Unit 5 Text A Overcoming-Obstacles

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Scan the whole text to find out all the words and phrases that are related to sports or stadium. And think about their Chinese equivalents.
It has more than one meaning. It may refer to: 1) the new bar heights that Michael cleared one after
another; 2) the tremendous obstacles Michael had overcome
National Junior Olympics personal best stand(s) final race pole vault event
全国少年奥林匹克运动会
个人最高记录 看台 赛跑决赛 撑竿跳高项目
track and field competition 田径比赛
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Part Two Paras 3-5
Michael’s childhood was marked with dreams and tough training
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more previous back index break over
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What was most unusual about Michael’s victory was that he was blind.
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What are the most prominent features that marked the childhood of Michael’s?
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Three days to see
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Stephen Hawking
Group discussion
1. What can we learn from their stories?
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Parts paragraphs
Main Ideas
Part Three Paras 6-12
Michael topped his personal best, won the championship and set a new world record.
Part Four Paras 13
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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles
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1. Stories about disabled people
2. Discussion about obstacles
3. Quotes and proverbs
4. Background information: pole-vaulting
女子七项全能 heptathlon
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Scan the whole text to find out all the words and phrases that are related to sports or stadium. And think about their Chinese equivalents.
in attaining his goal.
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Text A TRUE HEIGHT
• Who is the text about?
• The Stones:
• Bert Stone (father)
• Mildred Stone (mother)
• Michael Stone (son): a pole-vaulter
gymnast body builder weightlifting bar inflated landing mat vaulter finger-tipped push-up
体操运动员 健美运动员 举重 横杆 充气垫 撑竿跳高运动员 指尖撑地俯卧撑
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runway National record pole take-off set a new world record
• What is the text about?
• a main story: the pole-vaulting competition
• + a flashback: about Michael’s childhood
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Michael Stone
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pole-vault
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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it
------Helen Keller
人世间固然充满了苦难，但征服苦难 的例子也比比皆是
——海伦凯勒 All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
▪ The rainbow is good, but only in wind and rain can meet such beautiful after the scene.
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Text A TRUE HEIGHT
What does the text title “True Height” mean?
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Some good qualities for us to overcome obstacles:
optimistic life attitude passion determination confidence hard work
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We must accept finite [ˈfaɪnaɪt] disappointment, but we must never lose infinite [ˈɪnfɪnət] hope.
1. The story of her is the story of a child who, at the age of 18 months, was suddenly shut off from the world, but who, against overwhelming odds(失败的可能性), waged( 发 动 ) a slow, hard, but successful battle to reenter that same world. The little deaf and blind girl grew into a highly intelligent and sensitive woman.
跑道 全国记录 撑竿 起跳 刷新一项世界纪录
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Part Division of the Text
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Main Ideas
Part One Paras 1-2
Michael faced the most challenging competition in his polevaulting career..
Dream
…running down a country road.
…soar like an eagle.
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Tough Training Weightlifting Running work
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Further Understanding For Part 1 Description For Part 2 Questions and Answers For Part 3 Chart Completion For Part 4 Discussion
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Major events in track and field
跨栏
hurdles
竞走
walking race
跳高
high jump
跳远
long jump
三级跳
high skip and jump
铅球
shot put
铁饼
discus
标枪
javelin
男子十项全能 decathlon
------Francis Bacon 所有升到高位的人都曾爬过弯弯曲曲的阶梯
凡取得成功的人都走过一段艰难曲折的道路
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——弗朗西斯 培根
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▪ When you succeed, everything you say is true.
▪ Good things often are difficult to describe.
Rome wasn't built in a day. 伟业非一日之功/罗马非朝夕建成。
God helps those who help themselves. 皇天不负有心人/自助者天助。
You shall reap what you sow. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆/一分耕耘,一分收获。
Constant dripping wears away the stone. 锲而不舍,金石可缕。/水滴石穿。
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Sayings
• 1. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. ----- Moliere
2. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ------ Charles A. Beard
-- Martin Luther King
我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但 千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。
-- 马丁 ·路德 ·金
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Proverbs related to the theme
Where there's a will, there's a way. 有志者事竟成。
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For Part 1 Description
Use your own words to draw a picture of the stadium on that day, including the weather, Michael’s appearance and inner feeling, the audience’s response, etc.
2. Did you have any obstacles in your life? How did you manage to overcome them?
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Major Obstacles in Life
• illness • disaster • relationship • money problem • failure
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What is pole vault? (para.2) the grace of a gymnast the strength of a body builder the element of flying
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Nick Vujicic 尼克. 胡哲
NO ARMS, NO LEGS, NO WORRIES!
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Nick Vujicic
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Listen to the following stories of two figures in history and see how they overcame their obstacles.