Reading(1)：The Olympic Gamesppt课件配套教案内容

Teaching Plan

Unit 2 Reading

The Olympic Games

一、教学目标

知识与技能

To help students to get a general idea about the text.

过程与方法

To make students familiar with detailed information about the text.

情感态度与价值观

To get the students know the spirits of the Olympic Games. 二、教学的的重难点

重点：How to help the students understand the passage better and finish all the exercises. 难点：How to help the students develop their creative and comprehensive abilities 三、教学方法

1. Improve the student’s reading comprehension. 2. Practice to get the students to master what they learnt. 3. Discussion to make every student work in class.

Teaching Procedures:

Step I: Lead-in

Ask students some questions to excite their interest in the Olympic Games.

1.Where did the ancient Olympics begin?

A. Rome

B. India

C. Greece

D. the U.S.A 2. When and where did the modern Olympics begin?

A. 1896 Olympia

B. 1896

Athens C. 1900 Olympia

D. 1900

Athens 3.What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for? A. five continents

B. five oceans

C. five races 4.What is the mascot(吉祥物) of Beijing Olympics? 5. When and where will be the next Olympic Games held? Step II:

Presentation

Ask students to get the main idea of each paragraph to better their understanding

Part 1:

(Para.1)

the topic of the speech Part 2:

(Para. 2-4)

the history & significance of the Olympic Games

Part 3:

(Para. 5-8)

some famous athletes and their great contributions Part 4

(Para. 9-10)

the closure of the speech

Ask students to listen to the first 4

paragraphs to get a knowledge of the

differences and similarities of the ancient and contemporary Olympic Games. 

When did the ancient Olympic Games begin？



Where were they held and how often？



what ancient sports can still be seen today? 

Who could compete at the ancient Olympic Games？How about the contemporary Olympic Games today？

Ask students to fill in the blanks according to the text so that they can learn some spirits from those athletes

Name Nationality

Which Olympics Olympic achievements

Other information

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

Muhammad

Ali

Michael

Jordan Xu Haifeng

Deng Yaping

Liu Xiang

Zhang Ning

This task-based reading is used to consolidate what they have learnt and have a full understanding.

Outline

Brief introduction

Supporting details The passage is mainly about the history and____1___ of the Olympic Games.

Talking about the __2_____ The ancient Olympics ____3___ in 776BC in Olympia Greece. Olympics

The athletes were all men, competing with on _____4_____ on,

The restarting contemporary Games. of the Restarted by a Frenchman, the ___5___ contemporary Olympic Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. The ___6____ of the Frenchman is to make countries and people live peacefully side by side by means of the Olympics.

Famous and successful Foreign athletes: Muhammad Ali, 1964’s World Heavyweight athletes at the modern Boxing Championship ship; Michael Jordan, one ____7____ of Olympics 1984 Olympic Game’s basketball championship.

Chinese athletes: Xu Haifeng , the first Olympic gold ____8____: Deng Yaping, the table tennis gold medalist for four times; Liu Xiang, the first____9____ gold medalist in men’s 110-meter hurdles; Zhang Ning , a former badminton champion.

The future of the Olympics With other Olympic athletes___10_____ to push the boundaries of the human achievement, the speaker wishes the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory.

Discussion Who do you think is the greatest Olympic athletes and why?

Step III

Homework

Write a short essay about the Olympic Games

Finish A1 and A2 on the Workbook