SportsAroundtheWorldByLouise 1.Doyoulikesports?Whyorwhynot?

2.Whatsportsdoyouprefer?Why?

3.Doyouagreethatsportsaregoodforpeople’shealth?

4.Whatarethesesportsonthepicturesbelow?

Pre-readingDiscussionGymnasticsSurfingMarathonraceRidingbackstrokebutterflyswimmingbreaststrokefreestyleswimmingBungeJumpingDivingScubaDivingTaekwondoKarateKongfuAllthesearecalledmartialarts.DoyouknowParkour?ExtremeSportsInHawaii?InChina?InAustria?InSwitzerland?InArabia?InPortugal?Findoutdiversitiesofsportsdoinginthecountriesabove.Paragraph1Notallpeopleliketoworkbuteveryonelikestoplay.Menandwomen,boysandgirlsallovertheworldenjoysports.Sincethedaysoflongago,adultsandchildrenhavecalledtheirfriendstogethertospendhoursplayinggames.Allthepeoplefancydoingsports.adult

/’?d?lt/&/?’d?lt/n.成年人或成年動物Childrenmustbeaccompaniedbyanadult.兒童必須要有大人陪同。Whycan'tyoutwoactlikecivilizedadults?你們倆為什么就不能像有教養的成年人那樣行事呢？adj.成年的，成熟的他的成年生活全是在軍隊里度過的。He'dspentallhisadultlifeinthearmy.他的舉止行為還不太成熟。Hisbehaviorisnotadult.

adulthoodn.astateofbeinganadult成年近義詞：full-grown，grown-up，matureofageParagraph2Sportshelppeopletokeephealthyandfeelgood.Whentheyareplayinggames,peoplemovealot.Thisisgoodfortheirhealth.Havingfunwiththeirfriendsmakesthemhappy.Doingsportsbringsusbenefits.Paragraph3Whatareyourfavoritesports?Istheclimatehotwhereyoulive?Thenswimmingisprobableoneofyoursports.BoysandgirlsinChinalovetoswim.Therearewonderfulbeachesalongtheseashoreandthereareriversandlakesacrossthecountry.Theweatherisalsogoodforswimming.InhotplaceslikeChinapeopleloveswimming.Climate/’kla?m?t/n.氣候thethreatofglobalclimatechange全球氣候變化的威脅Thesmallcityhastheclimatethatischangeableintheextreme.這座小城有變化多端的氣候。傾向；思潮；風氣；環境氣氛Aftertherevolution,theclimateofthecountryremainedtense.革命以后,那個國家的氣氛依然緊張。thepresentpoliticalclimate當前的政治氣候很可能發生（或存在等）的It'shighlyprobablethattheywillwinthematch.

他們很可能會贏這場比賽。Theprobableoutcomeofthetalksisacompromise.

會談的結果很可能是妥協。probably adv.大概,或許,很可能Itwasthebestknownandprobablythemostpopularofhersongs.這是她最著名的、大概也是她最受歡迎的歌曲。probability n. 可能性，可能發生的事；概率Theprobabilityofmakingamistakeincreaseswhenyouaretired.你累的時候犯錯誤的可能性就會增加。probable /’pr?b?bl/adj.區別probably,possibly,maybe和perhapsprobably：“很可能，大概”，可能性在這一組詞中最大，表示一種幾乎完全肯定的意思。possibly：“可能地，或者，也許"，可能性較大。用于否定句和疑問句時表示"無論如何"之意。maybe：“可能，也許”，比其余的幾個詞更為隨便和不正式，可能性不大，也可以表示一種非常委婉,禮貌的建議或要求。perhaps：“可能”，較為常用也較為正式的詞，可能性也不十分大。它可以表示建議或要求，也可以表示以禮貌的方式下命令。Thedoctorthinks

we'dbetterhaveaminoroperation.

Icouldn't

havefinishedtypingsuchalongdocumentinsuchalimitedperiodoftime.

youwillkindlygiveusahandwhenweareintrouble.

Heistheonlywitnessoftheaccident;hecan

giveussomedetailedinformationaboutit.maybepossiblyPerhapsprobably傷自尊了，全錯了！！不活了！！beach/bi:t∫/n.沙灘；海濱；湖濱touristssunbathingonthebeach在海灘上沐浴著陽光的游客v.上岸；把……拖上岸Hebeachedtheboatandliftedtheboyontotheshore.他把小船拖上岸，把男孩抱到海岸上。Paragraph4Ordoyouliveinacoldclimate?Thenyouwouldliketoski.TherearemanyskiersinAustriawheretherearebigmountainsandcoldwinters.Incoldplacespeopleloveskiing.Paragraph5SurfingisanimportantsportinHawaii.ThePacificOceansendshugewavesuponthebeaches.Thesewavesarejustrightforsurfing.Butyouneedtolivenearanoceantoridethewavesandenjoysurfing.InHawaiipeopleenjoysurfing.ItsnameisderivedfromtheLatinname,“peacefulsea”bythePortugueseexplorerFerdinandMagellan.麥哲倫peacefulorlovingpeace平靜的；和平的；愛和平的Wearepacificpeople.Thenightispacific.AsiaPacificEconomicCooperationNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganizationAPEC 亞太經濟合作組織NATO 北大西洋公約組織thePacificOcean太平洋

AntarcticaAsiaEuropeAfricaOceaniaSouthAmericaNorthAmericaPacificOceanIndianOceanAtlanticOceanArcticOceanParagraph6PeopleinSwitzerlandlovetoclimbmountains.Mountainclimbingandhikingarefavoritesportsthere.Buttherecanbenomountainclimbingwheretherearenomountains.PeopleinSwitzerlandfancyhiking.hike

/ha?k/n.遠足；徒步旅行Theywentonaten-milehikethroughtheforest.他們做了一次穿越森林的十英里徒步旅行。（價格、花費等的）大幅度提高，猛增~(insth)hikeininterestrates利率的大幅上揚hike

/haik/verb去…遠足；做徒步旅行Iftheweather'sfine,we'llgohikingthisweekend.如果天氣好，我們這個周末就去遠足。把（價格、稅率等）大幅提高Thegovernmenthikedupthepriceofmilkbyover40%.

政府把牛奶的價格提高了40%多。Paragraph7Gamesandsportsoftengrowoutofpeople’sworkandactivities.InPortugalmanypeopleliketocatchfish.Theyfishfromtheirboats.Sometimestheyusetheirboatsforracing.InPortugalpeopledofishingasajobandforentertainment.Paragraph8TheArabpeoplearefamousfortheirhorses.Theyusehorsestotraveloverhugeplains.HorsebackridingisaveryexcitingsportincountrieslikeMorocco.Menridehorsesatgreatspeeds,oftenstandingup.ThecowboysoftheUSAusetheirhorsesfortheirwork.Theyalsousethemfortheirsports.Theyride,jump,useropes,andcatchotheranimalsallonhorseback.TheArabpeoplelikehorseriding.Plain

/ple?n/adj.1.清楚的；明顯的；淺白的Thefactswereplaintos