Reading(1)：The Olympic Games优质课一等奖

M4 Unit2 Reading-- Sports Events (1)

Teaching Aims：

1. Arouse students’ interest in talking about Olympics.

2. Help students develop their reading ability.

3.Help students retell what they’ve got in the reading. 4.Encourage students to express their opinion on the Olympics. Importance: Help

students retell what they’ve got in the reading.

[来源:Zxxk.Com]Difficulties：Encourage students to express their

opinion on the Olympics. Procedures

Teaching objectives:

1. To get the general idea of the article on P22 and P23.

2. To finish a task-based reading according to the article. Step1. Lead in Warm-up questions: Do you like sports? What sports can you play? What sports do you know? Who is your favorite sportsperson? Step2

Self-study Self-study guidance (1)

go over the reading strategy and fill in the blanks.

1)Definition of a speech

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. present statistics

4. ask questions 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 Fast Reading

Self-study guidance (2)

Skim the text quickly and finding out main idea for each paragraph -Matching Game. Careful Reading

Task1

Listen to the recording and read the text carefully, then answer the following questions, if necessary, you may discuss it with your partners. 1.

What is the speech about? The history and significance of the Olympic Games. 1.

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

His dream was that make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side in peace. 2.

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

He wishes the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory. 4. Try to describe the development of Olympic Games.

The ancient games

in 776BC at Olympia in Greece only Greek men (unmarried women)

The contemporary games

in 1896 in Athens athletes from around the world Task2 Read the article carefully and try to complete the table related to the six athletes.

1.

Muhammad Ali

(American) Achievements: 1) won the gold medal for America in the 1960 Rome Olympics. 2) went on to win the 1st World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964. 3) returned to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in Atlanta in

1996. 2.

Michael Jordan

(American)

1)

was the highest scorer for ... at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

2)

won the 2nd

Olympic gold medal

at the 1992

Barcelona Olympics 3.

Xu Haifeng (Chinese)

won the first gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 3.

Deng Yaping (Chinese) won 4 gold at the 1992 & 1996 Olympics

became an IOC member in 2000 4.

Liu Xiang (Chinese) the 1st Asian to win the gold medal in men’s 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics

5.

Zhang Ning (Chinese) hung on to win the gold medal in the final match

Task3 Cooperation & Further Discussion Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honour for a country, but at the same time it costs a lot of money. Do you think hosting the Olympics will be a good opportunity to develop the host country’s economy and tourism, or will it be a heavy burden on the economy?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of holding the Olympic Games?

Homework：1.Finish exercises on page 24 and 25.

2.Read the passage carefully and review the new words and phrases.2 Make a summary of the text.