Unit2ReadingSportsevents----ReadingcomprehensionTeachingaims:1.Arousestudents’interestintalkingaboutOlympics.2.Helpstudentsdeveloptheirreadingability.3.Helpstudentsretellwhatthey’vegotinthereading.4.EncouragestudentstoexpresstheiropinionontheOlympics.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inTheteacherstartsthelessonwithashortvideoabouttheOlympicsaswellasaseriesofpicturestakenintheopeningceremonyoftheBeijingOlympics.Step2ReadingstrategyShowthedefinitionofaspeechandwaystomakeagoodspeech.Step3FastreadingRaisethreequestionsfromthereadingpassage,askstudentstoreaditquicklytofindouttheanswersdirectly.1.Whatisthespeechabout?2.WhatwasPierredeCoubertin’shopewhenhebroughttheOlympicGamesbacktolife?3.Whatdoesthespeakerwishforattheendofthespeech?Step4StructurereadingCheckstudents’understandingofthestructureofthepassage.Part1:(1-)Part2:()Part3:()Part4:()Step5DetailedreadingAskstudentstofindoutthehistoryoftheOlympicGames.TheancientgamesThecontemporarygamesWhentostartWheretoholdWhocantakepartin1Step6ConsolidationTopicThehistoryand(1)______________oftheOlympics(2)____________ofthegamesTheancientgamesbeganin776BCinGreece(3)___________themodernonesin1896inAthens.(4)______________betweentheancientandmoderngamesOnlymenwereallowedtocompetewhiletodayathletesacrosstheworldcantakepart(5)_________________languagetheyspeak.Theancientgameswereheldatthe(6)__________place,butcountriesandpeoplecanlive(7)________________togetherinthemodernones.Somewell-knownathletesandtheir(8)____________MuhammadAliwonthegoldmedalin1960andHisfirstWorldHeavyweightChampionshipin1964MichaelJordanwonthegoldatthe1984and1992Olympics.Chineseathleteshavealsoplayedanimportant(9)____________intheOlympicGames.ConclusionTheOlympicswillhaveasuccessfulfutureto(10)____________hisgloriouspast.Step6TopicdiscussionShowstudentsatopicrelatedtotheOlympics,askthemtodiscussingroupstosharetheirideas.Step7HomeworkAskstudentstowriteashortsummaryabouttheOlympics.2
