第五十一讲
Contents
talking about and commenting on a sports event in English
Inviting others to a game
1. Do you know how to talk about sports event in English?
2. Do you know how to invite people to watch a sports game in English?
Tips:
A. Would you like to join us in cheering for the college football team tonight?
B. It says there will be a chess game at the Students Center on Sunday. ____
Would you like to go and watch it? / Let’s go to watch it.
C. Are you interested in the tug-of-war matches in our college?
3. Are you interested in making comments on a sports event in English?
A. The match is ______ .
Tips:
so exciting
worth watching
making me feel crazy
B. Both the teams / Our team ____ .
Tips: played wonderfully
made an unbelievable victory
against the other school team
C. ____ is a very good (healthy) outdoor activity.
Tips: Fishing
Picnicking
Mountain-climbing
4. Can you invite people to take part in an outdoor activity in English?
A. 你喜欢钓鱼吗？Are you interested in fishing?
B. 我喜欢钓鱼。钓鱼是有利于健康的运动I enjoy fishing a lot. It’s a healthy sports.
C. 那干嘛不和我们一起去钓鱼呢？Why not go fishing with us?
D. Mountain climbing is a very good outdoor activity. Will you join us in climbing the mountain outside the city this Sunday?
E. Picnicking is a very exciting outdoor activity. Most people enjoy having a picnic in summer.
Sample dialogues
Sample 1
Do you want to Watch the Basketball Match
A: Hello, Robert. Are you free on Saturday morning?
B: Yes, why?
A: There is a basketball match at the Provincial Gymnasium. Do you want to watch it?
B: Sure. Between which teams?
A: Our university versus the Normal University.
B: Oh, great! Let’s go to cheer for our team.
A: Yeah. Normal University team is not easy to beat.
B: So the match will be exciting. What time does it start?
A: 8: 30. Do you think you can get up on time?
A: Of course. I’m eager to watch the game.
B: OK. There will be three school buses waiting for us in front of the library. Let’s meet there at 8:00 sharp.
A: All right. See you then.
Sample 2 Are you going to the Rowboat Match?
A: Hello, Ann. Are you going to the rowboat match?
B: Rowboat match? Is there one?
A: Haven’t you seen the notice for a friendly match organized by the Students’ Union?
B: No, not yet. Who’s competing?
A: It’s between the Chinese students and the overseas students in our college.
B: Wow, that’s going to be exciting!
A: Yes. And everybody is welcome.
B: Are you going to be on the Chinese students’ team?
A: No, I’m not good at boating. But I’ll cheer for them. How about you?
B: I want to be a member of the overseas students’ team. I used to be on my school team in England.
A: I’m sure the team will be happy to have you.
B: I hope so. What time is the match and where?
A: 4: 00 p.m., Saturday afternoon. It’s at South Lake.
B: OK. I think I’ll start training for it now.
Sentences for inviting people to watch a sports game and giving responses:
1. There is a basketball match at the City Gymnasium. Would you like to go to watch it?
2. Let’s go to cheer for our team.
3. I’m eager to watch the game.
4. Are you going to the rowboat match?
5. Are you going to join us in cheering for the college team?
6. What time is the match and where?
Practice the following sentences.
1. When the football match was in process, we kept cheering for both teams.
2. I’m eager to witness the victory of our national team.
Sentences for commenting on a sports event:
1. The Normal University team is not easy to beat.
2. The match will be exciting.
3. Wow, that’s going to be exciting.
Practice the following sentences.
1. We beat them by the score of 5 to 3 in the football match.
2. The two teams used to compete wonderfully.
3. Practice the two dialogues in Follow the Samples
4. Practice dialogues according to the given tasks
5. Exercises