Unit 2 The Olympic Games
Period 1 Warming-up and Pre-reading
(罗燕玲)
I. Teaching aims:
1. Introduce the students to the Olympic Games and see how many events they know of the recent modern Olympic Games
2. Enable the students to describe their preparation for the coming Olympic Games/Asian Games
II. Teaching important & difficult points:
How to make their preparation for the coming Olympic Games/Asian Games
III. Teaching methods:
Task-based learning and cooperative learning.
IV. Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Having a brainstorm :
What sports can you think of
Step 2 Having a competition:
speak out the English names of the following sports as quickly as possible
Step 3 Having a quiz to the knowledge of the Olympic Games:
Step 4 Having a discussion:
Step 5 Listening to a song Hand in Hand :
Step 6 Enjoying some famous sayings:
Step 7 Introducing some Hot links to Websites related to the Olympics:
Step 8 Homework for today:
1) Write down at least 20 names of sports
2) Write some famous sayings about health:(共39张PPT)
Step 1 Brainstorm
What sports can you think of according to the title
Can you speak out the English names of the following sports as quickly as possible
Step 2 Having a competition
basketball
football (soccer)
Ball games
baseball
tennis
volleyball
table tennis
badminton
relay race
track and field
110m hurdles
running
long jump
high jump
Olympic champion
gymnastics
beam
horse
double bars
rings
high and low bars
free exercise
ice sports
speed skating
skiing
ice hockey
swimming
diving
sailing
surfing
boxing
wrestling
shot-put
shooting
weightlifting
judo
They ’re ________ of the Olympic Games .
Ball games:
volleyball, baseball, football, tennis, table tennis, badminton, hockey…
Track and field:
Gymnastics:
Others:
running, long jump, high jump…
shooting, swimming, diving ,
weightlifting, wrestling…
events
Do you recognize them
torch
an olive wreath
flame
medals
Official Mascots （吉祥物）of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
fish
panda
Tibetan
antelope
swallow
Can you say something about them
torch
When and where were the
Olympic Games first held
A.1896 in Athens
B.1906 in New York
C. In Greece in 776 BC
C
Who knows the most about the
Olympic Games
Step 3 Having a quiz :
2. What do the five Olympic
rings stand for
A. Five continents
B.Five well-known athletes
C.Five important events
A
What does the Olympic flag mean
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
America
Background color: white
Shapes: 5 rings joined together
Symbol(象征) of peace
the friendship of the 5 continents
3.When did the ancient Olympic Games stop
393 AD
B.393 BC
C.1896 AD
A
4. Who was China’s first gold medal winner and for what event
Lining, gymnastics
Xu Haifeng, shooting
Fu Mingxia, diving
B
许海峰
5.When and where were the
first modern Olympic Games
held
A.1986 in Sydney
B.1896 in Athens
C.1698 in New York
B
6. How often are the Olympic
Games held
Every three years
Every Four years
Every Five years
B
7.In which year was the first
Olympic Torch Relay
1928
1936
1896
B
8. Which of the following
is not included in The
Summer Olympic Games
Track and Field
Swimming
Speed skating
C
9. When did the First
Winter Olympics begin
January 25, 1924
August 25, 1896
January 26,1936
A
10. The three words that
show the spirit of the
Olympic Games are___
A.faster,higher and further
B. better,healthier and higher
C. faster,stronger and better
A
higher
swifter
stronger
run faster, jump higher and throw further.
The Olympic motto:
11. When and where were
the 28th Olympic Games held
2004 in Athens
2008 in Beijing
2000 in Sydney
A
What can we do to prepare for the
2008 Olympic Games/the 2010 Asian
Games as a citizen of Beijing/
Guangzhou
New Beijing Great Olympics
Step 4 Discussion (5m)
We should
1.study hard to learn more knowledge
2.learn English well to communicate with the foreigners
3.introduce China to make it known to the world
4.collect money for the Olympic Games
4.do the service work /be a volunteer
5.build up our health
6.beautify our city
If we are hand in hand, we will make the world better
See the ____ in the sky, We feel the _______ of our hearts together. This is our time to _____ above. We know the chance is here to live forever, for all time. Hand in hand we_____ all across the land. We can make this world a ______ place in which to live. Hand in hand we can _____to understand. ________ down the walls that come
fire
beating
rise
stand
better
start
Breaking
Step 5 Listening to a song Hand In Hand
between us for all time. Arirang. Every time we give it all, We____ the flame eternally (forever) inside us. Lift our hands up to the____. The morning calm helps us to live in harmony, for all time. Hand in hand. (Breaking down the walls between us)
feel
sky
Step 7 enjoying some famous sayings:
1.All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy.
2.To be happy you need to have a healthy
body and a clever mind.
3.Early to bed ,early healthy, wealthy and
wise to rise makes a man.
http://www.olympic.org
http://www.specialolympics.org
http://www.beijing-2008.org
http://www.athens.olmpics.org
Hot links to Websites Related to
the Olympics on the Internet:
Homework:
1.Write down at least 20 names
of sports
2.Write your own sayings/sentences
about health:
hand in hand see the fire in the sky
we feel the beating of our hearts together this is our time to rise above we know the chance is here to live forever for all time (refrain:) hand in hand we stand all across the land we can make this world a better place in which to live hand in hand we can! start to understand breaking down the walls that come between us for time
for the time every time we give it all we feel the flame eternally inside us lift our hands up to the sky the morning calm helps us to live in harmony for all time.
