Reading(1)：The Olympic Games多媒体教案及点评

Unit2 Sports events-- Reading The Olympic Games Teaching aims and demands: 1.

Enhance students’ reading abilities 2.

Enable students to adopt the strategy reading a speech and catch the main idea of the text. Teaching key and important points: 1.

Help students know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games. 2.

Improve the students’ reading comprehension. 3.

Discussion to make more students work in class. Teaching methods: 1.

Spoken method. 2.

Practice Teaching aids: 1.

A multi-media 2.

A blackboard 3.

A piece of exercise paper. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up 1.

Show pictures about Olympic games to motivate the students’

enthusiasm and have them say out.

1

2.

Talk about some information about the Olympic games like the slogans. 3.

Encourage students to share their information and express their opinions about the Olympic Games: ①Have you seen the 2008 Beijing Olympic games? ②How often do the Olympic games held ? ③Who is your favorite athlete? Step 2 First reading 1.

Have students read the reading strategy of making a speech. 2.

Say out the ways to make a good speech. 3.

Listen to the tape and choose the best answer on the screen: ①The text mainly talks about_______. A.famous athletes

B.the ancient Olympics C.the modern Oympics

D.the Olympic Games ② The ancient Olympic Games began in______. A.789BC

B.787BC

C.776BC

D.767BC ③Liu Xiang won the gold medal in the men's 110-metre hurdles at_________. A.the 1992 Barcelona Olympics B. the 1996 Atlanta Olympics C.the 2000 Sydney Olympics D.the 2004 Athens Olympics

2

4.Check the answers and analyze the difficult points. Step3 Careful reading Read the passage again and fill in the blanks: Mr Johnson, who came from the IOC, made a speech in our school.He talked about the history and 1.__________ of the Olympic Games. He shared some interesting facts and stories with us. He stated that the2. _________Olympic Games took place in 776 BC where by 3.__________the athletes were all men who had to 4. _________wearing no clothes.Single women were allowed to take part in their own separate competition in 5.___________

of the wife of the Greek god Zeus.

Nowadays, not only men but also women are allowed to join in the games.More and more 6. ____________

from all over the world compete in many more events than ever before.He also added that a lot of excellent athletes came to public 7. ___________and became sports stars.They have made important 8.___________

to the Olympic Games.They brought 9. ______________ to people across the world and won great honour for their own countries as well as themselves with their 10.________________to push the 11

________________ of human achievement. In the end, he suggested we join him in wishing the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past 12____________.

Step 4 Homework Find out the mistakes in this passage and correct them. The ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia in Greece every four years from 776BC to AD394.At that time ,the young men compete in running, jumping or wrestling. But women were not allowed to take part in the games in the past.

3

It was Pierre de Coubertin which brought the Olympics back to life. China athletes have made important contribution to the Olympic Games.Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for China after its 32 years' absent. Deng Yaping had won four Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996. Liu Xiang became the one Asian to win the gold medal in the women's 110-metre hurdles. They brought joyful to people across the world and we wish the Olympic Movement a successfully future to match its past glory.

4