1. Word power
Types of sports

2. Brainstorming
Are there any school clubs in your school? Have you ever joined one?
2. Are you interested in sports clubs? Are you planning to join one?

3. Practice
Part A:
1. Read the diary by Zhou Ling and summarize the types of sports she mentioned.
2. Talk about which school clubs Zhou Ling can join and list some of the reasons.

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

5. Part B: 3. Look at the following pictures and describe the sports .
points to mention:
a. the number of team members
b. how to play
c. the rules for it
d. the instructions for beginners
4. Decide which sports in the pictures you would like to play.

6. wrestling
basketball
ice hockey
ice dancing

7. table tennis
Shot put
sailing
weightlifting

8. long jump
archery
tennis
football

9. shooting
diving
badminton

10. speed skating
gymnastics
skiing
high jump

11. hockey
golf
baseball

12. volleyball
javelin
running

13. Fill in the blanks with the names of sports.
Words focus
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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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.
table tennis
volleyball
golf

18. 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

19. Part C 1. Read and complete the e-mail to Amy. Hi Amy,
I’m very happy to hear that you are
getting out of hospital soon. You must
be very excited! I know that you are not
strong after your operation, so please
do some of these exercises.

20. If you want to get strong and have some
fun with your friends, you could try
_________, ________, _______ softball
or _______. The last one is not popular
in China, but I know lots of Canadians
and Americans like it. It sounds fun.
These are all good team sports and will
help you build up your strength and
basketball
volleyball
football
baseball

21. you will meet lots of people at the same
time.
If you like sports that you can do on
your own, then try ________, ________
or ___________. Some of these are very
tiring, so you may want to keep these
for next year.
Of course, maybe you just want to have
aerobics
shooting
weightlifting

22. some fun and exercise with only one of
your friends. How about trying
__________, _______, _____ or
fencing?
Remember to take it slowly at first and
you will build your strength up quickly.
Love,
Zhou Ling
badminton
boxing
tennis

23. 2. What are the advantages of the sports according to Zhou Ling?
Sports 1-4: They can make her get 　　
　　　　　strong and have some fun.
Sports 5-7: They can be done on her
　　　　　own.
Sports 8-10: They can make her have
　　　　　some fun and exercise with 　　　
　　　　　only one of her friends.

24. Topics for discussion Group work
Group 1: What can we benefit from sports?
Group 2: Say something about your favorite sport.

25. Group 3: Look at the body movements and guess the names of the sports.
Group 4: Talk about some indoor sports.

26. Homework Try to find more names of sports.
Do exercises on P100 in your workbook.
Talk about different kinds of indoor and outdoor sports.

27. Thank you