Unit 2 The Olympic Games,Book 2

a. are served    b. serves    c. is served      d. serve

 o1. asking and answering w, please read the three questions before the reading. let’s do it in turn. let’s begin from the first row here…ok, you did a good job. let’s summarize your answers.
for reference:
1. in summer olympics, there are running, swimming, shooting, wrestling, jumping, football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, throwing, javelin, weight lifting, gymnastics, boxing etc.
in winter olympics, there are skiing skating, ice hockey, ski jumping, sledding, snowboarding etc.
2. the 29th olympic games will be held in beijing on auguster 18th, .
3. to hold the olympic games is a rich prize for a country. and it can make a country known in the world. it can stimulate the country’s economy, and help to speed up its development.
2. imaging and introducing
please look at the three pictures in the reading. please talk about them. imagine whatever you can.
for reference: the first picture is the status of a great greek. his name is pausanias. he was a famous traveler and writer in the second century ad. his guide to greece is an extremely comprehensive guidebook for tourists, concentrating on buildings, tombs and status and including a lot of information on the mythological, religious and historical background to the monuments described. it is so informative that it may be called the foundation of classical archaeology and this ancient baedeker is still used as a guide to classical greece. can you remember a famous ancient chinese traveler and writer? he also wrote a book. yes, his name is xu shake. his works is the notes of xu shake’s travels.
the second picture is the opening ceremony of the olympic games. maybe this is the principle stadium. it’s large and can hold thousands of audience.
the third picture is a chinese athlete named yang yang. she won a gold medal for china in the winter olympic games. she is a famous skating player.
3. talking and sharing
we know there are many differences and similarities about the ancient and modern olympics. do you know anything about them? you can simply guess. yes, lucy, try …
iii. reading
1. reading aloud to the recording and finding the general idea
now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text an interview. pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation as well as the pauses within each sentence. then try to get the general idea of the passage. have you got the main idea?