1. This year we are training
Sports
Module 3
Unit 2
This year we are training
more carefully.

2. Teaching aims 1. Key vocabulary and structure:
beat, careless, coach, train, practice, warm
up, it gets dark earlier; this year we are
training more carefully.
2. Reading aims:
to skim the text on sports and understand
its main idea.
3. Affection:
to encourage students to make his favorite
posters.

3. Words and expressions beat/bi:t/ careless/'keələs/ coach /kəʊtʃ/
cheer…on
against /ə'genst/
fan club
train /treIn/
practice /'præktIs
warm /wɔ:m/
打败;战胜 v.
粗心的;疏忽的 adj.
教练 n.
用欢呼声激励；为……加油
(在比赛或战斗中)对… v.
球迷(或影迷、歌迷) 俱乐部 v.
训练；操练 v.
练习 n.
使暖和;使温暖 v.

4. after-school /'ɑ:ftəsku:l/ pleased/pli:zd/ pass/pɑ:s/ pity /'pIti/
warm up
usual/`ju:ʒʊəl/
better /betə/
after-school /'ɑ:ftəsku:l/
pleased/pli:zd/
pass/pɑ:s/
pity /'pIti/
chance/tʃɑ:ns/
loudly /'laʊdli/
confident /'kɒnfIdənt/
热身；做准备活动
通常的;平常的 adj.
更好地 adv.更好的 adj.
下午放学后;课外的 adj.
开心的;满足的 adj.
传递;传送 v.
可惜；遗憾 n.
可能性;机会 n.
响亮地;大声地 adv.
自信的 adj.

5. Do you like watching the Olympics?
How many Olympics champions(奥运冠军) do you know?

6. Do you know who they are?

7. Presentation
train v.（体育）训练，操练
beat v. 打败；战胜

8. against
prep.（在比赛或战斗中）对（某人或某物）

9. coach　n. 教练

10. careless　adj. 粗心的；疏忽的
pass v. 传递；传送
e.g. Last year we were careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team. So this year we train more carefully.

11. fan club 球迷（或影迷，歌迷）俱乐部
cheer…on　用欢呼声激励；为……加油

12. loudly　adv. 响亮地；大声地
quiet　 adj. 寂静的；安静的

13. beat careless cheer…on coach fan club play against train
1.Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words and expressions in the box to help you.
beat careless cheer…on coach fan club play against train

14. Watch and read

15. 2 Read the passage and complete the table.
Training hard
By Li Daming
It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have

16. time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better.
It is more difficult to practice in winter because the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school practice.
Our coach is pleased because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we were

17. sometimes careless when we passed the ball and
we lost to the other team in the final match. What
a pity! This year we are training more carefully.
That means we have a better chance of winning.
The fan club has fewer people this year. We
hope to play well so that we have more fans to
watch the matches. It is good to have our fans
around. They cheer us on loudly and we feel
more confident to win the game.

18. 1 We arrive __________________. We have time to warm up.
What
Why
1 We arrive __________________.
We have time to warm up.
2 We are training _________ than _________.
3 It is ___________ to practice in winter.
4. Our coach is ______________.
as early as we can
harder
The other team beat us last year and this year we want to do better
usual
more difficult
The days are shorter and the weather is cold too.
pleased
We are playing better as a team now.

19. 3 Complete the passage with the words in the box.
against chance coach
practice short usual
We all know (1)___________makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are (2) ________and it is cold. The team is training harder than (3)________.
practice
short
usual

20. Their (4)________ is pleased with them. They
are going to play (5) ________a team from
another next week, and they have a good
(6) ________ of winning.
coach
against
chance

21. 4 Put the words in the box into pairs with
opposite meanings.
badly carefully carelessly difficult
early easy late quickly
slowly well
Sample: badly－well
carefully carelessly
early late
easy difficult
quickly slowly

22. Language points
1. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week.
我是校队成员，我们（队）下周将要和另一学校比赛。
against 介词，反对，与……对抗
e.g. Germany will play against brazil in the world cup final tonight.
今晚德国队将和巴西队争夺世界冠军。

23. 2. …so that we have time to warm up.
……以便我们有时间热身。
so that 以便， 用来引导目的状语从句
e.g. Please turn the radio a bit so that grandpa
can hear clearly.
请把收音机调大点以便爷爷能听清楚。
Warm up 热身，做准备活动
e.g. The runners are warming up before the race.
赛跑选手正在做赛前热身。

24. 3.win与beat
这两个词都有“获胜, 打败”的意思, 但其后宾语不同。beat是“打败, 优于”的意思, 后面接人或队。如:
We beat them. 我们打败了他们。
win 指“赢, 获胜”, 后面接比赛、名次。如:
We won the match/game/race/the first place 我们赢了这场比赛/获得了第一名。

25. 4. That means we have a better chance of winning.
这意味着我们有更大的获胜机会。
have a chance of doing sth.
“有.....的机会,有……可能，有…… 希望”。
You will have a better chance of passing your
exams if you work harder.
如果你再用功些，通过考试的可能性就更大。
If we hurry up, there’s still a good chance of
catching the plane.
要是我们抓紧点，还有可能赶上飞机。

26. 5. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more
confident to win the game.
他们（球迷）大声地为我们加油欢呼，我
们感到更有信心赢得比赛了。
cheer sb on 的意思是“ 为……加油”。如：
People cheered their favorite player on.
人们为他们最喜爱的运动员喝彩加油。
They gathered round the swimming pool
and cheered her on.
他们围在游泳池周围，给她加油。

27. 5
Complete the sentences so they are true for your school basketball team.
You can use at that time/ yesterday/ last week/ last month/ last year… to talk what people did in the past; and use now/ today/ this week/ this month/ this year… to talk about what they do now.

28. It is … and the basketball team…
The practice starts at… but they…
Last year…
This year…
The coach is pleased/is not pleased with them because…
So they now have a better/ poor chance of…

29. Writing 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for
your school basketball team.
1 It is … and the basketball team…
2 The practice starts at …but they …
3 Late year…
4 This year…
5 The coach is pleased / is not pleased with
them because…
6 So they now have a better / poor chance of …

30. Learning to learn
You can use at that time/ yesterday/ last week/last month/ last year… to talk about what people did in the past; and use now/ today/ this week/ this month/ this year… to talk about what they do now.

31. 6 Add some more details about your school basketball team
6 Add some more details about your school basketball team. Write a passage. Your content can refer to the information in exercise 5.
It is Saturday morning and the school basketball team is training hard. …
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

32. 课后回顾 本课时主要句型 …so that… It is difficult/ important to … What a pity!
We have a chance of …
We hope to …

33. I’ll meet you at the u______ time. Are you p______ with your new car?
一、根据句意及首字母提示补全下列单词。
I’ll meet you at the u______ time.
Are you p______ with your new car?
David never misses the c______ of a free meal.
It takes hours of p______ to learn to play the guitar.
Tom wants to be c______ when he grows up.
sual
leased
hance
ractice
oach

34. more beautiful more hardworking harder well careful colder more
二、适当形式填空
1.This car is_____________ (beautiful) than that one.
2.Paul is________________ (hard-working) than
his sister.
3.It`s much ________(hard) to learn to drive than
to learn to ride.
4. He can draw as (good) as his father.
5. Mary isn't as (care) as Kate.
6.The weather today is even (cold).
7. Our city is becoming and
(beautiful).
more beautiful
more hardworking
harder
well
careful
colder
more
more beautiful

35. 二、选择题
1. The girl doesn’t run _____ the boy.    
  A. much faster as            B. as fastest as     
  C. more careful than          D. so fast as 
2. The young man drives _____ than he did 
three months ago.    
A. much carefully         B. much more careful 
C. much careful            D. much more carefully  D D

36. 3. Don’t worry too much. I am sure everything 
is going on _____ with you．    
   A. good     B. fine     C. well     D. nice     
     
4．---Mary won’t go shopping this afternoon.
     ---I won’t go _____ ． 
      A. either    B. yet    C. also    D. too        C A

37. 5. The car is running _____. It seems to
be flying． 
  A. more and faster   B. more and fast  
C. fast and fast    D. faster and faster 
6. ---I have three English dictionaries． 
   ---I have nine. I have three times ____ you. 
      A. as much as     B. as many as    
C. as little as     D. 1ess than D B

38. 中考链接 1. — What’s wrong with you today? — I am quite upset.
— Cheer up! The more you smile, the
_______ you will feel. (2012广东湛江)
A. happy B. happier
C. happily D. More happily

39. 2. — Do you know sound travels very fast?
— Yes. But light travels ________ sound.
(2012湖北荆州)
A. as fast as B. a little faster than
C. much faster than D. slower than
3. The smile on his teacher’s face shows that
she was ________ with my work.
(2007佛山)
A. angry B. pleased C sad

40. 4. — Would you mind staying in such a
noisy room?
— No, but my son needs a _________ place to study in (2011宁波)
A. cleaner B. quieter
C. safer D. smaller

41. 5. Some students are so _______ that
they often make mistakes in their
homework (2011聊城)
A. careful B. serious
C. careless D. successful
6. My sister has practiced tennis for a
long time. She plays tennis _____ you.
(2011德阳)
A. as good as B. so well as C. as well as

42. Homework
Try to use comparative adjectives and adverbs form to describe the difference between two kinds of ball sports.