Unit 1 When will the matchbe held?

Say something about Yao Ming.

1. When and where was Yao Ming born? 2. How tall is he? 3. What did he do in 1998, in 2000 and in 2005? 4. How many points did he score in his first game in NBA? 5. Who coached him? 6. Do you think he plays well?

These questions may help you:

Yao Ming

Yao Ming was born in 1980 in Shanghai. At

226 centimeters he is one of the tallest men in

NBA. In 1998 he joined the Chinese national

team. In the year 2000 Yao joined the All-Star

Team of Asia. In 2005 Yao Ming was selected

first in the NBA Draft by Houston. He scored

19 points in his first game. He was coached by

former NBA All-Star

Patrick Ewing.

He plays well and he also cares about charity. He has a wonderful mixture of talent, dedication, humanitarian aspirations and a sense of humor.

On July 20, 2011, Yao announced his

retirement from basketball in a press conference

in Shanghai. He cited injuries to his foot and

ankle, including the third fracture to his left foot

sustained near the end of 2010.

Watch and talk about Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang became the champion of male 110m hurdles at 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. It was Liu’s first Olympics and he won the gold medal. After that he became very famous in the world. Almost all the Chinese are proud of him. Liu Xiang is always energetic.

When he was a Grade Four student in a primary school, he was chosen by the junior sports school to practice jumping. In 1998 Liu Xiang, aged 15, met the famous coach Sun Haiping. Sun believed Liu Xiang was a rising star and he let Liu practice the 110m hurdles.

He didn’t take part in 2008 Beijing Olympics because of a broken foot. In March 2010, he took part in Doha track and field competition and won the 7th in the 60 metres hurdles final.

On 24th November 2010, he won the championship of male 110m hurdles at Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games. In February 2010, he won the 3th in the 60 metres hurdles final at Dusseldorf and Karlsruhe.

In Liu's first competition of 2012, he was m

atched up against Dayron Robles at the Birmi

ngham Indoor Grand Prix and this time he w

on with an Asian record time of 7.41 seconds

for the 60m hurdles. He was the favourite for

the title at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Cha

mpionships, but was beaten into second place

by Aries Merritt and left with the silver meda

l.

In the outdoor season he set a 110m hurdles meet record at the Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki, then ran 12.97 seconds to win at his home nation 2012 IAAF Diamond League meet, the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. This was his first run under 13 seconds since 2007 and he beat American’s David Oliver and Jason Richardson by some distance.

On June 2, 2012, Liu competed at the Prefo

ntaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, USA in the

110m Hurdles. He won the race in a field that

included Aries Merritt and David Oliver. His

time was a new personal best of 12.87, tying t

he World Record.

In the 110 metre hurdles at the London

Olympics in 2012, Liu Xiang has failed to fi

nish a race in his second consecutive Olym

pics, after he fell over the first hurdle in th

e 110 metres event.

Match the words with the pictures.

swimming

gymnastics

surfing

boxing

volleyball

basketball

cycling

football

Talk about the photos using the following

words.

allow competition defeat fan hold point season score stand for team win

allow competition defeat

fan hold point season

score stand for team win

① ②

③ ④⑤

⑥⑦ ⑧

⑨

⑩

Listen and number the word you hear.

11

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

1. Why does Tony look tired?

2. Which team is Tony on?

3. When will the match be hold?

4. What was the last match score?

He is training with BIG for the school’s Basketball Competition.

He is BIG.

Next Saturday.

98:52.

Look, listen and complete the table. Then read carefully and check the answers.

Competition

Teams

against

Next Match

Last match score

Betty’s favourite team to win

Basketball

HASBIG

Next Saturday

HAS 98 points to Globetrotters 52

BIG

Read and complete the sentences.

1. Tony looks tired because ______________________________________

______________________________________.

2. Betty is coming to the match because ______________________________________

______________________________________.

he is training with BIG for the School’s

Basketball Competition

she is going to write a report for the school

magazine New Standard

3. Betty has seen HAS play this season and she thinks __________________________________.

4. Tony and Daming think they will

________________________________________.

5. Betty and Lingling say they think that BIG will lose in order to ________________________________________.

HAS is brilliant

win the match this time

make Tony and Daming try harder to win

Read the sentences from the conversation. Say who the underlined words refer to.

1. You look tired.

2. You were defeated last time.

3. Are you coming?

Tony.

the Beijing International Globetrotters.

Betty. ( Lingling, maybe )

4. And if you want my opinion …

5. … you’ve got no chance!

6. … you won’t be allowed to watch with

our fans …

Tony.

the Beijing International Globetrotters.

Betty and Lingling.

1. Who’s it against? 和谁比赛 ?

against prep. 与… .. 相反 / 相对 be against “ 反对”，反义词是 be for “ 赞成”。 Our team played against Class Three.

我们队与三班进行了比赛。 Are you against or for this plan?

你是反对还是赞成这个计划 ? The soldiers fought against the enemies fiercely.

战士们与敌人激烈战斗。

Important and difficult points

2. What does HAS stand for? HAS 代表什么？

stand for 在这里的意思是“代表”，还可表示 “象征，主张 , 支持 , 容忍”。

What do the two letters stand for?

这两个字母代表什么意思？

I won't stand for this insolence.

我决不容忍这种傲慢无礼的行为。

3. You’ve got no chance! 你们没机会了。

chance 在这里做名词，表示“机会 , 可能性”，相关短语有： get / have a chance 有机会； by chance 碰巧 , 偶然 , 意外。 It’s a good chance to learn from heroes.

这是一个向英雄们学习的好机会。 If you have a chance to go abroad, take it.

如果你有机会出国 , 就去吧。 I met him in the library by chance.

我碰巧在图书馆遇见他。

4. You won’t be allowed to watch with our fans if that’s what you think! 如果你们那么想 , 就不许和我们的球迷一起看比赛。 allow 作“允许”或“许可”讲，常用搭配：allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事。 She won't allow the children in until they've wiped their shoes.

孩子们不把鞋擦干净，她就不让他们进。

My boss doesn’t allow me to use the telephone. 我的老板不允许我用电话。

We were allowed to smoke in this room only. 我们只许在这间房子里抽烟。 allow 作“许可，允许”讲，只可搭配动名词短语作宾语，不可直接搭用动词不定式作宾补，即只可说 allow doing sth., 不可说 allow to do sth.

They allowed smoking in this room only. 他们只允许在这间屋子里抽烟。 Smoking is not allowed here. 此处禁止吸烟。

5. Don’t let them get to you, Tony! 不要让他们影响你 , 托尼 !

get to sb. 意思是 to make someone feel upset

or angry, 即“让某人感到烦恼 , 困扰等”。 get to 还有 “到达 , 着手处理， 打动，影响” 的意思。 The heat was beginning to get to me, so I went back indoors.

天气很热 , 让我开始感到烦躁 , 所以我回到了屋内。

The smell of her old book really gets to me after a while! 过了一会儿 , 她的旧书散发出的气味实在让我不舒服。

His honest got to me at last.

最终他的诚实打动了我 .

Did you get to the airport in time?

你们及时到达了机场吗 ?

在 Module 2 中，我们学习了一般现在时的被动语态，但是如果要表达发生在过去的事情或行为，或者是要表达将来发生的事情或行为，被动语态又该如何使用呢？

被动语态的谓语部分为“ be+ 动词的过去分词” , 其中 be 为助动词，有形式的变化。以动词 do 为例，根据时态变化规则，一般过去时和一般将来时的被动语态形式如下：

时态 主动语态 被动语态

一般现在时

一般过去时

一般将来时

do / does is / am / are + done

did

will / begoing to do

was / were + done

will be done

be going to be done

下面让我们来看一下被动语态的疑问和否定形式该如何表达。

时态 肯定形式 否定形式 疑问形式

一般现在时

S +am / is / are+ done

S + am / is / are + not + done

Am / Is / Are + S + done?

时态 肯定形式 否定形式 疑问形式一般过去

时

一般将来

时

S + was / were + done

S + was / were + not + done

Was / Were+ S + done?

S + will notbe + done

S +am / is / aregoing to be done

Am /Is/Are+S + going to be done?

S + am / is / are not going to be done

Will+ S+done?

S + will be + done

如：--Was the cup broken by Tom?

--Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.

--Will they be allowed to go?

--Yes, they will. / No, they won’t.

[Practice]I. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1. My computer ____________ (mend) by my cousin yesterday. 2. My father _________(tell) to take the medicine three times a day after an operation was performed. 3. The film ________ (be) on for nearly fifteen minutes when I got to the cinema.4. A lot of places __________________________ (visit) by him next year.5. We ______________ (play) basketball when it began to rain. We had to stop and go home.

was mended

was told

had been

will / are going to be visited

were playing

6. We _____________ (not allow) to read in

bed, because it is bad for our eyes.

7. A new library _____________ (build) in

our school last year.

8. Do you think that the work _____________

(finish) in a week?

9. You can’t use my bike because it

________________ (repair).

10. His new book ________________

(publish) next month.

are not allowed

was built

will be finished

is being repaired

will be published

II. 将下列句子转换成被动语态。

1. The girls often sing English songs.

________________________________________

2. He doesn’t show his photos to me.

________________________________________

3. He asked me to help him with his maths.

________________________________________

English songs are often sung by the girls.

His photos were not shown to me.

I was asked to help him with his maths.

4. I think that they will work out this problem soon.________________________________________________________________________________5. They will show the play at the theatre next week.________________________________________________________________________________The play will be showed at the theatre next week.

I think that this problem will be worked out soon.

Everyday English

a tough match 一场艰苦的比赛

You’ve got no chance! 你们没有机会了！

What do you reckon? 你估计会怎么样？

Don’t let them get to you! 不要让他们影响你！

Nice work! 干的漂亮！ / 做得好 !

Complete the following using everyday English.

1.---Did you watch the basketball match

between CBA and NBA? ---Yes. It was a ______________.

2. ---I’ve read the first part of the story.

---What _____________?

---It’s fantastic and I’d like to read the

next part.

3. Make up your mind to try hard, and then difficulties will never ____________.

tough match

do you reckon

get to you

4. You will ______________ of winning if you

don’t practice this season.

5. ---Had you finished the task before you went

on line?

---Yes, I had, though it took me a long time.

--- __________, my boy!

get no chance

Nice work

Listen and repeat.

Make sure you pause between each sen

se group.

Yes. / I’m training / with BIG, / the Beijing International Globetrotters, / for the School's Basketball Competition. / It's the big match / next week.

Say the sentence.

Well, you won’t be allowed to watch with our fans if that’s what you think!

Now listen and check.

Work in pairs.

Talk about your favourite sports team or sports star this season.

I think ... will win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. And I think ... will be defeated.

Talk about your favourite sports team or sports star. Do you agree or disagree with each other?

Work in pairs.

I agree

I think you’re right.

It’s true.

So do I.

I don’t agree.

Write a composition about your idea about your favourite sports team or sports star. Try to say more about why you like them.

Try to give out more information to share.

Writing

A Sample

There are many sports stars in the world. Do you know who is my favourite sport star? My favourite star is Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian is a good basketball. He was born in Heshan, Guangdong. He is 2.12 meters tall and 113 kilos.  He is taller than many people, and he is handsome and kind. He works hard in the match and in the training. So his coach and team friends all like him.

My Favourite Sport Star

Yi Jianlian began his career quite early. When he was fifteen years old, he came into CBA. In 2002, he got the first gold medal --- Asia Youth championship’s champion. After that, he helped Guangdong team win 3 gold medals from 2003 to 2006 CBA championships. And he won the CBA MVP from 2005 to 2006. In 2006 Asian Games, he got 16.6 points and 10.3 rebounds. He was the greatest basketball player in PRC, in 2006, I think.

On  June 28th, 2007, Yi Jianlian came into NBA! All the Chinese people were excited. Because he is the fourth Chinese basketballer who came into NBA. All the people hope he can become better and better.

Yi Jianlian is good at playing basketball. And he is handsome, friendly and kind. So he has a lot of basketball fans. My mother and I are both his fans. Yi Jianlian is my favourite star. I think he will be a famous basketball star in the future.

Complete the sentences.

1.You ______________to smoke here. (not allow)2. Our men ______ heavily ________ in the battle.  (defeat)3. He _____________to be a lawyer.  (train)4. The company faces ______ competition. ( 艰难

的 )5. I never miss a ________ of playing football. 

( 机会 )6. They are ________ about football. (狂热的 )

are not allowed

were defeated

was trained tough

chance

mad

Exercises