Unit 5 Athletes Are you a fan for sports Or a fan for people who do sports?

Part I Preparation: a quick survey Do you like sports? Do you like certain athletes because of sports or something else? List some of your role models (athletes) and briefly introduce them. How do you think about athletes being celebrities, “image representatives” for their home countries, or role models for youngsters? ---do they deserve so much? (P207)

To see what people have to say about “athletes being role models” Athletes: Are they role models? What responsibilities do athletes have as role models?What responsibilities do athletes have as role models? Part I Preparation:

Part II Reading-Centered Activities ICR: Athletes Should Be Role Models ACR (independent study) 1: Athletes Should not Be Role Models ---How does each passage support its own argument? 2: Playing to Win

ICR Athletes Should Be Role Models --Karl Malone

Pre-reading task (1) Do some internet research on Karl Malone (the author), Charles Barkley and the “ Dream Team ”.

Karl Malone  Malone twice won the National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player award.National Basketball AssociationMost Valuable Player  generally considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, and has scored the second most points (36,928) in NBA history power forwards  Malone spent his first 18 seasons (1985 – 2003) as the star player for the Utah Jazz, played one season (2003 – 04) for the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring.Utah Jazz2003 – 04Los Angeles Lakers

Charles Barley  A great rebounder in the NBA for many years, and he was also an important member of the United States national basketball teams known as the Dream Teams, which won the gold medals at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Spain, and the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia.  He was named as one of the 50 greatest Players on the NBA.

Dream Team  The original Dream Team, the U.S. basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, was a phenomenon on and off the court. It dominated the Olympic competition, beating its eight opponents by an average of 44 points.

Pre-reading task (2)  “ Role model ” ?  What problems could be caused by taking athletes (or some pop/movie stars) as role models?  Do you believe it must be a good thing for those athletes who are taken as role models by their fans?

To interpret Some “ fragments ”

Para1-2 L14-16 Charles, you can deny being a role model all you want, but I don’t think it’s your decision to make. We don’t choose to be role models, we are chosen. Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one. L18-20 I don’t think we can accept all the glory and the money that comes with being a famous athlete and not accept the responsibility of being a role model, of knowing that kids and even some adults are watching us and looking for us to set and example. 1. What messages are conveyed in the above sentences? 2. Difficulties in understanding

Some “fragments” Para 3-4 L23-25 I love being a role model, and I try to be a positive one. That doesn’t mean I always succeed. I’m no saint. I make mistakes, and sometimes I do childish things... L29-30 But you don’t have to be perfect to be a good role model, and people shouldn’t expect perfection. * L37-38 (para 5) “just because I can dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” 1. What do all these negative tones try to emphasize? 2. If perfection is not what people should expect from their role models, what should they know about whether one deserve to be positive role model? (find the answer in para 4)

Some “fragments” Para 5-6 L38-39 But sometimes parents need a little assistance… L44-45 As athlete, we can’t take the place of parents, but we can help reinforce what they try to teach their kids. L46-47 Parents just have to make sure they don’t take it too far. *L71-74 But one thing I would encourage parents to do is to remind their kids that no matter which athletes they look up to, there are no perfect human beings. That way, if the kid’s heroes should make mistakes, it won’t seem like the end of the world to them. 1. So what are parents supposed to do about kids’ role models? 2. What’s the difference in parents’ role and role models’ role in teaching kids? 3. What’s “taking to too far” like? Examples? 4. So why would it seem like the end of the world to people when their role models make mistakes? How do you think we can avoid this kind of mental collapse?

Some “fragments” Para 7-8 L 55 Constantly being watched by the public can be hard to tolerate at times… L59-61 Ever since I played on the Dream Team in the Olympics, I can’t go anywhere without being the center of attention, and that’s very confining. L68-71 But the good things about being a role model outweigh the bad. It’s a great feeling to think you’re a small part of the reason that a kid decided to give school another try instead of dropping out or that a kid had the strength to walk away when someone offered him drug. 1. Can you summarize these sentences with one or two very short sentences? 2. To what degree can you understand the confinements the author suffered? 3. Can you explain why it’s a good feeling to think ….?

Post-reading questions Are you convinced that athletes should be role models? Yes—Why? No—Why? One little thing which is not entirely covered here: why people need role models, since role models could break our hearts at times when we find out that they are making mistakes too.why people need role models --task: to read ACR1 and see how the argument “Athletes should not be role model” is made

How do role models help people (esp. children) role models: show you what is possible teach you how to attain the goals you are striving for encourage you to persevere, knowing that others have traveled the same path before you Children learn from modeling. They don’t learn from being told. They learn from watching, observing and picking it up. Learning is a discovery process.

Words & phrases Follow one’s lead L22 Look up to L33 Take the place of L44 Take…too far L46 Go too far L51 Have a fit L64 measure up to L65 You name it L65 P182 E2

Words & phrases Endorsement L21 Cereal L22 Confine L61 Glory L18 Outweigh L68 Pasture L5 Scary L54 Worship L49 Athlete Championship

Vocabulary: Exercises keys Questions?

ACR 1 Athletes Should not Be Role Model Independent study: 1.Learn the bad example (para 8) and good example (para 9) of athlete role models 2.In what ways are many star athletes spoiled? 3. Long sentences L11-14; L New words & phrases: after-class work 5. Exercises: P193 E2

ACR 2 Play to Win  Independent study 1.Text comprehension 2.New words & phrases 3.Exercises: P203E2

Part III  E1 CBBBBC AACACC Part IV  Independent study

Quiz  I: Dictation 30%  II: Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences. 10% 词 义辨析  III. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in the brackets. 20% （改词性）  IV. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate form of the word in the brackets. 20% （改搭配）  V. Error Correction 20% （ 2 paragraphs from ACR1 ）