Lesson 3 Period I Sports Stars Vocabulary & Reading Venus Williams United States Li Na was defeated by her opponent(对手) inWTA(Women Tennis Association) on Oct 28th, 2013. 女子职业网球联赛女子职业网球联赛Serena WilliamsShe has a elder sister Venus WilliamsVenus Williams1980Serena Williams1981Write down the words or phrases according to the explanations. (amazing, train, look back,champion, compete against)1. to make sb. professional by practice2. think of the past3. surprising greatly 4. try to win sth. by defeating others who are do the same5. one that wins first place or first prize in a competitiontrainlook backamazingcompete againstchampion6. to become better7. be over, finish 8. (of feeling) strong, deep, eager 9. with or by good chance or luckily10. develop, especially towards a better situation11. to show ones attention to somethingimprovecome to an endfortunatelykeenmake progressexpress an interest inWrite down the words or phrases according to the explanations. (keen, come to an end, improve, fortunately, make progress, express an interest in)Can you guess the meaning of the underlined words?1. Guo Jingjing was the diving champion in womens 3m platform event.2. Every morning he spent two hours training for the race.3. Looking back the way we had come, we could see the whole valley spread out behind us.4. The twins sometimes compete against each other for their mothers attention. 5. The boy expresses an interest in space exploration. He wants to be an astronaut.6. The meeting came to an end at last.7. It was amazing that he knew nothing about the event. 8. He has a keen desire to travel around the country.9. Fortunately, he ran out of the house before it came down.10. Read more, speak more and youll make progress in your English.11. I want to improve my English. Liaten and do the exercise true or false.1. The two sister plan to take up tennis career all their life.2. In competitive matches the two sisters seldom played each other.3. The two sisters have no common hobby except tennis.4. In their childhood the people around Williams sisters often fought each other using gun.FFF T5. Williams parents played an important part in their success.6. The text refer to us the sisters father is good at tennis.7. If one of them lose the game in their match, the other do the dishes. 8. The two sisters miss their childhood so they often go back to their hometown.TT F FFind the heading of each paragraph brief introductiontheir backgroundtheir training and studytheir achievementsAWork in groups Work in groups and suggest a title and suggest a title for the text.for the text. ( possible )The Champion Sisters The Champion Sisters Brief introductionFamily backgroundThey were born in a poor and dangerous area which _ drugs and _.In 1991, their family _ a safer area since then they have never _.Training and studyTheir father _ them , _ them to _ each other.Their mother _ them so that they _ high schoolToday, they have _ working in design after they tennis career _.Success and achievementsThe sisters road _ has been _.Venus has _Wimbledon and the US Open _.Serena has continued to _and _.They are both _.Venus is 11th in the world and Serena has _ 3rdtennis championsmoved up towas full ofviolencemove tolook backwas strict withtrainingcompete againsttaughtcompletedexpressed a keen interest incame to an endsuccessamazingwontwiceimprovemake fantastic progressRead and answer the questions.1. Why are the sisters unusual?2. What kind of background are they from?3. Who helped them to succeed? 4. How do the two sisters get on at home?They are both tennis champions who often have to play each other.They lived in a poor and dangerous area of California, full of violence and drugs.Their father, Richard.They get on very well.Why？How do you know that?Brief introductionBackground Training & studyAchievementsbornmoveFather Mother Venus Serena Serena Venus bothpoor and dangerous areaIn 1991, move to be strict withteach at hometennis champions was full of since then, never look back,training them to compete againstso that completetodayexpress a keen interest inafter their careertheir road to amazingWimbledon and the US Opencontinue to11thmove up to 3rdWhat made the two sisters successful?hard-working 勤勉的勤勉的=diligentstrong-willed 意志坚定的意志坚定的persevering 坚持的坚持的Discussiontheir parentsoutsideinsidestrict skillfulpatientresponsiblethe suffering of the pastTask 2: Role play (Group Work)Interview: reporter, the sisters father Richard， Venus , Serena. Homework Find some information of your favorite sports star and write a passage about him/her.