1. Pair work Discussion 1. Are you interested in sports? What’s your favorite? 2. Can you name some types of sports you know?

2. wrestling basketball ice hockey ice dancing

3. table tennis Shot putsailingweightlifting

4. archery long jump tennisfootball

5. shooting diving badminton

6. skiing speed skating gymnastics high jump

7. hockey baseball golf

8. runningjavelinvolleyball

9. Fill in the blanks with the names of sports. 1. _______ is a game which is usually played in the US by 2 teams of 9 people. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around in the field. Baseball Words focus

10. 2. Sang Lan is a happy girl, even after she got hurt seriously in a _________ competition. 3. As is known to all, Wang yifu is good at men’s ________. 4. ______ is a sport in which people play on lakes which have a thick layer of ice. gymnastics shooting Skiing

11. 5. You will be attracted by the traditional music and _________ in Tibet or in Yun’nan Province. 6. Wushu, which is a Chinese _________, is trying to get into the Olympics. 7. In ________, people will compete in three different sports, usually swimming, cycling and running. folk dance martial art triathlon

12. 8. When doing ________, you will not only enjoy the beautiful music, but also strengthen the heart and lungs. 9. _________ is a sport in which the athletes run 42,195 meters. 10. When playing _______, you kick a ball and there are 10 other people in your team. aerobics Marathon football

13. 11. Wang Liqin is one of the best __________ players in the world. 12. The game in which there are 6 players in each team, who try to pat a ball over a net is ________. 13. Tiger Woods is one of the best ____ players in the world. He is from the US. volleyball golf table tennis

14. 14. Michael Jordan and Yao Ming are _________ players. 15. Tian Liang and Guo Jingjing won the gold medals for _____ in the 10th National Games. basketball diving