Unit2TheOlympicGamesPeriod1:WarmingupandreadingTeachingAims:TolearnaninterviewabouttheOlympicGamesProceduresStepI.WarmingupWarmingupMorning,everyone!DidyouenjoyyouselvesonSunday?TodaywearegoingtolearnaboutTHEOLYMPICGAMES.First,I’dliketoknowhowmuchyouknowabouttheModernOlympics.Anythingaboutitisok.Oh,whowantatry?…Right.YouknowsomuchabouttheOlympics.Toady,we’lllearnmoreaboutitinancientGreece.Finishtheformonpage9.StepII.Pre-reading1.AskingNow,pleasereadthethreequestionsbeforetheReading.Let’sdoitinturn.Let’sbeginfromthefirstrowhere…ok,youdidagoodjob.Let’ssummarizeyouranswers.2.TalkingWeknowtherearemanydifferencesandsimilaritiesabouttheancientandmodernOlympics.Doyouknowanythingaboutthem?Youcansimplyguess.Yes,Gaoming,tryitplease…StepIII.Reading1.ReadingaloudandfindingthegeneralideaNowpleaselistenandreadaloudtotherecordingofthetextANINTERVIEWandPayattentiontothepronunciationandintonation.Thentrytogetthegeneralideaofthepassage.Haveyougotthemainidea?Yes,ittellsusthedifferencesandthesimilaritiesbetweentheancientandmodernOlympics.2.ScanningNowreadthetextagain.Youshalltrytofinishthetask:WhatwastheancientOlympicslike?WhatisthemodernOlympicslike?3.CarefulReadingOk,nowlet’sreaditsilently.Firstlet’sfindthemainsentencesofeachparagraphandtalkaboutthesimilaritiesandthedifferencesbetweentheancientandmodernOlympics.Whocananswer?Anyvolunteers?Thesimilarities①Bothareheldeveryfouryears.②Bothareheldnotformoneybutforhonour.③Thebeliefsarethesame.Theyare:Swifter,Higher,andstronger.④MenareallowedtotakepartbothinancientandmodernOlympics.⑤Someeventsarethesame,suchasrunning,jumping,shootingandthowing.TheDifferences①TherewerenotwinterOlympicsinthepast.②Nowcompetitorsarefromallovertheworld.Butintheancienttime,onlythepeopleinGreececouldtakepart.③Onlymenwereallowedtotakepartinthepast,nowwomanarealsoallowed.④Inthepast,winnersgottheolivewreathastheprize.Nowcompetitorscompeteformedals.⑤Theeventsandathletesinmoderntimearemorethanthoseinthepast.Thereisaspecialvillageforthecompetitorstolivein,astadiumforcompetitions,agymnasiumforthesewhowatchthegamesnow.Buttherewerenotinthepast.)StepⅣPractisedothecomprehendingexercises1&2.StepVsummarizingDothesummarizingexercisesonEnglishWeeklyStepVIHomeworkDoexercisesontheworkbook
