THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Teaching Aims:

1. Improve the students’ reading ability by fast-reading and reading.

2. Enable the students to master the new words and expressions, as well as the language points.

3. Train the students to love and take an active part in the sports.

Teaching Important Points:

1. How to improve the students’ reading ability.

2. How to write a summary.

Teaching Difficult Points:

1. How to grasp the main idea of a paragraph.

2. How to use some useful words and expressions.

Teaching Methods:

1. Discussion method to make the students understand what they’ve learned better.

2. Pair work or group work to get every student to take an active part in the teaching-and-learning activities.

Teaching Aids:

1. a recorder

2. a projector and some slides

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Greeting and Revision

Greet the whole class as usual.

The teacher asks the students to act out the dialogue assigned in the last period.

Step 2 Pre-reading and Fast Reading

The teacher and the students learn the new words and expressions of this period together.

1. T: In the last period we talked about the Olympics. In this period we’ll talk about the topic further. Please open your books at Page 52. Have a discussion about the questions in Pre-reading with your partner. Group work. Later. We’ll have some students give their opinions.

2. T: Now let’s learn about the further information about the Olympics. Please read the text fast and then answer the questions on the screen. Write your answers on a piece of paper. I’ll collect the first five pieces.

1. Did the old Olympic Games and the modern Olympics happen in the same country?

2. What is the competition which is not for a medal?

3. Ask Ss to find each paragraph’s main idea.

Para1 The every-fourth-year Olympic Games.

Para2 The ancient Olympic Games.

Para3 The modern Olympic Games.

4. The Olympic motto

5. The preparation forthe29th Olympic Games.

Step 3 Reading

1. T: (The teacher shows the screen.) Now read the text again and discuss the questions on the screen. Group work or pair work. Later, we’ll check the answers.

(Show the following on the screen.)

Write the letter “T” if the sentence is right. Write “F” if it is wrong, then correct the error and give the right information.

( ) 1.In the early Olympic Games, only men were allowed to compete and watch the games.

( ) 2.The motto of the Olympic Games is “Swifter, Higher, and Further”.

( ) 3.Carl Lewis won three gold medals in the 1984 Olympics.

( ) 4.The 27th Olympics Games were held in Los Angeles.

( ) 5.The 28th Olympics Games will be held in Beijing.

( ) 6.The Winter Olympics Games are held every three years.

2T: Now, look at the screen. I’ll explain some language points to you.

(1) every+數/other/few + n.

e. g. every two days

=every second day

=every other day

(2) take part in/join in

(3) compete vi

compete for sth. With sb. in.…

(4) rank: to be or put (in a certain class)

(5) times

Step 4 Get the Ss to exchange ideas by completing the form with their group mates while asking and answering questions.

Important Olympics Time Place Numbers of countries and competitors and gold medals won by the Chinese team Kinds of game

The old Olympics

The first Modern Olympics

The 25th Olympics

The 26th Olympics

The 27th Olympics

The 28th Olympics

Step 5 Post-reading and Home work

1. T: Please turn to Page 53.Let’do Post-reading Part 2 and Part 3.Have a discussion with your classmates.

2. Who will tell us what are the good effects and the bad effects? Hosting the Olympic Games will have good and bad effects on the host city.

Good Effects

1) People all over the world will learn about the city and its people.

2) Attraing investment.

3) Many sports fans will visit the city and will bring great benefits to the city.

Bad Effects

1) It is very expensive to host the Olympics. Maybe the money should be used for other thing.

2) Too many visitors may do harm to the environment of the city.

3 The venues and buildings may be wasted after the Olympic Games.

3) Today’ homework: First, read retell the passage. Second, make a sentence with the useful expressions learnt today. Third, do the exercises on Page 128.