Reading(1)：The Olympic Games第一课时教学实录

M4U2 Reading 教学设计

教学目标：

1.

了解英文演讲的定义和好演讲的特点。

2.

通过阅读一篇奥运会的英文演讲获取关于奥运会历史、重要人物及其成就等信息。

3.

从奥运会冠军的故事中学习不怕辛苦、克服困难的精神。

教学重难点：

如何迅速获取关于奥运会的历史和重要运动员的信息？

解决方法：通过表格等方式帮助学生迅速获取重要信息。

教学流程：

1.

导入

请学生观看一个奥运会视频短片，感受奥运会运动员不怕困难、奋勇拼搏的精神

2.

目标展示

展示本课目标，提醒学生注意目标重点

To know how to read a speech about The Olympic Games and get its detailed information.

To know the spirits of the Olympic Games and use such spirit to encourage us.

3.

阅读策略

展示表格，请学生阅读课文最后的“阅读策略”部分完成表格。

Definition of a speech Ways to make a good speech

a formal talk that a person gives to

an audience

1.

tell an interesting story 2. use quotations

3. present statistics 4. ask questions 选择题：

The writer actually wants to _______by asking

the question “Do you know when the ancient games began?”

A.get the right answer

B.get the audience interested in his topic

C.give you a chance to speak

D.show what he knows about the games 4 阅读过程：

1）Fast Reading

Read the speech quickly and try to answer the questions 

What is the speech about? 

What was Pierre de Coubertin’s hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life? 

What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech? 2）Reading for structures



According to the speech, the speaker is

an athlete.



The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD 776.



Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics .



The contemporary Olympic Games were first held in Rome in1896 .



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



Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she competed in the

2008 Olympic Games .

3）Detailed reading

What are the differences / similarities between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games?

Famous athletes:

Analyze the structure of the passage

Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the text. Mr. Jonson, 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.

Discussion

Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honor and a great responsibility. Being host of the Olympic Games will have good and bad effects on the host country. Work together and write down some of the effects.

Homework Recite the six important sentences; Preview the language points of this passage.