2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 1 Breaking records教案新人教版选修9课（二）Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading("THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU")IntroductionThree examples of “Warming Up” designsare offered in this book for teachers’reference.After the warming up period, studentswill first be guided to know about “hulahoping”, “jumping jack” and “somersault”. Then they will be helped to read a narration entitled The road is always ahead of you. It’s a story about an amazing person called Ashrita Furman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. Objectives■ To help students learn to read the text about sports■ To help students better understand “breaking records”■ To help students learn to understand and use some important words and expressions ■ To help students identify examples of the subject <words, phrases andnon-finites,clauses> in the text Focusbegan searching for a deeper meaning in lifeAidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagramsProcedure1．Warming up⑴Warming up by learning about “records”Hi, everyone. Nice meeting you here. In our las t year here I’d like you to work hard and make a new record in your English learning.Now page 1, Book 9. Before we take this new unit Breaking records, let’s learn to use the following expressions by which we can talk about records.⑵Warming up by celebrating "Guinness World Records" dayIt was "Guinness World Records" day on Thursday, a chance for the weird and wacky （古怪的）to win a place in the compendium（集合）of craziness.☆Parisians（巴黎人）bid for（投标）the world's biggest kiss-a-thon（接吻马拉松）.☆Italians cooked the longest line of pizzas.☆Canadians are re-enacting Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video en masse（全体地）.☆South Africa hopes to spark a fitness frenzy with the largest ever aqua aerobics （水中有氧运动）class.☆Japanese tea lovers are staging the world's largest tea party.☆Kuwait is offering the world's largest cheque（支票）.周四，世界各地古怪人士聚集英国以各自独特的方式庆祝“基尼斯世界纪录日”：巴黎人举行接吻马拉松、日本人举行最大的茶派对、科威特展出最大的支票。

⑶Warming up by getting to know what Guinness World Records isGuinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U.S. editions, The Guinness Book of World Records) is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of world records, both human achievements and the extreme of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted series.2. Pre-reading by answering questionsWhat is hula hoping?The hula hoop is a toy hoop that promotes physical activity. Today it is often made of plastic and twirled around the waist or limbs.What is jumping jack?A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by pulling an attached string.What is somersault?A somersault is an acrobatic feat in which a person tucks in mid-air and moves the feet over the he ad.3. ReadingOn page 2 there is an article entitled "THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU"You are going to read it to the recording.Now read the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions. 4．Copying expressions from "THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU"You are to copy all the expressions into your note-book and them make sentences with each of them.sp5. Reading the text to find informationYou are to read the text once more to fill in the table with necessary informatio n.Over the last 25 years6. Reading the text for the main ideasType of writing and main ideas of each paragraph7.Making a diagram of The road is always ahead of you and retelling the text inyour own words with the help of the diagram8. Rewriting the text in your own words with the help of the diagramRe cently,acher9．Closing down by filling in the blank with one word each"THE ROAD IS ALW AYS AHEAD OF YOU"Ashrita Furman is a sportsman ____1____ likes the challenge of breaking Guinness ____2_____．Recently．Ashrita _____3_____ in breaking a record _____4___ all seven continents，including hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water _____5_____ South America，_____6____ performing deep knee bends _____7____ a hot air balloon ____8_____ North America．It is not easy to stand _____9______ top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy．It is not _____10_____ to do somersaulting ____11______a road for 12 miles. Covering a mile in the fastest time _____12______ doing gymnastically correct lunges is not easy, _____13______. But Ashrita succeeded in all these ____14______.He was a talented_____15______. He worked hard to ____16_____ his body as well as his mind. He believes ____17____ there is no limit to people’s physical abilities．He ___18____ “There is only one perfect road．It _____19_____ahead of you，always______20____of you.”(Keys: 1.who 2. records 3. succeeded 4. in 5. in 6. and 7. in 8. in 9. on 10.easy 11. along 12. while 13. either 14. events 15. sportsman 16. develop 17. that 18. always 19. is 20. ahead)。