Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教学目标

Unit 2

Sporting Events

Yixing No.1 Middle School

ZongYali

Pre- class

Play the Olympic theme song You and Me

Lead-in: Let students enjoy the pictures of Beijing Olympics opening ceremony then answer some questions to check how much they know about the Olympics. 1.Where were the last Olympics held? The slogan?

Lodon.

Inspire a generation 2.Where did the Olympic Games begin?

In Greece.

3.Up to now, how many Olympic Games have been held?

30 4. What kinds of sporting events are included in the Olympic Games?

Table tennis, wrestling, running, boxing, gymnastics, weight-lifting, diving, long jump, etc.

Skimming Skim the text quickly and answer the following three questions 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 dreamt that the -----(line 17-19) 3.What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech? He wishes the Olympic---(line 53-54)

Listening and reading for structure: get the main idea of each part 1.Main structure of the speech: Part 1: (Para 1)

the_topic of the speech Part 2: (Para 2～4)

the _history_ & significance of the Olympics Part 3: (Para 5～8)

some famous sports _stars__ and their great __contributions__ Part 4: (Para 9) The_end_ of the speech 2. Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage? A

B

C

D

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3.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.

an IOC member 2). The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD 776 776BC

3). In the past, women were allowed to compete.

only men 4). The aim of the modern Olympic Games is to make countries and people compete side by side.

live peacefully

5). The first modern Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1896 .

Athens 6). Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold medals for tennis.

table tennis

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

gymnastics

Detailed reading What are the differences and the similarities between the ancient games and the modern Olympic Games? 1.Compare the differences

The time to begin The place to begin Athletes The host

place Ancient

Olympics In 776 BC At Olympia in Greece Only Greek men The same place---Olympia Modern Olympics In 1896 In Athens Athletes from around the world Different cities around the the world Athletes competed wearing no Athletes compete in different sport Athletes’ appearance

clothes clothes

2.What are the similarities between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games? 1). Both were/are held _ every 4 years 2). Some of the sports played are still played now

Extension

1.What fine qualities do you think these athletes have in common? 1). They work very hard to achieve their aims. 2). They have passion/love for both sports and their countries. 3). They are not satisfied with the present and they struggle for better. 2.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

Reading strategy: reading a speech

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1. Definition: a formal talk that a person gives to an audience 2. Ways to make a good speech 1). tell an interesting story

2). use quotations

3). Presentstatistics

4). ask questions

Consolidation Summary of the article: Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the text. Mr. Jonson, a IOC member talked about the history and 1._________ of Olympics. The Ancient Olympics were2.____ at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC while modern Olympics were restarted to make people live 3.________ side by side. There were many 4.___________ athletes helping to 5._____ the dream such as Muhammand Ali, Michael Jordan and Chinese 6.______ have also make great 7._________ to the Olympics for example Liu Xiang 8.______ people all over Asia in 2004 Athens Olympic Games There are other Olympians attempting to push the 9.____ of the human achievement. So Mr Johnson wished the Olympic movement a successful future to match its 10.________ past 1.significance

2.held

3.peacefully

4.well-known

5.realize

6.athletes

7.contributions

8.excited

9.limit

10.glorious

Discussion Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honor and a great responsibility. Being host of the Olympic Games will have good and bad effects on the host country. Work together and write down some of the effects. 1.Good effects 1).Hosting the Olympics is a great honour for the country

2).It is a great opportunity to build relationships with other countries and to meet talented athletes from all over the world

3).People all over the world will learn about the city and its people. 4).Attracting investment 5).Many sports fans will visit the city and bring great benefits to the city. 2.Bad effects 1). It is very expensive to host the Olympics. Maybe the money should be used for other things. 2). Too many visitors may do harm to the environment of the city. 3). The venues and buildings may be wasted after the Olympic Games.

Homework: 1. Reread the text. and findind out the useful expressions in the text. 2. Finish Parts A1 and A2 on page 92

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