Types of sportsTypes of sports

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BrainstormingBrainstorming

1. Are there any school clubs in your s

chool? 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 spor

ts she mentioned.

2. Talk about which school clubs Zhou

Ling can join and list some of the r

easons.

PracticePart A:

Pair workDiscussion

1. Are you interested in sports? Wha

t’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 beginners4. Decide which sports in the pictures y

ou 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 skatinggymnastics

high jump

hockey

baseballgolf

runningjavelinvolleyball

Fill in the blanks with the names of

sports.

1. _______ is a game which is usually pl

ayed in the US by 2 teams of 9 people.

Each player tries to hit the ball and t

hen 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 goo

d at men’s ________.

4. ______ is a sport in which people pl

ay 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 Yu

n’nan Province.

6. Wushu, which is a Chinese _________ ,

is trying to get into the Olympics.

7. In ________, people will compete in th

ree different sports, usually swimming,

cycling and running.

folk dance

martial art

triathlon

8. When doing ________, you will not onl

y enjoy the beautiful music, but also str

engthen the heart and lungs.

9. _________ is a sport in which the athle

tes run 42,195 meters.

10. When playing _______, you kick a ba

ll 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 player

s in each team, who try to pat a ball o

ver a net is ________.

13. Tiger Woods is one of the best ____ pl

ayers in the world. He is from the US.

volleyballgolf

table tennis

14. Michael Jordan and Yao Ming are

_________ players.

15. Tian Liang and Guo Jingjing won t

he gold medals for _____ in the 10t

h National Games.

basketball

diving

1. Read and complete the e-mail to Amy.

Part C

Hi Amy,

I’m very happy to hear that you are

getting out of hospital soon. You must

be very excited! I know that you are not

strong after your operation, so please

do some of these exercises.

If you want to get strong and have some

fun with your friends, you could try

_________, ________, _______ softball

or _______. The last one is not popular

in China, but I know lots of Canadians

and Americans like it. It sounds fun.

These are all good team sports and will

help you build up your strength and

basketball volleyball football

baseball

you will meet lots of people at the same

time.

If you like sports that you can do on

your own, then try ________, ________

or ___________. Some of these are very

tiring, so you may want to keep these

for next year.

Of course, maybe you just want to have

aerobics shooting

weightlifting

some fun and exercise with only one of

your friends. How about trying

__________, _______, _____ or

fencing?

Remember to take it slowly at first and

you will build your strength up quickly.

Love,

Zhou Ling

badminton boxing tennis

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.

Group 1: What can we benefit from sports?

Group 2: Say something about your favorit

e sport.

Topics for discussion Group work

Group 3: Look at the body movement

s and guess the names of the

sports.

Group 4: Talk about some indoor spor

ts.

Homework

Try to find more names of sports.

Do exercises on P100 in your workb

ook.

Talk about different kinds of indoor

and outdoor sports.