Unit 2 Sporting Events

Reading

江苏省上冈高级中学 仲 勇

1.The Olympic Games are held every four years.2. We have had 28 Olympic Games all together

till now.

3. The next Olympic games will be held in Edinburgh, Britain.4. Only excellent Athletes can take part in the Olympics. 5. The Olympics has lasted for more than two thousand years.

Background ( Tor F )

6. The dream of the founder Pierre de Coubertin(顾拜旦 ) is to make Olympics a big event in the sports history.

8. Olympic flame can’t be put out until the end of the Games.

7. Chinese athletes have won more gold medals in team events than individual ones.

Background ( Tor F )

1. What colors are the five rings on the flag?

Whoever comes first gets the point !

Background

2. What is the motto of Olympic Games?

Background

3. Can you give us different types of Olympic Games? At least two types.

Youth Olympic Games

Paralympic Games Special Games

Winter Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

4. How many gold medals did Chinese athletes win at the 28th Beijing Olympics？

A. An expository writing

B. A speech

C. A historical writing

D. A description

What kind of article is it?

What is the speech about?

History and significance

Facts and stories

Para 2-4

Para 5-8

Conclusion

Para 1

Para 9-10

Introduction

Body

1

2 3

4

1 2 3

4

1 2

3 4

1

2

3 4

A B

C D

Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage?

introduction

introduction

bodybody

conclusionconclusion

Year for the first

Place for the first

People who take part

The ancient Olympics

The

contemporary Olympics

in 776BC

at Olympia in Greece

only Greek men

in 1896 in Athensathletes from around the world

Two types of Olympics

Rush-to-answer questions

1. List a sport that can still be seen in the

Contemporary Olympics.2. What is the dream of the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin?

How many athletes are mentioned in the speech?

Six

Who are they?

Name

Nationality

Achievements

Prepare a competition in the following way:

11 22 33

44 55 66

77 88

Name

Achievements:Nationality

Congratulations ！ bonus ×2 ＝ 10Congratulations ！ bonus ×2 ＝ 10

Xu Haifeng is a Chinese. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he won the first gold medal for China.

NameNationalityAchievements:

Ali is an American, who won the gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964. In 1996 he returned to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony.

NameNationalityAchievements:

Liu Xiang is from China, who won the gold meal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles and became the first Asian to win the medal.

NameNationalityAchievements:Zhang Ning is from China, who is a former badminton champion. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics she won the gold medal, when she was 33 years old.

NameNationalityAchievements:

Michael Jordan is also an American, who won the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the second one at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

NameNationalityAchievements:Deng Yaping is also a Chinese, who won four gold medals in 1992 and 1996. She is the greatest female table tennis player in the world.

You can get 5 points without any question.You can get 5 points without any question.

Who won the most gold medals among the six mentioned?

Who won the most gold medals among the six mentioned?

Why are these athletes mentioned to us by the author?

●They all succeeded and won the gold medals in the Olympic Games.●They all tried their best and set a good example to all the athletes and us as well. ●They all have a strong will.●All of them are worth respecting.●They all stand for the spirit of the Olympic Games.

Topic The history and (1)___________of the Olympics

(2)______of the games

The ancient games began in 776 BC in Greece

while the modern ones in 1896 in Athens.

(3)________

between the ancient and modern games

● Only (4)_____ were allowed to compete while today athletes across the world can take part (5)_________nation they come from.● The ancient games were held at the (6)_____place, but countries and people can live (7) _________together in the modern ones.

Some well-known athletes and their(8)

__________

● Muhammad Ali won the gold medals in 1960 and in 1964.● Michael Jordan won the gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics. ● Chinese athletes have also played an important (9) _______in the Olympic Games.

ConclusionThe Olympics will have a successful future to (10) _____ its past glory.

significance

History

menDifferences

whatever

samepeacefully

achievements part/role

match

Why do lots of countries like Olympics nowadays? And even many of them compete fiercely for the right to host the Games? ●It is a good chance for a country to set up a good image/improve her image. ●To show her power and ability to the world.●To earn more money. To give more jobs to the workers at home.●To strengthen the nation's confidence and pride.

1. Reread the text.

2. Write down your understanding of the

Olympic spirit.

Thank you for

attending !

What can we students learn from the Olympic spirit------ stronger higher faster?●We should set a goal for our study and then stick to it. ●In the face of difficulty or failure, never give up.●Hold on, and nothing is impossible. We will succeed one day.