1、必修二 Unit2 The Olympic GamesPeriod4 Using languageAimsTo read about the ancient Olympic GamesTo listen and talk about hobbiesTo write about hobbiesProcedures1. Warming up Warming up by introducingHi! Class. You know Greece is the world-known country with an ancient civilization. It has a long history
2、 with so much marvelous culture. The Greeks had wonderful stories about the Gods and Goddnesses who were part of their religion. They believed that these god or goddesses would help humans if they felt sorry for them or if the humans were good people. However, the Gods did not always help. They beha
3、ved like people who were unpredictable and capricious. To try to get the support of the Gods people had to pray to them and offer them present. In this story the Goddess Hera, the wife of the chief God, Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him. Guided reading 1. Reading and judgingRead t
4、he text THE STORY OF ATLANTA, and complete the True or False guestions after the text on page14.2. Reading and answeringRead the text again, and answer the following questions.A. What was Atlantas problem?B. What were Atlantas rules?C. What was Hippomenes amazement?D. What made Hippomenes change his
5、 mind?E. Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help?F. Can you guess what was the ending?For reference:A. Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games.B. She promised to be married to a man who could run faster than her. If he could not run as fast a
6、s her, he would be killed.C. Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their lives.D. Atlantas beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind.E. He turned to the Goddess of love for help.F. Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race.G. He ran faster th
7、an Atlanta and married her.3. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANAbe allowed to, run against, will be pardoned, hear of,be amazed,
8、as fast as, change ones mind, ask for help from, promise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be confident about,share ones pain, run past,compete with, cheap to marry4. ListeningFor listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 1.First read the questions carefully and imagine what is the listenin
9、g about.When doing exercise 2, you must make clear what is wrong with the sentence. And tell the class which is correct, which is wrong and which is only half true.5. SpeakingNext we are going to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You know there are four charactors in the story. Who would lik
10、e to be them?Who will be Alantas father, the old king?Who will be the Goddess of Love?Ok. Li Li, you are the Greek princess. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young man Hippomenes. Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the princesss father. The rest of class, please prepare it in groups
11、 of four. Then act your play before class.Now, class. Lets carry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the names of the classmates who have the same interests. You can carry out the task like this. Which do you like, sport, music or collection? Which of the sports do you like bes
12、t? What is your favorite sport? Are you interested in table tennis? After the survey, the ones who have the same interests sit together and please work in groups of four to talk about their interest. Why do you like this sport / music / collection?When do you begin to like it?Whats enjoyable about t
13、he hobby?What have you learned from the hobby?III. Guided writing1. Writing an imagined dialogueGroups 1 and 2 are going to write an imagined dialogue between the princess and Hippomenes. You may begin like this : Oh, my dear princess, I want to marry you2. Writing a descriptionTurn to page 16 and f
14、ollow the direction to write a description of your favorite hobby. Here is an example:Swimming is my favorite sport. I like it because it can bring me much fun. The process of learning swimming is very interesting. You can try different ways of swimming, such as breaststroke and backstroke. You can
15、swim at any time of the year if you like. In hot summer, if you jump into the river or the sea to have a swim, youll feel cool and comfortable. Even in cold winter, you can swim if you are brave enough. Its a healthy sport and it can build up your body. If you are a beginner, you must be careful.You
16、ll better not swim alone and bring life buoy with you in case of danger. If you want to be a good swimmer, you must have a lot of practice and have great determination.IV. Closing down by finding informationGo to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on the Olympic Games and the ancient Greek mythology. Take notes of your finding and report to your group mates next Monday morning.
