Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教学内容概述

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Module4Unit2 Sporting events Period2 Reading The Olympic Games Teaching design: From learning the passage , students are required to know about the history and significance of the Olympic Games. Students should also know some famous Olympic athletes who have brought joy to people across the world with their attempts to push the boundaries of human achievement. As Chinese, we should know something about the 29th Beijing Olympics held in 2008.

Learning aims: 1. To get a general idea of the whole text. 2. To develop the ability of reading a speech.

3. Arouse students’ interest in talking about Olympics and make them feel proud of our country.

Important and difficult points: 1. To know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games.

2. To master the way of reading a speech 一．Lead in: 1.

What can you think of when we talk about Olympics? 2.

How often are Olympic Games held?

3.

What is the Olympic motto? What does it mean?

二．Reading strategy: reading a speech 1.

What is a speech?

____________________________________________________________________________. 2.

How many ways can we use to make a good speech? What are they? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3.The writer actually wants to _______by asking

the question “Do you know when the ancient games began?”

A. get the right answer

B. get the audience interested in his topic

C. give you a chance to speak

D. show what he knows about the games 三．Fast Reading

Read the speech quickly to get the answers

1.

What is the speech about? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.

What was Pierre de Coubertin’s hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life?

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_____________________________________________________________________________ 3.

What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech? ____________________________________________________________________________ 四：Detailed reading

1.

Circle the incorrect part of each sentence below and write the correct word(s) in the blanks.

1). According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete.

_____________ 2) The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD 776.

_____________ 3) Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics.

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

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

_____________ 6) Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she competed in the 2008 Olympic Games._______ 2. Reading for structures: Get the main idea of each part

Part 1:(Para________):the __________ of the speech Part 2:(Para________):the __________ & _____________ of the Olympic Games. Part 3:(Para________):some famous _________________ and their great _______________. Part 4:(Para________):the ___________ of the speech. 3.Brief History of the Olympics 776BC:________________________________ ↓

394AD ↓

1896:________________________________ 4.Some famous athletes and their achievements: 1.

Muhammad Ali: from _____________________

Achievement:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.

Michael Jordan: from______________

Achievement: ________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 3.

Xu Haifeng: from_______________

Achievement:_________________________________________________________________ 4.

Deng Yaping: from______________

Achievement: _______________________________________________________________ 5.

Liu Xiang：

from _____________ Achievement:_______________________________________________________________ 6.

Zhang Ning: from ____________

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Achievement: ______________________________________________________________. Summaries about the athletes: These are some of the Olympic athletes who bring ____________________________________ __________________________

and make attempts to ______________________________ ___________________________________________________. Extension : What fine qualities do you think these athletes have in common? 1.

__________________________________________________________________________ 2.

__________________________________________________________________________ 3.

__________________________________________________________________________

Which of the following proverbs(谚语）

best suits the athletes mentioned in this passage? A.

Life is made up of little things. B.

It’s never too old to learn. C.

Where there is a will, there is a way. D.

Look before you leap, see before you go 5.Task-based reading Topic

The history and (1)______________of the Olympics

（2)________of The ancient games began in 776 BC in Greece

the games (3) ___________ the modern ones in 1896 in Athens.

Only men were allowed to compete while today athletes across the （4)________ between the ancient world can take part (5)___________language they speak. and modern games The ancient games were held at the (6)__________ place, but countries and people can live (7) _____________together in the modern ones.

Some well-known athletes and their(8) __________

Conclusion

Muhammad Ali won the gold medal in 1960 and

His first World Heavyweight Championship in 1964 Michael Jordan won the gold at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics.

Chinese athletes have also played an important

(9) ____________in the Olympic Games.

The Olympics will have a successful future to (10) _________his glorious past.

Consolidation—summary of the article：

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Mr. Jonson, a IOC member talked about the history and _________

of Olympics. The Ancient Olympics were______ at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC while modern Olympics were restarted to make people live_________ side by side. There were many ___________ athletes helping to _____ the dream such as Muhammand Ali, Michael Jordan and Chinese ______ have also make great _________ to the Olympics for example Liu Xiang ______ people all over Asia in 2004 Athens Olympic Games There are other Olympians attempting to push the _______ of the human achievement. So Mr Johnson wished the Olympic movement a successful future to match its ________ past. 五：Discussion Why do many countries want to host the Olympic games while others do not? Do you think that the Game will bring the host city (or the country) a lot of benefits? Why ? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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