Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教学实录及点评

M4U2 Sporting Events Reading（1）The Olympic Games

Teaching aims: To know the origin and

history of the Olympics; To know how to read a speech and make a good speech in the class; To practice students’ reading skills;

To take part in group working to solve the questions in each task; To realize the importance of making contributions to our country.

Teaching important points: To understand how to read a speech and make a good speech; To practice their reading skills, including fast reading and careful reading.

Teaching difficult point: How to enable students to take part in the group working and solve the problem together.

Teaching methods: Task-based teaching; cooperative teaching；explanation

Teaching procedures: Step I Lead-in 1)Guess Do you know the following sporting events? Please scan the pictures and tell us the name of these sports.Could you list more?

2) Little questions How much do you know about the Olympic Games?

(five circles, the Olympic flag, motto, torch, events,medals,IOC ..... ) How many Olympic Games did you see on TV? How often are the Olympic Games held? When and where was the first modern Olympics held? What’s your favorite athlete? Why?

Step II Reading strategy Read the reading strategy quickly (P23) and try to finish the form with your group members

Definition of a speech Ways to make a good speech a formal talk that a person 1. tell an interesting story gives to an audience 2. use quotations 3. present statistics

4. ask questions

Step III Fast reading 1)

Read and answer

Read the text quickly and then answer the following questions: 1.

What is the speech mainly about? 2.

What was Pierre de Coubertin's hope...? 3.

What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech?

2)

Read for structure

Read the text again and then work in groups to fill the form.

Part Main idea Part I Para 1 the topic of the speech Pare II Para 2-4 the history & significance of the Olympic Games Para III Para 5-8 some famous sports stars and their great contributions Part IV Para 9 the closure of the speech

Question:

Which of the following shows the right structure of the text?

①

① ② ③ ①

②

③ ③ ④

④

④ ②

① ②

③ ④

Step III Careful reading 1)

Part II

Read part II (Para2-4)carefully and then try to finish the following form.

History Time Place Athletes The ancient in 776 BC at Olympia in Greece only Greek men

Single women The modern in 1896 in Athens athletes from around

the world

2)

Part III Read Part III (Para 5-8) and work with group members to find out the general information of the famous sports stars and make a poster.

Muhammad Ali

(nation& achievements) Six

Michael Jordan

Xu Haifeng

Deng Yaping

Liu Xiang

Zhang Ning

Make a poster

Name Muhammad Ali

Nationality American Achievements: 1. won the gold medal for American in the 1960 Rome Olympics. 2…

Name Michael Jordan

Nationality American Achievements: 1…

2…

won the first gold medal at the 1984 Los Angels Olympics won 4 gold at the 1992 & 1996 Olympics the 1st Asian to win the gold dal in men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics hung on to win the gold medal in the final match

3)

Extension: What fine qualities do these athletes have in common?

① work hard to achieve aims ② have passion and love for both sports and their countries ③ never satisfied with the present and struggle for better

Step IV Post reading 1)A task-based reading comprehension: Topic

The history and ___ of the Olympics Origin The ancient games began in 776 BC in 2____ while the modern ones in 1896 in Athens. 3._____between the

Only men and 4_____ women were allowed to compete in ancient and modern ancient Olympics while today athletes from all nations can take games part.

The ancient games were held at the 5____ place while modern games are held in different countries. Foreign sports

Muhammad Ali won the gold medal in 1960 and his first 6_________ World Heavyweight Championship in 1964.

Michael Jordan won the gold medal at the 1984 and 1922 Olympics. China's 7________

China returned to the Olympics in 1984 after being 8_______ from the games for 32 years.

For the first time China took the _____ in gold medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics. Conclusion The Olympics will

have a successful future to match his 10______ past.

3)

Present a speech: Present a speech about “your favorite athlete”

Please try to make a speech by using reading strategy learnt before You may begin like this: Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a great honor to stand here to share my opinions with you. The topic today is about my favorite athlete______.... Your speech should include: •

the general information of your favorite athlete; •

the achievements or contributions he or she made to the country; •

the effects he or she has on you.

Step V: Homework 1)

complete the speech 2)

finish Part E on page 25