1、 Period 2 ReadingTask 1 1. Fill in the text by using the vocabulary in this unit.S_, Higher and Stronger _（代表） the spirit of the Olympics. But fairness is the _b_of this motto. Only when you win fairly will you and your homeland deserve the great g_. But nowadays, unlike the _（古代的）honest slave compe
2、titors, some hopeless athletes who cant bear the _p_of training cheat when taking part in games. Medals seem to have _m_ power causing them to cheat, and the prize money has r_ （代替）the motto as their only goal. So, in the _（体育的） event to be held in our city next month, one of the hosts _r_is to keep
3、 competitions fair. They _a_on posters outside the _（体育馆）to promise that every competitor is to have a regular _p_examination in a gymnasium _ _ _（陆续地）. No one can bargain on this. The volunteers_ _（负责） will be very strict. It is _f_ to cheat because they will not be admitted to c_and will even be f
4、ined _（也）2. Discuss this question in groups: Why do many countries want to host the Olympic Games while others do not? Reasons to host the Olympic GamesReasons not to host the Olympic Games a great honour too expensiveTask 2 ReadingRead the passages below and finish some tasks. AJames Cleveland Owen
5、s was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name. J.C. he replied. She thought he had said Jesse, and he had a new name. Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio Sta
6、te University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year-student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later. A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so
7、much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book. The stage was set for Owens victory a
8、t the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners. - It was all right with me, he said years later. I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway. Havi
9、ng returned from Berlin, he received no telephone call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death. Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playgr
10、ound, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs. Sure, it bothered(烦扰) me, he said later. But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat. In time, however, his gold medals changed his life. They have kept me alive over the years, he once said. Time has stood still fo
11、r me. That golden moment dies hard. Task a. Give your choices according to the passage A.1) Owens got his other name Jesse when _.A. he went to Ohio State University B. his teacher made fun of him C. his teacher took J.C.for JesseD. he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet 2) We can infer from the tex
12、t that Owens was treated unfairly in the U.S. at that time because _. A. he was not of the right race B. he was the son of a poor farmer C. he didnt shake hands with Hitler D. he didnt talk to the U.S. president on the phone 3) When Owens says They have kept me alive over the years, he means that th
13、e medals _. A. have been changed for money to help him live on B. have made him famous in the U.S. C. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life D. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs 4) Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A. Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete
14、 B. Golden Momenta Life-time Struggle C. Making a Living as a Sportsman D. How to Be a Successful Athlete? BXUE Bai, a 21-year-old university student, hopes to volunteer for Beijings 2008 Olympics. I want to do something for the Olympics. It is also a kind of learning for me, said the fourth-year st
15、udent at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Now it is time for Xue to act on her plan. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 2008 Olympiad will start to recruit(招募)volunteers on August 28. The Olympics will need around 70,000 volunteers and the Paralympic Games(残疾人奥运会) will need ano
16、ther 30,000. University students like Xue will make up the majority of the volunteers. But the Olympics also need other volunteers - ordinary citizens and foreigners, for example. Students in Beijing should apply(申请) through their universities. Other volunteers may apply online or submit（递交） a writt
17、en application. The online application system and a hotline will be open next Monday. For applicants outside Beijing, the application process begins in December. There is plenty of work for volunteers to do. For example, there will be chances to help publicize the games over the next two years. Duri
18、ng the games themselves, volunteers will clean, serve food, marshal(礼仪引导)or offer language help. The Sydney Olympics in 2000 was the first that placed special emphasis（重点） on the role of volunteers. It used more than 45,000 volunteers in different roles. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, around 45,000 vo
19、lunteers were used. More than 70,000 volunteers will be needed for the Olympic games and Paralympic Games in 2012, the London Olympic Organizing Committee has said. Task b. Read the passage B and answer the following questions.1) Why is Xue Bai willing to be a volunteer for the Beijing Olympics? _2)
20、 What does the passage mainly tell us? _ 3) If you want to be a volunteer for the 2016 Olympics, what should you do? _4) Do you know where the 2016 Olympics will be held? What is the mascot of the Olympics?_Task 3 WritingWrite a short passage about the Olympic Games with your own understanding withi
21、n 50 words. (You had better apply as many words or phrases in this unit as possible to your writing.)_Extensive Reading History of the Olympic GamesPindar, the Greek poet（诗人） wrote in the 5th century BC: As in the daytime there is no star in the sky warmer and brighter than the sun, likewise there i
22、s no competition greater than the Olympic Games.According to historic records, the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC. They were held to respect the Olympian Gods and were staged on the ancient plains of Olympia. Initially(起初) they had a religious character and combined a numbe
23、r of ancient sporting events, many of which were based on ancient Greek myths（神话）.The ancient Games actually played an important part in the life of the Greek ancestors(祖先). An Olympiad was a time unit, measuring(测量) the four-year interval(间隙) between two Games. Participants came to compete from eve
24、ry corner of the Greek world aiming at the final prize: an olive wreath and a heroic return to their city-states. But apart from the glorious victory, it was the Olympic values themselves which accorded(赋予) special meaning to the Games: noble （高尚的）competition and the effort to combine body, will, an
25、d mind in a balanced whole.As the Games developed, so did a set of procedures（程序） such as a standardized schedule of events and the practice of the Olympic Truce（休战）. They continued for nearly 12 centuries, until Emperor Theodosius, in 393 AD, announced that the Games placed too much public focus on
26、 athletic and spiritual affairs. The games were abolished until the 19th Century. Intellectuals(知识分子) such as Evangelos Zappas and Demetrios Vikelas who believed in the spirit of noble contests and the Olympic ideals（理想）, lent their voices and efforts to the revival（复兴） of the Olympic GamesHowever,
27、it was French Baron Pierre de Coubertin who orchestrated（策划） the re-establishment of the Games, by advocating（提倡） the marriage of sports and Greek classicism（古典主义）, leading the way to the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896.The Greek public eagerly accepted the revival, and joined the efforts to orga
28、nize the Games. Any financial(资金的) difficulties faced by the Greek state at the time, were met through the mobilization（动员） of people and benefactors（捐助者）alike. The marble renovation（大理石更新） of the ancient Panathinaik on Stadium that hosted the first modern Games was financed by George Aver off, a Greek benefactor from Northern Greece.With the revival of the Olympic Games, a number of symbolic（象征性的） Olympic Traditions were also developed and founded (i.e. the Olympic Anthem（颂歌）, the Olympic Creed（格言）, the Olympic Flag, the Olympic Flame and Torch（火炬).