课件33张PPT。Unit 2 Sporting eventsReadingDo you remember the moment?IOC (International Olympic Committee)The Honourable Games It is an honor to hold the Olympic Games.3. What Olympic sports events do you know?Chinese Kung fuboxingVSwrestlingweight lifting shooting race walkfloor exercisePlatform diveSpringboard divehorizontal barparallel barsbalance beamasymmetric barsjavelin throw100 m sprint 200 m
butterfly 100 m
freestylewater polohigh jumpDo you want to know more about
the Olympic Games?
C1Listening and correcting.According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete.
2. The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776.an LOC member776BCRead the passage again and check the errors in each sentence.3. In the past, only athletes that spoke Italian were allowed to compete.
4. The aim of the modern Olympic Games is to make countries and people compete side by side.Greeklive peacefully5. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1896.
6. Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold medals for tennis.Athens table tennisonly men were allowed
to compete without
clothesalways held at the same places;
athletes from all over the world can take part, no matter what language they speak or what sex they are.
Both were/are held every 4 yearsSome of the sports played are still played nowWhat are the differences/ similarities between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games?Original name: Cassius Clay,
Came to public attention in 1960,
In 1964 won first Championship,
Returned to the 1996 Olympics to light the Olympic flameMuhammad Ali
(穆罕默德●阿里)Superstar in NBA,
was the highest scorer at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics,
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, won his second medal
Michael Jordan the Greatest distance runner,
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became famous in 1992,
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in 1995 broke the world record,
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At the 1996 and 2000 Olympics won gold medalsHaile Gebrselassie
(海尔格●布雷西拉西椰)Four Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996, an IOC member in 2000won first gold medal for China.In 2004, Liu Xiang, won in the men’s 110-meter hurdlesMuhammad
Ali
American1960
Rome
Olympicsgold medal,
boxingoriginal name
Cassius Clay;
won his first
World
Heavyweight
Boxing
Championship in 1964; lit the Olympic flame at the 1966 Atlanta Olympics
Michael
JordanHaile
GebrselassieAmerican
Ethiopian
1984 Los Angeles Olympics; 1992 Barcelona Olympics
1996 Atlanta Olympics; 2000 Sydney Olympics
two gold medals, basketballtwo gold medals, distance runningthe highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympicsfirst
became famous in 1992; broke world record for the 10 km run
Deng YapingXu Haifeng
Liu XiangChinese
Chinese
Chinese
1984 Los Angeles Olympics
1992
Barcelona Olympics,1996, Atlanta Olympics2004 Athens Olympicsgold medal
four gold medals, table tennisgold medal,
men’s 110-metre hurdleswon the first Olympics gold medal for China
became an IOC member in 2000the first Asian to win this race
higherswifterstrongerThe motto of the Olympic GamesDiscussion:Do you agree
“swifter,higher, stronger”
is a good motto not only for sports but also for life? Why?The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, as the most important thing in life is not the success but the struggle.
The motto encourages people not to be satisfied with the present.
People all over the world unite and struggle for a better future.What is the slogan of the 2008 Olympic Games?A Green Olympics
B New Beijing, Great Olympics
C One world , one dream What is your understanding?
