Review the words Olympic weightlifting horseriding athlete national

Review the words Olympic 奥林匹克运动会的 weightlifting 举重 horse-riding 骑马 athlete 运动员 national 国家的；民族的 competiton 竞争；比赛 champion 冠军

Match the words with their meanings. Olympic 运动员 weightlifting 奥林匹克运动会的 horse-riding 竞争；比赛 athlete 国家的；民族的 national 冠军 competiton 举重 champion 骑马

1. The oldest and the youngest The oldest athlete was 67 -year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu. He is a horse-rider from Japan. He competed in the 1964 Olympics. The youngest athlete, however, was only twelve years old. Her name is Antoinette Guedia and she is a swimmer. She began swimming at the age of eight and became a national champion in two years.

2. The tallest and the shortest The tallest athlete was Yao Ming. The basketball player from China is 2. 29 m tall. The shortest athletes were Deng Linlin and Wang Xin. The gymnast and the diver were about 1. 36 m tall during the 2008 Olympics.

3. The highest and the longest jumps Russia’s Andrey Silnov won the gold medal in the men’s high jump competition. He jumped 2. 36 metres! Maurren Higa Maggi from Brazil won the women’s long jump with a jump of 7. 04 metres.

4. The heaviest and strongest Matthias Steiner from Germany won the gold medal for weightlifting. He was in the heaviest group – weightlifters heavier than 105 kg – so he was certainly the strongest and heaviest man.

Language Focus She began swimming at the age of eight. 她八岁开始游泳。 at the age of 在……岁时。例如： He could play the violin at the age of five. 他五岁时就能拉小提琴。 She became a nurse at the age of 23. 她 23岁时成了一名护士。

Word Builder What are the names of the people in the texts? Hiroshi Hoketsu, Antoinete Guedia, Yao Ming， Deng Linlin, Andrey Silnov. . . sports athletes basketball player

Word Builder sports basketball athletes basketball player swimming horse-rider swimmer weightlifting weightlifter diving diver horse-riding

Word Builder 1. sport + player football - football player baseball - baseball player tennis - tennis player volleyball - volleyball player 2. sport + er run - runner skate - skater long jump - long jumper

Grammar Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest athlete. Antoinette Guedia was the youngest athlete.

Grammar Andrey Silnov jumped the highest. Maurren Higa Maggi jumped the longest.

Grammar Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest athlete. Antoinette Guedia was the youngest athlete. Andrey Silnov jumped the highest. Maurren Higa Maggi jumped the longest.

Superlatives Uses 用法 最高级用于二者以上的比较，表示“最. . . . ”。例如： Peter is the oldest boy of them all. Jeremy did the best in the test.

Look at the examples and complete the table with superlatives. What pattern do you see?

Look at the examples and complete the table with superlatives. What pattern do you see? 形容词、副词 high 最高级 long 2. longest old 3. oldest large 4. largest late 5. latest 1. highest

Look at the examples and complete the table with superlatives. What pattern do you see? 最高级 形容词、副词 big 6. biggest hot 7. hottest easy 8. easiest heavy 9. heaviest

Read about the swimmers and write sentences with superlatives about them. old - young Age: Weight: heavy - light Time： fast - slow Example: Mike is the youngest swimmer.

Read about the swimmers and write sentences with superlatives about them. 1. Jack is the oldest swimmer. 2. Eric is the heaviest swimmer. 3. Jack is the lightest swimmer. 4. Mike swims the fastest. 5. Eric swims the slowest.

Pair Work Talk about your classmates using the words in the box. Example: A: Who is the fastest runner in our class? B: I think John is the fastest runner.

Talk about your classmates using the words in the box. A: Who is the oldest student in our class? B: I think Tom is the oldest student. Who is the youngest student in our class? A: Jenny is the youngest student.

Talk about your classmates using the words in the box. A: Who is the tallest boy in our class? B: I think David is the tallest boy. Who is the strongest student? A: Peter is the strongest student.

Read the chart from Fun Olympics. Complete Emma’s letter to her aunt. 表格 How old？ How tall? High jump Long jump 100 -meter race time Emma Ted Sarah 12 158 cm 13 154 cm 14 163 cm 140 cm 3. 6 m 150 cm 4. 3 m 165 cm 4. 1 m 13. 5 s 14. 3 s

Read the chart from Fun Olympics. Complete Emma’s letter to her aunt. shortest tallest athlete happiest run older jumped youngest competition fastest farthest

shortest run competition athlete jumped farthest tallest older fastest happiest youngest Dear Aunt Jean, We had Fun Olympics at our club last weekend. It was interesting to be in a 1. competition with my brother and sister. I’m only 12 years old, so I’m the 2. youngest but I think I’m a good 3. athlete.

shortest run competition athlete jumped farthest tallest older fastest happiest youngest At 13 years of age, Ted is 4. older than me but he’s only 154 cm. He’s the 5. shortest in our family. However, he jumped the 6. farthest in the long jump competiton. He jumped 4. 3 metres.

shortest run competition athlete jumped farthest tallest older fastest happiest youngest Sara is the oldest and the 7. tallest of the three of us and she also 8. jumped the highest in the high jump.

shortest run competition athlete jumped farthest tallest older fastest happiest youngest I always 9. run everywhere I go and at Fun Olympics. I ran the 10. fastest. After the race, I was the 11. happiest person at the competition. Love, Emma