1、Unit 2 Sports eventsReading The Olympic Games Teaching Aims:1. Enhance students reading abilities.2. Enable students to adopt the strategy reading a speech and catch the main idea of the text.Teaching Important Points:1. Help Ss know some background knowledge about the history and the development of
2、 the Olympic Games.2. Help them learn some language points.Teaching Methods:1.Improve the students reading comprehension.1. Practice to get the students to master what theyve learnt.2. Discussion to make every student work in class.Teaching aids:1. the multi-media2. the blackboard.Teaching procedure
3、s:Step 1 Lead- in1. Show pictures about Olympic Games to motivate the Ss enthusiasm.2. Talk about the Olympics and encourage the students to share their information and express their opinions.As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a country to host th
4、e Games. How much do you know about the Olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies and sporting events? 1. How many Olympic games did you see? Where were they held?2. Do you think they are exciting?3. Who is your favorite athlete and who do you think is the greatest Olympian? Why? Step 2 Fast re
5、adingAsk Ss to scan the article and answer the three questions in Part A.1. What is the speech about? The history and significance of the Olympic Games.2. What was Pierre de Coubertins hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life?He hoped that the Olympic Games would make it possible for peop
6、le of all countries to live side by side in peace.3. What does speaker wish for at the end of the speech?He wishes the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory.Step 3 Careful reading1. Read the passage again and check the errors in each sentence.1) According to the speech, the sp
7、eaker is an athlete. an LOC member 2). The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776. 776BC3). Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics. Only men were4). The contemporary Olympic Games were first held in Rome in 1896. Athens 5). At the 2008 Beijing Olympic, the Chinese womens b
8、adminton team won the gold medal for the first time in history. gymnastics6). Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she competed in the 2008 Olympic Games. early2. Try to fill in the form according to the passage.Answers:NameNationalityWhich OlympicOlympic achievementsOther informationMuhammad Al
9、iAmerican1960 Rome OlympicsGold medal, boxingwon his first World Boxing Championship ;lit the Olympic flame at 1966 Atlanta OlympicsMichael JordanAmerican1984 Los Angles Olympics;1992 Barcelona OlympicsTwo gold medals, basketballXu HaifengChinese1984 Los Angeles OlympicsGold medalWon the first Olymp
10、ic gold medal for China Deng YapingChinese1992 Barcelona Olympics;1996 Atlanta OlympicsFour gold medals, table tennisLiu XiangChinese2004 Athens OlympicsGold medal, mens 110-metre hurdlesThe first Asian to win this raceZhang NingChinese2008 Beijing Olympicsgold medals, badmintonwon the gold medal at
11、 the age of 33True (T) or false (F).1) Mr Johnson introduced the reason why the ancient Olympics were not held in detail. ( F )2) The long jump, wrestling and running were included in the ancient Olympics. ( T )3) Single women in ancient times were allowed to take part in the competition held at a f
12、estival. ( T )4) Muhammad Ali won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1960. ( F )5) The Chinese womens gymnastics team didnt win the gold medal until 2008. ( T )3. Finish exercise D and E.1. Do D in class.2. Do E in classAnswers:D 1 a 2 c 3 e 4 b 5 f 6 dE (1) significance (2) movement (3) m
13、edal (4) joy (5) competed (6) made contributions (7) honour (8) excitedStep 4 Reading strategyStep 5 Discussion1. Do you think Chinese athletes such as DengYaping and LiuXiang are as great as Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan? Why?2. In our life, we often hear Sports Spirit. What kind of Sports Spirit can you learn from them? And how can you use the sports spirit in your studies?Step 6 Homework1. Try to remember the useful words, phrases and sentence patterns and know how to use them freely.2. Finish exercises in Workbook.