Period 1： Warming up and reading

1、pUnit 2 The Olympic GamesPeriod 1： Warming up and readingTeaching Aims：To talk about the history of the Olympics gamesTo read an interview about the Olympic GamesProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by sharingMorning, everyone! Today we are going to learn about THE OLYMPIC GAMES. But first, Id like to

2、know how much you know about the Olympics to be held in Beijing. Anything about it is ok. Oh, Li Lei, do you want a try?Right. You know so much about the Olympics. Toady, well learn more about it in ancient Greece.Finish the form on page 9.Warming up by describingNow, boys and girls. Ill show you a

3、video show of the 28th Olympic Games. Please tell me what it is about and describe it to the class. Ok, Wang Lin, please describe it. Wonderful. Thats Liu Xiang. The hurdle king!Warming up by discussingHi, class. You know our country is trying her best to preare for the 2008 Olympic Games. Every one

4、 is expecting and excited about it. Lets discuss what we can do for it. And imagine what we will do at the 2008 Olympics.II. Pre-reading1. Asking and answeringNow, please read the three questions before the Reading. Lets do it in turn. Lets begin from the first row hereok, you did a good job. Lets s

5、ummarize your answers.For reference： 1. In Summer Olympics, there are running, swimming, shooting, wrestling, jumping, football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, throwing, Javelin, weight lifting, gymnastics, boxing etc.In winter Olympics, there are skiing skating, ice hockey, ski jumping, sled

6、ding, snowboarding etc.2. The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing on Auguster 18th, 2008. 3. To hold the Olympic Games is a rich prize for a country. And it can make a country known in the world. It can stimulate the countrys economy, and help to speed up its development.2. Imaging and introd

7、ucingPlease look at the three pictures in the reading. Please talk about them. Imagine whatever you can.For reference： The first picture is the status of a great Greek. His name is Pausanias. He was a famous traveler and writer in the second century AD. His Guide to Greece is an extremely comprehens

8、ive guidebook for tourists, concentrating on buildings, tombs and status and including a lot of information on the mythological, religious and historical background to the monuments described. It is so informative that it may be called the foundation of classical archaeology and this ancient Baedeke

9、r is still used as a guide to classical Greece. Can you remember a famous ancient Chinese traveler and writer? He also wrote a book. Yes, his name is Xu Shake. His works is The Notes of Xu Shakes travels.The second picture is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Maybe this is the principle sta

10、dium. Its large and can hold thousands of audience.The third picture is a Chinese athlete named Yang Yang. She won a gold medal for China in the 2002 winter Olympic Games. She is a famous skating player.3. Talking and SharingWe know there are many differences and similarities about the ancient and m

11、odern Olympics. Do you know anything about them? You can simply guess. Yes, Lucy, try III. Reading1. Reading aloud to the recording and finding the general ideaNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text AN INTERVIEW. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation as well as the

12、 pauses within each sentence. Then try to get the general idea of the passage. Have you got the main idea? Yes, it tells us the differences and the similarities between the ancient and modern Olympics. 2. Reading and actingNow lets play the parts of the Greek writer Pausanias and the Chinese girl Li

13、 Li. Now boys, you are Pausanias; girls, you are Li Li. Please pay attention to the bold words.3. Reading and findingNow read the text again. The boys shall try to finish the task： What was the ancient Olympics like? The girls shall try to finish the task： What is the modern Olympics like?4. Reading

14、 and collecting informationOk, now lets read it silently. First lets talk about the same points between the ancient and modern Olympics. Who can answer? Any volunteers? Then lets come to the differences.The similarities Both are held every four years. Both are held not for money but for honour. The

15、beliefs are the same. They are： Swifter, Higher, and stronger. Men are allowed to take part both in ancient and modern Olympics. Some events are the same, such as running, jumping, shooting and thowing.The Differences There were not winter Olympics in the past. Now competitors are from all over the

16、world. But in the ancient time, only the people in Greece could take part. Only men were allowed to take part in the past, now woman are also allowed. In the past, winners got the olive wreath as the prize. Now competitors compete for medals. The events and athletes in modern time are more than thos

17、e in the past. There is a special village for the competitors to live in, a stadium for competitions, a gymnasium for these who watch the games now. But there were not in the past.)5. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage.

18、 Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from AN INTERVIEWtake part in, gold medals, the spirit of, be held, in order to, host the Olympic Games, on a magical journey, find out, the present day Olympic Games, used to, write about, come to your time, be admitted as, two sets o

19、f, enjoy competing in, compete against, for the honour of, reach the standard, be admitted to, play a very important role, as well as, a stadium for competitions, as a matter of fact, compete for, olive wreath, feel proud of, make happy Closing downClosing down by doing exercise To end the lesson yo

20、u are to do the comprehending exercises 1 & 2. Closing down by discussingYou know our government has tried its best to compete for hosting the 29th Olympic Games. It has cost a lot of money. Do you think it is worthwhile? Why?For reference：It is worthwhile to host the Olympic Games. To host Olympic

21、Games can make our country known to the whole world. To host Olympic Games can make our culture and people understood by the other peoples. To host Olympic Games can stimulate the developing of our economy.Closing by imagining Imagine what we will do and what we can do for the 29th Olympic Games now

22、.For reference： Maybe we can serve as volunteers to help the foreign visitors and athletes from all over the world. So at present we should study hard. Especially we should try our best to learn English well.Closing down by narratingWe can see the text is written in a conversational style. And there

23、 are two speakers. One is Pausanias, a Greek writer 2000 years ago, the other is Li Li, a Chinese girl. Now lets change it into a narrative style. In other words, lets describe the ancient and modern Olympic Games in our own words. Who would like to have a try?For reference： The ancient Olympic Game

24、s began in Greece and were held from 776 B.C. to A.D.393. It was held every four years. At that time, there were not so many sports as today. And women were not allowed to take part in the games. There were not Winter Olympics at that time. Winners got the olive wreath as the prize. The motto was sw

25、ifter, higher and stronger.The modern Olympic Games began in 1891. Theyre held every four years. There are many new sports in the Olympics. In the summer Olympics there are over 250 different sports. Women are not only allowed to join in but also play a very important role. Now the competitors compe

26、te for medals. The motto is swifter, higher and stronger. Closing down by summarizingAs we have finished the passage well sum up what we have learned. First lets see the writing skills. It is written in a conversational style. Its in a very interesting way. It adopts a dialogue between Pausanias who

27、 lived 2000 years ago and a Chinese gird in modern world. Through their dialogue, the differences and similarities between the ancient and modern Olympic Games are made known to the readers. Just because it is in a conversational style, there are quite a few oral spoken English and elliptical phrase

28、s.Through the comparison between the ancient and modern Olympic Games, we have learned the differences and the similarities between them. Now we can have a deep understanding of the Games. From the passage, we can have a deep understanding of the Games. From the passage, we can also get to know that

29、 the Olympic Games are developing and improving. Its our duty to make the Olympic Games better and healthier. We know that one of the slogans for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is Green Olympic Games. It shows that people are paying more and more attention to our environment.Period 2： Learning about Lan

30、guageTeachin Aims： To learn about future passive voiceTo discover useful words and expressionsTo learn the methods of words formationProceduresI. Warming up Warming up by dictatingThere are several important sentences in this unit. Lets dictate them. If you cant, learn them by heart after class. Whe

31、n and where will the next Olympic Games be held? I live in what you call “Ancient Greece” and / used to write about the Olympic Games more than 2000 years ago. All countries can take part if they reach the standard to be admitted to the games. The next Olympic Games will be held in my hometown. It i

32、s just as much a competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win an Olympic medal.Warming up by discovering useful words and expressionsTurn to page 12 and do exercises 1, 2 and 3 first. Check your answers against your classmates.II. Learning about Present Future Passive VoiceTurn to page

33、 13 and do exercise 1. And tell the class the formation of present future passive voice.For reference： Well done, class. We can follow the following formlation to turn the future tenses into future passive voice; be going to be done, be about to be done, be to be done, will / shall be done, would /

34、should be done.III. Closing down by summarizing1.Present future passive voice (take “ask” for example)AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeI You He/she/it will be askedWe will (shall)You/They willI You He/she/it will not be askedWe will (shall) notYou / They will notWill (shall) IWill youWill he/she/it b

35、e askedWill (shall) weWill you / they2.The passive Voice of phrasal verbGenerally speaking, only transitive verbs can form the passive voice, for only transitive verbs can be followed by objects. But many intransitive verbs together with some prepositions and adverbs can be used as transitive verbs.

36、 So they can also be followed by the objects. Therefore they can also be used in passive voice.But note that all the phrasal verbs are used as a whole. When using them in passive voice, we cannot drop out the prepositions and adverbs. For examples：At last they put out the fire. At last the fire was

37、put out.They will put up a notice on the wall. A notice will be put up on the wall.Have you sent for a doctor? Has the doctor been sent for?I have never heard of such a thing before. Such a thing has never been heard of before.We must take good care of the children here. The children must be taken g

38、ood care of here.His classmates laughed at him for the foolish mistake. He was laughed at for the foolish mistake by his classmates.Period 3： using languageTeaching Aims：To read about the ancient Olympic GamesTo listen and talk about hobbiesTo write about hobbiesProcedures1. Warming up Warming up by

39、 introducingHi! Class. You know Greece is the world-known country with an ancient civilization. It has a long history with so much marvelous culture. The Greeks had wonderful stories about the Gods and Goddnesses who were part of their religion. They believed that these god or goddesses would help h

40、umans if they felt sorry for them or if the humans were good people. However, the Gods did not always help. They behaved like people who were unpredictable and capricious. To try to get the support of the Gods people had to pray to them and offer them present. In this story the Goddess Hera, the wif

41、e of the chief God, Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him.Warming up by sharingNow, boys and girls. Is there anybody who can tell us some Greek mythology. You know they are so famous in human history. Or can you speak out some names of Greek Gods and Goddesses.Prometeus 普罗米修斯 a son of

42、 the former chief GodSphinx斯芬克斯 a being with a human face but a lion bodyPandora 潘多拉 a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deedZeus宙斯 the chief God who governed the worldHera 天后 the wife of Zeus who governed the love. Guided reading 1. Reading and judgingRead the text THE STORY OF ATL

43、ANTA, and complete the True or False guestions after the text on page14.2. Reading and Telling True of FalseRead the text and finish exercise 1 on page14.1. She practiced running to compete in the Olympic Games. ( F )2. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. ( F )3. Atlanta was

44、not sure she could win. ( F )4. She was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the Olympics. ( T )5. She made as many men as she could share her pain. ( T )6. Her father did not understand her wish to compete in the Olympics. ( T )7.He did not refuse her wish to choose her husband in a ra

45、ce. ( T )3. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANAbe allowed to, run against, will be pardoned, hear of,be amazed, as fast as, change

46、 ones mind, ask for help from, promise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be confident about,share ones pain, run past,compete with, cheap to marry4. ListeningFor listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 1.First read the statements carefully and imagine what is the listening about.When doin

47、g it , you must make clear the order of them.5. ActingNext we are going to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You know there are four charactors in the story. Who would like to be them?Who will be Alantas father, the old king?Who will be the Goddess of Love?Ok. Li Li, you are the Greek prince

48、ss. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young man Hippomenes. Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the princesss father. The rest of class, please prepare it in groups of four. Then act your play before class.A text play of THE STORY OF ATIANTATime： one morning in springPlace： at the pal

49、acePeople： the old king(K), the princess (A), the young man (H), the Goddess of love (L).F： My dear daughter, you see how beautiful the spring is! You are just like the spring flowers. Why dont you marry? So many young kings and princess want to marry you, and they are all so rich, smart and nice.A：

50、 Oh, dear father. I have promised that I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me. I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned.F： But, my dear daughter. No man has won you. They all sent themselves to death. When will you get mar

51、ried?A： I wont marry unless I am allowed to run in the Olympic Games. (Hippomenes is allowed to come in)H： Oh, my kindest king and my prettiest princess! Ill marry the princess. Ill compete with you.A： Do you know the rules?H： Yes, princess!F： Oh, young man! Go away! You cant win her. You are only l

52、osing your life!H： No, I want a try!F： Foolish thing! Go away! Dont go to die! (Hippomenes was pushed away and felt sad, crying. The Goddess of Love is watching everything above him in the sky and pities him)L： Oh, young man, whats the matter? Why are you so sad?H： Oh, my Goddess, can you help me? C

53、an you help me to win the princess and marry her?L： Ok, young man. Do you really want to marry her and love her?H： Of course. She is so beautiful.L： Ok, it is easy. Take these three golden apples. Throw apples in front of Atlanta when she is running past and she will be relaxed. When she stops to pi

54、ck it up, you will be able to run on and win.H： Oh, thank you, my Goddess! (Hippomenes returns to the palace)K： Well, young man, why are you here again?H： My kindest king. I want to marry her and run against her!K： Well, young man. I repeat. Dont be silly! Go away!H： No. I love her. I will marry her or die!6. SpeakingNow, class. Lets carry out a survey of the interests in the class and