1. 冀教版　八年级下册
Lesson 31：Don’t
Fall, Danny!

2. champion -metre freestyle . set At the London Olympic Games, Sun Yang
became the Olympic swimming ________
after winning the 1500-metre freestyle.
He also ______a new record in the 1500
-metre freestyle .
champion
set

3. Do you have uncles / aunts / cousins ?
They are all your relatives.

4. If you are the c___________ in the
Olympics, all of your r__________
will be proud of you.
hampion
elatives

5. Have you ever heard of
this book ?
Do you know what’s in it ?
It’s full of
the world records.

6. What’s Danny doing? Why? Will he succeed ? He is standing on one foot.
Maybe he wants
to set a new record.
Will he succeed ?

7. Listen and write true (T) or false (F)
1 Danny dreams about breaking the
record for standing on one foot.
( )
2 Jenny will have chicken for supper. T F

8. Read the lesson and answer the questions.
1 Why is Danny standing on one foot ?
2 How long will Danny have to stand on one
foot ?
3 Why does Danny give up ?
4 Who will come to Danny’s home ?

9. 1 Why is Danny standing on one foot ?
Because he wants to set a new world
record.
Jenny: Danny, why are you standing on one foot ?
Danny : I want to set a new world record. I will be the champion of standing on one foot !

10. 2 How long will Danny have to stand on one foot?
He will have to stand on one foot for
seven hours and fifty-seven minutes.
Danny: I’m so tired! How long will have to do this?
Jenny: Brian is coming. We can ask him. He has a book of world records.
Danny: Hi, Brian. I have been standing on one foot for more than three minutes. I want to break a world record. Do you know what the record is?
Brian: (He looks in his book .) The record is eight hours. Don’t stop, Danny. In seven hours and fifty-seven minutes, you’ll be the champion!

11. 3 Why does Danny give up? Because his family is going to have a
gathering tonight. And he thinks the
gathering is more important than a
world record.
Danny : That’s very kind of you, Jenny. But my family is going to have a gathering tonight. Many relatives are coming, and my mum is cooking chicken. I love chicken!
Brian: Well, you can’t walk there on one foot .
Danny: ( He puts his foot down.) I’ll walk
there on two feet. The gathering is more important than a world record!

12. 4 Who will come to Danny’s home?
Many relatives will come to Danny’s
home.
Danny : That’s very kind of you, Jenny. But my
family is going to have a gathering
tonight. Many relatives are coming, and
my mum is cooking chicken. I love
chicken!

13. We have known so many records.
Do you know what this is?
Can you play with it?
Do you know the world record
of spinning the hula-hoops?
Do you know who keeps the world
record?
Hula-hoop

14. Group work: 金琳琳 1988年出生于哈尔滨 自八岁就开始练习呼拉圈， 并自此对呼拉圈入迷 职业 舞蹈演员
职业 舞蹈演员
2011年2月2日同时转动
呼啦圈305个，并坚持了
23秒，再次刷新由自己
保持的吉尼斯世界纪录。

15. Writing:
Do you want to break a
world record and be a
champion?
If you want to make your dream
come true, what will you do?

16. Homework:
Find some interesting records
and talk about them.