牛津版必修4Unit2 Task教案
Advising a friend
Skills building 1: listening for specifics
In this part, you will learn how to listen for specifics in conversation and the words you should pay attention to.
1. First let’s read the instructions on page 32, so you will know how to select the information you want. Please pay special attention when a speaker makes some corrections, changes his or her mind or says something irrelevant.
2. Now you will listen to the conversation between Ma Yan and Yu Lei about the 2002 World Cup and complete the note sheet. Before you listen, go over the sentences on the note sheet so you will know what you are going to listen to and what you should pay attention to. Tape script Ma Yan: Do you like football, Yu Lei? Lu Lei: Yes, I do. Ma Yan: Me too. What’s your favorite team? Lu Lei: That’s easy. Manchester United. Ma Yan: No, I mean which national team? Lu Lei: Oh, well then that would be England. I used to like Holland, but England is now my favorite. Ma Yan: Did you watch England play at the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002? Lu Lei: Yes. I saw the games on TV, but England only played in Japan. Ma Yan: Where was the World Cup held before that, in 1998? Lu Lei: In the USA, I think. Ma Yan: Wasn’t it in France, Yu Lei? Lu Lei: That’s right! What’s your favorite team? Ma Yan: That’s difficult. It used to be France, but now I support China. Lu Lei: Why? 1 / 9
Ma Yan: Because they’re our own team, and because they played in the 2002 World Cup for the first time. Lu Lei: Do you think the first Asian World Cup was a success? Ma Yan: I think the 2002 World Cup was extremely well organized and the host countries provided a very warm welcome to the fans. It was definitely a success. Lu Lei: Will you watch the next World Cup? Ma Yan: Of course. Lu Lei: Would you ever go to see the matches live? Ma Yan: I’d love to, but the tickets are too expensive. Answers 1. Yes 2. England 3.Yes 4. Japan 5. France 6. China 7. Yes 8. Yes 9. No Step 1: completing a new training schedule
You will be able to improve your listening skills by listening to a conversation between a coach and an athlete. Try to use the skills your have learnt in Skills building 1.
1. You are to know what you are going to listen to with the help of the instruction on page33. Read the training schedule and make some predictions if possible. Any new words to you?
Do you know what the word ‘decreased’ means here? We know the meaning of the word ‘increased’, which means ‘to get bigger in size or amount. ‘Decreased’ has the opposite meaning of ‘increased’. So what does it mean? (‘Decreased’ here means ‘to become less or fewer’)
Look at the word ‘per’. Can you guess the meaning of it? We often use the word together with words such as ‘day’, ‘week’ or ‘hour’. We can use this word in the sentence: The car can travel at 79 miles per hour. ‘Per hour’ means ‘every hour’ or ‘an hour’. From this, we know that ‘per day’ means ‘every day’ or ‘a day’.
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After reading the sentence ‘Sports massages help to make muscles…’ can you guess the meaning of the word ‘massage’? Here is another sentence: ‘She gave me a back massage to help ease the pain.’ What do you think ‘massage’ mean? (‘Massage’ means ‘the action of rubbing or pressing part of one’s body’.)
2. Now please listen to the recording and complete the training schedule individually, and then check your answers in pairs to see if you got the same answers. Tapescript Coach: hi! How are you today? Athlete: I feel a bit tired. Coach: Well, I want to talk to you about the training you need to do for the inter–schools sports competition. You must make a few changes. At the moment you’re only doing an hour of training per day, right? Athlete: Yes. Coach: You need to increase that to two hours a day. Athlete: Two hours?! What will I do during the extra hour every day? Coach: You’ll have to do some strength-building exercises twice a week. Athlete: What does that mean? Coach: Strength training is doing exercises with weights, in a gym. Athlete: Ok, that’s not too bad. What else? Coach: You ought to have a sports massage every week. Athlete: That sounds more like it! How will the massages help me? Will they make my muscles more flexible? Coach: Not necessarily more flexible, but certainly more relaxed. You also have to do flexibility and balance training three times a week. Athlete: Does that mean running and working out in the gym? Coach: No, it means exercise such as yoga. It helps you focus your mind and train your body. Athlete: It sounds tiring! Coach: Yes, but you do get eight hours of sleep every night. Now, about your 3 / 9
diet… Athlete: So what should I eat? Coach: First of all, lots of grains. That means things like rice and cereal. And you can only eat white meat, such as chicken and fish. Red meat is not allowed. Athlete: What? I love fast food. Does that mean I can’t eat hamburgers any more? Coach: I’m afraid so. Athlete: Oh, no! And Pizza? Coach: No, you shouldn’t eat that either. But you must eat three servings of vegetables per day and for servings of fruit. Athlete: Okay, I can do that. And what should I drink? Coach: You have to drink ten glasses of water a day. And no soft drinks. Athlete: Wow, that’s lot to drink. Should I only drink water? Coach: No, you can also drink tea. But you should make sure it doesn’t have any caffeine in it. Do you think you can follow these guidelines? Athlete: If it will improve my performance, I’m willing to try. Coach: Good. See you tomorrow. Bye. Athlete: Bye, Coach. Answers Name of athlete: (student’s own name) 1. increased 2. 2 3. weightlifting 6. 8 3. False 9. True 10. vegetables 4 / 9
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