Unit2TheOlympicGamesPeriod1:WarmingupandreadingTeachingAims:TotalkaboutthehistoryoftheOlympicsgamesToreadaninterviewabouttheOlympicGamesProceduresI.WarmingupWarmingupbysharingMorning,everyone!TodaywearegoingtolearnaboutTHEOLYMPICGAMES.Butfirst,I’dliketoknowhowmuchyouknowabouttheOlympicstobeheldinBeijing.Anythingaboutitisok.Oh,LiLei,doyouwantatry?…Right.YouknowsomuchabouttheOlympics.Toady,we’lllearnmoreaboutitinancientGreece.Finishtheformonpage9.WarmingupbydescribingNow,boysandgirls.I’llshowyouavideoshowofthe28thOlympicGames.Pleasetellmewhatitisaboutanddescribeittotheclass.Ok,WangLin,pleasedescribeit.Wonderful.That’sLiuXiang.Thehurdleking!WarmingupbydiscussingHi,class.Youknowourcountryistryingherbesttoprepareforthe2008OlympicGames.Everyoneisexpectingandexcitedaboutit.Let’sdiscusswhatwecandoforit.Andimaginewhatwewilldoatthe2008Olympics.II.Pre-reading1.AskingandansweringNow,pleasereadthethreequestionsbeforetheReading.Let’sdoitinturn.Let’sbeginfromthefirstrowhere…ok,youdidagoodjob.Let’ssummarizeyouranswers.Forreference:1.InSummerOlympics,therearerunning,swimming,shooting,wrestling,jumping,football,basketball,volleyball,tabletennis,throwing,Javelin,weightlifting,gymnastics,boxingetc.InwinterOlympics,thereareskiingskating,icehockey,skijumping,sledding,snowboardingetc.2.The29thOlympicGameswillbeheldinBeijingonAuguster18th,2008.3.ToholdtheOlympicGamesisarichprizeforacountry.Anditcanmakeacountryknownintheworld.Itcanstimulatethecountry’seconomy,andhelptospeedupitsdevelopment.2.ImagingandintroducingPleaselookatthethreepicturesinthereading.Pleasetalkaboutthem.Imaginewhateveryoucan.Forreference:ThefirstpictureisthestatusofagreatGreek.HisnameisPausanias.HewasafamoustravelerandwriterinthesecondcenturyAD.HisGuidetoGreeceisanextremelycomprehensiveguidebookfortourists,concentratingonbuildings,tombsandstatusandincludingalotofinformationonthemythological,religiousandhistoricalbackgroundtothemonumentsdescribed.ItissoinformativethatitmaybecalledthefoundationofclassicalarchaeologyandthisancientBaedekerisstillusedasaguidetoclassicalGreece.CanyourememberafamousancientChinesetravelerandwriter?Healsowroteabook.Yes,hisnameisXuShake.HisworksisTheNotesofXuShake’stravels.ThesecondpictureistheopeningceremonyoftheOlympicGames.Maybethisistheprinciplestadium.It’slargeandcanholdthousandsofaudience.ThethirdpictureisaChineseathletenamedYangYang.ShewonagoldmedalforChinainthe2002winterOlympicGames.Sheisafamousskatingplayer.3.TalkingandSharingWeknowtherearemanydifferencesandsimilaritiesabouttheancientandmodernOlympics.Doyouknowanythingaboutthem?Youcansimplyguess.Yes,Lucy,try…III.Reading1.ReadingaloudtotherecordingandfindingthegeneralideaNowpleaselistenandreadaloudtotherecordingofthetextANINTERVIEW.Payattentiontothepronunciationandintonationaswellasthepauseswithineachsentence.Thentrytogetthegeneralideaofthepassage.Haveyougotthemainidea?Yes,ittellsusthedifferencesandthesimilaritiesbetweentheancientandmodernOlympics.2.ReadingandactingNowlet’splaythepartsoftheGreekwriterPausaniasandtheChinesegirlLiLi.Nowboys,youarePausanias;girls,youareLiLi.Pleasepayattentiontotheboldwords.3.ReadingandfindingNowreadthetextagain.Theboysshalltrytofinishthetask:WhatwastheancientOlympicslike?Thegirlsshalltrytofinishthetask:WhatisthemodernOlympicslike?4.ReadingandcollectinginformationOk,nowlet’sreaditsilently.Firstlet’...
