Reading(1)：The Olympic Games优质课教学设计

M4 U2 Reading

①What we are going to do are：

1: Competition 2: Fast reading

3: Detailed reading(group work) 4: Exercise 5: Discussion

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②PART 1 Lead-in How much do you know about the Olympic Games?(Competition) 1. What is the Olympic motto(口号/座右铭)?

A. Faster, Higher, Stronger

B. Further, Higher, Stronger

C. Faster, Further, Stronger

2.What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for? A.

five oceans B.

five continents

C.

five races

3. Match the year and the host city of the following Summer Olympic Games. 1984

Los Angeles 2000

Sydney 2004

Athens

2008

Beijing 2012

London

4. Do you know these sports?(show some pictures) long jump

high jump

wrestling...

③PART 2 Fast reading

TASK 1 Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find the answers to the questions in Part A. 1. What is the speech about?

2. What was Pierre de Couperin's hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life? 3. What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech?

④PART 3 Detailed reading

Step 1 Focus on part 2: Find out the differences between the ancient games and the contemporary games

time

in 776BC place

At Olympia in Greece athlete

only men

games

porary gamein 1896 in Athens athletes from around the world

Circle the incorrect part of each sentence below and write the correct word(s). 1. According to the speech,the speaker is an athlete. 2. The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD 776. 3. Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics. 4. The contemporary Olympic Games were first 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 competed in the 2008 Olympic Games.

Step 2 Focus on part 3 How many sports stars are mentioned in this part? And who are they? Group work

Step1:

1 Student:

Find the name of the athlete. 1 Student:

Find the nationality of the athlete. 2 Students:

Find the achievements of the athlete. Step2:

Every student shows the information.

Example Name

Muhammand Ali Nationality

American Achievements: He won the boxing gold medal at 1960 Rome Olympics. He won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964;

Share the information you found by these sentences: His name is Muhammand Ali. He comes from America.

He won the boxing gold medal at 1960 Rome Olympics. He won the World

Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964.

PART 4 Discussion Who is your favorite athlete？

What good qualities(好品质) do you think he(she) has?

Example: My favorite athlete is Guo Jingjing, She works very hard to achieve her aim, won many gold medals for our country. And she is so optimistic, she is always smiling.

Which of the following proverbs(谚语) suits the athletes best mentioned in this passage?

A.Life is made up of little things.

B.It’s never too late to learn.

C.Where there is a will, there is a way.

D.Look before you leap, see before you go

Class over