新视野大学英语第三版第一册第五课教案

Book1 Unit 5： Winning is not everything
教学重点：
1. related material about sports, the spirit of Olympic games
2. The writing skill of develop a problem-solution paragraph
3. The key words, phrases & expressions, and sentence structures
4. the translation of some long and difficult sentences
教学难点：
1. learn the meaning of critical thinking
2. understanding and translating difficult expressions and sentences
教学过程：
Part 1 : Lead in(相关活动见附件)
Discussion
Watch a video clip and answer the following questions
1. According to the video clip, what benefits can sports bring
to young people?
2. Can you think of more positive effects of sports?
3. In spite of the positive effects, are there any negative effects
of sports? What are they?
Step 2: Further Discussion
1. Why do sports play a very important role in American culture?
2. What kind of sports do American students play in public or
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private school?
3. According to your understanding, what kind of sports do
American like most?
4. . How much do you know about traditional Chinese Kung fu?
Share your knowledge in class.
Have you ever watched any “Kong fu movies” made by Westerners?
According to your understanding, what is Kung fu in their eyes? Do they
have the same feeling toward Kung fu as we Chinese?
Part 2 while reading
Text structure analysis :
This article is mainly about the benefits that sports can bring to young
people.
. The passage can be roughly divided into four parts.
1. Part 1( Para 1): Mental and physical health of young people is
important and it should be the goal of parents, teachers and
coaches in cultivating the young.
2. Part 2 ( Para. 2-5): How do team sports work in molding young
people of mental and physical health?
Para.2: Team sports provide the young with critical skills and
valuable lessons
Para.3: Team sports give the young a natural place to work hard
and learn valuable life lessons.
Para.4: In team sports, what matters is whether you are fully
involved, not your natural ability.
Para.5: Team sports can inspire and encourage the less naturally
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talented athletes to be their best. What they learn on the
playing field will be valuable to them in their career and
their personal lives.
3. Part 3 (Para.6) Participation in competitive team sports is not
without hazards. Placing excessive emphasis on winning will
lead to missing the learning opportunities, uncovering negative,
draining and harmful consequences and canceling out the many
desirable effects of sports.

Part 4 (Para. 7): Conclusion: The writer further concludes the benefits
of team sports and stresses the importance of all the benefits.
III. Detailed studies of the text and sentence structure
Questions Previewing
1. What is the text mainly about?
2. What attributes can team sports provide to growing children? (Para.
2)
3. What does the author want to illustrate by mentioning lemons and
honey? (Para. 3)
4. How can talented people benefit from team sports? (Para. 4)
5. What will those who lack talent learn through sports? (Para. 5)
6. What could be the consequences when too much emphasis is put
on winning according to the text? (Para. 6)
Sentence Interpretation
1. 原句：
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The ability to work toward a common goal underlines the value of
teamwork. (Para. 2, L3)
show that sth. is important
解释: The ability to work toward the same goal shows how important
the value of teamwork is.
译文： 年轻人为了一个共同目标而努力的能力更加 凸显了团队
合作的价值。
2. 原句： Nevertheless, many lessons remain abstract concepts until
they are made real by life experiences. (Para. 3, L2)
解释: However, if those lessons are not followed in real life, they will
be just ideas which have not much practical value.
译文： 然而只有在生活中真正经历之后，许多经验教训才不再是
抽象的概念。
3. 原句： What is missing in natural talent can be overcome through
hard work, practice and learning from the example of others. (Para.
5, L2)
解释: One can make up for the lack of natural talent through hard
work, practice and learning from others.
译文： 一个人天分不足可以通过努力奋斗、训练和向其他榜样学
习来弥补。
4. 原句：
In such circumstances, the sports experience uncovers negative,
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draining and harmful consequences, canceling out the many desirable
effects of sports. (Para. 6, L9)
stop sth. from having any effect
解释:
In such situations, the negative aspect of the sports experience shows
up: It requires too much time and energy and might lead to harmful
results. Such negative aspect of sports makes the sports experience
lose many good effects.
译文： 在这样的环境中，体育运动就会暴露出负面的、令人身心
疲惫的和有害的后果，从而也 就抵消了体育运动带来的诸多益处。
3. 老师需要知道如何激励学生，使其发挥最大的潜能。
A teacher needs to know how to inspire students to be at their best.
4. 我很早就知道英语是大学里最重要的课程之一。
I knew quite early on that English is one of the most important courses
in the university.
5. 一些人责怪媒体在饮食上误导大众。
Some blamed the media for misleading the public in diet.
6. 一些教育家指出如今许多父母过于强调孩子考试分数的重要性
了。
Some educators point out that today many parents place too much
emphasis on their kids’ exam result.
Language Appreciation
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a. Growing children need inspiration and physical stimulation. Team
sports are a great way to provide these attributes!
成长中的孩子需要精神激励和身体刺激。团队体育运动是提供这些特
质的极好途径。
b. Being both humble in victory and generous in defeat emphasizes the
mutual obligation of graceful manners in all human interactions.
胜不骄、败不馁强调了在所有人际交往中保持风度是彼此的义务。
c. Such an outlook can be harsh on children when they feel pressured to
win from the adults around them
对于在身边大人的压力下被迫去赢的孩子们来说，这样的观念会很苛
刻的。
d. Sports give youth a sense of self-worth and accomplishment and teach
them to deal capably with failure and success.
运动能给年轻人带来自我价值感和成就感，并教会他们很好地对待胜
败输赢。
Thematic study
1. Compare the Olympic spirit that you have learned from Text A and
Text B.
Olympic spirit in Text A
1. Do sports with determination and endurance;
2. Win for devotion not for wealth;
3. Keep going and remain humble in victory;
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4. Never say you are too old to play sports;
5. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Olympic spirit in Text B
1. A healthy mind is to be found in a healthy body;
2. Be both humble in victory and generous in defeat;
3. Strategy, teamwork and cooperation are more crucial;
4. Learn the value of cooperation and teamwork;
5. Winning isn’t everything, it is only a thing.
2. What did you learn from this unit? Have you decided to make a plan
for your future body exercise? Explain it in class.
After learning this unit, I know the importance of playing sports. My
Fitness Plan goes like this:
? Wake up at 6:00 every day and then run around community until
7:00.
? Do body exercises, such as push-ups, sit- ups, and some other
outdoor activities every evening around 7:00.
Part 3 Exercises
Part4 Assignment
1. read text A and compare the Olympic spirit in and text A and text B
2. What did you learn from this unit? Have you decided to make a plan
for your future body exercise? Explain it in class

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Listening: Unit 3 Life moments
教学重点：
1. talk about unusual experience
2. listen for time-order signal words and expressions

教学难点：
1. make phone calls
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a radio program on unusual experiences
教学过程：
Opening-up
1. Read the statements. Then underline the alternatives which are true
for you or fill in the blanks according to your own experiences.
2. Work in pairs and compare your answers.
Listening to the world
1. Ask Ss to watch a podcast to get its general idea and discuss their
answers in groups.
2. Ask Ss to watch a podcast and fill in the blanks.
3. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions based on what they have
heard.
Questions:
1 Which city did you visit recently? What was the most exciting
thing you did there?
1 Have you ever been to a wedding? If yes, did you enjoy it? Why
or why not?
2 Do you know anything about a traditional Chinese wedding?
Mention at least three things.
Role-play
Work in pairs and role-play one of the following situations by
using skills for making phone calls
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Situation 1: Calling a friend
Situation 2: Calling customer services
Further practice in listening
Short conversations
Long conversation
Passage 1
Passage 2
Assignment:
Work in pairs. Think about an exciting or a frightening experience
you’ve had and share it with your partner.













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