1、1Unit 2 The Olympic Games学科： English 授课 班级：Senior One 执教教师： 授课时间： I教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是“奥运会” 。Warming Up 部分通过讨论让学生了解古代和现代奥运会的异同。Pre-reading 部分的三个问题则进一步考查学生对奥运会基本常识的了解。Reading 部分作者通过一个虚拟的采访向读者介绍了古代奥运会与现代奥运会的异同。Comprehending 部分帮助学生归纳他们已知的和刚学到的关于古代与现代奥运会异同，并且进一步讨论奥运会相关知识。Learning about Language 部分都同单元主题紧密相关
2、，词汇和语法结构的呈现也尽可能地安排在相关的语境中。Using Language 部分通过一个希腊神话故事来引导学生进行读、听、说、写的综合训练。Learning Tip 部分鼓励学生在两人活动和小组活动中积极发言，这样既可以消除害羞的心理，又有利于学生掌握恰当的交际策略。II教学重点和难点1教学重点(1) 本单元的生词和短语；(2) 学会使用将来时的被动语态；(3) 让学生熟悉奥运会世界上最重要的体育盛会；能用英语就奥运会的基本知识进行互相问答，并能简述奥运会的基本知识；(4) 鼓励学生表达自己的兴趣爱好，要多让学生讲自己熟悉的话题。2教学难点(1) 指导学生按类别归纳整理词汇，让学生学会有
3、效的记忆词汇的方法；(2) 引导学生发现本单元重点语言结构，让学生自己发现并感悟相关的语言规律，培养他们的语感。III教学计划本单元分五课时：第一、二课时：Warming up，Pre-reading, Reading, Comprehension第三课时：Learning about Language第四课时： Reading, Writing (Using Language)第五课时：Listening, Speaking, Writing (Using Language)第六、七课时：Vocabulary and Useful ExpressionsIV教学步骤：Period 1 Oly
4、mpia B.393BC; Rome C. 1896; Greece2. When did the ancient Olympics stop?A. 776BC B. 393BC C. 1888AD3. When and where did the modern Olympic Games start?A. 1888AD; Pairs B. 776BC; Olympia C.1896; Athens4. When did China first take part in the Olympics?A. 1932 B. 1928 C. 19365. Who was Chinas first go
5、ld medal winner and for what event?A. Zhou Jihong; diving B. Lining; gymnastics C. Xu Haifeng; shooting6. Do you know the three words that show the spirit of the Olympic Games?A. taller, faster, stronger B. higher, swifter, stronger C. stronger, quicker, longerSuggested Answers: 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A
6、5. C 6. BStep 3. Pre-readingPurpose: To have Ss learn about some more about Olympics and arouse their interest.Individual work: Get Ss to answer this question individually.1. How many events are there for the Summer and Winter Olympics? Can you list some of them?2. When and where will the next Olymp
7、ics be held? What do you think the Chinese team will do in order to win more medals?Suggested Answers:1. In the Summer Olympics, there are running, swimming, shooting, wrestling, jumping, football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, throwing. Javelin, weight lifting, gymnastics, boxing, etc. In t
8、he Winter Olympics, there are skiing, skating, ice hockey, ski jumping, sledding, snow-boarding, etc.2. The 29th Olympics will be held in Beijing on August 18th, 2008.Step 4. Reading1. ListeningPurpose: To get a brief understanding of the text.To train Ss listening ability. (1) Listen to the tape.(2
9、) Ask Ss to find the writing type and the main idea of the text.The writing type: conversational style (an interview).Main idea: comparing the differences between Ancient and Modern Olympics.2. ScanningPurpose: To get Ss to have some details in the text.Read the text quickly and find out the similar
10、ities do you think so? S: Yes. T: Now, lets look at the picture coming from the ancient country.King Princess Hippomenes GoddessT: Class, it is obvious that the two pictures tell us a magical legend. Do you know what happened to the four persons? S: No T: Ok, next lets turn to page 14 and read the s
11、tory about the four persons.Step 2. Reading 1. SkimmingPurpose: To get a brief understanding of the passage.Read the text quickly and find out the relationship among the four persons.2. ScanningPurpose: To get Ss to have some details in the text.Read the text again and then do the following true or
12、false questions.(1) Atlanta could run faster than any man. ( )(2) At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. ( )(3) Atlanta was not confident she would win. ( )(4) She made as many men as she could share her pain. ( )(5) Her father did not refuse her wish to choose a husband in a ra
13、ce. ( )Suggested Answers: (1) F (2) F (3) F (4) T (5) T3. Reading and answeringPurpose: To make Ss further understand the text.Read the text in silence, and answer the following questions.8(1) What was Atlantas problem?(2) What were Atlantas rules?(3) Why did Hippomenes think that the men who ran th
14、e race were so foolish?(4) What made Hippomenes change his mind?(5) Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help?Suggested Answers:(1) Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games.(2) She promised to be married to a man who could run faster than her. I
15、f he could not run as fast as her, he would be killed.(3) Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their lives.(4) Atlantas beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind.(5) He turned to the Goddess of love for help.4. Talking and writingGroup work Ask Ss
16、to talk about the possible ending in groups of four. After discussing, let every student write down the result they have got. And then ask some Ss to read out their results. For your reference (Various possible endings are allowed. Here are three kinds of different results.):(1). Hippomenes was kill
17、ed because of losing his race.(2). Hippomenes ran faster than Atlanta and married her.(3). Atlanta and Hippomenes fell in love with each other at first sight. In spite of this, he still had to run the race, and unfortunately he lost the race and was killed by the king without being stopped by Atlant
18、a in time. Atlanta was so sad that she killed herself before Hippomenes dead body.5. Homework. Get Ss to read and underline all the useful expressions in the passage. Copy them to your notebook as homework after class.Useful expressions in The Story Of Atlanta:be allowed to, hear of, as fast as, cha
19、nge ones mind, ask for from, pick up, confident about, compete with9Period 5 Listening Speaking 竞争者competitive adj.竞争的;有竞争力的 (1)单项填空 Our athletes will some games, such as running and wrestling. They have the hope to get some gold medals. （200912江西南昌一中检测）A. compete B. compete inC. Join D. attend (2)用
20、方框内所给短语的适当形式填空 （原创）compete with/compete against/compete for/compete in Its difficult for small markets to big ones.Will you the 100-metre race?The two athletes will the gold medal.解析： (1) 选 B。compete 的意思是“ 竞技；比赛”，后面跟宾语时，用 compete in 表示“参加”；attend 仅有“参加某项活动”的意思；表示参加活动也可以用 join in。(2)compete with/againstcompete in compete for2. admitvt. 承认联想拓展be admitted as . 被接受为 be admitted (to/into) 被准许进入admit (to) sth./doing 承认某事/ 做过某事admit that 承认admit sb./sth. to be 承认是It is/was admitted that 普遍认为He was admitted as a member of the basketball team.
