Unit 2 This year we are training more carefully. Deng Yaping table tennis player She can play table tennis very well. They are fans of Deng Yaping. They are in a fans club. Lots of fans cheered her on louldly in the stadium. She is short. But she trains more carefully than others. Practice makes perfect. They train hard. Now lets enjoy a picture to see another team. They also trained very hard. team play against beat lost to fan club cheeron coach Pleased Listen and do the exercises. (1) I am going to school to _________. A. study lessons B. have a party C. play football D. play basketball (2)It is more difficult to practice in _______. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter 1 Why is Daming going to school on Saturday? 2.Why did they lost to the other team? 3 How does the team practise this year? Step 2 Reading 1.Skimming He is going to school to play football. This year they are training more carefully. Last year they were sometimes careless when they passed the ball. Read the passage and complete the table. WhatWhy 1. We arrive __________________. 2.We are training ______ than ______. 3.It is ____________ to practise in winter. 4. Our coach is ______. as early as we can harderusual more difficult pleased We have time to warm up . The other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better. The days are short and the weather is cold. We are playing better as a team now Careful reading Unit 2 This year we are training more carefully. Victory wont come to me unless I go to it. Moore M beat careless coach against train practice warm usual better pleased pass chance loudly pity play against arrive as early as we can warm up so that train harder than usual after-school pass the ball lost to What a pity! a chance of winning fan club cheer us on loudly 1. We are going to play against another school next week. 2. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. 3. We are training harder than usual. 4. The other team beat us last year. 5. Its more difficult to practise in winter. 6. So it is important not to be late for after-school practice. Its + + to do sth Its + + not to do sth 7. Last year we were sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. 8. That means we have a better chance of winning. 9. The fan club has fewer people this people this year. 10. Its good to have ours fans around. 11. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to win the game. Its + + to do sth It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play against another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better. Put the words in the box into pairs with opposite meanings. badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy late quickly slowly well badly well 4. carefully difficult early quickly carelessly easy late slowly Complete the passage with the words in the box. against chance coach practice short usual We all know (1)_______ makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are (2) ______ and it is cold. practice short 3. Reading after the tape The term is training harder than (3) _____. Their (4) ______ is pleased with them. They are going to play (5) ______ a team from another school next week, and they have a good (6) ______ of winning. usual coach against chance