Unit2Thisyearwearetrainingmorecarefully.ⅠTeachingmodelReadingandwriting.ⅡTeachingmethodTop-downapproachⅢTeachingaims1.Listeningandunderstandingfamiliartopics(sports).2.Comparingsports,linkingwordscorrectly.3.Readingandunderstandingbehavioursofcharacters;guessingthemeaningofnewwordsfromthecontext.4.Writingaboutyourschoolbasketballteam.ⅣTeachingObjectives1.Keyvocabulary:beat,careless,cheer…on,coach,fanclub,against,train,practice,warm,warmup,usual,pleased,pass,chance,loudly,confident2.Keysstructure:Comparativeadjectives(more);adverbsandcomparativeadverbs(-er,more);irregularcomparatives.ⅤTeachingaidsRecorder,OHP,videoⅥTeachingStepsStep1Revision根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1.Thisbookis________________(interesting)thanthatone.2.Ithinkbasketballis___________(boring)thanfootball.3.Swimmingis________________(dangerous)thanrunning.4.Doyouthinkmathsis____________(difficult)thanEnglish?Step2Learnnewwords.1.Showsomepictures.2.Talksomethingaboutthepictures.3.Learnthenewwords.\nStep3Readingandvocabulary1.AskthestudentstolookatthepicturesinActivity1.2.Talkaboutthepictures.3.Usethewordsandexpressionsintheboxtohelpyou.beatcarelesscheer…oncoachfanclubplayagainsttrainStep4Reading.1.Playtherecordingandlistentothetapecarefully,thenanswerthequestions.1)WhyisDaminggoingtoschoolonSaturday?2)Howdoestheteampractisethisyear?3)Whyisitgoodtohavefansaround?2.Readthepassageagainandcompletethetable.WhatWhy1.Wearrive______________________.2.We’retraining_________than______3.It’s_________topracticeinwinter.4.Ourcoachis_______________.3.Checkwithapartner.4.Callbacktheanswersfromthewholeclass.Step5Languagepoints1.Iaminourschoolteamandwe’replayingagainstanotherschoolnextweek.我是校队成员，我们（队）下周将要和另一学校比赛。1)Germanyare________________BrazilintheWorldCupfinaltonight.今晚德国将与巴西争夺世界杯冠军。2)Wewill_______________theenemy.我们将与敌人交战。3)Theyarestrongly___________theidea.他们强烈反对这个主意。4)Areyouforor_________myproposal?你（们）是同意还是反对我的计划？\n2.Thatmeanswehaveabetterchanceofwinning.这就意味着我们获胜的机会更大。haveachanceofdoingsth.表示“有做某事的机会”。例如：1)Youwill__________________________yourexamsifyouworkharder.如果你（们）再用功一点，通过考试的机会就更大一点。2)Ifwehurryup,there’sstill______________________theplane.要是我们抓紧点，赶上飞机的机会还是很大的。3.Wearetrainingharderthanusuallybecausetheotherteambeatuslastyear.Thatmeanshaveabetterchanceofwinning.beat作动词,可意为“打败；战胜”,此时用作及物动词,后接的宾语常常是比赛、竞争的对手。如：TheybeatXinhuaTeaminthebaseballmatch.PeterplayedtheviolinverywellandhebeatTony.win也可以表示“赢；获胜”，但是它与beat在具体用法上有区别。当用作及物动词时，后接的宾语常常是表示比赛或比赛的名次、奖品等的名词。如：Susanwonherfirstmatchforhercountryattheageof16.Class1wonthefirstplaceinthelastfootballmatch.DengYapingwonOlympicgoldmedalsfourtimes.根据句意用win或beat的适当形式填空。(1)Mysister_____thesecondplaceinthegameyesterday.(2)Maryisgoodatplayingtabletennis.Shealways______me.(3)Theyaresureto_____thetennismatchtomorrow.Step6Completethepassage.1.Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.againstchancecoachpracticeshortusualWeallknow(1)__________makesperfect.Butitismoredifficulttopracticeinwinterbecausethedaysare(2)__________andit’scold.Theteamistrainingharderthan(3)___________,sotheir(4)___________ispleasedwiththem.Theyaregoingtoplay(5)___________ateamfromanotherschoolnextweek,andthey\nhaveagood(6)___________ofwinning.2.Askthestudentstoreadthroughthepassage.3.Completethepassagewiththecorrectformofthewordsfromthebox.4.Checkwithapartner.5.Callbacktheanswersfromthewholeclass.Step7Oppositemeanings1.AskthestudentstothewordsintheboxinActivity4.badlycarefullycarelesslydifficultearlyeasylatequicklyslowlywell2.Putthewordsfromtheboxintopairswithoppositemeanings.3.Checkwithapartner.4.Callbacktheanswersfromthewholeclass.5.Nowdecidewhichwordhastwoopposites.Step8Writing1.Completethesentencessothey’retrueforyourschoolbasketballteam.1)Itis…andthebasketballteam…2)Thepracticestartsat…butthey…3)Lastyear…4)Thisyear…5)Thecoachispleased/isn’tpleasedwiththembecause…6)Sotheynowhaveabetter/poorchanceof…2.LearningtolearnYoucanuseatthattime/yesterday/lastweek/lastmonth/lastyear…totalkwhatpeopledidinthepast;andusenow/today/thisweek/thismonth/thisyear…totalkaboutwhattheydonowwhenyoumakeacomparison.3.Possibleanswers:1)ItisSaturdayandtheschoolbasketballteamarrivestopractise/trainwiththecoach.2)Thepracticestartsat9o’clockbuttheyarrivedearlytowarmup.\n3)Lastyeartheywerecareless/lostallthematches.4)Thisyeartheyareplayingwell.5)Thecoachispleasedbecausetheyaretraininghard.Thecoachisnotpleasedbecausetheyarenotplayingwell.6)Sotheynowhaveabetter/worsechanceofwinning.Step9WritingtaskAddsomemoredetailsaboutyourschoolbasketballteam.Writeapassage.It’sSaturdaymorningandtheschoolbasketballteamistraininghard.