Unit 8（Reading）The Olympic Games

1. . help the ss talk about the reason why they admire helen thayer .let them have strong wills and determination 2.know helen thayer’s qualify and describe her in the ss’ own words . 3.to learn agreement teaching aids(略)。teaching procedures: period   3 & 4readingstep 1 : warming up                        step1.revision 1. an dictation of the new words learned yesterday.  2.questions:t: what can you think  of at the sight of the following pictures ?good . the olympic games. in the last period i asked you to get as  much information about olympic games  as you can ,now let’s see what  you know about the  olympic games? 大洋洲非洲美洲亞洲歐洲asiaeuropeamericaafricaoceania  象征著世界五大洲的友誼the five rings stand for the friendship of five continents


(1)   how often are the olympic games held?ss :the olympic games are held every four years . (2)   when and where did the ancient olympic games begin?ss: the ancient olympic games began around the year 776bc in greece . (3)   what games did they compete at the time ?ss : some of the games the young man competed were running, jumping and wrestling . (4)when and where did the first modern olympic games happen?ss: the first modern olympic games happened in 1896 in greece . (5)  how many countries and competitors took part in the games   ?ss : there were over 10,000 athletes from 227 countries taking part in the games . (6)     how many gold medals did the chinese athletes get in the 27th olympic games in sydney?ss: in the 27th olympic games in sydney , the chinese team got 28 god medals . (7)     what about the 28th olympic games in athens in ?ss: we won 32 gold medals that year and came second in the games.(8)     why do people say that china won another great competition in ? ss: because china will host the 29th olympic games in beijing  in . (9)what’s the slogan for the olympics? slogan for olympic is "one world, one dream!" (10)  do you  know the mascots(吉祥物) for the olympic games? the five mascots are officially called the five friendlies. they are beibei, the fish; jingjing, the panda; huanhuan, the olympic flame; yingying, the tibetan antelope; and nini, the swallow. the first syllables from their two-syllable names form a line that reads “beijing huanying ni”, or in english – “welcome to beijing”. the mascot’s colours were chosen in line with the colours of the olympic rings.