Lesson 3 Sports Stars

Pass the Flame

Pass the Flame

Unite the World

It’ s time to celebrate let our voices be

heard

Pass the Flame 　 Unite the world

Bring us all together

We can grow a forest

On a dried up river bed

We can build a mountain

From a grain sand

Reach out, hold out your hands(x2)

Pass the Flame

Unite the World

It's time to celebrate let our voices be

heard

Pass the Flame

Unite the world

Bring us all together

Pass the Flame

Unite the World (x5)

Reach out, hold out your hands(x2)

Pass the Flame

Unite the world

Pass the Flame

Unite the World (x5)

　

Who are your sporting heroes /

heroines?

awful, boring, lazy, slow,

terrible, useless, weak?

brilliant, fast, skilful,

smart, strong, useful?

A: In my opinion, Ronaldo is a brilliant player. He is very fast and skilful.

B: I agree. I think he’s very smart.

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

They are sisters and both tennis champions.

Do you want to know more about them?

True or False

1.The two sisters plan to take up

tennis career all their life.

2.In competitive matches the two

sisters seldom played each other.

3.The two sisters have no common

hobby except tennis.

4.In their childhood the people

around Williams sisters often

fought each other using gun.

5. Williams’ parents played an

important part in their

success.

6. The text refers to us the sisters’

father is good at tennis.

7. If one of them loses the game in

their match, the other does the

dishes.

8.The two sisters miss their

childhood so they often go back to

their hometown.

Guess the meaning of the following

words according to the text.

champion, train, look back, compete

against, express an interest in, come

to an end, amazing, keen, fortunately,

make progress, improve

Read to learn

1. Why are the sisters unusual?

2. What kind of background are they

from?

3. Who helped them to succeed?

4. How do the two sisters get on at

home?

Answer the following questions

1. Why are the sisters unusual?

Read the text again and answer the

following questions.

They played each other in the

final of a tennis tournament.

2. What kind of background are they

from?

A poor background./ they lived in

poor area of California, full of

violence and drugs.

4. How do the two sisters get on

at home?

3. Who helped them to succeed?

Their father, Richard.Their father, Richard.

They get on well.

Read the article again and suggest

a title for the text.

Title

How to become a tennis star

Road to success

Tennis is my favorite sports

Tennis stars- Williams sisters

Add new information about the two sisters

Tennis stars- Williams sisters

Name ： Venus WilliamsSex ： female

Birthday :1980.07.17Weight ： 72.7kgHeight ： 185cmNationality: America Event ： tennis

转入职业时间 1995

WTA 当前排名 3

迄今职业成绩 304 胜 69 负 迄今单打冠军 29

迄今双打冠军 10

2003 战绩 17 胜 3 负 迄今职业奖金总额 $ 12,462,628

征战法网纪录次数 6

单打最好成绩 2002 亚军 双打最好成绩 1999 冠军

转入职业时间 1995

WTA 当前排名 1

迄今职业成绩 224 胜 41 负 迄今单打冠军 22

迄今双打冠军 11

2003 战绩 23 胜 1 负 迄今职业奖金总额 $ 11,284,079

征战法网纪录 次数 4

单打最好成绩 2002 夺冠 双打最好成绩 1999 夺冠

Name ： Serena Williams

Birthday ： 1981.09.28

Height ： 178cmWeight ： 65.9kg

Nationality ： America

Event ： tennis

study design in college

the friendly sisters

The two sisters’

photo of

childhood.

The topic of each paragragh

Para1

Para2

Para3

para4

brief introduction

their childhood

training and study

achievement and friendly relationship

Voice your opinion

What are the advantages of being sports

stars?

Language points

1. speak about 谈论 , 讲述

We couldn’t get him to speak about

his war experiences.

我们无法让他讲述当年战争的经历。

2. interest

兴趣；可以和某些动词搭配

He has no interest in fine arts.

他对美术没有兴趣。

I’ve lost my interest in collecting coins.

我已经失去了收集硬币的兴趣。The guests showed great interest in th

e new design.

客人们对这种新设计表示出极大的兴趣。

3.come to an end

The meeting came to an end at last.

结束

会议终于结束了。

4. amazing adj. 令人惊异的， 指 物 amazed adj. 感到惊异的 ， 指人 amaze vt 使…惊异

The amazing performance made me

amazed.

形容词 动词

形容词

这种另人惊叹的表演让我吃惊。

The amazing performance amazed me.

Complete the following sentences,

using the words from Exercise 2.

1. Bailey ____________ athletes half his

age and won at last.

2. Max’s success as a runner is really

_________.

Vocabulary

has competed

amazing

4. Are you _____to play tennis this

afternoon?

5. Ben is a _________ tennis player.

He has never lost a match!

3. I broke my arm playing basketball

but __________it’s fine now.fortunately

keen

champion

Language in Use

Choose a star. Make notes about the

important achievements or events in

his/her life, and the dates they

happened. Don’t worry if you are not

exact.

Grammar Presentation

Past simple and Present Perfect

1.Since then, she has won Wimbledon

and the US Open twice.

2.Has tennis ever caused problems

between the sisters?

Has caused

has won

3.The sisters’ father, Richard, started

to train Venus and Serena

when they were young.

4.The first time Venus played in a big

tournament was in 1996.

started

played

1. something happened at a specific

time in the past. (b)

Match the tenses with the uses .

We use a) the Present Perfect, b)

the Past Simple when

2. the time of the action in the past is

not given or known.

3. a past action has results in the

present.

4. the past action is not linked with the

present. (b)

(a)

(a)

Past Simple:

●Past Simple to talk about finished

actions or past situations and habits.

He always phoned on Friday.

She climbed the stairs and went to her

room.

always phoned

climbed went

Tottenham won their last match and t

hey have now moved to the top of the l

eague….

have moved

Present Perfect:

●Present Perfect to talk about a result

of something in the past that is still

obvious.

● activities in the past but we don’t

know or not interested in exactly

when they happened.

We’ve played each other before.( it

doesn’t matter exactly when they

played each other.)

’ve played

She has already tidied her room. (at

some time before now but we don’t

know or care when)

has tidied

We can use the following time

adverbials with the Present Perfect:

before, ever, never, already, and yet

(already in statements, and yet in

questions and negative sentences).

I haven’t been to Spain before.

I’ve already had lunch.

Have you ever been abroad?

Have you had lunch yet?

We’ve never met him.

I haven’t had lunch yet.

before

already

ever

yet

never

yet

Compare the sentences

Venus and Serena have played each

other before.

have played ( It’s important that in

the past they played each other but

it is not important when this

happened.)

Venus and Serena played each other

in June 1999.

played

(We know precisely

when this happened.)

Look at the dialogue below and

complete the rule with already or yet.

A: Has Serena won Wimbledon yet?

B: No, she hasn’t won it yet.

A: Has she won the US Open yet?

B: Yes, she has already won it.

yet

already

yet

yet

a)We use ______ in affirmative

sentences.

b) We use_______ in questions and

negative sentences.

already

yet

Do the exercise 10, 11 and 12

Homework