根本不喜欢踢足球。 Xu Li _______ like playing football _____ _____. What’s the matter plenty of at all doesn’t

1. Finish the exercises in Learning English. 2. Preview the passage Training hard on page 20. Homework