Reading(1)：The Olympic Games优秀完整教案

Unit 2 Sporting events Reading

Period 1

Teaching Aims: 1.

Check and enhance students’ reading abilities. 2.

Train Ss to gain an overall understanding of the article and learn to adopt different reading strategies. Teaching important points: 1.

Help Ss know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games about. 2.

Help them learn some language items. Teaching difficult points: 1.

how to read a speech

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how to grasp the new words. Teaching methods:[来源:学#科#网]

1. Improve the students’ reading ability. 1.

Practice to get the students to master what they’ve learnt. 2.

Discussion to make every student work in class.[来源:Zxxk.Com]

Teaching aids: 1.

the multi-media 2.

the blackboard. Teaching procedures: Step 1.lead in 1.

Talk about the Olympics: ask some questions.[来源:学§科§网]

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Encourage the students to share their information they have already known and to express their opinions freely.. Step 2. Reading源:Z+xx+k.Com]

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Ask Ss to skim the article and answer the three questions in Part

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Ask Ss to reread the passage and do C1 individually. 3.

Get Ss to scan the article again and do C2. 4.

Help Ss to get the idea of the reading strategies.

5.

Ask Ss to answer the following questions:

1).What characteristics do the ancient Olympics and modern

Olympics share? 2).What are the differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games? 3).Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan are mentioned in the passage. What do these two sports stars have in common? 4).Do you think Chinese athletes such as Deng Yaping and Liu Xiang

are as great as Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan?[来源:学#科#网]

Step 3. Language items. Ⅰ.重点单词

1．delightedadj.愉快的，高兴的

delightvt.&vi.(使)高兴；n.高兴

delightfuladj.令人愉快的

2．significancen．重要性，意义

significantadj.有意义的；重要的

3．traditionn．传统；风俗

traditionaladj.传统的

4．competevi.比赛；竞争

competitionn．竞赛

5．honourn．尊敬；荣幸；节操；荣誉；vt.尊敬，尊重(某人) honouredadj.值得尊敬的

6．contemporaryadj.现代的，当代的；同一时代的

7．absencen．缺席，不在场；不存在

absentadj.缺席的

8．excitevt.使激动，使兴奋

excitementn．激动，兴奋

excitedadj.激动的，兴奋的

excitingadj.令人激动的，使人兴奋的

9．finaladj.最终的，最后的；n.决赛

finallyadv.最后，终于

10．attemptn．&vt.尝试，努力，试图

11．boundaryn．边界，界限

12．movementn．社会运动；移动，活动；进展

movingadj.移动的；令人感动的

Ⅱ.重点短语

1．play a role in在……中扮演角色；在……中起作用

2．every four years每四年，每隔三年

3．by tradition按照传统

4．in honour of为向……表示敬意

5．bring sth.back to life使……起死回生

6．side by side肩并肩

7．make contributions to为……做出贡献

8．lead the way领先

9．hang on(在逆境中)坚持

10．pass sth on (to sb.)转交/传给/传递某物(给某人) Step 4. Homework. 1.Do Part E. 2.Prepare for the language items.