课程内容
《This year we are training more carefully.》
Revision
Guessing Game
Presentation
train v.(体育)训练，操练
beat v.打败；战胜
train作动词，表示“训练，操练”；
作名词，表示“火车”。
e.g.We're training harder than usual because the other school
beat us last year.
我们比平时更努力训练，因为去年别的学校打败了我们。
His father goes to Shanghai by train.
他父亲坐火车去上海。
against
prep.(在比赛或战斗中)对(某人或某物)
warm v.使暖和：使温暖
warm up热身；做准备活动
practice n.练习
例如：
The runners are warming up before the race.
赛跑选手正在做赛前热身。
coach n.教练
careless adj.粗心的；疏忽的
pass v.传递；传送
e.g.Last year we were careless when we passed the ball
and we lost to the other team.So this year we train more
carefully.
fan club 球迷（或影迷，歌迷）俱乐部
cheer...on 用欢呼声激励，为...加油
loudly adv.响亮地；大声地
quiet adj.寂静的；安静的
Reading and vocabulary
Work in pairs.Talk about the pictures.Use the words and
expressions in the box to help you.
beat careless cheer...on coach fan club play against
train
Listen and read
1.What is Li Daming going to do tomorrow?
He is going to practise football.
2.Why is it more difficult to practise winter?
Because the days are short and the weather is cold
too.
3.Does the fan club have a lot of people this year?
No,it doesn't.
Complete the table.
| What | Why |
| 1.We arrive as early as we can. | So we have time to warm up. |
| 2.We're training harder than usual. | The other team beat us last year.This year we want to do better. |
| What | Why |
| 3.It's more difficult to practice in winter. | The days are short and the weather is cold. |
| 4.Our coach is pleased. | We are playing better as a team now. |
给出下列各词的比较级
cheap cheaper
difficult more difficult
early earlier
carefully more carfully
confident more confident
good better
hard harder
careless more careless
exciting more exciting
short shorter
few fewer
relaxing more relaxing
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
against chance coach practice short usual
We all know(1)practice makes perfect.But is more
difficult to practise in winter because the days are
(2)short and it is cold.
The team is training harder(3)usual.Their(4)coach is
pleased with them.They are going to play(5)against a
team form another school next week,and they have a good
(6)chance of wining.
Put the words in the box into pairs with opposite meanings.
badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy late
quickly slowly well
badly-well carefully-carelessly
difficult-easy early-late
quickly-slowly
1.win与beat
这两个词都有“获胜，打败”的意思，但其后宾语不同。beat是“打败，
优于”的意思，后面接人或队。如：
We beat them.我们打败了他们。
win 指“赢，获胜”，后面接比赛、名次。如：
We won the match/game/race/the first place.
我们赢了这场比赛/获得了第一名。
2.I am in our school team and we are going to play against another
school next week.
我是校队成员，我们（队）下周将要和另一学校比赛。
against为介词，表示“反对，与...对抗”。例如：
1)Germany are playing against Brazil in the World Cup final tonight.
今晚德国将与巴西争夺世界杯冠军。
2)We will fight against the enemy.
我们将与敌人交战。
3)They are strongly against the idea.
他们强烈反对这个主意。
4)Are you for or against my proposal?
你们是同意还是反对我的计划？
3.That means we have a better chance of winning.
这就意味着我们获胜的机会更大。
have a change of doing sth.表示“有做某事的机会”。例如：
1)You will have a better chance of passing the exams
if you work harder.
如果你们再用功一点，通过考试的机会就更大一点。
2)If we hurry up,there's still a good chance of catching the
plane.
要是我们抓紧点，赶上飞机的机会还是很大的。
4.It is good to have our fans around.They cheer us on loudly
and we feel more confident to win the game.
有我们的球迷在周围真好，因为他们为我们欢呼加油。
cheer sb.on 的意思是“为...欢呼加油”。例如：
1)The crowd cheered their favourite singers on.
观众为他们最喜欢的歌手喝彩加油。
2)They gathered round the swimming pool and cheered her on.
他们在游泳池周围，给她加油。
中考链接
1.-What's wrong with you today?
-I am quite upset.
-Cheer up!The more you smile,the__you will feel.(2012广东湛江)
A.happy B.happier C.happily D.More happily
2.-Do you know sound travels very fast?
-Yes.But light travels__sound.(2012湖北荆州)
A.as fast as B.a little faster than C.much faster than D.slower than
3.-Your room is very dirty.You should keep it__.(2012湖北襄阳)
-OK.I'll sweep it right away.
A.clean B.dry C.quiet D.warm
4.-Would you mind staying in such a noisy room?
-No,but my son needs a__place to study in.(2011宁波)
A.cleaner B.quieter C.safer D.smaller
5.Some students are so__that they often make mistakes in their
homework.(2011聊城)
A.careful B.serious C.careless D.successful
6.My sister has practiced tennis for a long time.She plays
tennis__you.(2011德阳)
A.as good as B.so well as C.as well as
7.The smile on his teacher's face shows that she was__with
my work.(2007佛山)
A.angry B.peased C.sad
Writing Task
Complete the sentences so they are true for your school basketball
team.
1.It is...and the basketball team...
2.The practice starts at...but they...
3.Last year...
4.This year...
5.The coach is pleased/is not pleased with them because...
6.So they now have a better/poor chance of...
Learning to learn
You can use at that time/yesterday/last week/last month/last
year...to talk what people did in the past;and use now/today/
this week/this month/this year...to talk about what they do now.
1.It is Saturday and the school basketball team arrives to practice/
train with the coach.
2.The practice starts at 9 o'clock but they arrived early to warm
up.
3.Last year they were careless/lost all the matches.
4.This year they are playing well.
5.The coach is pleased because they are training hard.
The coach is not pleased because they are not playing well.
6.So they now have a better/worse change of winning.
Homework
Add some more details about your school basketball team.
Write a passage.
