Unit 2 The Olympic Games Section A Warming Up and Reading 2 课件.pptVIP

Unit 2 The Olympic Games Are you familiar with these pictures? How much do you know about the Olympic Games? To check your knowledge of the Olympic Games, let’s a competion. Warming-up 1 Where did the ancient Olympic Games start? Athens, Greece 2 Who was China’s first gold medal winner and for what event? Xu Haifeng Shooting 3 What are the three words that show the spirit of the Olympic Games? Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Five Ring Flag Five continents The five rings stand for friendship and unity of the five continents in the world. 4 What do the five rings stand for? 5 What are the official mascots（吉祥物）for the Beijing Olympics? They mean “Welcome to Beijing!” 6 What is the motto(格言) of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? One World One Dream Look at the title and the pictures and predict the content The form of the text: The content of the text: Pre-reading a dialogue The Olympic Games Now read the first paragraph quickly and find out who are talking in the interview. interview interview Pausanias Li yan er ee Who is Pausanias? A Greek writer about 2000 years ago. What does he want to do ? He wants to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. Who is Li Yan? She is a volunteer (someone who works without pay) for the 2008 Olympic Games. Now we know that Pausanias is going to interview Li Yan,if you and your partner were Pausanias and Li Yan, what would you say to each other in the interview? Discuss in Pairs Such as the time, the place, the events,the athletes, the awards… For example: A:How often do you hold the Olympic Games? B:We often hold the Olympic Games every four years. While-reading Read the rest of the passage and find out : Pausanias’ questions and check whether you think similarly as him or not. Task1 Scanning (1) How often do you hold your Games? (2) How can the runners enjoy competing in winter ? And what about the horses? (3) Do you mean the Greek world? (4) Where are all the