Pick up the ball 教案

Pick up the ball (P4-5)
I. Pre-reading
1. What’s your favourite sport?
2. Do you know about pickleball?
II. New words
1. Pickleball, a relaxing sport that has been around since the 1960s
relaxing /rɪˈlæksɪŋ/
adj. 轻松的；令人放松的
It's relaxing to listen to music after a day's work.
工作一天后听听音乐让人很放松。

relaxing和relaxed的区别在于relaxing是修饰物，用做表语。

通常情况下，ing修饰物，而ed修饰人。

relaxing是令人放松的，而relaxed是人的感觉很放松的意思。

After a long day at work, she felt a lot more relaxed.
同样用法的词语还有：
1. amazing adj. 令人惊异的；惊人的
amazed adj. 感到惊奇的；惊讶的
2. amusing adj. 引人发笑的；有趣的
amused adj. 被逗笑的；愉快的
3. astonishing adj. 使人吃惊的
astonished adj. 惊讶的；吃惊的
4. tiring adj. 令人厌倦的
tired adj. 感到厌烦的；be tired of对......感到厌烦
5. annoying adj. 令人生气的
annoyed adj. 感到生气的；be annoyed with生......的气
2. Pickleball has been played not only in [ big ] cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, but also in smaller cities as well
not only ... but also ... 不仅......而且......
1) 若连接两个成分作主语时，坚持就近原则，与靠近的主语保持一致。

She likes not only apples but also oranges.
她不但喜欢苹果而且喜欢橘子。

Not only the students but also the teacher was invited.
不仅学生们被邀请，而且那位教师也被邀请了。

2) not only 放在句首，后接句子时要用倒装结构等等。

Not only is he a scientist, but he is also a fighter.
他不但是位科学家而且还是名战士。

3. Young people in Anhui ... are also interested in the sport and setting up clubs,
set up
1. 创建，建立，组建
They set up many branches throughout the country. 他们在全国建立好多分公司。

He could follow his own leads and set up his own goals.
他可以按照自己的意思行事，树立自己的目标。

2. 准备，安排
We need to set up a meeting to discuss the project.
我们需要安排一次会议来讨论这个项目。

They set up a schedule for the conference.
他们为会议制定了一个日程安排。

4. I have tried many sports and got several major injuries.
try /traɪ/ v. 尝试；试图；努力；设法；试；想要；试用
n. 尝试；试图；努力
try doing 尝试着干某事
try to do 努力做某事
Let's try doing the working in some other way.
我们用别的方法做这工作试试。

Tom tried to work out this difficult math problem but failed, so he tried seeking another way.
汤姆试着解这道数学难题未果，因此他尝试寻找另一种方法。

Try to do 的否定形式为try not to do
Please try not to eat too much junk food.
请尽量不要吃太多垃圾食品。

major /ˈmeɪdʒə(r)/
n. 专业；专业课；主修课程
adj. 主要的；重要的；严重；主修的(课程)
He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building.
他也是运河规划和建造艺术培训的主要参与者。

常用搭配: major role/part/factor 主要角色、部分、因素major in 主修
【派生词】majority n. 大部分；大多数；多数票
5. Apart from safety, Zhang Xin, who started the Chengdu PANG Pickleball Club, ...
apart from
①表示“除......外还有”(=besides)
Apart from the cost, it will take a lot of time.
除了花费外，它还需要不少时间。

②表示“若没有”、“除......外”(=except for)
The article is good apart from a few spelling mistakes.
除了有几个拼写错误外，这篇文章写得挺好的。

6. ... the sport of pickleball is fun and competitive.
competitive /kəmˈpetətɪv/
competitive 作为形容词，含义为：竞争的；好竞争的，好胜的；有竞争力的。

competition 是其名词形式，含义为：竞争；比赛。

Graduates have to fight for jobs in a highly competitive market.
毕业生不得不在竞争激烈的市场上奋力争取找到工作。

The competition that we faced has been severe.
我们面临的竞争非常激烈。

compete [kmpit] v. 竞争；对抗；参加比赛(或竞赛)
compete 的常见搭配有compete with/against/for ...
I can't wait to compete against him.
我等不及要和他同场竞技了。

7. He happened to learn about pickleball and tried it out with some friends in September 2022.
happen to do 碰巧做某事
I happened to meet her in the street.
我碰巧在街上遇见她。

* sth happens to sb某人遭遇某事
A car accident happened to him yesterday.
昨天他发生了交通事故。

III. Key points
1. It is an equal game for both men and women ...
equal /ˈiːkwəl/
adj.平等的；同样的；胜任的，合适的
equal 表示两个或多个事物具有相同数量、质量、价值或等级。

作为动词使用时，表示使某人或某事物具有相同位或权力。

All people are equal under the law.
所有人在法律面前是平等的。

equal 表示两个或多个事物具有相似的特征或性质。

The two paintings are equal in beauty.
这两幅画在美感上是相等的。

equal 表示两个或多个事物具有相同的数量。

The two piles of leaves are equal in size.
这两堆树叶的大小是相等的。

be equal to 表示“等于；能胜任；能应付”等，其中的to 是介词(其后接动词时应用动名词). This is equal to saying that he knows her well.这就等于说他很熟悉她.
2. it requires more skill than physical power ...
require /rɪˈkwaɪə(r)/ vt. 要求；需要
1) require sth 需要
These pets require a lot of care and attention.
这些宠物需要悉心照顾。

2) require sb to do sth 要求某人做某事
At the beginning of the new term, all students will be required to take a short test.
在新学期的开始，所有学生都要参加一次小测试。

3) require doing sth 需要做某事
This book is required reading for this course.
这本书是这本课程的指定读物。

4) require that + 从句：在require引导的宾语从句中，谓语动词用“should +动词原形”，should可省略。

The situation required that he (should) be present.这种情形需要他在场。

IV. Choose the answer
1. What can we learn from Zeng Guobiao’s words?
A. Pickleball is a newly invented sport.
B. Pickleball is getting popular in China.
C. Pickleball is just known in big cities.
D. Pickleball is less popular in China.
2. Which sport is pickleball most similar to?
3. Why do so many people like playing pickleball?
①It’s less dangerous.
②It’s easy to start with.
③They have to be professional to play it.
④It’s friendly for men and women to compete.
⑤It’s fun and not competitive.
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④⑤
D. ①②③④⑤
V. Words in use
A. Fill in the blanks.
1. Now I want to rest and ______. Listening to ______ music can make me feel ______. (relax)
2. My mother is ______ a teacher ______ a good cook. (不但......而且)
3. In the past few years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less ______ (compete).
4. A______ from their house in London，they also have a villa in Spain．
5. The teacher required us ______ (go) to the lab immediately.
B. Choose the answer.
1. The song can make me feel _____.
A. relax
B. relaxing
C. relaxed
D. relaxes
2. The company is planning to _____ a new factory in the south of China.
A. set about
B. set up
C. set out
D. set apart
3.These young plants _____ looking after carefully.
A. demand
B. lack
C. command
D. require
4. The doctor required that Tom _____ in bed for two days.
A. is
B. be
C. will be
D. have been
5. Children in the country should have the right to ask for _____ education opportunities as those in the city.
A. equal
B. unfair
C. common
D. usual
VI. Further reading
Do you know pickleball(匹克球)? Much like tennis and ping-pong, it’s a popular new sport in the United States.
Pickleball is easy and fun to play. It is played on a court(球场) the size of a badminton court, with a lower net similar to that of tennis. There are two or four players in a game.
Players hit a whiffle ball(塑料空心球) over the net with bats. The bats are made of wood, and they are larger than ping-pong bats. The rule of the game is that if a player(or a team) first gets 11 points and also leads(领先) the other side by at least 2 points, then he wins the game. For example, if it’s 10 to 10, one player has to make it 12 to 10 to win the game.
The game was invented in the 1960s. Several parents were on vacation in Bainbridge Island, Washington, the US. They wanted to find an activity that their families could enjoy together. So they came up with the sport.
No one is sure how the sport got its name. Most people believe it was called pickleball because of a dog named Pickles. He kept running after the ball when the inventors first played the sport, so everyone called it Pickles’ball.
Kara Foster, a 60-year-old lady from New York, tried the game this year. Like many others, she fell in love with the sport and now plays it every day. “It helps me keep healthy,”she says. “Best of all, it’s much easier for me to chat (聊天) with my friends while playing the sport.”
Choose the answer
1. To play pickleball, you need _____.
A. tennis balls
B. a tennis net
C. wooden bats
D. at least four players
2.How many points do you need to lead by to win a game?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Ten.
D. Eleven.
3. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?
A. The rules of pickleball.
B. The history of pickleball.
C. How pickleball got popular.
D. How pickleball got its name.
4. Kara Foster enjoys playing pickleball mainly because _____.
A. it is like her favorite, tennis
B. she can play it with her family
C. it’s an easy sport to learn and play
D. she can chat with friends while exercising
5. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. A popular new sport
B. The rules of playing pickleball
C. The history of playing pickleball
D. Tennis and ping-pong are out of date
【参考答案】
IV. 1. A观点态度题
根据题干可以知道，匹克球不仅在大城市像北京、上海这样的城市很流行，一些小城市里也很受欢迎。

所以本题选B，匹克球在中国很流行。

2. B 概括总结题
“...is a game in which two or four players hit a wiffle ball over a net. It looks like tennis but is played on a badminton court with a paddle”.
通过本句话可以知道，匹克球是两个或四个运动员击打威浮球通过球网。

它看起来像网球，但是实际上是在羽毛球场地用拍子来打球。

所以选B，和网球更加接近。

3. B 细节理解题
通过文章中“making it easy to start for players of all ages and skill levels.”“so I decided to play pickleball, which is safe”“the sport of pickleball is fun and competitive”通过文
章描述，可以知道匹克球对于各种年龄段和水平的运动员都很简单，并且很安全，并且有趣充满竞争性，因此答案选B。

V. A: keys:
1. relax; relaxing; relaxed
2. not only; but also
3. competitive
4. apart from
5. to go
B: 1-5 CBDBA
VI. 1-5 CBDDA。