Unit 2 The olympic Games
Period 1 warming up & reading 1. Teaching aims(教学目标):
Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period Train the students reading and speaking ability 2. Teaching important points（教学重点）:
Train the students’ reading ability ----skiming and scanning
Enable the students know the differences and similarities between the ancient olympic games and the modern olympic games
3. Teaching difficult points:（教学难点） Improve their reading and speaking ability Raise the sense of pride of china 4. Teaching aids：（教学辅助工具） CAI, recorder
Teaching procedure:（教学步骤）
Step1: lead-in （用奥运会获奖的视频导入）
Do you still remember these special number? (2008 august 8th 8 pm) See a video
Step2: warming-up（根据学生以往对奥运会的知识，进行一次比赛） How much do you know about the olympic Games？Have a competition Step3: reading Task 1: Skimming
（课文的内容：来自古代奥运会的记者采访现代奥运会的自愿者，关于现代奥运会的知识） This interview is mainly about ( )
The story of a Greek writer Pausanias and a Chinese girl Li Yan. B. A magical journey by Pausanias.
C. The similarities and differences about theancient and modern Olympics. D. The ancient Olympic Games in Greece. Task2: There are his questions：（文章就是围绕这四个问题展开讨论的，这四个问题都是古代奥运会的记者Pausanias提出来，记者李燕回答，学生可以在文章中找到答案） 1. How often do you hold your Games? 2. Are athletes only from the Greek world? 3. Where are all the athletes housed?
4. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?
Task 3 : After the interview, Pausanias is going to share what he has learnt with his friends in Greece. Help him finish the table in his letter about the differences and similarities of the ancient and modern Olympics .(经过采访，Pausanias 回去将要和他的朋友一起分享古代奥运会和现代奥运会的不同点，所以要求学生填表格，帮助他找出不同点和相同点。) The answers to the questions（不同点） Item Time Types Events The ancient olympics The modern olympics Atheletes Places Prize Similarities:（相同点）
1. Both are held . 2. The motto:
3. _______ are allowed to take part in both the ancient and modern Olympics. 4.Both are held not for money but for _______.
Task 4: Summary（这篇课文主要的内容是介绍古代奥运会和现代奥运会的不同点）
The Olympic Games are the biggest sports meeting in the world. There are two kinds of Olympic Games . One is ________________ , the other is ________________________. Both of them are held________________. All countries can take part if their athletes reach the _________ to be _________to the games. Women are not only ________to join in but play an __________role. A _____________is built for the competitor to live in, a ________for competition, a________ as well as seats for those who watch the games. It’s a great ________ to host the Olympics. It’s just as ______a competition to host the Olympic Games as to win an Olympic_______. The olive wreath has been ________ by medals. But it’s still about being able to run_______, jump_______ and throw_________. Step4: Discussion (讨论)
学生了解现代奥运会和古代奥运会的相同点和不同点之后，学生明白举办北京奥运会对中国的荣耀，然后提到我校参加区运动会获得团体第一名对我校的贡献，最后涉及到现在广州举办奥运会对中国的影响，谈谈如果你是广州人的话，应该为奥运会做点什么？ What should you do for the Asian Games