Unit 2 The Olympic Games 奥运会B2 U2 Warming up and reading教材编辑.ppt

1. 奥运圣火 Olympic flame 2. 奥运火炬 Olympic torch 3. 奥运会旗 Olympic flag 4. 奥运格言 Olympic motto 5.吉祥物 mascot 6.奖牌 medal The International Olympic Committee (IOC) 国际奥委会 The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) 中国奥委会 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee 北京奥委 Olympic Movement 奥林匹克运动 Logo 会徽 An Olympic candidate city 奥运会候选城市 An Olympic host city 奥运会主办城市 Olympic torch 奥运火炬 Olympic flame奥运圣火 Five-ring Olympic flag 奥运五环旗 Swifter, higher, stronger 更快，更高，更强 Olympic Charter 奥林匹克宪章 World Olympic Day 国际奥林匹克日 Round 4. Do you know any differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games? List two of them. Pre-reading Discussion The Ancient Olympic Games Time: Place: Athletes: Sports games: 776BC—393AD In Athens of Greece Only men, no women Many sports were the same as they are now The modern Olympic Games Time: Place: Athletes: Sports games: Many places in the world Anybody of every country Several hundred kinds 1896 --until now An Interview Pausanias, who was a Greek writer 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey to find out about the present day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing a girl, Li Yan, who is a Chinese girl. magical journey Pausanias Li Yan interviewer interviewee Listen to the interview and try to get its main idea. Task 1 Main idea The passage shows us the ___________ and __________ between the __________Olympics and __________Olympics through an _____________ similarities differences ancient modern interview Task2 True or false The olive wreath has been replaced by money.( ) At first, Pausanias thinks people may be competing for money in the modern Olympic Games. ( ) 3. Pausanias is surprised to know that women are to take part in the modern Olympic Games. ( ) 4. Horse riding events belong to the Winter Olympics. ( ) 5. The village built for Olympic athletes is made up of a main reception building, several stadiums and a gymnasium. ( )