How come sports have been around since the beginning of the human ___________________________________________________________ species? What is the ultimate value of sports? What are we supposed ___________________________________________________________ To play for, pleasure or competition? Why are so many countries ___________________________________________________________ crazy about the Football World Cup? _______________________________ 7 ) Did you grasp the message from the video presentation? What is it? Sports and beyond./Sport is not just a game. _____________________________________
Part IV Writing
Part V Additional Theme-Related Activities
Unit 4 Sports and Beyond Objectives
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From studying this unit, students are expected to
康乐，安康
毫无疑问。
Unit 4 Sports and Beyond Part I Video Starter
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Video Clip
【Script】
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Ask the students the following questions after listening and watching if you have enough time: 1 ) What is the instructor’s favorite sport? Jogging. ________ 2 ) What is said of a college student without a habit of staying physically active? It is one without feeling whole. _____________________________ 3 ) What are you supposed to be while pursuing your goals and ideals on campus? We are supposed to be a healthy and all-round student. _____________________________________________________
understand the evolution of sports and the contribution of sports to human development from Text A and have a brief idea of what role technology plays in modern Olympic Games from Text B; appreciate different functions of v-ing forms as well as words and expressions that the exercises following Text A focus on; understand how to form verbs using the prefix out- and the suffix -ize; and talk about what sports mean to our life.
Unit 4 Sports and Beyond Part I Video Starter
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To begin, we’ll watch a video clip and try to grasp its message. Getting to know the words and expressions in the box below first may be helpful.
Unit 4 Sports and Beyond Video script: Transcript
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Hi class, Do you have any PE classes today? How often do you meet in the gym or at the track field every week? Personally, I prefer jogging. And which sport do you take to1? As you know, sports are part of life on campus. I would say that a college student without a habit of doing physical exercises is one without feeling whole. You know what I mean? The point I am trying to make is that you can hardly be a healthy and all-round2 student without physical exercises while you are pursuing your goals and ideals.
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1. take to: to begin to like sb. or sth. 喜欢 e.g. My daddy took to drinkБайду номын сангаасbefore he was ill. 我爸爸生病之前喜欢喝酒。 2. all-round: good at doing a lot of different things, esp. in sport. 全面（发展）的 e.g. She is an all-round sportswoman. 她是一位全能运动员。
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Now that the students have fully understood the Video Starter, you can ask some of them to dub the video, if time permits. Correct their errors in pronunciation and intonation.
Unit 4 Sports and Beyond
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Unit 4 Sports and Beyond
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Well, how much do you know about sport? It is a big question, isn’t it? As author Calabrese argues, it’s not just a game, which means that it can be perceived from different perspectives with so many enquiring3 questions. At the moment, you most probably look at sports from a physical and mental perspective. You would say that it contributes to your physical and mental health and wellbeing4. That’s for sure5. Let’s go beyond that by asking further questions: How come sports have been around since the beginning of the human species? What is the ultimate value of sports? What are we supposed to play for, pleasure or competition? Why are so many countries crazy about the Football World Cup? Here author Calabrese presents different perspectives on sports. Let’s explore what they are.
PE abbr. track field all-round /lraUnd/ a. perceive /psiv/ vt. enquiring /InkwaIrIN/ a. wellbeing /welbiIN/ n. That’s for sure.
(= physical education) 体育 田径场 全面（发展）的 感觉，理解 求知欲强的，爱探索的
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4 ) Do you understand what the statement it’s not just a game mean? As I can understand, sports can be perceived from different __________________________________________________ perspectives with so many enquiring questions. _______________________________________ 5 ) What’s your perspective on sports at the moment? I tend to look at sports from a physical and mental perspective because ___________________________________________________________ it contributes to our physical and mental health and wellbeing. ___________________________________________________ 6 ) What are those further questions about sports?