Module 4 Unit 2 Sporting Events学案 1 Welcome and ReadingI. Teaching Aims:(学习目标)1. Participate in a discussion to find out why sports are popular around the world.2. Develop students’ speaking ability by expressing their opinions in the discussion.3. Learn to read and understand a speech.4. Learn the common elements of a speech and try to identify them5. Improve reading comprehension and master the basic reading skills6. Talk about the Olympic Games and athletes.II. Teaching Methods: (教学方法)------- Individual, pair or group discussion to make every student work in class.III. Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Greeting and Lead-in 1. Do you like sports? What sports can you play?2. What sports do you know? 3.Who is your favorite sportsperson?4. Do you like playing sports? How much time do you usually spend exercising or doing sports every week?Step 2 Welcome to the unit------ Sport plays a very important role in our lives. We see or do sports almost everyday. Look at the following pictures. Are you familiar with these sports?1. Table tennis---Can you play table tennis? Do you like it?--- Is it your favourite sport? Why?2. Wrestling--- How much do you know about wrestling? (a short introduction of wrestling)3. Boxing--- Do you like watching it? (a short introduction of boxing)4. In your opinion, do you think these Sports are too violent?5. Kung fu is a traditional sport in China? Are you interested in it?6. Which do you prefer, Kung fu or boxing?7. Introduction of gymnastics and diving.Step 3 Pair Work1. To become a professional gymnast or a diver, you have to sacrifice(牺牲) a lot. What do you think these sacrifices would include?(group discussion)2. No matter what kind of sport you take part ...