Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教案设计（一等奖）

Period 3 Reading (1) Learning aims:

1. To get a general idea of the whole text. 2. To develop the ability of reading a speech.

3. to develop interest in talking about Olympics and feel proud of our country.

Important and difficult points: 1. To know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games.

2. To master the way of reading a speech

预习导航

1.

What can you think of when we talk about Olympics? 2.

How often are Olympic Games held?

3.

What is the Olympic motto? What does it mean?

合作探究

1. Fast reading 1.

What is the speech about? 2.

Where were the ancient Olympic Games held? 3.

Who restarted the modern Olympic Games? 2. The structure of the text Main idea: the history and significance of the Olympic Games Part 1（

1 ）

Part 2（

2-4 ）ancient games Part 3（

5 ）

Part 4（

6-9 ）some heroes in the history of the Olympic Games Part 5（

10-11 ）

3. Careful reading a. Read the speech again and choose the best answers according to the text.

1). What is the main idea of the passage?

A. To talk about players in Olympics.

B. To talk about the history and significance of the Olympics

C. To say something about ancient Olympics

D. To say something about the modern Olympics. 2).The ancient Olympic Games were held at __in 776BC.

A. Olympia

B Zeus

C.New York

D. Paris 3). How many superstar are mentioned in the passage?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 6

D. 5 4). Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text?

A. China first took part in the Olympics in 1950.

B. Haile Gebrselassie broke the world record for the 10 km run at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

C. Deng Yaping is one of the greatest table tennis players in the world.

D. Muhammed Ali returned to the Olympics as a competitor in 1996.

5). From the passage, we can infer that____ .

A. The author is a player.

B. The author took part in last Olympic Games as a Judge

C. The author wants to realize this dream D. The author wishes next Olympic Games to be successful. b. Read the passage again and check the errors in each sentence. 1). According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete

2). The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776.

3). Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics. 4). The contemporary Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1896.

5). At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese women’s badminton team won the gold medal for the first time in history.

6). Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she completed in the 2008 Olympic Games. 4．Compare the differences.

Ancient Olympics Modern Olympics The time to begin

Athletes The host place Athletes’ appearance

课堂训练

Mr. Johnson, a IOC member talked about the history and _________of Olympics. The ancient Olympics were_____ at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC while modern Olympics were restarted to make people live_________ side by side. There were many ___________ athletes helping to _____ the dream such as Muhammand Ali, Michael Jordan and Chinese ______ have also make great _________ to the Olympics for example Liu Xiang ______ people all over Asia in 2004 Athens Olympic Games There are other Olympians attempting to push the ____ of the human achievement. So Mr. Johnson wished the Olympic movement a successful future to match its ________ past Homework

Try to retell the text with the help of the key words.

The place to begin