Unit 2 Reading

The honorable games

A free talk with Ss about the

Olympics:

As we all know, in 2008 the Olympic

Games will be held in Beijing. How

much do you know about the

Olympics, for example, its history,

ceremonies and sporting events?

Lead-in:

1. How many Olympic games did you

see? Where were they held?

2. Do you think they are exciting?

3. Who is your favorite athlete and

who do you think is the greatest

Olympian? Why?

1. What is the speech about?

The history and significance of the

Olympic Games.

Listening

Listen to the passage and try to find

the answers to the questions in Part A.

2. Where were the ancient Olympic

Games held?

At Olympia in Greece.

3. Who restarted the modern Olympic

Games?

Pierre de Coubertin.

1. According to the speech, the

speaker is an athlete.

2. The first ancient Olympic Games

were held in AD776.

an LOC member

776BC

Read the passage again and check the

errors in each sentence.

3. In the past, only athletes that spoke

Italian were allowed to compete.

4. The aim of the modern Olympic

Games is to make countries and

people compete side by side.

Greek

live peacefully

5. The first modern Olympic Games

were held in Rome in 1896.

6. Deng Yaping won four Olympic gol

d medals for tennis.

Athens

table tennis

Try to fill in the form according to the passage.

Name National-ity

Which Olympic

Olympic achieve-ments

Other inform-ation

Muha-mmand Ali

1960 Rome Olymp-icsAmerican

gold medal, boxing

won his first World Boxing Championship ;lit the Olympic flame at 1966 Atlanta Olympics

Michael Jordan 1984 Los

Angles Olympics;1992 Barcelona Olympics

two gold medals, basketball

the highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympics

Amer-ican

Haile G

ebrsela

ssie Ethio

p-ian

1996

Atlanta

Olympics;

2000

Sydney

Olympics

two gold

medals,

distance

running

first became

famous in

1992;broke

world

record for

the 10 km

run

Xu Haif

eng Chinese1984 Los

Angles

Olympics

gold

medal

won the

first

Olympic

gold

medal for

China

Deng Y

apingChinese

1992

Barcelona

Olympics;

1996

Atlanta

Olympics

four

gold

medals

, table

tennis

became

an IOC

member

in 2000

Liu Xi

ang Chinese 2004

Athens

Olympics

gold

medal,

men’s

110-

metre

hurdles

the first

Asian

to win

this

race

1. Do you think Chinese athletes such a

s DengYaping and LiuXiang are as g

reat as Muhammad Ali or Michael J

ordan? Why?

Practice

2. In our life, we often hear Sports

Spirit. What kind of Sports

Spirit can you learn from them?

And how can you use the sports

spirit in your studies?

DiscussionHosting the Olympic Games is a great honor for a country, but at the same time it costs a lot of money. Do you think hosting the Olympic Games will be a good opportunity to develop the host country’s economy and tourism, or will it be a heavy burden on the economy?

Language points

1. delighted adj. 高兴的 ; 欣喜的1) He was delighted to be invited to the

wedding.

2) I am delighted at your progress made

in studies.

2. significance n. 意义 ; 意味 ; 重要性1) It’s good that he has realized the sig

nificance of studying English.

2) You should pay more attention to t

he significance of the speech delive

red by our headmaster.

significant adj. 有意义的 ; 重要的

3. compete vi. 竞争 , 对抗 compete with/against sb for sth

1) Several dogs are competing with/ag

ainst each other for a bone.

2) Companies are competing against e

ach other for the contract.

competition n. 竞争 ; 比赛 competitor n. 竞争者 ; 选手

4. in honor of sb 为了纪念 ; 向…表示敬意

The ceremony was held in honor of

those killed in the battle

honor sb with sth 给某人以荣耀1) Will you honor me with a visit?

2) It’s an honor to be invited to the party.

5. record n. 记录记载 , 唱片 keep/break/set a record 保持 / 打破 /

创造一个记录 He holds the world record in the 100

metres.

6. contribution n. 贡献 make contributions to (doing) sth 为 ……做贡献1) He made contributions to the film

industry.

2) I am determined to make

contributions to developing our

country.

contribute vt. 捐献 , 捐助 ; 投稿 Contributed two stories to the summer

issue.

contribute to…

起一份作用 , 有助于 , 促成Exercise contributes to better health.

7. absence n. 缺席 , 缺乏 presence n. 出席 , 到场 He made up an excuse for his absence f

rom the meeting.

absent adj. 不在场 , 缺乏的 be present at 出席 be absent from 缺

席 Several workers were absent from the

meeting yesterday.

1. Try to remember the useful words,

phrases and sentence patterns and

know how to use them freely.

2. Finish exercises in Workbook.

Homework