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Unit 2

Sports events Reading

Teaching plan for The Olympic Games

Teaching Aims: 1.

Enhance students’ reading abilities. 2.

Enable students to adopt the strategy for reading a speech and catch the main idea of the text.

Teaching Important Points: 1.

Help students know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games. Teaching Methods: 1. Students centred. 2. Discussions to make every student work in class. Teaching aids: 1.

the multi-media 2.

the blackboard. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead- in 1. A question game to find out today’s lucky dog. 2. How to read a speech by answering two questions. 1 What is a speech? A formal talk that a person gives to an audience.

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2 Which ways are there to make a good speech? tell an interesting story

use quotations

present statistics

ask questions Step 2 Fast reading Ask Students to skim the article and answer the three questions in Part A. 1. What is the speech about?

The history and significance of the Olympic Games. 2. What was Pierre de Coubertin’s hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life? He hoped that the Olympic Games would make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side in peace. 3. What does speaker wish for at the end of the speech? He wishes the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory. Step 3 Careful reading Task 1.

Read the passage again and check the errors in each sentence. Underline the wrong words and then write down the right ones. 1) According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete.

an LOC member

2). The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776.

776BC

3). Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics. Only men were

4). The contemporary Olympic Games were first held in Rome in 1896.

Athens

5). At the 2008 Beijing Olympic, the Chinese women’s badminton team won the gold medal for the first time in history.

gymnastics

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6). Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she competed in the 2008 Olympic Games.

early

Task 2

Fill in each blank with a proper word to complete the short passage.

Good afternoon, students and teachers. I am delighted 1______ have been invited to your school to talk to you about the history and significance 2______ the Olympic Games. The ancient games began in the year 776 BC. 3______ today’s Olympic Games, the ancient games were always held at the same place. The modern Olympic Games were first held in 1896, in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, 4______ restarted the Olympics. His dream was that the Olympics would make 5_____ possible for countries and people to live peacefully side 6______side. Now people all over the world are helping to realize this dream. Chinese athletes have also made important contributions 7______the Olympics. Join me in wishing the Olympic movement

8______successful future to match its past glory. Step 4 Post reading 1

Discuss what can we learn from the athletes mentioned in the speech?

Try to fill in the form according to the passage. Name Muhammad Ali Nationality American Which Olympic Olympic achievements Other information 1960 Rome Gold boxing Olympics medal, won his first World Boxing Championship;lit the Olympic flame at 1966 Atlanta Olympics

Michael Jordan American 1984 Los Two gold medals,

Angles basketball Olympics;1992 Barcelona

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Xu Haifeng Chinese 1984 Los Gold medal Angeles Olympics Won the first Olympic gold medal for China

Deng Yaping Chinese 1992 Barcelona Four gold medals,

Olympics; table tennis 1996 Atlanta

Liu Xiang Zhang Ning Chinese Chinese 2004 Athens Gold medal, men’s The first Asian to win this race Olympics 110-metre hurdles 2008 Beijing gold medals, won the gold medal at the age of 33 Olympics badminton 2

Make a short speech. There are six famous and successful Olympic athletes mentioned in the speech. Please make a short speech about them, using the information in the text and you have got before class. My speech about Deng Yaping Good morning, classmates and teachers.I am delighted to talk to you about Deng Yaping and her great sports life. When she was five years old, she......

Step 5 Homework 1. Finish Part D and Part E. 2. Polish your short speeches.

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