Unit2SportseventsProject:MakingaspeechaboutsportTeachingAims:Improvethestudents’abilityandprovidepractice.Mastertheusageofsomeusefulwordsandexpressions.WriteaspeechaboutenteringanewsportintotheOlympicsImportantPoints&DifficultPoints:WriteaspeechandpresentitintheclassProcedure:Step1Lead-in1.CanyounamesomesportingeventsthatareperformedintheOlympics?2.Whichofthemdoyoulikebest?Why?3.WhatcanwedotoenteranewsportintotheOlympics?(showpicturestohelptheSs)●根据国际奥委会的资料，奥运会比赛项目是这样的分的：大项（SPORT）、分项（DISCIPLINE）和小项（EVENT），与雅典奥运会一样，北京奥运会的比赛项目是大项28项，与雅典奥运会一样，这28项为：田径、赛艇、羽毛球、垒球、篮球、足球、拳击、皮划艇、自行车、击剑、体操、举重、手球、曲棍球、柔道、摔跤、水上项目、现代五项、棒球、马术、跆拳道、网球、乒乓球、射击、射箭、铁人三项、帆船帆板和排球。其中，有些项目没有分项，而最多分项最多的项目是水上，包括了游泳、花样游泳、水球和跳水4个分项，而田径虽然没有分项，却有46个小项，男子24个小项，女子22个小项，是奥运会项目中金牌最多的；其次是游泳，虽然没有分项，但是有32个小项，男女各16项。●RequestsbyInternationalFederationsacceptedbytheEBforthe2008OlympicGamesinBeijingFootballRequest:increasenumberoffemaleteamsfrom10to12.HockeyRequest:increasenumberoffemaleteamsfrom10to12.HandballRequest:increasenumberoffemaleteamsfrom10to12.AquaticsRequest:inclusionofopenwaterswimming10kmeventformenandwomen.FencingRequestsbyInternationalFederationsNOTacceptedbytheEBforthe2008OlympicGamesinBeijingBoxingRequest:introductionofwomen'sboxing,fouradditionalweightcategoriesand32athletes.Step2ListeningandreadingListentotapingofthepassageonpage38,andfindoutanswerstothefollowingquestions.Part1WhatrequirementsmustbemetbeforeasportcanbeconsideredbyIOC?First,asportmusthaveitsowninternationalassociation.Next,itmustbepracticedbymeninatleast75countriesonatleastfourcontinentsandpracticedbywomeninatleast40countriesandonthreecontinents.Besides,anothersportmustbedropped.Part2WhatkindofsportshavebeenremovedfromtheOlympics?Why?Baseballandpowerboating.Becausethesesportswerejudgedtohavebecomelesspopularandhadtomakewayfornew,morepopularsports.Part3WhatsportshavebeenaddedintheOlympicsonlyrecently?Andinwhichyear?Taekwondo,in2000.Part4WhichsportisstilltryingtogetintotheOlympics?WushuStep3ConsolidationFillintheblanks1._________asportintotheOlympicscanbealong_______.Therearemany__________thatmustbemetbeforeasportcanbe________bytheInternationalOlympicCommittee.2.SomesportsthatwerepartoftheOlympicsinthepasthavebeen_______.3.In2016,rugbyandgolf,whichwereearlierplayedattheOlympicsandthen________,willbe_______again,astheyarenowverypopularandareplayedallaroundtheworld.4.However,theIOCis__________changingthenumberandtypeofsportsoftheOlympicinthefuture,sowushufansnay_____getwhattheyarehopingfor.Step4PartBPreparingaspeechWinningisn’teverything.PreparingWearegoingtoreadastoryaboutsport.Firstly,thinkaboutthefollowingquestions:1.Whatisthepurposesports?2.Issportjustaboutwinning,orarethereotherreasonstotakepartin?ReadingReadthestoryofPartBandfindtheanswerstothequestions.1.Howmanymatchesaretalkedaboutinthisarticle?Whatarethey?2.Howmanymatchesaretalkedaboutinthisarticle?Whichteamwonineachmatch?3.WhatcanwelearnfromtheKangaroos?PresentingWorkinsmallgroups.Yourgroupisgoingtoprepareaspeechaboutsport.Youwillbeabletostartyourprojectafteryouanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whataresomedifferentandinterestingtopicsaboutsport?2.Whattopicwouldyourgroupliketopresentaspeechon?3.Wherewillyoufindinformationaboutthistopic?4.Howlongshouldyourspeechbe?5.Whoisgoingtodoresearchforthespeech?6.Whowillwriteandcheckthespeech?7.Whowilldeliverthespeechtoyourclass?8.Whataidswillyouneedforthespeech,andwhowillprovidethem?Homework:1.FinishB1,B2onPage99oftheWorkbook.2.Reviewthewholeunit.
