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1、Period 1 ReadingThe General Idea of This Period：This period includes Warming up，Reading and Comprehending of Unit 2.It introduces the similarities and differences between ancient and modern Olympic Games in theform of a interesting interview between Pausanias，a Greek writer 2000 years ago and Lily，a

2、 Chinese girl living at the present time.Reading the passage，the students can learn some reading strategies such as skimming and comparing.Teaching Aims：1.Enable the students to compare the ancient Olympics with the modern ones and try to answer the questions quickly and correctly so that they learn

3、 how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences.2.Learn some useful words and expressions：medal，gymnasium，stadium，admit，take part in，replace，prize，a set of，interview，as well as，compete with/against/for，replace，etc.3.Learn some sentence patterns：（1）I lived what you called“Ancient Gree

4、ce”.（2）I have come to your time to find out about the present day Olympic Games because I know they are to be held in my hometown of Athens.Teaching Important Points：1.Help he students to compare the ancient Olympics with the modern ones and have a clear idea of their similarities and differences.2.

5、Learn and master some important words，phrases and sentence patterns in this period.Teaching Difficult Points：1.How to find the implied similarities and differences by understanding the speakers words and intonation.2.To master the important language points and sentence patterns in this passage.Teach

6、ing Methods：1.Skimming to get the general idea of the text.2.Scanning to get detailed information and get to understand the passage better.3.Task-based methods to get the students to comprehend the passage and be able to produce dialogues and talk about their preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games.

7、Teaching Aids：A tape recorder.A multimedia.Teaching Procedures：Step 1 Lead-in1.Greet the students.T：Good morning/afternoon，boys and girls!Ss：Good morning/afternoon，Miss.2.Introduce the topic of the Olympic Games.（1）Listen to the song Pass the Flame （the theme song of the Athens Olympic Games）.T：You

8、look so good today.Would you like to listen to some music?Ss：Of course/Good idea.T：（Play the song）Have you ever heard of the song?Ss：Yes/Sure.T：What is the name of it?Ss：Pass the Flame.T：What else do you know about the song?S1：Its the theme song sung in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.S2：科兹拉斯 sings it

9、.S3：It calls on people to get united together.（2）Sharing information about the Olympic Games.T：Good.I can see you have a good idea about what is happening around us.Talking about the Olympic Games，I have asked you to find as much information as possible on the history，the motto，the event and the pre

10、vious Olympic Games，right?Have you done that?Ss：Yes.T：So who would like to share the information with us?S4：Let me have a try.I would like to talk about the events in the Olympic Games.（Introduces the events of badminton，table tennis，hurdles，diving，skiing，skating，volleyball，basketball，volleyball，gym

11、nasium，high jump，weighting lifting and boxing，etc.At the same time，show the information and pictures on the screen.）S5：I want to share some pictures I got on the Internet too.（Also shows what he got on the screen.）Look at the first picture.What is it?Ss：A big stadium.S5：What about this one?Ss：Erh. S

12、5：Its an Olympic torch.Lets have a look at this one.What can you see?Ss：A flag.S5：Yes，it is the Olympic flag.There are five rings joined together.Can you guess what the five rings are?（Tells the Ss that they are the five continents.They are joined together as a sign of friendshipthe blue one represe

13、nts the Europe，the yellow one refers to Asia，the black one stands for Africa，the green one is a symbol of Oceania and red one is a sign of America.）T：Thank you!You got so much information with vivid pictures about the Olympic Games.Terrific!Lets give them a big hand for their hard work!3.Get the stu

14、dents to have a quiz about the Olympic Games.T：Since all of you have either surfed the Internet or read some books to learn about the Olympic Games，what about having a competition and see how well you know about them?Ss：Woo/Good idea/I like competition!T：I would like to divide you into four groups.Y

15、ou can answer my questions for your group.Each time when you get the right answer，you shall get one point for your group.In the end the group that wins shall get some prizes.It is clear?Ss：Yes.（T shows some multiple choices or questions on the screen for the Ss to compete against each other and the

16、Ss shall be rather interested and excited.）1.When did the ancient Olympic Games started?A.1896.B.1906.C.776 BC.2.When did the ancient Olympic Games stop?A.393 BC.B.393 AD.C.311 AD.3.What was rewarded to the winners in ancient Olympic Games?A.Metals.B.Medals.C.Olive wreath.4.How many gold medals did

17、China get in the 2004 Athens Olympics?A.26.B.28.C.30.D.32. 5.Which sport is in the Winter Olympic Games?A.Badminton.B.Basketball.C.Speed skating.D.Soccer. 6.How many sets/kinds of the Olympic Games are there in the world?7.What is the motto（格言，口号）of the Olympic Games?8.What is the host city of the f

18、irst Olympics?9.What is the host city of 2000 Olympics?10.What is the host city of 2004 Olympics?11.What is the host city of 2008 Olympics?Suggested answers：1.C 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.C6.Two the Winter and Summer Olympic7.Higher，Swifter，stronger 8.Athens，Greece 9.Sydney，Australia10.Athens，Greece 11.Beijing，C

19、hina4.The events in the Olympics.Just now some of you mentioned some events.Now lets learn more.Please turn to Page 49 Ex. 1.Read the names of the events and then classify them according to the table.Suggested answers：Sporting events in the winter Olympic GamesSporting events played between teamsSpo

20、rting events done best by Chinese athletesice hockeyskiingice skatingbasketballvolleyballfootballrelay racegymnasticstable tennisbadmintonweight-liftinggymnasticsshooting divingStep 2 PredictingGet Ss to read the title and background information together and predict the main content of the interview

21、.T：Today we are going to learn more about the Olympic Games.Please open the text book and turn to Page 9.What is the title of the passage?Ss：An interview.It is a conversation between two persons.T：Good.Now read the background information together and guess who are the interviewer and interviewee and

22、 what they possibly talk about.（Ss read in chorus.）T：Who is the interviewer?S6：Pausanias.He lived in Greece 2000 years ago.T：So did he live in the modern or ancient Olympics?Ss：He lived in ancient Olympics.T：What about the interviewee?S7：The interviewee is Lily，who is a Chinese girl.T：Does she live

23、in the ancient Olympics too?Ss：No，she lives in modern Olympics.T：Very good.（Writes on the blackboard Interviewer Pausaniasancient Olympics，interviewee Lilymodern Olympics.）Now lets guess what might they talked about?Ss：Its probable that they will talk the similarities and differences between the anc

24、ient and modern Olympics.T：OK，lets read and see whether you are right.Step 3 SkimmingGet the Ss to scan the passage and find the answers to the three questions.At the same time，instruct them to find the differences and similarities from the information implied in the intonation，stress，etc.T：Now read

25、 the interview and try to find out the answers to the following questions.You will have four minutes.（1）What do they mainly talk about?（2）What does he say when he hears the women are allowed to join in?（3）How does Pausanias feel when he hears that Olympic Games are also about being able to run faste

26、r，jump higher and throw further?A.surprisedB.happyC.sad（After four minutes.）T：Now time is up.Who can answer the first question?S8：They mainly talk about the ancient and modern Olympic Games，especially the similarities and the differences.T：Very good.What about the second one?S9：Let me have a try.Whe

27、n Pausanias hears the women are allowed to join in，he says“Please stop!All those events，all those countries and even women taking part!” We can see he is very surprised.T：Good job.So is this a similarity or a difference?Ss：It is a difference.We can see women couldnt take part in the ancient Olympic

28、while women can now.And we can see there are more events in the modern Olympics.T：Right.Lets see the third and last one.S10：Pausanias feels happy when he hears that Olympic Games are also about being able to run faster，jump higher and throw further.T：Well done.So this time is it a similarity or a di

29、fference?Ss：Its about a similarity.The ancient and modern Olympics have the same motto.T：Absolutely right.Now we can see that if we want to analyze the similarities or the differences，we should not read the words but also should pay attention to the tones and intonation of the speakers.Step 4 Scanni

30、ngDivide the Ss into two groups.One stands for Pausanias and the other stands for Lily.Get them to find out all the information about Olympics of their time.T：Just now we got to know something about Olympics in Pausanias and Lilys time.Now I would like to divide you into two groups.One stands for Pa

31、usanias and the other stands for Lily.Please find out all the information about the Olympics of your time.Is it clear?Ss：Yes.ModernAncientAre there any Winter Olympics?Where are the competitors from?Are there men or women athletes?What are the prizes?Are there any Olympic villages?Are there more eve

32、nts or less?How often are the Olympics held?Are there any man athletes?What is the motto（口号）？What are the events（体育项目）?Is the a special village for athletes?After they finish getting the answers，check them with the whole class.Once the form is finished，all the differences and similarities will be ve

33、ry obvious.Sum up their differences and similarities.Suggested answers：ModernAncientAre there any Winter Olympics?YesNoWhere are the competitors from?All over the world.Only from Greece.Are there men or women athletes?Both.Only men.What are the prizes?Medals.Olive wreath.Are there any Olympic villag

34、es?Yes.No.Are there more events or less?More events.Less events.How often are the Olympics held?Every four years.Every four years.Are there any man athletes?Yes.Yes.What is the motto（口号）？Swifter，higher，and stronger.Swifter，higher，and stronger.What are the events（体育项目）?Races，horse riding.Races，horse

35、riding.Is the a special village for athletes?Yes.Yes.Similarities：1.Both are held every four years.2.Men are allowed to take part both in the ancient and the modern Olympics.3.Some events are the same，such as races，horse riding and running.4.The motto/beliefs are the same.They are swifter，higher and

36、 stronger.5.Both are not for money but for honor.Differences：1.There were no winter Olympics in the ancient time.2.Now competitors are from all over the world.But in the ancient time，only people in Greece can take part.3.Only men were allowed to take part in the ancient time，but now women are also a

37、llowed.4.In the ancient time，winners got the olive wreath as the prize whole competitors compete for medals.5.The events and athletes are more than those in the ancient time.6.There is a special village for the competitors to live in，a stadium for the competitions and a gymnasium for those who watch

38、 the games now.But there were not in the past.Step 5 Dialogue ProductionGet the Ss to make up dialogues according to the following situations.（1）Suppose you are Pausanias.Now you meet your old friend/mother/teacher and you talk with him/her about your interview with Lily.（2）Suppose you are Lily.Now

39、you meet your old friend/mother/teacher and you talk with him/her about what you know from Pausanias.T：So far we have talked a lot about Olympics in Lily and Pausanias time.Now I would like you to work in pairs and talk about the interview.I would like the Ss in the first two groups to be Pausanias

40、（put some olive wreaths on the head of the students sitting in front of the two groups）and you meet your old friend/mother/teacher and you talk with him/her about your interview with Lily about the modern Olympics.As for the other two groups （facing the two groups），you will be Lily and of course you

41、 will talk about your interview with Pausanias about the ancient Olympics with your friend/teacher，ect.You may begin like this：Friend：Hi，Pausanias!I havent seen you for days.Where have you been?P：I went to visit a girl in the year 2004.Does it make sense?Ss：Yes.T：Good.Now you have four minutes to pr

42、epare your dialogue with your partners.After four minutes，ask two pairs to present their dialogues.Step 6 DiscussionAfter the explanation of the language points，students have got the total understanding of the reading text.Then teacher draws students attention back to the text and put forward a topi

43、c for them to discuss.Divide Ss into groups of four and choose a slip of paper on which their professions are decided.Get the Ss to discuss with their partners about what to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games as a person with different identification.（For example，what can we do to prepare for the 20

44、08 Olympics as a（n）teacher/university student/a worker in the Gymnasium in Beijing/Guo Jingjing/Tian Liang/Zhang Yimou/the mayor of Beijing/Wen Jiabao.）T：Very good dialogues.You are so clever and creative.As we all know the 2004 Olympics was held in Athens，Greece.What about the 2008 Olympics?Ss：In B

45、eijing，China.T：Yes.And we are all proud of it，arent you!Ss：Of course/Sure.T：In fact we can see many advertisements and programmes about the 2008 Olympics.People often say New Beijing New Olympics.Will you do anything to prepare for it?Ss：Yes/Sure/Of course.T：You have the determination to do somethin

46、g for it.But what will you do to prepare for it?S11：I will learn English well.S12：I will try my best to get admission into Beijing University and see the Olympics in 2008.T：It seems that you are ambitious.Now Id like you to air your view freely.Please work in groups of four，choose a slip of paper on

47、 which your jobs are decided and discuss with your group-mates the preparations for the 2008 Olympics.When you are discussing，choose one to record your ideas and after the discussion，choose another one to give a report.Does it make sense?Ss：Yes.（After their discussion，get some students to give their report for their groups.）Step 7 Summary and HomeworkT：Time is running out.Today we learned about the ancient and modern Olympics.Through the comparison between the ancient and modern Olympics，we have learned the differences and the similarities between them.Now we can have a deeper under