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Unit 2 The Olympic Games I．教学内容分析

本单元的中心话题是“奥运会”。

Warming Up部分通过讨论让学生了解古代和现代奥运会的异同。

Pre-reading部分的三个问题则进一步考查学生对奥运会基本常识的了解。

Reading部分作者通过一个虚拟的采访向读者介绍了古代奥运会与现代奥运会的异同。

Comprehending部分帮助学生归纳他们已知的和刚学到的关于古代与现代奥运会异同，并且进一步讨论奥运会相关知识。

Learning about Language部分都同单元主题紧密相关，词汇和语法结构的呈现也尽可能地安排在相关的语境中。

Using Language部分通过一个希腊神话故事来引导学生进行读、听、说、写的综合训练。

Learning Tip部分鼓励学生在两人活动和小组活动中积极发言，这样既可以消除害羞的心理，又有利于学生掌握恰当的交际策略。

II．教学重点和难点

1．教学重点

(1) 本单元的生词和短语；

(2)

学会使用将来时的被动语态；

(3)

让学生熟悉奥运会—世界上最重要的体育盛会；能用英语就奥运会的基本知识进行互相问答，并能简述奥运会的基本知识；

(4)

鼓励学生表达自己的兴趣爱好，要多让学生讲自己熟悉的话题。

2．教学难点

(1) 指导学生按类别归纳整理词汇，让学生学会有效的记忆词汇的方法；

(2) 引导学生发现本单元重点语言结构，让学生自己发现并感悟相关的语言规律，培养他们的语感。

III．教学计划

本单元分五课时：

第一、二课时：Warming up，Pre-reading, Reading, Comprehension 第三课时：Learning about Language 第四课时：

Reading, Writing (Using Language) 第五课时：Listening, Speaking, Writing (Using Language) Period 4. Reading, Writing (Using Language)

Teaching Goals: 1. To learn more about the ancient Olympic Games. 2. To learn to imagine and write an ending of an unfinished passage. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Leading-in

Purpose: play a game to warm up, Stimulate Ss’ interest in fairy tales about the ancient Olympic Games.

1 . This is a very fast game. Each of the two teams has five players ,and the

game is played for four periods (场次) of twelve minutes each. The players try to put the ball into a "basket." It is useful if you are very tall.

2. This game must be played in water by several players. One who first reaches the finishing line is the winner.

3. The game is played by two teams of six players each. Each team can hit the ball up to three times, but not more than three times. Then the ball must land on the other side of the net (网). It is useful if you have tall players in your team. 4. Several athletes take turns to fire at something with a gun.

Review

words

and

phrases

in

the

first

reading. 1. 参加

2. ……精神、宗旨、

灵魂

3. 过去常常

4. 查明，找出

5. 每四年，每隔三年

6. (遍及）全世界

7. 一套，一组

8. 和……竞争

9. 为……而竞争

10. 获准做某事

11. 作为…被接受

12. 达到……水平、标准13. 在……方面扮演重

14. 和……一样

15. 感谢您（能抽空…）

16. 同根

17. 有/没做…机会

18. 伴随，与……搭配

19. 把……与关联起来

20. 和……有关

21. 和……赛跑

22. 听说

23. 确定

24. 轮流

25. 一个接一个

King

Princess

Step 2. Reading

1. Skimming

要角色（起重要作用）

Hippomenes

Goddess

Purpose: To get a brief understanding of the passage.

Read the text quickly and find out the relationship among the four persons. 2. Scan

the passage and find the answers: 1.

Who was Atlanta? 2.

What was she good at? 3.

Who did she want to marry? 4.

How could Hippomenes win Atlanta? Purpose: To get Ss to have some details in the text and find the main factors in the passage.

Reading and answeringWhat is the story about ? When

Ancient Greece Where

Greece Who

Atlanta,

Hippomenes

What

Hippomenes wanted to marry Atlanta and would run against her

Talking and writingReread the text and retell the text according to the questions 1.Who was Atlanta?

Greek princess

beautiful

run fast 2.What had happened to Atlanta?

not allowed

angry

not marry 3.What did she say when her father asked her marriage?

run faster

kill 4.What did the men do when they heard Atlanta’s

requirements?

went home

stayed there 5.What did Hippomenes think about her rules and what did he do after he saw Atlanta?

amaze

foolish

change his mind 6.What did the Goddess do to help Hippomenes?

golden apples

throw

relax

Group work

Ask Ss to talk about the possible ending in groups of four.What do you think would happen to Hippomenes?

After discussing, let every student write down the result they have got. And then ask some Ss to read out their results.

For your reference

(Various possible endings are allowed. Here are three kinds of different results.):

(1). Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race. (2). Hippomenes ran faster than Atlanta and married her. (3). Atlanta and Hippomenes fell in love with each other at first sight. In spite of this, he still had to run the race, and unfortunately he lost the race and was killed by the king without being stopped by Atlanta in time. Atlanta was so sad that she killed herself before Hippomenes’ dead body.

5.

Homework.

Finish

the

exercise

on

page

14

of

your

book

after

class.