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111Unit 2 ReadingTeaching Aims:1. Enhance students reading abilities.2. Enable Ss to adopt the strategy reading a speech and catch the main idea of the text.Teaching important points:1. Help Ss know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games.2. Help them learn some language points.Teaching methods:1.Improve the students reading comprehension.1. Practice to get the students to master what theyve learnt.2. Discussion to make every student work in class.Teaching aids:1. the multi-media2. the blackboard.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Lead- in1. Show pictures about Olympic Games to motivate the Ss enthusiasm.2.Talk about the Olympics and encourage the students to share their information and express their opinions.As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a country to host the Games. How much do you know about the Olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies and sporting events? 1. How many Olympic games did you see? Where were they held?2. Do you think they are exciting?3. Who is your favorite athlete and who do you think is the greatest Olympian? Why? Step 2. Fast readingAsk Ss to scan the article and answer the three questions in Part A.1. What is the speech about? The history and significance of the Olympic Games.2. Where were the ancient Olympic Games held? At Olympia in Greece.3. Who restarted the modern Olympic Games? Pierre de CoubertinStep 3 Careful reading1.Read the passage again and check the errors in each sentence.1)According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete. an LOC member 2). The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776. 776BC3). In the past, only athletes that spoke Italian were allowed to compete. Greek4). The aim of the modern Olympic Games is to make countries and people compete side by side. live peacefully5). The first modern Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1896. Athens6). Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold medals for tennis. table tennis2. Try to fill in the form according to the passage.Answers:NameNationalityWhich OlympicOlympic achievementsOther informationMuhammad AliAmerican1960 Rome OlympicsGold medal, boxingOriginal name Cassius Clay; won his first World Heavyweight Boxing Campionship in 1964;lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta OlympicsMichael JordanAmerican1984 Los Angeles Olympics;1992 Barcelona OlympicsTwo gold medals, basketballThe highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984OlympicsHaile GebrselassieEthiopian1996 Athens Olympics;2000 Sydney OlympicsTwo gold medals, distance runningFirst became famous in 1992; broke world record for the 10 km runXu HaifengChinese1984 Los Angeles OlympicsGold medalWon the first Olympic gold medal for China Deng YapingChinese1992 Barcelona Olympics; 1996 Atlanta OlympicsFour gold medals, table tennisBecame an IOC member in 2000 Liu XiangChinese2004 Athens OlympicsGold medal, mens 110-metre hurdlesThe first Asian to win this race .3. Finish exercise D and E.1. Do D in class.2. Do E in classAnswers:D 1 a 2 c 3 e 4 f 5 d 6 bE (1) significance (2) ancient (3) complete (4) peacefully (5) athletes (6) achievement (7) gold medal (8) mentioned Step 4. Discussion1. Do you think Chinese athletes such as DengYaping and LiuXiang are as great as Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan? Why?2. In our life, we often hear Sports Spirit. What kind of Sports Spirit can you learn from them? And how can you use the sports spirit in your studies?Step 5 Language points1. (L1) delighted adj. 高兴的; 欣喜的1) He was delighted to be invited to the wedding.2) I am delighted at your progress made in studies.2.(L2) significance n.意义; 意味; 重要性1) Its good that he has realized the significance of studying English.2) You should pay more attention to the significance of the speech delivered by our headmaster. significant adj.有意义的;重要的3.(L10) compete vi.竞争,对抗 Compete with/against sb for sth1) Several dogs are competing with/against each other for a bone.2) Companies are competing against each other for the contract. competition n.竞争;比赛 competitor n. 竞争者;选手4.(L11) in honor of sb 为了纪念;向表示敬意 The ceremony was held in honor of those killed in the battle honor sb with sth 给某人以荣耀1) Will you honor me with a visit?2) Its an honor to be invited to the party.5. (L15) ,no matter what language they speak.The phase no matter what means “whatever the situation is, something is always true” and used to introduce an adverbial clause. Similar phrases such as no matter how, no matter whether and no matter when can be used in the same way.e.g. No matter what difficulty she meets with, she will never give up.No matter how I tried to persuade him, he just didnt take my words seriously.No matter whether it is rainy or sunny, the football match will be played as planned.6.(L37) record n.记录记载,唱片 keep/break/set a record 保持/打破/创造一个记录 He holds the world record in the 100 metres.7.(L39) contribution n.贡献 make contributions to (doing) sth 为 做贡献1) He made contributions to the film industry.2) I am determined to make contributions to developing our country.contribute vt.捐献, 捐助; 投稿 Contributed two stories to the summer issue.contribute to起一份作用, 有助于,促成Exercise contributes to better health.8. (L41) absence n. 缺席, 缺乏 presence n.出席, 到场 He made up an excuse for his absence from the meeting. absent adj. 不在场, 缺乏的 be present at 出席 be absent from 缺席 Several workers were absent from the meeting yesterday.Step 6 Have a try:1. He tried his best to solve the problem,_ difficult it was.A. however B. no matter C. whatever D. although 2. Everyone gave five pence as a contribution _ the Famine Relief Fund. A. at B. on C. to D. over3. The president honored us _ a personal visit.A. t0 B. with C. for D. of 4. We are in _ with four other companies for the contract.A. competing B. competitor C. competition D. companion5._ were the manager and his wife, as well as their son.A. Presented B. To present C. Present D. Presence 6. The laboratory was named after the science _ him.A. in spite of B. in case of C. in terms of D. in honor ofStep 7 Homework1. Try to remember the useful words, phrases and sentence patterns and know how to use them freely.2. Finish exercises in Workbook.111
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