奥运会：Faster, Higher, Stronger.ppt

Faster, Higher, Stronger What do you know about Olympics? the Summer Olympics the Winter Olympics the Special Olympics the Paralympics the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the bidding cities the candidate cities bid to host the Olympic Games host the Olympic Games the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit make the final vote the Green Olympics Guessing work: athlete participate in athletics endurance decathlon More Reading: When were the first modern Olympic Games held? How often were they held? What does athletics refer to? What do track events test? What do field events test? What does marathon test? What does decathlon test? Who is often called “the world’s greatest athlete”? Why? What is the Olympic motto ? Words and phrases: the Olympic games every four years every other year compete in… participate in… refer to track events field events track and field events combined events test one’s speed/ strength/ endurance/ all-around physical ability/ will power require sb to do… a series of means species be equal in importance/ ability/ size/ height in many ways Topic: Why are people all over the world crazy about the Olympics? Language points： participate v. to be involved or take part in Several experts will participate as technical advisers. 几位专家将作为技术顾问参加。 The teacher participated in the students games. 老师参加了学生们的游戏。 participant n. 参与者 refer to: 1) to mention or speak about sb/sth 提到；谈及；说起；refer to…as…称…（为） The victims were not referred to by name. 没有提到受害者的姓名。 You know who I’m referring to. 你知道我指谁。 She always referred to Ben as “that nice man”. 她总是称本为“那个大好人”。 Our economy is referred to as a free market. 我们的经济被称作自由市场经济。 2) to describe or be connected to sb/ sth描述；涉及；与…相关 This paragraph refers to the events of last year. 这一段说的是去年发生的事。 The star refers to items which are intended for the advanced learner. 标有星号的项目是给高阶学习者的。 The term “Arts” usually refers to humanities and social science. arts一词通常指人文和社会科学。 to