Unit 8 sports The olympic games

Teaching Aims:  Improve the students’ reading by fast-reading and reading.  Enable the students to master the new words and expressions, as well as the language points.  Train the students to love and take an active part in the sports.

Teaching Important Points:  How to improve the students’ reading ability.  How to write a summary.

Teaching Difficult Points: How to grasp the main idea of a paragraph. How to grasp the main idea of a paragraph. How to use some useful words and expressions. How to use some useful words and expressions.

Teaching Methods: Discussion method to make the student understand what they’ve learned better. Discussion method to make the student understand what they’ve learned better. Pair work or group work to get every student to take an active part in the teaching –and- learning activities. Pair work or group work to get every student to take an active part in the teaching –and- learning activities.

Teaching Aids: A recorder A recorder A projector. A projector.

Teaching Procedures: Step1: Greeting and revision; Step2: Pre-reading; Step3: Fast-reading; Step4: Listening and Reading; Step5: Post-reading; Step7:Summary and Homework.

After pre-reading,Please discuss these questions with your partner. 1. Which sport event(s) do you like to watch most ? Why ? 2. Is it important to win in a sports match ? Why or why not ? 3. Are the Olympic Games important to our society? Why or why not ? 4. Why do athletes from so many countries want to take part in the Olympic Games ?

After fast-reading,please answer the following questions: 1.Did the Olympic Games and the modern Olympic Games happen in the same country ? 2. What is the competition which is not for a medal ?

Reading: Write “ T ” if the sentence is right, write “ F ” if it is wrong. And then correct the error and give the right information. 1.( )In the early Olympic Games,only men were allowed t o compete and watch the games. 2.( )The motto of the Olympic Games is “Swifter, Higher, Further.” 3.( )Carl Lewis won three gold medals in the 1984 Olympics. 4.( )The 27th Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles. 5.( )The 28th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing. 6.( )The Winter Olympic Games are held every three years. T F F F F F Strong four In Sydney 29th four

Language Points 1. every+ 数 /other/few+n. eg: every two days=every second day=every other day every few metres 2. take part in / join in eg: I took part in the game. Eight million people joined in the battle against drought. My wish is to join the army after graduation. 3. compete vi. Compete for sth with sb in … eg : Women compete for medals with men in some of the games. 4.rank vi to be or put (in a certain class) eg: Where does Li Bai rank as a poet ? 5.times eg: Times have changed,and we shouldn’t fall behind them.

Post-reading: Answer the following questions about the text you have just read. How have the Olympic Games changed since the old Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece? What will be done in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing? Chain won 28 gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. What were the events? Work in pairs and see how many you can think of.

Topic sentences The 1st: the Olympics are held every four. The 2nd: Something about the old Olympic Games. The 3rd: Something about the Olympics in modern times and the 27th Olympic Games. The 4th: The Olympic motto and something about the track star: Carl Lewis and the Chinese team in Sydney Olympics. The 5th: Beijing will host and is making preparation for the 29th Olympic Games.

Homework: Read the passage again and again until you can retell it; Make a sentence with the useful expressions learnt today; Do the exercises on Page128.