1、 Unit 2 The Olympic Games Period 1: Warming up and reading Teaching Aims: To talk about the history of the Olympics games To read an interview about the Olympic Games Procedures I. Warming up Warming up by sharing Morning, everyone! Today we are going to learn about THE OLYMPIC GAMES. But first, Id
2、like to know how much you know about the Olympics to be held in Beijing. Anything about it is ok. Oh, Li Lei, do you want a try?Right. You know so much about the Olympics. Toady, well learn more about it in ancient Greece. Finish the form on page 9. Warming up by describing Now, boys and girls. Ill
3、show you a video show of the 28th Olympic Games. Please tell me what it is about and describe it to the class. Ok, Wang Lin, please describe it. Wonderful. Thats Liu Xiang. The hurdle king! Warming up by discussing Hi, class. You know our country is trying her best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Ga
4、mes. Every one is expecting and excited about it. Lets discuss what we can do for it. And imagine what we will do at the 2008 Olympics. II. Pre-reading 1. Asking and answering Now, please read the three questions before the Reading. Lets do it in turn. Lets begin from the first row hereok, you did a
5、 good job. Lets 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
6、, ski jumping, sledding, snowboarding etc. 2. The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing on Auguster 18th, 2008. 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 countrys economy, and help to speed up its development.
7、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
8、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 a
9、nd 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 Shakes travels. The second picture is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Maybe t
10、his is the principle stadium. Its 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 2002 winter Olympic Games. She is a famous skating player. 3. Talking and Sharing We know there are many differences and similarit
11、ies 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
12、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? Yes, it tells us the differences and the similarities between the ancient and modern Olympics. 2. Reading and acting Now lets play the parts of the Greek writer Pau
13、sanias and the Chinese girl Li Li. Now boys, you are Pausanias; girls, you are Li Li. Please pay attention to the bold words. 3. Reading and finding Now read the text again. The boys shall try to finish the task: What was the ancient Olympics like? The girls shall try to finish the task: What is the
14、 modern Olympics like? 4. Reading and collecting information Ok, now lets read it silently. First lets talk about the same points between the ancient and modern Olympics. Who can answer? Any volunteers? Then lets come to the differences. The similarities Both are held every four years. Both are held
15、 not for money but for honour. The beliefs are the same. They are: Swifter, Higher, and stronger. Men are allowed to take part both in ancient and modern Olympics. Some events are the same, such as running, jumping, shooting and thowing. The Differences There were not winter Olympics in the past. No
16、w competitors are from all over the world. But in the ancient time, only the people in Greece could take part. Only men were allowed to take part in the past, now woman are also allowed. In the past, winners got the olive wreath as the prize. Now competitors compete for medals. The events and athlet
17、es in modern time are more than those in the past. There is a special village for the competitors to live in, a stadium for competitions, a gymnasium for these who watch the games now. But there were not in the past.) 5. Reading and underlining Next you are to read and underline all the useful expre
18、ssions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocations from AN INTERVIEW take part in, gold medals, the spirit of, be held, in order to, host the Olympic Games, on a magical journey, find out, the present day Olympic Games, used to, write about, come
19、to your time, be admitted as, two sets of, enjoy competing in, compete against, for the honour of, reach the standard, be admitted to, play a very important role, as well as, a stadium for competitions, as a matter of fact, compete for, olive wreath, feel proud of, make happy Closing down Closing do
20、wn by doing exercise To end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises 1 be going to be done, be about to be done, be to be done, will / shall be done, would / should be done. III. Closing down by summarizing 1.Present future passive voice (take “ask” for example) Affirmative Negative Inte
21、rrogative I You He/she/it will be asked We will (shall) You/They will I You He/she/it will not be asked We will (shall) not You / They will not Will (shall) I Will you Will he/she/it be asked Will (shall) we Will you / they 2.The passive Voice of phrasal verb Generally speaking, only transitive verb
22、s can form the passive voice, for only transitive verbs can be followed by objects. But many intransitive verbs together with some prepositions and adverbs can be used as transitive verbs. So they can also be followed by the objects. Therefore they can also be used in passive voice. But note that al
23、l the phrasal verbs are used as a whole. When using them in passive voice, we cannot drop out the prepositions and adverbs. For examples: At last they put out the fire. At last the fire was put out. They will put up a notice on the wall. A notice will be put up on the wall. Have you sent for a docto
24、r? Has the doctor been sent for? I have never heard of such a thing before. Such a thing has never been heard of before. We must take good care of the children here. The children must be taken good care of here. His classmates laughed at him for the foolish mistake. He was laughed at for the foolish
25、 mistake by his classmates. Period 3: using language Teaching Aims: To read about the ancient Olympic Games To listen and talk about hobbies To write about hobbies Procedures 1. Warming up Warming up by introducing Hi! Class. You know Greece is the world-known country with an ancient civilization. I
26、t has a long history with so much marvelous culture. The Greeks had wonderful stories about the Gods and Goddnesses who were part of their religion. They believed that these god or goddesses would help humans if they felt sorry for them or if the humans were good people. However, the Gods did not al
27、ways help. They behaved like people who were unpredictable and capricious. To try to get the support of the Gods people had to pray to them and offer them present. In this story the Goddess Hera, the wife of the chief God, Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him. Warming up by sharing N
28、ow, boys and girls. Is there anybody who can tell us some Greek mythology. You know they are so famous in human history. Or can you speak out some names of Greek Gods and Goddesses. Prometeus 普罗米修斯 a son of the former chief God Sphinx 斯芬克斯 a being with a human face but a lion body Pandora 潘多拉 a beau
29、tiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deed Zeus 宙斯 the chief God who governed the world Hera 天后 the wife of Zeus who governed the love . Guided reading 1. Reading and judging Read the text THE STORY OF ATLANTA, and complete the True or False guestions after the text on page14. 2. Reading an
30、d Telling True of False Read the text and finish exercise 1 on page14. 1. She practiced running to compete in the Olympic Games. ( F ) 2. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. ( F ) 3. Atlanta was not sure she could win. ( F ) 4. She was so angry about the fact that she could n
31、ot run in the Olympics. ( T ) 5. She made as many men as she could share her pain. ( T ) 6. Her father did not understand her wish to compete in the Olympics. ( T ) 7.He did not refuse her wish to choose her husband in a race. ( T ) 3. Reading and underlining Next you are to read and underline all t
32、he useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANA be allowed to, run against, will be pardoned, hear of,be amazed, as fast as, change ones mind, ask for help from, promise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be c
33、onfident about,share ones pain, run past,compete with, cheap to marry 4. Listening For listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 1. First read the statements carefully and imagine what is the listening about. When doing it , you must make clear the order of them. 5. Acting Next we are g
34、oing to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You know there are four charactors in the story. Who would like to be them? Who will be Alantas father, the old king? Who will be the Goddess of Love? Ok. Li Li, you are the Greek princess. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young man Hippomenes. Lucy, y
35、ou are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the princesss father. The rest of class, please prepare it in groups of four. Then act your play before class. A text play of THE STORY OF ATIANTA Time: one morning in spring Place: at the palace People: the old king(K), the princess (A), the young man
36、(H), the Goddess of love (L). F: My dear daughter, you see how beautiful the spring is! You are just like the spring flowers. Why dont you marry? So many young kings and princess want to marry you, and they are all so rich, smart and nice. A: Oh, dear father. I have promised that I will only be marr
37、ied to a man who can run faster than me. I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned. F: But, my dear daughter. No man has won you. They all sent themselves to death. When will you get married? A: I wont marry unless I am allowed to run in the O
38、lympic Games. (Hippomenes is allowed to come in) H: Oh, my kindest king and my prettiest princess! Ill marry the princess. Ill compete with you. A: Do you know the rules? H: Yes, princess! F: Oh, young man! Go away! You cant win her. You are only losing your life! H: No, I want a try! F: Foolish thi
39、ng! Go away! Dont go to die! (Hippomenes was pushed away and felt sad, crying. The Goddess of Love is watching everything above him in the sky and pities him) L: Oh, young man, whats the matter? Why are you so sad? H: Oh, my Goddess, can you help me? Can you help me to win the princess and marry her
40、? L: Ok, young man. Do you really want to marry her and love her? H: Of course. She is so beautiful. L: Ok, it is easy. Take these three golden apples. Throw apples in front of Atlanta when she is running past and she will be relaxed. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run on and win.
41、 H: Oh, thank you, my Goddess! (Hippomenes returns to the palace) K: Well, young man, why are you here again? H: My kindest king. I want to marry her and run against her! K: Well, young man. I repeat. Dont be silly! Go away! H: No. I love her. I will marry her or die! 6. Speaking Now, class. Lets ca
42、rry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the names of the classmates who have the same interests. You can carry out the task like this. Which do you like, sport, music or collection? Which of the sports do you like best? What is your favorite sport? Are you interested in table t
43、ennis? After the survey, the ones who have the same interests sit together and please work in groups of four to talk about their interest. Why do you like this sport / music / collection? When do you begin to like it? Whats enjoyable about the hobby? What have you learned from the hobby? III.Guided
44、writing 1. Writing an imagined dialogue Groups 1 and 2 are going to write an imagined dialogue between the princess and Hippomenes. You may begin like this : Oh, my dear princess, I want to marry you 2. Writing a description Turn to page 16 and follow the direction to write a description of your fav
45、orite hobby. Here is an example: Swimming is my favorite sport. I like it because it can bring me much fun. The process of learning swimming is very interesting. You can try different ways of swimming, such as breaststroke and backstroke. You can swim at any time of the year if you like. In hot summ
46、er, if you jump into the river or the sea to have a swim, youll feel cool and comfortable. Even in cold winter, you can swim if you are brave enough. Its a healthy sport and it can build up your body. If you are a beginner, you must be careful. Youll better not swim alone and bring life buoy with yo
47、u in case of danger. If you want to be a good swimmer, you must have a lot of practice and have great determination. IV. Closing down by finding information Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on the Olympic Games and the ancient Greek mythology. Take notes of your finding and report to your groupmates next Monday morning.
