Lesson 3:Lesson 3: SPORTS STARS Who are your sporting heroes or heroines? In pairs, use the key words to talk about them. Key Words positive: brilliant, fast, skillful, smart, strong, useful, intelligent, negative: awful, boring, lazy, slow, terrible, useless, weak Can you name those sports stars? Cristiano RonaldoAllen Iverson Tiger WoodsSerena Williams won the US Open; in 2002 and 2003 was the womens single champion at Wimbeldon 1. The two sisters plan to take up tennis career all their life. 2. In competitive matches the two sisters seldom played each other. 1. The two sisters have no common hobby except tennis. 4.In their childhood the people around Williams sisters often fought each other using guns. 5. Williams parents played an important part in their success. 6. The text refers to us the sisters father is good at tennis. 7. If one of them loses the game in their match, the other does the dishes. 8.The two sisters miss their childhood so they often go back to their hometown. Voice Your Opinion: What are the advantages of being sports stars? Do you want to be a sports star? （一）一般过去时态和现在完成时态的概念 一般过去时表示在过去某个时间发生的动词或存在 的状态，也表示过去经常或反复发生的动作常与 yesterday、 yesterday afternoon、last year 、in 1965、 a moment ago 等表示过去的时间 状语连用。例如： He came here yesterday. 现在完成时表示过去的动作（或状态）对 现在产生的影响和结果例如： He has broken his bottle. (二）一般过去时态和现在完成时的区别： ）现在完成时是表示过去的动作与现在的联系，主 要说明的是现在的情况和状态；而一般过去时则强调 动作发生在过去某一时间，与现在不发生联系。例如 ： We havent seen him since last year. ( 我们自从去年以来一直未见到他（现在还未 见到） We didnt see him last year. 我们去年没 见到他（现在不一定未见到） ）现在完成时表示从过去发生一直持续到现在 （包括现在）的某个动作或状态，与现在有关的 时间状语连用，一般过去时表示过去某一特定（ 与现在无关）的时间，与具体的表示过去的时间 状语连用。例如： He has lived here since he was born .自 他出生以来一直居住在这儿。（since 自从 以来与现在有关，说明还居住在这儿。） Liumei went to see her grandmother last night . 刘梅昨晚去看了他外婆。（只说明昨晚） （三）值得注意几个问题： ）动作发生在过去，一直持续到说话的时候，并 且还在延续时，要用现在完成时。例如： We have studied English for two years (我们学英语两 年了） ）指过去的经历，但没有表示过去的时间状 语，要用现在完成时。例如： I have been to Shanghai twice . 我曾去过上海两次 ）以When开头的特殊疑问句，要用一般过 去时。例如： When did you lose your pen ? 你什么时候丢了钢笔 ？ ）just (刚刚）与现在完成时连用，just now (刚才）与一般过去时 连用。例如： The train has just gone. 火车刚刚离开。 The train left here just now. 火车是刚才离开。 ） since 作介词，后面跟时间名词一起作状语时，句子要用现在 完成时；since 作连词，引导状语从句时，主句用现在完成时，从句 用一般过去时。 6 ） so far 、in the last / past 与现在完成时连 用。例如 ： So far , many countries have sent up satellites into space. In the last 30 years , our lives have changed a lot. He has worked in this factory since 1996. I have known him since he was a child. THANK YOU logo