Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教学设计

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M4U2

Sports events

Learning aims:

1. Students will read a speech about the history of the Olympics.

2. Students are able to talk about the Olympics and athletes. 3.Students are able to talk about sports and activities.

Lead-in: Watch a video about sports and think about these questions. 1.

What sports events did you see from the video? 2.

Can you name some famous Chinese sports stars? 3.

Do you know some common sports? Step one.: Fast reading. 1.

What is the speech about?

2.

Where were the ancient Olympic Games held?

3.

Who restarted the modern Olympic Games?

Step two: Reading strategy( reading a speech). 1.A speech is ______________ that a person gives to an audience. To keep the audience interested all the time,

the speaker may ①._________________, ②.__________________ or ③.____________________.

_________________ can also help. Step one.: Careful reading. 1.According to the speech, what is the speaker?

A. an athlete

B. an IOC member

C. a student

D. a professor 2.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 3. The purpose of the modern Olympic Games is to ________ according to Pierre de

Coubertin. A. make countries and people communicate and live with each other peacefully. B. spread the spirit of co-operation, persistence, participation and so on. C. compete with each other friendly.

D. all the above. 4. Arrange the events in the right order according to the time they happened.

① Deng Yaping won four gold medals.

② PRC returned to the Olympic Games after 32 years’ absence.

③ The modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens.

④ Muhammad Ali lighted the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in Atlanta.

⑤.Liu Xiang won the gold medal.

A.⑤③④①②

B.③②①④

C.③②①⑤④

D.②③④①⑤

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Step four：Homework(reading the passage again and circle some important phrases).