Reading(1)：The Olympic Games课时教案

Unit2 sporting events - Reading

Step1Fast reading for general ideas (5 minutes) 1 Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions.

1) What is the speech about?

2) Where were the ancient Olympic Games held?

3) Who restarted the modern Olympic Games?

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Reading strategy---- how to read a speech What is a speech?

A good speaker should

Step 2: Detailed reading for important information (25mintues) 1. Read the speech a second time and complete Parts C1 page 24 individually.

2. read the speech

and choose the best answers according to the text.

1). what is the main idea of the passage?

A. To talk about players in Olympics.

B. To talk about the history and significance of the Olympics

C. To say something about ancient Olympics

D. To say something about the modern Olympics. 2).The ancient Olympic Games were held at __in 776BC.

A. Olympia

B Zeus

C.New York

D. Paris 3). How many superstar are mentioned in the passage?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 6

D. 5 4). Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text?

A. China first took part in the Olympics in 1950.

B. Haile Gebrselassie broke the world record for the 10 km run at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

C. Deng Yaping is one of the greatest table tennis players in the world.

D. Muhammed Ali returned to the Olympics as a competitor in 1996.

5). From the passage, we can infer that____ .

A. The author is a player.

B. The author took part in last Olympic Games as a Judge

C. The author wants to realize this dream D. The author wishes next Olympic Games to be successful.

3. Number the paragraphs and divide the whole text into five part and try to get the

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main idea for each part (no more than 3 words). Part 1.----paragraph

Part 2---- paragraph

Part 3---- paragraph

Part 4-----paragraph

Part 5-----paragraph

4. Work in groups Group1: What are the differences between the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics?

Group2: What characteristics do the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics share?

5. Organize the information of 6 athletes and complete the form ,no more than 3 words

6. Listening and fill the blanks Good afternoon,

I am

to have been invited to your school to talk about the history and

of the Olympic Games. I’ll briefly share some interesting facts and stories with you. The

Olympics began in 776BC.

The modern games, first held in ______ , were designed to make it possible for countries and people to live peacefully together. Some famous athletes made Olympic history. One of the examples is Muhammad Ali who came to public attention during Rome Olympics.He won the gold medal for USA under his

original name Cassius Clay. Chinese athletes also made important ________ to the Olympics. In 1984, china returned to the games after 32 years’

. Deng Yaping, who won four gold medals is perhaps the

female table tennis player the world has ever seen. Liu Xiang

people all over Asia when he became the first Asian to win the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles. I wish the Olympic movement a successfulfuture to match its glorious past. Thank you.

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