人教新课标必修二Unit2TheOlympicGames同步教案

1、Unit 2 The Olym pic GamesP eriod 1Warm ing up and readi ngTeaching Aims:To talk about the history of the Oly mp ics gamesTo read an in terview about the Olympic GamesProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by sharingMorni ng, everyo ne! Today we are goi ng to lear n about THE OLY MPIC GAMES. But first, I

2、' like to know how much you know about the Olympics to be held in Beijing.Any thi ng about it is ok. Oh, Li Lei, do you want a try? Right. You know so much about the Olym pics. Toady, weillear n more about it in ancient Greece.Fin ish the form on p age 9.Warming up by describingthNow, boys and g

3、irls. I 'llshow you a video show of the 28 Oly mp ic Games. PI ease tell me what it is about and describe it to the class. Ok, Wang Lin, p lease describe it.Won derful. That'Liu Xiang. The hurdle king!Warming up by discussingHi, class. You know our country is tryi ng her best to prepare for

4、the 2008 Oly mpicGames. Every one is expecting and excited about it. Letsdiscuss what we can do for it. And imagi ne what we will do at the 2008 Olym pics.II. Pre-reading1. Asking and answeringNow, please read the three questions before the Reading. Let' do it in turn. Let' beg in from the f

5、irst row here ok, you did a good job. Let'summarize your an swers.For reference:1. In Summer Oly mp ics, there are running, swimmi ng, shooti ng, wrestli ng, jum ping, football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, throwing, Javelin, weight lifting, gymn astics, box ing etc.In win ter Olympi cs

6、, there are skii ng skati ng, ice hockey, ski jumping, sleddi ng, sno wboardi ng etc.2. The 29th Olym pic Games will be held in Beijing on Auguster 18th, 2008.3. To hold the Olym pic Games is a rich p rize for a coun try. And it can make a country known in the world. It can stimulate the country 

7、9; economy, and help to speed up its devel opment.2. Imaging and introducingPI ease look at the three pi ctures in the read ing. PI ease talk about them. Imagi ne whatever you can.For reference: The first picture is the status of a great Greek. His n ame is P ausa niasHe was a famous traveler and wr

8、iter in the sec ond cen tury AD. HiGuide to Greeceis an extremely comprehensive guidebook for tourists, concentrating on buildings, tombs and status and in cludi ng a lot of in formati on on the mythological, religious and historical backgro und to the monuments described. It is so in formative that

9、 it may be called the foun dati on of classical archaeology and this ancient Baedeker is still used as a guide to classical Greece. Can you remember a famous ancient Chin ese travele and writer? He also wrote a book. Yes, his n ame is Xu Shake. His works isThe Notes of Xu Shakestravels.The sec ond p

10、 icture is the opening cerem ony of the Olympic Games. Maybe this is the principle stadium. It 'large and can hold thousa nds of audie nee.The third picture is a Chin ese athlete n amed Yang Yang. She won a gold medal forChi na in the 2002 win ter Oly mp ic Games. She is a famous skati ng p laye

11、r.3. Talking and SharingWe know there are many differe nces and similarities about the an cie nt and moder nOlympics. Do you know anything about them? You can simply guess. Yes, Lucy, tryIII. Reading 1. Reading aloud to the recording and finding the general ideaNow please liste n and read aloud to t

12、he recordi ng of the text AN INTERVIEW. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation as well as the pauses within each senten ce. Then try to get the gen eral idea of the p assage. Have you got the main idea?Yes, it tells us the differe nces and the similarities betwee n the an cie nt and moder

13、 nOly mp ics.2. Reading and actingNow let' p lay the p arts of the Greek writer P ausa nias and the Chin ese girl Li Li. Now boys, you are P ausa ni as; girls, you are Li Li. PI ease pay atte ntio n to the bold words.3. Reading and findingNow read the text aga in. The boys shall try to fin ish t

14、he task: What was the ancientOlympics like? The girls shall try to finish the task: What is the moder n Olympics like?4. Reading and collecting informationOk, now let' read it sile ntly. First let'talk about the same poin ts betwee n the ancient and moder n Olympi cs. Who can an swer? Any vo

15、lun teers?Then let'scome to the differe nces.The similaritiesBoth are held every four years.Both are held not for money but for honour.The beliefs are the same. They are: Swifter, Higher, and stro nger.Men are allowed to take part both in an cie nt and moder n Olym pics.Some events are the same,

16、 such as running, jumping, shooting andthow ing.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 p art. Only men were allowed to take part in the past, now woman are also allowed. In

17、 the past, winners got the olive wreath as the prize. Now competitors comp ete 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 comp etiti ons, a gymn asium for these who watch the games now.

18、But there were not in the p ast.)5. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressionsor collocations in the p assage. Copy them to your no tebook after class as homework.Collocations from AN INTERVIEW take part in ,gold medals, the spirit of ,be held, in order to,

19、host the OlympicGames, on a magical journ ey, find out, the p rese nt day Oly mp ic Games, used to, write about-, come to your time, be admitted as ,two sets of,enjoy competing in , comp ete aga in st，for the honour of ，reach the sta ndard, be admitted to ,p lay a very important role, as well as, a

20、stadium for competitions, as a matter of fact, compete for,olive wreath, feel proud of,make happyIV Closing downClosing down by doing exerciseTo end the less on you are to do the comp rehe nding exercises 1 & 2.Closing down by discussingYou know our gover nment has tried its best to comp ete for

21、 hosti ng the 29th OlympicGames. It has cost a lot of mon ey. Do you thi nk it is worthwhile? Why?For reference:It is worthwhile to host the Oly mp ic Games. To host Olym pic Games can make ourcountry known to the whole world. To host Olym pic Games can make our cultureand people un derstood by the

22、other peop les. To host Olympic Games can stimulatethe devel oping of our economy.Closing by imaginingImagi ne what we will do and what we can do for the 29h Oly mp ic Games now.For reference: Maybe we can serve as volunteers to help the foreign visitors and athletes from all over the world. So at p

23、 rese nt we should study hard. Esp ecially we should try our best to lear n En glish well.Closing down by narratingWe can see the text is writte n in a conv ersati onal style. And there are two sp eakers.One is Pausanias, a Greek writer 2000 years ago, the other is Li Li, a Chinese girl.Now let'

24、 cha nge it into a n arrative style. I n other words, le'describe the an cie nt and moder n Olym pic Games in our own words. Who would like to have a try?For reference: The ancient Olympic Games bega n in Greece and were held from 77*B.C. to A.D.393. It was held every four years. At that time, t

25、here were not so many sp orts as today. And wome n were not allowed to take part in the games. There were not Win ter Olym pics at that time. Winners got the olive wreath as the p rize. The motto was swifter, higher and stron ger.The moder n Olym pic Games bega n in 1891. Theyre held every four year

26、s. There are many new sports in the Olympics. In the summer Olympics there are over 250 differe nt sports. Wome n are n ot only allowed to joi n in but also p lay a very imp orta nt role. Now the competitors compete for medals. The motto is swifter, higher and stro nger.Closing down by summarizingAs

27、 we have finished the passage we' sum up what we have learned. First let 'seethe writing skills. It is written in a conversational style. It 'in a very interesting way.It adopts a dialogue betwee n P ausa nias who lived 2000 years ago and a Chin ese gird in moder n world. Through their d

28、ialogue, the differe nces and similarities betwee n the an cie nt and moder n 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 p hrases.Through the comp aris on betwee n the ancient and moder n Olympic

29、 Games, we have learned the differe nces and the similarities betwee n them. Now we can have a dee p un dersta nding of the Games. From the p assage, we can have a dee p un dersta nding of the Games. From the p assage, we can also get to know that the Olympic Games are developing and improving. It&#

30、39; our duty to make the Olympic Games better and healthier. We know that one of the sloga ns for 2008 Beiji ng Olym pic Games is Gree nOlympic Games. It shows that people are paying more and more attention to our en vir onment.P eriod 2Learning about LanguageTeachin AimsTo lear n about future p ass

31、ive voiceTo discover useful words and exp ressi onsTo lear n the methods of words formati onProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by dictatingThere are several important sentencesin this unit. Let' dictate them. If you can' learn them by heart after class. When and where will the n ext Oly mp ic

32、 Games be held? I live in what you call Ancient Greece” and / used to write about theOlympic Games more tha n 2000 years ago. All coun tries can take part if they reach the sta ndard to be admitted to the games. The n ext Oly mp ic Games will be held in my hometow n. It is just as much a comp etiti

33、on among coun tries to host the Olymp ics as to win an Olym pic medal.Warming up by discovering useful words and exp ressionsTurn to p age 12 and do exercises 1,2 and 3 first. Check your an swers aga inst your classmate'II. Learning about Present Future Passive VoiceTurn to p age 13 and do exerc

34、ise 1. And tell the class the formati on of p rese nt future p assive voice.toFor reference: Well done, class. We can follow the followi ng formlatio n to turn the future ten ses into future p assive voice; be going to be done, be about to be done, be be done, will / shall be done, would / should be

35、 done.III. Closing down by summarizing1.P rese nt future p assive voice (takeask” for exa mple)AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeIrIrWill (shall) IYouYouWill youHe/she/it will>beHe/she/it will not>beWill he/she/it> be askedaskedaskedWill (shall) weWe will (shall)We will (shall) not 丿Will you

36、/ they*You/They willYou / They will not2.The p assive VOice of p hrasal verbGen erally sp eak ing, only tran sitive verbs can form the p assive voice, for onlytran sitive verbs can be followed by objects. But many intran sitive verbs together withsome prep ositi ons and adverbs can be used as tran s

37、itive verbs. So they can also befollowed by the objects. Therefore they can also be used in p assive voice.But n ote that all the p hrasal verbs are used as a whole. When using them in p assivevoice, we cannot drop out the prepo siti ons and adverbs. For exa mples:At last they put out the fire. _ At

38、 last the fire was put out.They will put up a no tice on the wall _ A no tice will be put up on the wall.Have you sent for a doctor _ Has the doctor bee n sent for?I have never heard of such a thing before.Such a thing has never been heard ofbefore.We must take good care of the children here.The chi

39、ldren must be taken goodcare of here.His classmates laughed at him for the foolish mistake. _He was laughed at forthe foolish mistake by his classmates.P eriod 3Using languageTeaching Aims:To read about the an cie nt Olympic GamesTo liste n and talk about hobbiesTo write about hobbiesProcedures1. Wa

40、rming upWarming up by introducingHi! Class. You know Greece is the world-k nown country with an an cie nt civilizatio n.It has a long history with so much marvelous culture. The Greeks had wonderfulstories about the Gods and Godd nesses who were part of their religi on. They believedthat these god o

41、r goddesses would help huma ns if they felt sorry for them or if thehuma ns were good peop le. However, the Gods did not always help. They behaved likepeople who were unp redictable and cap ricious. To try to get the support of the Godspeople had to pray to them and offer them p rese nt. In this sto

42、ry the Goddess Hera, thewife of the chief God, Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to hel p him.Warming up by sharingNow, boys and girls. Is there an ybody who can tell us some Greek mythology. Youknow they are so famous in huma n history. Or can you sp eak out some n ames ofGreek Gods and Godd

43、esses.Prometeus普罗米修斯a son of the former chief GodSphinx斯芬克斯a being with a huma n face but a lio n bodyPan dora潘多拉a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deedZeus宙斯the chief God who gover ned the worldHera天后the wife of Zeus who gover ned the loven . Guided reading1. Reading and judgingRe

44、ad the text THE STORY OF ATLANTA, and comp lete the True or False guesti onsafter the text on p age14.2. Reading and Telling True of FalseRead the text and finish exercise 1 on p age14.1. She p racticed running to comp ete in the Oly mp ic Games. ( F )2. At first Hippomenes un derstood why men ran a

45、ga inst Atla nta. ( F )3. Atla nta was not sure she could win. ( F )4. She was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the Olympi cs. ( T )5. She made as many men as she could share hearin. ( T )6. Her father did not un dersta nd her wish to comp ete in the Olympi cs. ( T )7. He did not re

46、fuse her wish to choose her husba nd in a race. ( T )3. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the p assage. Copy them to your no tebook after class as homework.Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANA be allowed to, run aga in st,will be

47、 pardon ed, hear of ,be amazed, as fast as, cha nge ones mind, askfor help from ,pro mise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be con fide nt about bare one' pain, run p ast,co mp ete with ,chea p to marry4. ListeningFor liste ning turn to p age 15 and be ready to do exercises 1.First read the stateme

48、nts carefully and imagi ne what is the liste ning about.Whe n doing it , you must make clear the order of them.5. ActingNext we are goi ng to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You kn ow there are four charactors in the story. Who would like to be them?Who will be Alanta 'father, the old

49、king?Who will be the Goddess of Love?Ok. Li Li, you are the Greek prin cess. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young manHippomen es. Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the prin ces' father. The rest of class, p lease prepare it in groups of four. Then act your play before class.A

50、 text p lay of THE STORY OF ATIANTATime: one morni ng in springPlace: at the p alacePeople: the old king(K), the princess (A), the young man (H), the Goddess oflove (L).F:My dear daughter, you see how beautiful the spring is! You are just like thespring flowers. Why don 'you marry? So many young

51、 kings and princess wantto marry you, and they are all so rich, smart and nice.A:Oh, dear father. I have pro mised that I will only be married to a man who can runfaster tha n me. I will run aga inst him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will bekilled. No one will be pardoned.F:But, my dear daught

52、er. No man has won you. They all sent themselves to death.When will you get married?A:I won 'marry uni ess I am allowed to run in the Oly mp ic Games. (Hippomenes isallowed to come in)H:Oh, my kin dest king and my p rettiest prin cess!I'll marry the prin cess. I'co mp ete with you.A:Do y

53、ou know the rules?H:Yes, prin cess!F:Oh, young man! Go away! You ca'w in her. You are only los ing your life!H:No, I want a try!F:Foolish thing! Go away! Don 'go to die! (Hippomenes was pu shed away and felsad, crying. The Goddess of Love is watchi ng everyth ing above him in the skyand p it

54、ies him)L:Oh, young man, what'the matter? Why are you so sad?H:Oh, my Goddess, can you help me? Can you help me to win the prin cess andmarry 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 golde n apples.Throw

55、 apples in front of Atlanta when she is running past and she will berelaxed. Whe n she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run on and win.H:Oh, tha nk you, my Goddess!K:H:K:H:(Hippomenes returns to the p alace)Well, young man, why are you here aga in?My kin dest kin g. I want to marry her and run aga inst her!Well, young man. I rep eat. Dontbe silly! Go away!No. I love her. I will marry her or die!6. Sp eakingNow, class. Let's carry out a survey of the in terests in the class and write dow n then ames of the classmates who have the same in terest