Teaching Objective
   In "Face to Face", learn the English expressions that are common on posters and notices in the written form and also in spoken patterns.
   In "Maintaining a Sharp Eye", increase knowledge of foreigners’ perspectives on the triathlon and Chinese martial arts by reading the two interesting passages of "The Triathlon's Great Attraction" and "Foreigners Also Love Chinese Martial Arts".
   In "Trying Your Hand", know how to properly write posters and notices for any events and activities.
   Teaching Procedures

第五十讲

   Section I Talking Face to Face
   1. Warm-up:
   1. What’s the use of sports event posters ?
   2. Have you ever designed an English poster for your college sports event?
   A. Haven’t you seen the poster for a friendly basketball match organized by the Students’ Union?
   B. Look! There is a colored poster ___ that says that ____.
   on the notice board /in the club lounge
   there will be a fishing contest this weekend

   C. 让我们一起为羽毛球比赛做张海报吧。
   D. 怎样才能把海报装饰得更引人注目呢？
   Tips: C. Let’s make a poster for the badminton match together.
   D. How should we decorate the poster to make it more attractive?

   Read and translate the posters in Section I.

   Some phrases relevant to sports and recreations:
   body-building 健身 bird-observing 观察鸟类
   boxing 拳击 calligraphy 书法
   bowling 打保龄球 computer game 电子游戏
   cycling 骑自行车 coin collecting 收集硬币

   hiking 远足 cooking 烹饪

   jogging 慢跑 dancing 跳舞

   mountaineering 爬山 flower-arrangement 插花
   net-surfing 网上冲浪 going picnicking 野餐

   playing bridge 打桥牌 hunting 打猎

   roller-skating 滑旱冰 listening to music 听音乐

   rowing 划船 knitting 编织

   skating 滑冰 painting绘画

   playing chess 下棋 paper-cutting剪纸
   playing basketball/ volleyball / football 打篮球/打排球/踢足球

   photographing 摄影 jigsaw puzzle拼字游戏

   rock-climbing 攀岩 playing musical instruments演奏乐器

   rope skipping 跳绳 kite-flying 放风筝

   skiing 滑雪 shell-sculpture 贝雕
   surfing 冲浪 wood-carving木刻

   shuttle cock kicking 踢毽子
   Introduction of the samples of posters, notices and announcements
   samples

   1. auspices: 由...主办及赞助 under the auspices of…由…赞助，由…资助
   2. Recreational and PE Department of the Students’ Union 学生会文体部
   3. used to do 过去经常，以前常常 get/ be used to doing过去习惯于
   eg: ?He is not what he used to be.
   Our company used to do business with theirs.
   Sample 2

   Sample analysis
   A sports event poster is written and posted to inform people of a particular sports event so that they can come to watch it. Therefore, the name, the time, the place of the match and the competing teams should be clearly stated. Very often the ticket service is also mentioned.
   Applied writing: Poster
   A sports event poster often takes the following format:
   Name of the Match
   Playing Teams (Team VS. Team)
   Place
   Time
   Ticket Service
   Welcoming Sentences
   Sample analysis
   Here are some welcoming sentences:
   1. You won’t want to miss the game!
   2. Everyone is welcome to come to cheer for your team.
   3. Basketball fans should hurry as tickets are limited and you are expected to be in front of the classroom building at 8:00 sharp.