Unit 6 Be a Champion! Lesson 34 Modern Olympics

教学重点： 介绍奥林匹克运动会的发展及现状 关于奥运的新词汇的掌握 教学难点： event用法的掌握

Think about it! 1. What do you think is the same in every Olympics? 2. What’s your favourite Olympic sport? 3. Do you think the Olympics are important? Why or why not?

Olympics Olympic sport Medals When was the first Olympics? Amazing Olympic athletes When did the modern Olympics start?

Five rings = Five continents Africa Europe America Asia Oceania

volleyball football ping-pong race diving shooting swimming tennis badminton

bronze medal silver medal gold medal

Amazing Olympic athletes

Quick Quiz! Did women compete in the ancient Olympics? At the first ancient Olympics, there was only one sport. What was it? How many countries sent athletes to the 2004 Athens Olympics? How many athletes competed at the 2004 Olympics? How many sports did the 2004 Olympics have? No, women did not compete. The sprint. Two hundred and two countries sent athletes to the 2004 Olympics. More than eleven thousand athletes competed. It had twenty-eight different sports.

Dig In There are also the Paralympic Games, which have been held alongside every Olympics since 1988. It grew from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to one of the largest sporting events of the 21st century. Did you know there are also Winter Olympics and Special Olympics?

许海峰 Let’s know and remember him!

Bob Beamon A hero in long jump!

知识讲解

event [i'vent] n. 事件, 大事, 事情, 事项, 事例 [pl. ]时事, 时局 ; 时态; 故障 偶然事件, 可能发生的事 (相互)作用, 现象, 活动, 经历 (比赛)项目; 竞赛 【律】诉讼[判决]的结果，结局 冲程, 距离 核转变[变化], 衰变

相关短语 prophesy [wise] after the event 事后诸葛亮 current events 时事 neutron event 中子相互作用 field and track events 田径赛 The National Day and the International Labour Day are great events in China. 国庆节和国际劳动节在中国是重大的节日。

Exercise

The first Olympics Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks. We call the first Olympic Games the “ancient” Olympics. “Ancient” means very very ____. The ancient Olympic Games began in ______ in ______ BC. old Greece 776 1. Did women compete in the ancient Olympics? No, women did not compete. 2. At the first ancient Olympics, there was only one sport. What was it? The sprint.

Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks. We call today’s Olympic Games the “modern” Olympics. What does “modern” mean? “Modern”, “_____” and “_____” mean the _____ thing. The modern Olympics started in Athens, Greece in _______. now today same 1896 1. How many countries sent athletes to the 2004 Olympics? Two hundred and two countries sent athletes to the 2004 Olympics. 2. How many athletes compete at the 2004 Olympics? More than eleven thousand athletes competed. 3. How many sports did the 2004 Olympics have? It had twenty-eight different sports.

HOMEWORK 1. Surf the internet to find out more about the Olympic. 2. Play the game in “LET’S DO IT!” part. 3. Do the exercises in your workbook.

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