Unit2 sporting events - Reading教案

  the honorable gamesstep1: leading-inas we all know, the olympic games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a country to host the games. how much do you know about the olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies and sporting events?1) how many olympic games did you see? 2) where were they held?3) do you think they are exciting? why?4) who is your favorite athlete and who do you think is the greatest olympian? why?step 2: fast reading for general ideasgo through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part a. just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions. 1) what is the speech about?2) where were the ancient olympic games held?3) who restarted the modern olympic games?

a 1) the history and significance of the olympic games.

  2) at olympia in greece.

  3) pierre de coubertin.

step 3: detailed reading for important information

1. let’s read the speech a second time and complete parts c1 and c2 at page 24 individually to check your reading comprehension and to test your analytical thinking skills.

c1 1) according to the speech, the speaker is an athlete.                    an ioc member

   2) the first ancient olympic games were held in ad 776               776 bc

   3) in the past, only athletes that spoke italian were allowed to compete.        greek

   4) the aim of the modern olympic games is to make

     countries and people compete side by side.                                 live peacefully

   5) the first modern olympic games were held in rome in 1896.            athens

   6) deng yaping won four olympic gold medals for tennis.                         table tennis

c2

name

nationality

which olympics

olympic

achievements

other information

muhammad

ali

american

1960 rome olympics

gold medal, boxing

original name cassius clay; won his first world heavyweight boxing championship in 1964; lit the olympic flame at the 1966 atlanta olympics