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Jiangsu Baipu Middle School English Team Grade One Activity SheetModule 4 Unit 2 Reading: The Olympic GamesLearning aims: Language knowledge and skills:(1) Get a deeper impression of the new words and phrases.(2) Practice and reinforce reading comprehension.(3) Get a thorough understanding of the passage.(4) Make up an interview about the Olympic Games.(5) and how we can be smart about them. Emotions and attitudes:Develop a right attitude towards advertisements and know how we can be smart about them. Study strategies: (1) Learn how to read expository writing(2) Study individually and discuss in groups. Cultural awareness:(1) Know something about the differences between commercial ads and PSAs.(2) Know some illustrations about PSAs, such as Project Hope and the anti-drug PSA.Highlights and difficult points:(1) Get a thorough understanding of the passage.(2) Discuss what knowledge has been learned about advertisements and how we can be smart about them.Teaching and learning methods and aids:activity sheet, multi-media, overhead projector, blackboard, individual study, group cooperation and discussion, individual and group presentation, group competition, using some group assessment regulations(小组评价规则) Teaching and learning procedures:Activity 1 Lead-inLook at some pictures and choose A or B.Activity 2 Reading strategy（阅读策略）on page 3 Read the reading strategy part carefully and loudly and fill in the blanks. Type of writing(文体) : (1) _ writing (说明文). Purpose of expository writing: to introduce readers to basic information on a (2) _. Format(格式) of expository writing includes (3) _of the subject, (4) _ and facts that develop or support the idea, and conclusion. Reading skills：Look at the information that follows the statement to find facts to support the idea. And the author will follow this information with a (5) _. Activity 3 Fast reading Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions.1. Where are the most common places to find advertisements?2. Are there laws to protect people from advertisements that cheat people?3. When did China begin a nationwide public service advertising campaign? Activity 4 Careful reading Read the passage carefully and loudly and finish tasks 1, 2 and 3. Task 1 Judge whether the following statements are true or false.(1) Most people are not aware of how many advertisements are around them. _(2) Public service advertisements are menat to promote a product or service. _ (3) PSAs and commercial ads use some of the same methods. _(4) Commercial ads often give us valuable information about how to live our lives._(5) An ad warning people against smoking is an example of a PSA. _Task 2 Choose the best answer according to the passage.(1) Which of the following advertisements is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. I love to fly with Oxlin Airlines. B. Bright-Teeth fights bad breath!C. Yes to life, no to drugs. D. Knowledge changes life.(2) Whats the meaning of “promote” in Line 41?A. To help sth to happen or develop. B. To help sell a product, service, etc.C. To move sb to a higher position or a senior job. D. To move a sports team from playing with one group of teams to playing in a better group.(3) We can infer from the passage that _.A. an advertisement encourages people to buy a product or service B. an advertisement gets people to believe in an ideaC. some advertisements tell people the incomplete truth D. all advertisements lie to people(4) Whats the authors attitude towards ads?A. Indifferent B. DisappointedC. Praising D. Informative(提供信息的)(5) Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Share some important information about advertisements with us.B. Warn us not to believe in advertisementsC. Show us the importance of advertisements D. Tell us how to design advertisementsTask 3 Fill in the blanks with proper words (One word for each blank.)IntroductionNo matter (1) _ we go, we can find advertisements.Supportingexamples and facts Part 1 An advertisement persuades people into (2) _ a product or service, or into believing in an idea. The two main types are (3) _ advertisements and public service advertisements. Someone has paid for commercial ads to advertise a product orservice. PSAs are often run free of (4) _to educate people aboutproblems that affect pulblic welfare.Part 2 Even if an ad does not lie, it does not mean it is altogether (5) _. For example, one toothpaste ad tries to fool you into making the (6) _that it cures bad breath. Another example is that a grocery makes you feel pleased with the nice comment although it does not necessarily have the freshest food. We must not (7) _ for the tricks.Part 3 PSAs are (8) _ at teaching us and helping us lead better lives. Since 1996, (9) _types of PSAs have appeared around Chinasuch as, “Yes to life, no to drugs” and “Knowledge changes life”. All of these ads are meant to be (10) _ to the public, and you can often learn a lot by following the advice they give.ConclusionWe must all use our intelligence and not be a slave to them.Activity 5 ConsolidationRead with the recording and fill in the blanks with the words below. tricks, aware, concerns, product, meantMr Johnson was invited to make a speech about the history and significance of the Olympic Games. From his speech, we knew that ancient games began in the year 776 BC. They were held at Olympia in Greece every four years until AD 394. The athletes at the ancient games were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes. Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition, at a separate festival in_honour_of the wife of the Greek god Zeus.The contemporary Olympics were first held in 1896. Pierre de Coubertin brought the Olympics back to life. Mr Johnson introduced some famous athletes in history, such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Xu Haifeng, Deng Yaping, Liu Xiang, who have made great contributions to the Olympic Games. All in all, it was those Olympians who have brought joy to the world with their attempts to push the boundaries of human achievement. At last, Mr Johnson invited us to join him in wishing the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory.Activity 6 Enjoying a video(视频) From the video, we can know that some advertisements play tricks on us. Activity 7 Discussion and interview(采访) Please make up an interview in pairs (两人一组) according to the passage. One student acts as the interviewer(采访者), and the other acts as the interviewee(被采访者) . Some questions for the interviewer to refer to (可供采访者参考的一些问题)：(1) Do we often realize how many advertisements we see and hear in a day? And why?(2) Whats the definition(定义) of an advertisement ?(3) Where c