1、READING TASKSAN INTERVIEWPre-reading activitiesTask I. Tell your group members what you know about the Olympic Games. Task II. Do you have any impressions about Beijing Olympic Games? Say something to your partners. Task III. China wants to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. Try to find some informat
2、ion and tell your partners how well the preparations have been made.While-reading activitiesTask I. Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart below.Task II. Join the two halves of the sentences together. 1. Pausanias A. is a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.2. Li Yan B. can ta
3、ke part in the Olympics if their athletes are good enough. 3. The athletes C. was a Greek who used to write about the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. 4. Nowadays any country D. can only be admitted when they reach the agreed standard. 5. Every country E. wants to host the Olympics because it is a r
4、esponsibility and a great honour. Task III. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. Pausanias wanted to learn more about modern Olympic Games. ( )2. We can see horse riding event in the Winter Games. ( )3. The ancient Olympics were held in Greece and i
5、ts neighbouring countries. ( )4. It is very expensive to host the modern Olympic Games. ( )5. Olive wreaths were prizes during the Olympic Games in ancient times. ( )Task IV. Below is the summary of the text with some words missing. Choose the words or phrases from the box and make the summary compl
6、ete.sailing, 250, host, writer, skiing, prize money, olive wreaths, volunteer, men, expensive Pausanias, an Ancient Greek 1. _ who lived 2000 years ago asked Li Yan, a(n) 2. _ for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, about the modern Olympics. Li Yan told him about 3. _ and ice skating in the Winter Olym
7、pics and running, swimming and 4. _ in the Summer Olympics. Pausanias said that in his time only Greek 5. _ could compete, no slaves or women. Li Yan told him now athletes from any country can take part in over 6. _ sports, including women. Pausanias thought it all sounded 7. _. Li Yan told him that
8、 even though stadiums and a village to house the many athletes have to be built, every country still wants to 8. _ the Olympic Games as badly as athletes want to win medals. Pausanias was surprised that athletes won medals instead of 9. _ but was glad to hear there is no 10. _ and the Olympics are s
9、till about athletes doing their best. (By Ray Cama)Post-reading activitiesTask I. Imagine you are Pausanias. Rewrite the text, telling what you have found about the modern Olympic Games. Task II. Role-play. In pairs, act the parts of Pausanias and Li Yan talking about the differences between ancient
10、 modern Olympics. Task III. Discussion. Do you think it is proper to refuse slaves and women to join in the Olympics in the ancient past?参考答案Pre-reading activitiesTask I. 略Task II略Task III略While-reading activitiesTask I. 1. Two 2. Skiing 3. Running races 4. slaves 5. 250 6. gymnasium 7. medals 8. Swifter Task II. 1-C 2-A 3-D 4-B 5-ETask III. 1. T 2. F 3.F 4. T 5. TTask IV 1. writer 2. volunteer 3. skiing 4. sailing 5. men 6. 250 7. expensive 8. host 9. olive wreath 10. prize moneyPost-reading activitiesTask I. 略Task II略Task III略
