Lesson 14
my favorite hobby is joke telling
Shenyang Normal University
Wu na
Agenda
Listen to conversation
Focus on sports vocabulary
Practice speculating
Get ready
Do you enjoy playing or watching
any sports? Why or why not?
Which sports are popular in China,
either to play or to watch? Why ?
Have you ever tried these?
Listen to conversation
1
The candidate thinks you need to do a lot of ___ to jokes.
2
The candidate believes you must have a good ___ to tell jokes.
3
The candidate thinks joke telling makes it easier
to tell people ___ things
4
The candidate thinks joke telling makes his life more ___.
Helpful language- sport: just for fun?
basketball
cross-country
running
ice hockey
snowboarding
white-water
rafting
team
sports
baseball
discus
parachuting
soccer
rock climbing
winter
sports
spectator
sports
boxing
the high jump
rugby
sumo wresting
hurdling
extreme
sports
bungee jumping
horseracing
skiing
triathlon
bobsleigh
athletics
contact
sports
Helpful language- sport: just for fun?
team
sports
winter
sports
spectator
sports
extreme
sports
athletics
contact
sports
basketball
baseball
ice hockey
rugby
soccer
ice hockey
skiing
snowboarding
bobsleigh
basketball
baseball
boxing
horseracing
ice hockey
rugby
soccer
sumo wresting
bungee
jumping
parachuting
snowboarding
white-water
rafting
crosscountry
running
discus
the high
jump
triathlon
boxing
rugby
sumo
wresting
Helpful language-play, do or go
Go/do
Play
do
go
Helpful language –Speculating
1
I think the government could do more to …
2
Hiking or camping might be …
3
It is possible that we could do more exercise…
4
It is unlikely that …
5
It would probably help if …
Helpful language –responding to others
1
Not personally, but I have heard from…
2
Other people …
3
Another reason is that…
4
I have never thought of that. Maybe…
5
You have got a point, but don't forget …
Discussion questions
1
How important is it to win when you’re playing sport?
2
Do sports like football need expensive stadiums or equipment?
3
Why have some sports become fashionable, and is this
a good thing?
4
Should sports in which people can get hurt be banned?
Discussion questions-possible answers
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For lots of people, sport is all about winning, but in my opinion
it's more important to get plenty of exercise. So trying to win is
good if it encourages you to run faster.
It seems to me that stadiums and equipment are useful
because they make sport seem glamorous, and that means
more people take part. Ideally, people would play even if there
weren't any stadiums or expensive equipment, because they
wanted to develop their skills and keep fit.
I think the media create celebrities. There's so much in the
papers and on TV about David Beckham and other
sportspeople that the general public focus on individuals rather
than on sports themselves. I think this makes people believe
they can be stars, too, so it encourages them to try, and that's
good.
There are so many everyday risks, for instance crossing a road
or boiling water. You can't ban everything, so I don't think
sports should be banned, either. It's more important to
encourage people to be careful. Anyway, even if dangerous
sports were illegal, some people would still do them.
Model test questions
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Do you play any sports?
How often do you exercise?
Is it good that professional sports are so commercial
nowadays?
What do you think is the most popular sport in the world?
Does it bother you that people gamble on sporting events?
What are some of the benefits of sports?
Review
1
Sport
vocabulary
…
Get ready
2
Speculating
Responding
Useful language
3
Extended
questions
about
sports
Model test
Assignment- board game