【正文】 Unit2 The Olympic Games Goals: (1)Talk about ancient and modern Olympic Games (2) Practice talking about agreement and disagreement。 (3) Learn to talk about interests and hobbies。 (4) Write reports。 Topic: Talk about ancient Olympic games and modern Olympic games， physical education Vocabulary: interview, hold, athlete, admit, include, pete,standard, petitor, stadium, gymnasium, proud, replace,further, princess, marry, promise, golden, advertise, prize, pete with, pete against, take part in, as well as, one after another, as a matter of fact, use to, be married to, promise to, pick up Functions: Talk about interests and hobbies， agreement and disagreement The important points: (1). The new words and expressions of this unit. (2).The future passive voice. (3).Learn sth about the Olympics: history, games, events, spirits… The difficult points: (1). Understand the development of the Olympics (2). Learn to talk about games (3). Learn to use the passive voice Teaching Steps: Period 1,2: Warming up, prereading, reading, postreading Teaching Goals: 1. To arouse students39。 interest in learning about the Olympic Games. develop some basic reading skills. 3. To have a better understanding of ancient and modern Olympic Games. Teaching Steps: Step1. Warming up Ask students to collect some information about the Olympic Games ahead of time and share what they have found. !. Team work: How much do you know about the Athletes and events on the screen? 2. Group work: Say sth about the differences between Ancient Olympic Games and Modern Olympic Games which you know about? Ancient Olympic Games Modern Olympic Games Time: 776BC Time: 1896 Place: Athens Place: Many places in the world Athletes: Men only Athletes: Anybody who reaches the standards Events: for race (marathon) Events: hundreds of kinds Step2 Prereading Answer the questions individually, Page 9 1. How many events are there for the Summer and Winter Olympics? Can you list some of them? 2. When and where will the next Olympic Games be held? What do you think the Chinese team will do in order to win more medals? 3. Why do so many countries want to host the Olympic Games? Step3 Reading 1. Fast reading Ask the students to skim the text to find the answers. (1) How often are the Olympic Games held? ( Every four years) (2).When and Where did the ancient Olympic Games begin? (776BC. in Greece) (3).When and where did the first modern Olympic Games happen? ( in 1896. in Greece) (4).What is the Olympic motto? (Faster, higher, stronger ) (5).When and where will the 29th Olympic Games be held? (in 2021. in Beijing) 2. Further reading Read the text carefully and try to get some details from the text. Work in pairs and try to answer questions from the text. Questions can be like these: (1) Do the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics happen at the same time? What were the ancient Olympic Games like? Sports: Women: (2) What do you know about the modern Olympic Games? Competitors: Events: (3) What does the Olympic motto mean? to the tape and then finish in prehension, page11. (1) Listen to the tape and follow it in a low voice. (2) Group work The students are divided into several groups. Each group chooses a question to answer. Step4 Postreading 1. Discussion1(Group work): How many gold medals did China win in the 2021 Athens Olympic Games. What were the events? Discuss in pairs and see how many you can think of.? 2. Discussion2: What should people from different walks of life do for the 2021 Olympic Game?(students, governers, taxi drivers, volunteers… ) Step