Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教学目标设计

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M4U2 Sports Events Reading: The Olympic Games

Learning objectives: By the end of the class, students are expected to 1.

learn vocabulary and phrases about The Olympic Games. 2.

improve their reading skills through fast reading and careful reading. 3.

know how to make a speech. 4.

develop a positive attitude towards sports and learn the fine qualities from athletes.

Step 1 Independent study & Presentation Check students’ homework and read the new words and phrases together. 国际奥委会___________________高兴做某事___________________ 向...表达敬意__________________使复活________________________ 并肩______________________实现梦想__________________ 吸引公众注意力_________________

做出重要贡献__________________ 领先______________________坚持___________________ 圣火______________________开幕式_________________________

Step 2 Warming up Watch a short video and do a quick quiz.

Step 3 Fast reading Read the passage following the tape and find the answers in Part A. 1.What is the speech about? Success belongs to the preserving

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

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

Step 4 Careful reading Read the passage carefully and find out more about the Olympic Games.

Activity 1：Read and circle the incorrect part of each sentence. Write the correct word(s). 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 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 Beijing Olympic Games.

Activity 2: Finish the format according to the text. Name Nationality Which year’s

Olympics Success belongs to the preserving

Olympic

achievements

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Muhammad Ali Michael Jordan XuHaifeng

Deng Yaping

Liu Xiang

Zhang Ning

Activity 3:

The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC. They 1.________(hold) at Olympia in Greece every four years, for almost 12 centuries, until AD 394. At the ancient Olympics, 2.__________(traditional) the athletes were all men, who had to compete 3.__________(wear) no clothes.

The contemporary Olympic Games were first held in 1896, in Athens. A Frenchman, 4.________ dreamt that the Olympics would make it possible for people all countries to live side by side 5._________ peace, brought the Olympics back to life.Many6.__________(sport) stars appear in the Success belongs to the preserving

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contemporary Olympics, such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, XuHaifeng and Deng Yaping. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang excited people 7.________ over Asia when he became the first Asian 8._________(win) the gold medal in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. The Chinese led 9.___________ way at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning 51 gold 10._________(medal). For the first time in history, the Chinese women’s gymnastics team won the gold medal.

Step 5 Extension What fine qualities do you think these athletes have in common?

Step 6 Homework Finish the Workbook A1 and A2 in Page 98 Success belongs to the preserving