Make Sports a Kind of Culture
让体育成为一种文化
A large number of children today take part in sports not because they love it, but because their parents push them into the filed for medals and money. Sports unfortunately are becoming less of a culture.
What is driving children away from sports? That might be the tough competition even at local levels and that the people only pay attention to winners. The pride of just taking part in an event seems to have been lost.
Most of the city children today are only interested in computer games and the Internet. They are unwilling to take part in sports because they think it’s impossible for them to have a successful future in this field. They prefer sitting inactively in front of the computers. This is not only making them fat, but also bringing them health problems and even mental problems.
We do need a sport culture to encourage the sports spirit: Have sports for the love of it, not for fame and fortune.
Let’s always keep this in mind: Sports is a way to build both our mental and physical health. It is a worldwide culture.
I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）
To learn the passage and let the students get some information about the present situation of children taking part in sports.
ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）
Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions
a large number of, take part in, unfortunately, tough, second only to…, depend on, champion, inactively, encourage, fortune, worldwide, keep…in mind
Special difficulties: the necessity of making sports a kind of culture
Ⅲ Teaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）
Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach
Ⅳ Brief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）
Step1 Lead-in （导入新课）
Do you often have sports? Do you like sports?
Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）
Read fast and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:
1) Why do some children dislike sports?
2) What is the result of children sitting inactively before computers without taking exercise?
Keys（参考答案）:
1) On one hand, competition is very tough. On the other hand, people only pay attention to winners.
2) They will not only become fat, but also have health problems and even mental problems.
Step3 Careful reading（细读）
Read the passage again and fill in the form.
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Lots of children have sports. |
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Children keep away from sports. |
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Children today are interested in computer games instead of sports. |
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reason |
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Lots of children have sports. |
Their parents push them into the field for medals and money. |
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Children keep away from sports. |
Competition is very tough. |
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People only pay attention to winners. |
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Children today are interested in computer games instead of sports. |
They think it’s impossible for them to have a successful future in this field. |
2. Pay attention to the following sentence structures.
1) A large number of children today take part in sports not because they love it, but because their parents push them into the filed for medals and money.
not…but…不是……而是……
2) It was second only to the United States in the gold medal list at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and some experts expect it to top the medal list at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
second only to…仅次于……= next to…
3) This is not only making them fat, but also bringing them health problems and even mental problems.
4) Have sport s for the love of it, not for fame and fortune.
Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）
Work in groups of four and discuss:
What will you do for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?
Step5 Homework（作业）
Writing:
Suppose you have been chosen as a volunteer of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What should you do and what shouldn’t you do? Write a passage about it. (Around 150 words)
Step6 Assessment（评价）
Words and expressions（词和短语）
1. unfortunately adv. 不幸地 2. tough adj. 无情的；费力的，棘手的
3. champion n. 冠军 4. inactively adv. 消极地
5. encourage v. 鼓励 6. fortune n. 运气；财富
7. mental adj. 心理的；精神的 8. worldwide adj. adv. 世界范围的
9. a large number of 许多，大量 10. take part in 参加
11. second only to…仅次于 12.depend on 依靠，取决于
13. keep…in mind 记住
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