sportsevents(教学设计) (2).doc

高一英语 模块4 SPORTS EVENTS 教案 教师：长沙县三中 彭星辉Unit2 Sports eventsReading The Olympic GamesTeaching aims: Enable the students to get further information about the Olympic Games and some famous athletes.Teaching difficulties and emphases: To get the students to know how to read a speech and some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games.Step1: Leading-inIt is known that the Olympic Games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a country to host the Games. Ask the students the following questions to get the students to know more about the Olympic Games:1) Have you ever seen any Olympic Games ? 2) Where were they held?3) Do you think they are exciting? Why?4) Who is your favorite athlete ? Why?Step 2: Fast reading for general ideasGet the students to go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer the questions. 1) What is the speech about?2) Where were the ancient Olympic Games held?3) Who restarted the modern Olympic Games?A 1) The history and significance of the Olympic Games. 2) At Olympia in Greece. 3) Pierre de Coubertin.Step 3: Listening and detailed reading for more important information1. Play the tape for the students to listen to the speech and try to pay attention to the stress and the intonation.2. Students read the speech a second time and complete Parts C1 and C2 at page 24 individually to check their reading comprehension .C1 1) an athlete. an IOC member 2) AD 776 776 BC 3) Everyone was Only men were 4)in Rome Athens 5) badminton gymnastics 6)late earlyC2Name NationalityWhich OlympicsOlympicachievementsOther informationMuhammadAli American 1960 Rome Olympicsgold medal, boxing original name Cassius Clay; won his first World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964; lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta OlympicsMichael Jordan American 1984 Los Angeles Olympics; 1992 Barcelona Olympicstwo gold medals, basketballthe highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympics; won his second Olympic gold medal as a member of the so-called Dream Team.Xu HaifengChinese1984 Los Angeles Olympicsgold medalwon the first Olympics gold medal for ChinaDeng YappingChinese1992 Barcelona Olympicsfour gold medals, table tenniswon fourst Olympics gold medals, became an IOC member in 2000Liu XiangChinese2004 Athens Olympicsgold medal, mens 110-metre hurdlesthe first Asian to win this raceZhang NingChinese2008 Beijing Olympicsgold medal,At the age of 33,she was much older than the other player. She hung on to win the gold medal in the final match.3. Now the students work in groups of four to answer some questions to check their comprehension of the passage: (Get some students to present the answers or ideas in the front.)1), What characteristics do the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics share?Both the ancient and modern Olympic Games were /are held every four years. Some of the sports played in the ancient Olympic, such as discus, long jump, wrestling and running, are still played in the modern Olympics.2), What are the differences between the ancient games and the modern Olympic Games?The ancient games were always held at the same place. In the ancient Olympics, only Greek men were allowed to compete and they had to compete wearing no clothes. In the modern Olympics, athletes from all over the world can take part, no matter what language they speak or what sex they are.4. Get the students to complete Parts D and E. Check with the whole class.D 1. a 2 c 3 e 4b 5 f 6dE 1) significance 2)movement 3) medal 4) joy 5) competed6) made contributions to 7) honor 8)excited Step 4: Post-reading activities1.Students go through the reading strategy. Explain the difficulties the students may have.2. Part F and discuss the questions with the partner.1. I think the Olympic Games help countries live peacefully side by side. The Olympic motto is Swifter, Higher, and Stronger. Athletes come from all around the world to compete in the Olympics. They each represent their own country and try to win medals for that country. However, it is not all about winning. Competing in the Olympic is a great honor and it is a great opportunity to meet talented athletes from all over the world. It is also a great opportunity to build relationships with other countries.2. I think Deng Yaping is the greatest Olympic athlete because she is unarguably the worlds greatest female table tennis player .(four-time Olympic champion in table tennis, twice in singles at Barcelona and Atlanta, and twice in doubles with her partner Qiao Hong, in 1992 and 1996.) As an experienced player she has nerves of steel and a determination to succeed. At 1.49 meters tall she is the greatest female player of all times. I admire her very much. 3. They set us a great example. They work hard, are determined, strong-willed and have great confidence and perseverance. They show us that if you put your mind to somethin