1、,Unit 2 Sports events Reading(1),Warm-up,How much do you know about the Olympic Games? Now lets have a quiz to see who is Jack-of-all-trades .,1. In what year were the Olympic Games first held?,In 776 BC.,2. When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held?,In 1896 in Athens Inz. zxxk,4. How
2、many gold medals did China win in the 2012 London Olympic Games?,38.,3. What is the slogan of 2008 Beijing Olympics?,One World One Dream.,6. Who is the current president of the International Olympic Committee ?,Jacques Rogge.,5. Who was Chinas first medalist?,Xu Haifeng.,7. What do the five Olympic
3、rings stand for?,Five continents.,8. How many times have the Olympic Games been stopped because of war? What are they?,Three.,6th, 12nd, 13rd.,10. Match the mascots and the host city of the following Olympic Games.,9. Which continent does each color stand for?,America,Asia,Oceania,Africa,Europe,Lond
4、on,2012,Beijing,2008,Barcelona,1992,Athens,2004,Los Angeles,1984,Reading Strategy,1. What is speech?,A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience.,2. Do you think its difficult to give a speech in front of an audience? Why or why not?,A good speech should keep the audience interested
5、 all the time. Zx/xk,3. How can we make our speech good?,tell an interesting storyuse quotations present statisticsask questionsgive several examples,Fast Reading,Go through the speech on page 22-23 quickly and try to find answers to Part A.,Tip: Dont forget to observe which way the author uses to m
6、ake the speech good.,Detailed Reading,How many athletes does the speech mention?,Finish the task C1&C2 on page 24 and discuss the difficulties in groups.,Muhammad Ali (original) Cassius Clay,American,Gold medal, boxing,original name Cassius Clay; won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964
7、; lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.,1960 Rome Olympics,Michael Jordan,American,1984 Los Angles Olympics; 1992 Barcelona Olympics,two gold medals, basketball,the highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympics,Xu Haifeng,Chinese,1984 Los Angles Olympics,gold medal,wo
8、n the first Olympic gold medal for China,Deng Yaping,Chinese,1992 Barcelona Olympics; 1996 Atlanta Olympics,four gold medals, table tennis,became an IOC member in 2000,Liu Xiang,Chinese,2004 Athens Olympics,gold medal, mens 110-metre hurdles,the first Asian to win this race,Zhang Ning,Chinese,2008 B
9、eijingOlympics,gold medal, badminton,won the gold medal at the age of 33,What fine qualities do you think these athletes have in common?,Group Discussion,work very hard to achieve their aims have passion/enthusiasm for sports and are patriotic be not satisfied with the present and struggle for bette
10、r,Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honour for a country, but at the same time it costs a lot of money. Do you think it is a good thing or bad thing?,Further Discussion,Thousands march in protest in Brazil over the billions being pumped into the Games instead of social services .,Introduce the co
11、untry and its people to the world；Develop a country or a citys economy；Make the city better and more beautiful；Promote sports industry,Cost a large amount of money;Do harm to the environment of the city;Bring a great pressure to traffic and public order;,Homework,Finish theexercise on P98 A1 & A2 P103B in the Workbook.Finish the exercises on P45-47 in Self-study book,
