Reading(1)：The Olympic Games优质公开课教案

M4U2 Reading The Olympic Games Lead in: Have a questionnaire How much do you know about the Olympic games？

1.What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for? A. five oceans B. five continents

C. five races 2. Match the year and the host city of the following Summer Olympic Games. 1984 2000 2004 2008

2012

2016

Sydney Athens

London Los Angeles Beijing Rio

3. Judge the slogan of the Olympic Games "Share the spirit"(分享奥林匹克精神) "Welcome Home"(欢迎回家) "One World One Dream"(同一个世界

同一个梦想) "Inspire a generation"(激励一代人) “One New World”(“一个新世界”)

Leaning aims

By the end of the class, we will be able to know how to read a speech about The Olympic Games and get its detailed information. know the spirits of the Olympic Games and use such spirit to encourage us.

Self-study: Reading strategy: reading a speech A good speech should keep the audience interested all the time. To achieve this, the speaker may tell an interesting story, use quotations(引语,语录) or present statistics(统计数据).

Asking questions can also be very helpful. In the speech above, Mr Johnson asks several questions. He does not expect his audience to actually answer the questions. However, he does want to get their brains working. When you read the speech, you need to think of the answers to

the questions the speaker asks. By answering the questions, you can follow the speaker’s train of Thought(演讲者的思路).

Fast reading: Read the speech quickly to

count (数数) how many the questions are asked by Johnson and underline(划线) where they are.

1. The speaker actually wants to _______ by asking the question “Do you know when the ancient Olympic Games began?

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

Guidance and exploration

Task 1 Read for the structure Part 1:the ____ of the speech Part 2:the ______ & __________ of the Olympic Games Part 3:some famous sports ____ and their great ____________ Part 4:the ________ of the speech Task 2 detailed information: (Competition preparing--Question bank)

Read the passage part by part for more detailed information. Part 1: (Para.1) the topic of the speech

1. Who is giving the speech? 2. What is the speech about? 3. Brief History of the Olympics

It's time for all of you to find all the following detailed information by yourselves. Answer all the questions and fill in all the blanks. After finishing, you can check the answers with your partner and remember them to prepare for the following competition.

Part 2: (Para. 2-4) the history & significance of the Olympic Games Who brought the Olympics back to life? What was his hope?

Read Paragraphs 2-4 and find out the similarities and differences between ancient Olympics and modern Olympics. Similarities: Differences:

Part 3: (Para. 5-8) some famous sports stars and their great contributions

How many sports stars are there mentioned in this part? And who are they? Read the paragraphs from 5 to 8 again one by one and get the achievements by filling in the numbered blanks

Muhammad Ali

Nationality: Achievements: 1. won _3.______________ for America in the 1960 Rome Olympics

2. went on to win the 1st World 4.______________________in 1964 3. returned to light 5._________at the opening ceremony in Atlanta in 1996 Michael Jordan Nationality: Achievements: helped the USA basketball team win the gold medal at the 3._______________Olympics.

2. won the 2nd

Olympic gold medal at the 4.______________ Olympics Xu Haifeng won the 1._______________ at the 2.________________ Olympics. Deng Yaping won 3.__________________ as a female 4.___________________at the 1992 Barcelona & 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Liu Xiang

became the 5. _____ Asian to win the gold medal in men’s 6. _________________ at the 7._____________Olympics.

Zhang Ning hung on to win the gold medal in the final match as a former 8. ____________ at the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the age of 9.________.

Part 4: (Para. 9-10) the conclusion of the speech What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech?

Task 3 Competition (who is still standing 一站到底) Two students are needed to take part in the competition, and answer the questions at the fastest speed, the one who answer the most questions will win the competition.

(attention: raise your paperboard before answering each question) Summary

What have we learnt today?

Consolidation：About the Olympic spirits

Read the given materials and then say something about the Olympic spirits and if you were one of them what would you do? Material 1：2008年8月18日

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刘翔因伤退赛, 这次13亿人指望着他能再飞一次,而他却放弃了这次奥运.与中国本土奥运会无缘了,北京奥运刘翔因伤退赛，中国田径队总教练冯树勇在新闻发布会上说

，刘翔退赛后，刘翔很难过。刘翔说：如果不是万不得已，他不会做出这样的决定。

冯树勇说，自从雅典奥运会后，刘翔的目标就是在北京奥运会上卫冕，

他一直在付出努力.

Material 2:

It was an extraordinary night. The noisy Mexico City gradually calmed down. The main stadium of

the Olympic track and field competition was covered in the darkness.

After he finished making the scenes of the marathon winners receiving the prizes, Greenspan,

the world famous news documentary producer was about to leave for the hotel for a rest when he

suddenly saw a bandaged marathon athlete run into the stadium. This man ran completely

Out of breath, but he didn’t stop. After he ran along the runway for a circle and got to the goal,

he collapsed on the ground.

Out of curiosity, he went over to ask why the athlete insisted on running to the goal.

The young man

replied, ＂That my country sent me here from more than 20 000 kilometers is not to let

me only get off the starting line in the competition, but to make me complete the game. I have a sacred goal like them: I will run to the goal. Though the audience won’t cheer me any more, my

motherland is watching me devotedly from behind. ＂

Tears poured from Greenspan’s eyes.

Soon, he spread the most touching scene in the history of the Olympic Games to every corner of

the world.

Life should have a dream of reaching the peak, yet we should understand not everybody has

the ability to do it. The most important is not whether we can get to the peat whether we have

made the greatest efforts — to reach the goal in the mind is a success.

Assignment