Reading(1)：The Olympic Games第一课时导学案

M4Unit2

Sports events Reading: the Olympic Games

No. 2 Senior High School Attached to Nanjing Normal University

Nov. 28, 2015 Learning aims: 1.

To arouse the interest in talking about Olympics. 2.

To develop the reading ability. 3.

To fully involve in the discussion about famous athletes. 4.

To arouse the enthusiasm and love for sports and Olympics. Learning procedures:

Step 1: Lead-in Q: How much on earth do you know about the Olympics? （Eg. The Olympic flag，Mascot，Motto，Emblem，Torch，Medals，Events，IOC）

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Step 2: Fast-reading

Q: 1. What is the speech about? ________________________________________________________________________________

2. What ancient sports can still be seen today? Give some examples. ________________________________________________________________________________

3. What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech? ________________________________________________________________________________

Step 3: Careful reading Fill in the blanks: What’s the differences and similarities between the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics?

Differences

The Ancient Olympic Games

The Modern Olympic Games

Similarities

Step 4:Detailed reading 第 1 页

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Read part.2(para.2-4) carefully and decide whether they are true(T) or false(F). (1) The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD 776.

______ (2) The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia every four years.

______ (3) Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics.

______ (4) Single women could take part in their own competition at a separate festival in honor of Zeus.______ (5) The first contemporary Olympics were held in Rome in 1986.

______ ________________ brought the Olympics back to life. His dream was that ...

2.

Read part.3(5-8) carefully and fill in the following forms. (1) Name

Nationality

Muhammad Ali

Achievements: 1.

won the gold medal for America at _______________________________________________ 2.

_____________________________________________________________________ in 1964 3.

returned to ___________________________________________________ in Atlanta in 1996 (2) Name

Nationality

American Achievements: 1.

helped the USA basketball team win the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 2.

won the 2nd Olympic gold medal at _________________________________________ Other athletes the speaker has mentioned.

3.

Read part.4(9-10) and answer the following question. Q: How have some of the Olympic athletes brought joy to people across the world?

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Step 5: Reading strategy: reading a speech

Definition of a speech

Ways to make a good speech

Step 6: Consolidation 第 2 页

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Tasked-based questions The history The ancient * They were held at Olympia in Greece for almost 12 centuries from of Olympics

Olympics 776BC to AD394. * Male and female athletes (1)____________ at a separate festival. The Pierre de Coubertin, a Frenchman, known as ‘the Father of the Modern (2)________ Olympics’, (3)____________ the Olympics back to life. Olympics The stories American of some sports stars well-known sports stars * Muhammad Ali, who won the gold medals in both 1960 and 1964, (4)____________ the Olympic flame of the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. * Michael Jordon won his (5)_____________ Olympic gold medals 8 years after he won the first one. (6)________ * Xu Haifeng, the first Chinese Olympic gold medal (7)____________ sports stars * Deng Yaping, the greatest female table tennis player * Liu Xiang, the first (8)____________ to win the gold medal in the men’s 110-meter hurdles * Zhang Ning, maybe the oldest female Olympic badminton gold medalist The dreams

* To make people live together (9)____________ * To (10)_____________ the boundaries of human achievements to enjoy the whole world

2.

Discussion and presentation Suppose you want to talk about one more athlete, who would you like to talk about?

Begin with

“Another amazing athlete I want to mention is ...”

Content:

Achievements (...for the first time in history / push the boundaries of human achievement / make

important contributions to...)

Influence (...excite people / come to public attention / China must felt proud when...)

Efforts (...compete for / hang on to / go on to...) What can we learn from him / her? Best wishes to his / her future

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Step 7: homework 1. Further polish your talk. 2. Preview the new words and expressions in this part and get prepared for the next lesson.

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