江苏省徐州市高中英语《Unit 2 Sporting events》课件 牛津译林版必修4.pptVIP

Unit 2 《Sporting events》 Reading Talk about the Olympics: As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a country to host the games. How much do you know about the Olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies and sporting events? How many Olypmic games did you see? Where were they held? 2.Do you think they are exciting? 3.Who is your favourite athlete and who do you think is the greatest Olympian? Fast reading: Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find the answers to the questions in Part A. 1.What is the speech about? 2.Where were the ancient Olympic Games held? 3.Who restarted the modern Olympic Games? The history and significance of the Olympic Games. At Olympia in Greece. Pierre de Coubertin. Read the passage again and complete Parts C1and C2 individually. 1.According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete. 2.The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776. 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. an LOC member 776BC Greek live peacefully 5.The first modern Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1896. 6.Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold medals for tennis. Rome tennis Athens table tennis C2: Name Nationality Which Olympic Olympic achievements Other information Muhammand Ali 1960 Rome Olympics Michael Jordan Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopian Xu Haifeng Deng Yaping Liu Xiang American Gold medal, boxing original name Cassius Clay,won his first World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964;lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics American 1984 Los Angles Olympics;1992 Barcelona Olympics two gold medals, basketball the highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympics 1996 Atlanta Olympics;2000 Sydney Olympics two gold medals, distance running first became famous in 1992;broke world record for the 10 km