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1、Unit 2,Unit 2 Sports events,Reading The Olympic Games,Ancient Olympic Games at Olympia in Greece,Warming up,The father of modern Olympic Games,Pierre de Coubertin,Lead-in:,A free talk about the Olympics: As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a countr
2、y to host the Games. How much do you know about the Olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies and sporting events?,Lead-in:,The Games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 were awarded to the city of Beijing. With the motto “New Beijing, Great Olympics”, Beijing host a “Green Olympics”, a “Hi-tech Olymp
3、ics” and the ”Peoples Olympics”. It was a great success.,Lead-in:,Beijing Olympics opening ceremony,Lead-in:,Lets enjoy the pictures of Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.,Lead-in:,Lead-in:,How many champions do you know in Rio Olympic games?,Lead-in:,1. What is the speech about? The history and sign
4、ificance of the Olympic Games.,Fast reading,Scan the passage quickly and try to find the answers to the questions in Part A.,2. What was Pierre de Coubertins hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life? He hoped that the Olympic Games would make it possible for people of all countries to liv
5、e side by side in peace.,3. What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech? He wishes the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory.,According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete. 2. The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776.,an IOC member,776BC,Read the pas
6、sage again and check the errors in each sentence.,Detailed reading,3. Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics. 4. The contemporary Olympic Games were first held in Rome in 1896.,Only men were,Athens,5. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese womens badminton team won the gold med
7、al for the first time in history. 6. Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she competed in the 2008 Olympic Games.,gymnastics,early,Use the information in the speech to complete the table below.,American,gold medal, boxing,birth name Cassius Clay; won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in
8、1964; lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,1984 Los Angles Olympics; 1992 Barcelona Olympics,two gold medals, basketball,American,Chinese,1984 Los Angles Olympics,gold medal,won the first Olympic gold medal for China,Chinese,1992 Barcelona Olympics; 1996 Atlanta Olympics,four gold meda
9、ls, table tennis,Chinese,2004 Athens Olympics,gold medal, mens 110-metre hurdles,the first Asian to win this race,2008 Beijing Olympics,gold medals, badminton,won the gold medal at the age of 33,Chinese,True (T) or false (F).,1. Mr Johnson introduced the reason why the ancient Olympics were not held
10、 in detail. ( ) 2. The long jump, wrestling and running were included in the ancient Olympics. ( ) 3. Single women in ancient times were allowed to take part in the competition held at a festival. ( ),T,F,T,4. Muhammad Ali won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1960. ( ) 5. The Chinese wom
11、ens gymnastics team didnt win the gold medal until 2008. ( ),T,F,Match these new words with their meaning.,delighted a. very pleased tradition b. the fact of someone being away from a place where they would usually be contemporary c. a way of doing things that has existed for a long time among a gro
12、up of people absence d. the act of trying to do something final e. modern attempt f. last,Read the report of the event below and fill in the blanks with the words from the box.,made contributions significance movement competed honour medal excited joy,The music has stopped. No one yet knows the _ of
13、 this, but everyone here at the Birds Nest in Beijing has grown quiet. Now I see some _ Yes, a runner with a torch has entered the stadium! . It looks like Xu Haifeng! Xu won Chinas first gold _, at the 1984 Olympics.,significance,movement,medal,The audience are on their feet with _! Now hes passing
14、 the torch on to Gao Min, who first _ in the 1988 Olympics, then to Li Xiaoshuang, now Zhan XugangZhang JunChen Zhongand now Sun Jinfang. All of them are great Chinese athletes who have _ to the Olympics.,joy,competed,made contributions,But who will get the _ of being the person to light the Olympic
15、 flame? Its Li Ning! Li Ning is now carrying the torch! . Wait Hes being lifted up in the sky Now hes running with the torch around the roof of the stadium, over our heads. Can you believe it?,honour,Ive never seen anything like this before! It has really _ the audience! Now the flame has been lit.
16、The 2008 Olympic Games have officially started! What a way to begin!,excited,1. Do you think the Olympic Games help countries and people live side by side in peace? Why or why not?,Discussion,2. Who do you think is the greatest Olympic athlete and why? 3. What kind of example do you think Olympic athletes have set to young
