Bo-9-unit1Breaking-records.pptx

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Unit one,Breaking Records,Unit 1 Breaking records,What do you know about the book called“The Guinness Book of World Records”?,The idea for this book came from Hugh Beaver.One day in 1951,after watching some birds,he told his friends that he thought those birds were probably the fastest birds in Britain.Several of his friends disagreed with him.,However,when they tried to solve the problem by looking it up,they found none of the books they had contained the information that they were looking for.As a result,Hugh Beaver decided to put out a book that would contain all kinds of world records.,People have always been interested in knowing about world records.They want to know about the biggest,smallest,fastest,slowest,longest,shortest,oldest and youngest.The book called“The Gunnies Book of World Records”became popular soon.,Guinness is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide.,Lets do a quiz and see how many world records you know.,1.What is the longest river in the world?,A.The Changjiang,（,Yangtze,）,B.The Amazon,C.The Nile,D.The Yellow River,2.What is the largest lake in the world?,A.Lake Baikal,B.The Caspian Sea,C.Lake Superior,D.Dongting Lake,3.What is the largest ocean in the world?,A.The Pacific Ocean,B.The Atlantic Ocean,C.The South China Sea,D.The Indian Ocean,4.What is the highest mountain in the world?,A.Annapurna,B.Mt Qomolangma,C.Mt Kilimanjaro,D.K2(Chogori),5.What is the largest mammal in the world?,A.The African elephant,B.The giraffe,C.The hippos,D.The Blue Whale,Quickly glance through the text.Tick the topics about Ashrita that the author does not cover.,physical skills needed for events,number of records broken,his family life,kinds of records broken,why he became a sportsman,countries he likes best,place and date of birth,his occupation,his education,his first Guinness record,Now read the story more carefully and answer the following questions in groups.,Reading,1.Where do you think Ashrita lives?,Possibly in New York.,2.How old do you think he is?,He was 16 in the early 1970s so he,would be in his late 50s now.,3.Has he broken records in all seven,continents?,Yes.,4.When did he first come across the,Guinness Book of World Records,?,When he was a child.,5.A.What are some of the physical,difficulties he has experienced when,walking with a bottle of milk on his,head?,The fine neck adjustments are,needed.,B.What are some of the physical,difficulties he has experienced when,standing on top of a Swiss ball?,It takes a lot of concentration and,a,great sense of balance,to stay on top,even though his legs may start shaking.,C.What are some of the physical,difficulties he has experienced,when somersaulting?,He has to overcome,dizziness,extreme tiredness,and pain.,D.What are some of the physical,difficulties he has experienced when,doing gymnastically correct lunges?,Lunges are extremely hard on his,legs.,6.Which one of Sri Chinmoys beliefs led,Ashrita to attempting records?,The belief,that there is no limit to,peoples physical abilities.,7.Why was it amazing that Ashrita came,third in the bicycle marathon in 1978?,He won the third place even though he,had done no training.,8.Why did Ashrita believe he could,accomplish anything after the bicycle,marathon?,Because he came to,the understanding,that,his body was just an instrument,of the spirit,and that,he seemed to be,able to use his spirit to accomplish,anything.,9.What happens in an event that,prevents Ashrita from giving up?,He goes deep within himself and,connects with his soul and his teacher.,10.Do you think that the events that,Ashrita participates in are childish?,Why or why not?,In my opinion,they are not childish,because they require an enormous,amount of strength and fitness as,well as determination in reality.,Self-checking,1.,打破统计,2.,在过去旳,25,年,3.,创纪录,4.,实现梦想,5.,实际上,6.,大量旳,7.,很好旳平衡感,8.,努力做某事,9.,使膝盖触地,10.,向前迈步,break records,over the last 25 years,make records,achieve ones dream,in reality,an enormous amount of,a great sense of balance,struggle to do,touch the knee to the ground,step forward,11.,有潜力旳运动员,12.,被,吸引,13.,寻找,14.,生命旳深层意义,15.,鼓励某人做某事,16.,拒绝做某事,17.,不断尝试,18.,和,联络,19.,感谢他旳老师,20.,在,前方,11.talented sportsman,12.be fascinated by,13.search for,14.the deep meaning in life,15.urge sb to do sth,16.refuse to do,17.keep trying,18.connect with,19.acknowledge his teacher,20.ahead of,important sentences,learning about language,1.Complete the table and then choose a word to complete each sentence below.,motivated/,motivating,motivation,motivate,devoted/,devoting,devotion,devote,accomplished,accomplishment,accomplish,adjustable,adjustment,adjust,approximate,approximation,approximate,Adjective,Noun,Verb,1.He is _to his wife and gives her anything she asks for.,2.Can you tell me the _ number of athletes in your club?,3.It was a huge _for her to be able to reach the top of the mountain.,devoted,accomplishment,approximate,4.Some people have the ability to,_others to try to achieve their goals.,5.She has _to the fact that she,will never win the 400 metre swimming,event.,motivate,adjusted,conventional,tough,spiritual,soul,tough,urged,reality,usual,severe,sacred,spirit,hard,begged,truth,2.Write down the pairs of the underlined words.,Focus on,Second reading,Who _,WHEN _,WHERE _,What _,_,Lance Armstrong,1999,2023,France,fastest average speed,Tour de France(five times),2.Who _,WHEN _,WHERE _,What _,_,Michellie Jones,1992,1993,(,not stated),International Triathlon,Union world Champion,Answer the questions below.,Who is the youngest athlete?,Who retired from their sport and then made a comeback?,Fu Mingxia.,Lance Armstrong,Fu Mingxia,3.Who has trained in another profession?,4.Who do you think is the most courageous of the four sportspeople?Give reasons.,Lance Armstrong,Michellie Jones,Martin Strel,Lance Armstrong,because he overcame cancer and then had the courage to return to racing.,5.What qualities do you think these sportspeople need to be successful?,Courage,determination,ambition,vision,passion,focus,concentration,belief in himself,perseverance,etc,.,Which quote below do you think belongs to which sportsperson?,I am swimming for peace,friendship and clean waters.,Id like to think that I was a role model,that people see my sport and say“Wow,Id like to try that”.,Martin Strel,Michellie Jones,3.I used to ride my bike to make a living.Now I just want to live so that I can ride.,4.I call it a one-second art.It requires you to fully display the beauty of the sport in only a second.,Lance Armstrong,Fu Mingxia,