英语人教版八年级下册reading：athletes

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She retired from ____ her career as a runner at the age of 22. Her story encouraged _________ (encourage) many people to work hard and get over difficulties.
Fast reading
Tip 1: Pay more attention to the words and phrases of numbers.
Time
2. The writer writes the passage in the order(顺序) of _________. time
What was going on?
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P2 P4 P3
P2Βιβλιοθήκη P3P5P5Main idea: Wilma is the example of _______ athletes
who _____had to overcome illness early in their lives.
Challenge
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(use two words if necessary)
Quite a few Olympic athletes ______(athlete) had to overcome illness early in
competed an excellent example. She _______ their lives. Wilma Rudolph is __
What’s the structure of the passage in your opinion? What’s Wilma the “example” of?
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P1
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Quite a few athletes had to overcome illness P1 early in their lives. P4 P3 Wilma is an P2 example. P4 P5 P1
Read for understanding 1. Why do we say Wilma is an “excellent” example?
Because she had really changed a lot. At first, she even couldn’t walk, but then she became “the fastest woman in the world” .
2. What made her overcome difficulties?
Of course she must had a strong will and worked really hard. Meanwhile, her family helped her a lot.
Wilma and her mother traveled 100 miles to get treatments for her leg frequently. Her brother and sister took turns giving her leg a daily massage, four times a day.
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Para. 5
Tip 2: Pay more attention to the key words like “but, however, yet…”
Pay more attention to the topic sentence which is usually at the beginning.
By the time she was 9
Before long In high school Then When she was 22
She got polio and lost the use of her left leg.
She was able to walk. She started playing basketball and running. She became a track star. She went to the Olympics. She retired and became a coach.
B: Answer it in sentences. Possible answer:
They are a kind of people who are strong.
They practice really hard every day. V. [pɑː'tɪsɪpeɪt] competitions (compete). They take part in participate insports ___________
compete (compete) in sports events. They _______
They always have a strong will to overcome get over difficulties.
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You might think that Olympic athletes are the healthiest people in the world. It’s true that many are. However, it’s also true that quite a few Olympic athletes had to overcome illness early in their lives. One excellent example is Wilma Rudolph. She competed in track-andfield events in the 1960 Olympics. She didn’t win just one gold medal. She won three. At the time, people called her “the fastest woman in the world.” As a young child, Wilma Rudolph could not participate in sports. She had a series of serious illness, and then, at the age of 4, she got polio. She lost the use of her left leg, and the doctors said she would never walk again. The people in Rudolph’s family did everything they could to help her walk again. Wilma and her mother frequently traveled 100 miles to get treatments for her leg. Her brothers and sisters took turns giving her leg a daily massage. Four times a day, they helped her do special exercises for her leg. Amazingly, by the time Rudolph was 9 years old, she was able to walk again. Before long, she started playing basketball and running. In high school, she was a track star, and then she went to the Olympics. Wilma Rudolph retired from her career as a runner when she was 22 years old. She then became a teacher and track coach. Her story encouraged many people to work hard and to overcome difficulties. (244 words)
(compete) in track –and field events in Olympics and __________ was called (call) “the fastest woman in the world”.
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However when she was young, she had a series of serious illness and _______, lost the use of her left leg. The people in her family did everything to frequently help her walk again. Wilma and her mother _________(frequent) took traveled 100 miles to see the doctor. Her brother and sister _____ Amazingly(amazing), ______(take turns) giving her leg a daily massage. ________ turns she was able to walk and then went to the Olympics.
Athletes
Fast reading
Scanning
扫读
1.Scan the whole passage and check the main idea.
A. Most Olympic athletes are the healthiest people in the world. B. Wilma Rudolph’s successful life. C. An excellent example of Olympic athletes who had to overcome illness early in their lives. 2. The writer writes the passage in the order(顺序) of _________.
As a young child At the age of 4 By the time she was 9
Listen and complete the chart.
Time
As a young child At the age of 4
What was going on?
She had a series of serious illness.
小儿麻痹症
Conclusion: (总结)
She overcame illness early in her life.
Read again to match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 1
A: Wilma Rudolph had a series of illness early in her life. B: Wilma Rudolph is an excellent example. C: Wilma Rudolph retired but her story encouraged many people. D: Wilma became better with the help of her family. E: Quite a few Olympic athletes had to overcome illness early in their lives.
Athletes
What do you think of them?
What do you think of them?
A: Answer it in description words. Possible answer: strong, healthy, athletic, hard-working…