高一英语Unit2 The Olympic Games

Unit2TheOlympicGamesAreyoufamiliarwiththesepictures?Football,basketball,baseballvalleyball,tennis,badminton,softball,cricket……Trackraces:Ball:Fieldraces:Diving,boat-race,sailing,free-gym,shooting……Somemore:Longrunning,100mrunning,4×100relayrace……Highjumping,longjumping,shot-putting,discus-throwing……1.WhereandwhenwastheOlympicGamesbornin?2.WhatisthepresentOlympicflag?Andwhatwastheancientflag?3.WhataretheOlympicmedals?Andtheancientmedal?•Wherewillthe2008Olympicsbeheld?•HowoftenaretheWinterOlympicGamesheld?•WhateventscannotbecompetedintheSummerOlympics?•Wherewillallthecompetitorsbestaying?Beijing,ChinaEveryfouryearsSkiing,iceskatingOlympicvillage•ReadfastandanswerthefollowingquestionsAncientOlympicsModernOlympicsSets(kinds)HostcityAthletesEventsOnlySummerOlympicsGamesBothSummerandWinterOlympicGamesonlymenAthensinGreecemanycitiesintheworldanybodyreachingthestandardhundredsofkindsAfew•ListentothetapeandthenfinishtheEx1.inComprehending,Page11SameDifferentAncientModernEventsintheWinterOlympicsEventsintheSummerOlympicsWherearetheSummerOlympicsheld?nothingnothingRunningAthensRunningmainlyOnlyheldinModernOlympicsmanymoreeventsdifferentcitiesnoexistsSameDifferentAncientModernWhocantakepartintheOlympics?WhocannottakepartintheOlympics?PrizesBeliefsMenandboysnothingnothingOlympicmottothosewhocannotreachthestandardolivewreathsmedalsofgold,silver,bronzeforthehonouroftheGodsforthehonourofthepeopleandthecountryAllpeopleincludingwomenthedisabledWomen,slavesandalloutofGreeceMenandboysWhowasPausanias?WhatinterestsPausanias?WhatsurprisesPausanias?WhatamazesPausanias?WhatpleasesPausanias?Readagaintounderstandtheclues(线索)ofthe“reading”.Findsomekeywordsofthe“Reading”tocatchthemainidea.(suggested:)AncientGreece,every4years,twosetsofgames,athletesfromallovertheworld,beadmittedas,slavesorwomen,over250sports,aspecialvillage,hostthe2008Olympics,agreathonour,competefor,runfaster,jumphigherandthrowfurther……Introduceitbrieflyincludingabovewords.Summary1.SimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheancientandmodernOlympicGames2.someusefulwordsandphrasesHostingtheOlympicGamesisanothercompetitionmorefierce.Whydosomanycountriescompeteinhosting?Discuss:Whatwillyoudoforthe2008Olympics?Let’senjoy!HomeworkSearchformoreinformationaboutOlympicsonnet:!