Unit 6 Be a Champion! Unit 6 Be a Champion!Lesson 33 2 800 Years of Sports教学重点： 教学难点：1.掌握奥运会所包含的体育项目2.奥运项目的英文表达法的熟记1. Classroom Olympics 的了解与速记2. 会用自己的话描述日常的体育活动Horse ridingOlympic events:shooting wrestlingsailingThink About It Have you ever watched the Olympics on TV? What did you watch?Do you think the Olympics are important? Why or why not?Olympic events:badmintonbasketballPing-pongAre you and your classmates good athletes?Ms. Liu: Yesterday I asked you to do some research on the history of the Olympics. Did anyone find out when the Olympics began?Wang Mei: Yes, I searched it on the Internet. The year was 776 BC. That was about 2 800 years ago.Ms. Liu: Excellent. Did anyone find out where the ancient Olympics began?Li Ming: I know that! They started in Greece.Ms. Liu: That’s right. The ancient Greeks wanted to have the best athletes compete against each other. They held the every four years in Olympia.Wang Mei: But those first Olympics were very different from today’s. Women couldn’t take part in the games.Ms. Liu: Good point. Wang Mei. Married women couldn’t even watch the games!Li Ming: Now both men and women can take part in the Olympics! I also found out that the modern Olympics began in 1896 and took place every four years. In 2008, China hosted the 29th Olympic Games. It was so exciting!Wang Mei: The ancient Greeks would be amazed at how the Olympic Games have grown to become a world event!Ms. Liu: One thing has not changed about the games-athletes compete in a spirit of fair play. They also represent their countries at the highest level.词汇注解ancient ['ein∫ənt] adj. 古老的 , 古代的 ; 远古的 旧的 , 旧式的 , 老的an ancient city 古城a very ancient-looking dress 一件式样很古旧的衣裳词义注解long jumpJump RopeBall Kick Sit-up Push-upsExercises• Please ______ your school things _______ ( 准备好 ).• I don’t know __________ ( 去哪里 ).• Mount Everest is 8,848 meters _____. （高）• Two more times means .• He lives _______ ( 更远 ) from school than the others.getreadywhere to gotallanother two timesfartherExercises1. Read the passage after class. 2. Do the exercises in your workbook.
