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orts. What is the name of the sport they are playing? While listening: Activity 1: listen to Part1 twice and check the answers together: (Answer: 3. Vote for the greatest sports personality ever.) Activity 2: listen to Part2 twice and check the answers together: Answers: 1. Because he became a . Poems about his fights. 3. 2 4. With his head. 5. Just before the end of the race, he had terrible pain and had to pull out of the race. 6. His bus got stuck in a traffic jam.) Listen to Part2 the third time and fill in the blanks. 1. He was born with the name Cassius Clay, but he changed this to Muhammad Ali when he changed his _____ and became a Muslim. 2. Outside the ring, he was known as a _______ .He wrote poems about his fights. 3. Although the doctor told him to stay in bed, he was _____ for another race— the 1500 metres. 4. But the bus got stuck in a ________ jamso what did he do? 5. When he began playing football as a _________ he worked cleaning shoes. 6. They played Italy in the final and Pele scored a ______ goal with his head. Afterwards he said it was his_____ goal. (Answers: 1. religion 2. poet 3. entered 4. traffic 5. teenager 6. fantastic, favourite) After listening: Complete the facts below according to your listening. Muhammad Ali Became world champion in _1964___. Gold medal in Rome Olympics Won 22 out of 24 world championship fights. Kip Keino Silver medal in 5000 metres Gold medal in 1500 metres Winning time 3` Pele Age in his first world cup 17 Number of world cups 4 Total number of goals scored 1280 Step 3. Function and Speaking. Activity1: Read the dialogue and answer the following questions: 1. What are the boy and the girl talking about? 2. Who does the boy think is the best, Pele, Muhammad Ali or Kip Keino? 3. Who does the girl think is the best, Pele, Muhammad Ali or Kip Keino or anyone else? Look at the underlined expressions and answer the questions: 1. Which expressions are used to show agreement? 2. Which expressions shows the speaker is not sure that he agrees? 3. Which expressions is used to show disagreement? (Answers:1. I agree absolutely。 you are right about that. may be right. 3. That is not the point。 I am afraid I don’ t agree.) Activity 2: Work in pairs Pair the students. Ask them to prepare their respective parts individually. Read through the example with the whole class. Try to encourage them to get some expression into their voices when they agree and disagree. Step 4. Everyday English Choose the correct meanings 1. Ask the students to plete the sentences individually, then check with a partner. 2. Give the answers: 1a 。 2a 。 3— a 。 4b 3. Let several students make sentences with the phrases. Step 5. Homework Finish off the Exx. of workbook.. Period Three Teaching aims: 1. To understand the ultimate Olympic Event— Marathon. 2. To develop the students reading ability. 3. To learn to write a notice. Important and difficult points: 1. Get the students to grasp the history of marathon 2. Teach them how to write a notice. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Step 2. Brainstorms: 1. Where does the name of the marathon e from? 2. Do you think that the marathon is an exciting event? Why or why not? Step 3. Reading the passage and do the following questions: 1. Read and answer the questions in pairs. (1) What are the origins of the marathon? (2) When was the distance of marathon changed? (3) Why did the 1908 Marathon end dramatically? (4) Why don’ t you have to wait for the Oly