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Unit 2 the Olympic Games Reading: An Interview Ⅰ. Teaching objectives 1. Ability aims 1) Develop students’ reading ability by skimming, scanning, careful reading, and summary. 2) Develop students’ ability to cooperate with others. 3) Develop students’ ability of judgment. 2. Knowledge aims 1) Get students to know the basic knowledge about the Olympic Games. 2) Get students to know the similarities and differences about ancient and modern Olympic Games. 3) Get students to know some important words and phrases in reading, such as athlete, admit, nowadays, stadium, replace, as well, regular basis. 3. Emotion aims 1) Arouse students’ interest in the Olympic Games. 2) Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning. Ⅱ. Teaching important points 1. Develop students’ reading ability---fast-reading and careful-reading. 2. Get students to learn about the basic knowledge about the Olympic Games. 3. Enable students to know some important words and phrases.

Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points 1. Enable students to talk about the Olympic Games. 2. Let students learn to use comparing and contrasting when reading. Ⅳ. Teaching approaches 1. Task-based teaching method 2. Cooperative learning 3. Discussion

V. Teaching aid Multi-media Ⅵ. Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up The purpose of this exercise is to introduce the topic. All the students know the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, so it is easy to arouse their interest. 1. Enjoy the song Welcome to Beijing which is created for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to lead in the topic: the Olympic Games. 2. Show some pictures about Beijing Olympic Games. 1) The opening ceremony. 2) The Olympic mascot---Five Friendlies. 3) The stadiums: the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube. Step 2 Pre-reading The purpose of this exercise is to find out how much students know of the ancient Olympic Games or remember of recent modern Olympic Games, and

then leads in Reading.

How much do you know about the Olympic Games? Test your knowledge with this quiz. 1. Where did the ancient Olympic Games start?

(Olympia in Greece) 2. When and where did the modern Olympic Games start? (Athens in Greece in 1896) 3. Who was China's first gold medal winner and for what event? (Xu Haifeng for shooting) 4. What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for? (They stand for the relationship of the five continents.) 5. What are the three words that show the spirit of the Olympic Games? (Swifter, Higher, and Stronger) 6. When and where will the next Olympic Games be held? (Rio de Janeiro in 2016) Step 3 Reading This reading introduces the students to the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games. Ask students to read the first paragraph in order to help students know the main characters in this reading and understand the interviewer and interviewee 1. Ask students to read the first paragraph altogether to find the main characters in this passage, and figure out who is the interviewer and who is the interviewee. 2. Fast reading

The purpose of fast reading is to develop students reading ability of finding information as quickly as possible. 1) Skimming for the main idea Skimming a passage before reading it should be part of the reading process every time a student reads a new reading passage. Ask students to skim the passage to find the main idea of this passage. (The similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics.) 2) Important words and phrases Some new words and phrases may affect reading, after dealing with them, students can read the passage easier. Ask students to read the passage as quickly as possible to underline all the words and phrases they don’t understand. Then match the words and phrases with explanations.

3) Scanning The purpose of scanning is to develop students’ ability of finding and locating information. Ask students to scan the passage to decide whether the following statements are true or false, and give reasons.

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Both the Summer and Winter Olympics are held every two years. (F) ②

Pausanias is surprised to know that women are to take part in the modern Olympic Games. (T) ③

Horse riding events belong to the Winter Olympics. (F) ④

Every athlete can take part in the Olympic Games. (F) ⑤

The olive wreath has been replaced by money. (F) ⑥

Li Yan feels proud because China has finally got the chance to hold the Olympic Games. (T) 3. Careful reading The purpose of this activity is to make sure the students are aware of the differences and similarities between the ancient and modern Olympic Games. Ask students to listen to the tapes. While listening, read after the tape, and find the differences and similarities between the ancient Olympic Games and the modern Olympic Games. After listening, students can discuss in group of four and fill in the blanks.

4. Summary The purpose of this activity is to develop students ability of concluding.

Ask students to fill in the blanks to make the summary of this passage. The Olympic Games are the biggest sports meeting in the world, which include the ______ and _____ Olympic Games. Both of them are held ___________. All countries can take part if their athletes reach the ______________ for the event. Women are not only _______ to join in, but play a very ________ role. A ___________ is built for the competitors to live in, several _______ for competitions, and a _________as well. It's a great ______ to host the Olympic Games. The olive wreath has been ______ by medals. But it's still about being able to run ____, jump _______ and throw_______. That's the motto of the Olympics -- "______, ______ and _______." Step 4 Post reading The purpose of this activity is to extending students' thought and practice oral English.

Ask students to discuss the following question in group of four. Why do many countries want to host the Olympic Games while others do not? Step 5 Homework

1. Find more information about the Olympic Games. 2. Review the reading text and finish Ex. 1 & 2 (P11). Step 6 Blackboard design

Unit 2 The Olympic Games

Reading: An Interview

mascot Interviewer: Pausanias

Five Friendlies Interviewee: Li Yan

stadiums Similarities: time, Summer Olympics

The Bird’s Nest Differences: type, place, competitors, prize

The Water Cube

Ⅶ. Teaching reflection 1. The completion of teaching objectives. 2. Teaching important and difficult points are accurate or not. 3. The design of teaching activities are effective or not. 4. Student's reaction and cooperation. 5. Students’ learning state. 6. unexpected cases.