book2Unit2同步教案

1 Unit 2 The Olympic Games Period 1 Warming up Teaching Aims To talk about the history of the Olympics games To read an interview about the Olympic Games Procedures I Warming up Warming up by sharing Morning everyone Today we are going to learn about THE OLYMPIC GAMES But first I d like to 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 we ll learn more about it in ancient Greece Finish the form on page 9 Warming up by describing Now boys and girls I ll show you a 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 That s Liu Xiang The hurdle king Warming up by discussing Hi class You know our country is trying her best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games Every one is expecting and excited about it Let s discuss what we can do for it And imagine what we will do at the 2008 Olympics Period2 3 reading 2 Step1Pre reading 1 Asking and answering Now please read the three questions before the Reading Let s do it in turn Let s begin from the first row here ok you did a good job Let s summarize 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 sledding 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 country s economy and help to speed up its development 2 Imaging and introducing Please 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 comprehensive 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 Baedeker 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 Shake s travels The second picture is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Maybe this is the principle stadium It s large and can hold thousands of audience The third picture is a Chinese athlete named Yang Yang She won a gold medal for 3 China in the 2002 winter Olympic Games She is a famous skating player 3 Talking and Sharing We know there are many differences and similarities about the ancient and modern Olympics Do you know anything about them You can simply guess Yes Lucy try Step2 Reading 1 Reading aloud to the recording and finding the general idea Now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text AN INTERVIEW Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation as well as the 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 acting Now let s play the parts of the Greek writer Pausanias and the Chinese girl Li Li Now boys you are Pausanias girls you are Li Li Please pay attention to the bold words 3 Reading and finding Now 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 and collecting information Ok now let s read it silently First let s talk about the same points between the ancient and modern Olympics Who can answer Any volunteers Then let s come to the differences 4 The similarities Both are held every four years Both are held not for money but for honour The 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 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 those 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 underlining Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage Copy them to your notebook after class as homework 5 Collocations from AN INTERVIEW take 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 of 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 down Closing down by doing exercise To end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises 1 be going to be done be about to be done be to be done will shall be done would should be done 8 III Closing down by summarizing 1 Present future passive voice take ask for example AffirmativeNegativeInterrogative I You He she it will be asked We will shall You They will I You He she it will not be asked We will shall not You They will not Will shall I Will you Will he she it be asked Will shall we Will you they 2 The passive Voice of phrasal verb Generally 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 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 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 good care of here His classmates laughed at him for the foolish mistake He was laughed at for the foolish mistake by his classmates 9 Period 5 Using language Teaching Aims To read about the ancient Olympic Games To listen and talk about hobbies To write about hobbies Procedures 1 Warming up Warming up by introducing Hi 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 humans 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 wife of the chief God Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him Warming up by sharing Now 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 the former chief God Sphinx 斯芬克斯 a being with a human face but a lion body Pandora 潘多拉 a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deed Zeus 宙斯 the chief God who governed the world Hera 天后 the wife of Zeus who governed the love Guided reading 10 1 Reading and judging Read the text THE STORY OF ATLANTA and complete the True or False guestions after the text on page14 2 Reading and Telling True of False Read 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 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 race T 3 Reading and underlining Next 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 ATLANA be allowed to run against will be pardoned hear of be amazed as fast as change one s mind ask for help from promise to will be relaxed pick up be confident about share one s pain run past compete with cheap to marry 4 Listening For 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 doing it you must make clear the order of them 5 Acting Next 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 Alanta s father the old king Who will be the Goddess of Love 11 Ok Li Li you are the Greek princess Zhang Qiang you are the brave young man Hippomenes Lucy you are the Goddess of Love Zhou Gang you are the princess s 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 ATIANTA Time one morning in spring Place at the palace People 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 don t you marry So many young kings and princess want to marry you and they are all so rich smart and nice A 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 married A I won t 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 I ll marry the princess I ll compete with you A Do you know the rules H Yes princess F Oh young man Go away You can t win her You are only losing your life H No I want a try F Foolish thing Go away Don t 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 what s the matter Why are you so sad 12 H Oh my Goddess can you help me Can 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 pick 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 Don t be silly Go away H No I love her I will marry her or die 6 Speaking Now class Let s carry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the names of the classmates who have the same interests You can carry out the task like this Which do you like sport music or collection Which of the sports do you like best What is your favorite sport Are you interested in table tennis After the survey the ones who have the same interests sit together and please work in groups of four to talk about their interest Why do you like this sport mus